Anand vs Topalov Game 4

[Houdini]

Anand is crushing Topalov, this will really hurt the Bulgarian.
The match might already be over...

[AdminX]

[d]5rk1/q7/n2RpP1Q/p7/pn6/6P1/1P3PbP/2R3K1 b - - 0 27

[metax]

Topalov will probably just resign. After Be4 (which is probably the best move), Stockfish says:

[D]5rk1/q7/n2RpP1Q/p7/pn2b3/6P1/1P3P1P/2R3K1 w - -

22.01 1:07 +12.56 6.Qg5+ Kh8 7.Rxe6 Nd3 8.Rc2 Rg8
9.Qh6+ Qh7 10.f7 Qxh6 11.Rxh6+ Kg7
12.fxg8Q+ Kxg8 13.Rxa6 Ne5 14.Rc8+ Kg7
15.Rc7+ Nf7 16.Rxa5 Kg6 17.Ra6+ Kg7
18.Rxa4 Bd3 19.Kg2 (73.920.564) 1087

[AdminX]

[d]5rk1/q7/n3RP1Q/p7/p3b3/3n2P1/1PR2P1P/6K1 b - - 0 29

[metax]

[D]5rk1/7q/n3RP1Q/p7/p3b3/3n2P1/1PR2P1P/6K1 w - -

30.f7+?? where 3.Qg5+ would just have mated... :D

22.01 0:14 +87.83 3.Dg5+ Kh8 4.Txe4 Se1 5.Txe1 Tg8
6.f7 Txg5 7.f8D+ Tg8 8.Df6+ Dg7
9.Dxa6 Tf8 10.Dxa5 Df6 11.Dh5+ Kg8
12.Te4 Tb8 13.Tg4+ Kf8 14.Dc5+ De7
15.Df5+ Df7 16.Tc8+ (15.049.018) 1040

[AdminX]

[d]5rk1/4R3/n6Q/p4q2/p7/3n2P1/1PR2P1P/6K1 b - - 0 32

[metax]

[D]5rk1/4R3/n6Q/p4q2/p7/3n2P1/1PR2P1P/6K1 b - -

+M5 3...Qf7 4.Qg5+ Kh8 5.Rxf7 Rxf7
6.Qh6+ Kg8 7.Rc8+ Rf8 8.Rxf8+


edit: Finally Topalov gave up!

[AdminX]

[Event "World Chess Championship"]
[Site "Bulgaria/Sofia"]
[Date "2010.04.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "Robot 3"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2010.04.28"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5 7. Qc2 Bxd2+ 8.
Qxd2 c6 9. a4 b5 10. Na3 Bd7 11. Ne5 Nd5 12. e4 Nb4 13. O-O O-O 14. Rfd1 Be8
15. d5 Qd6 16. Ng4 Qc5 17. Ne3 N8a6 18. dxc6 bxa4 19. Naxc4 Bxc6 20. Rac1 h6
21. Nd6 Qa7 22. Ng4 Rad8 23. Nxh6+ gxh6 24. Qxh6 f6 25. e5 Bxg2 26. exf6 Rxd6
27. Rxd6 Be4 28. Rxe6 Nd3 29. Rc2 Qh7 30. f7+ Qxf7 31. Rxe4 Qf5 32. Re7 1-0

Black Resigens! Great Game

[gerold]

[Event "World Chess Championship"]
[Site "Bulgaria/Sofia"]
[Date "2010.04.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "Robot 3"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2010.04.28"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5 7. Qc2 Bxd2+ 8.
Qxd2 c6 9. a4 b5 10. Na3 Bd7 11. Ne5 Nd5 12. e4 Nb4 13. O-O O-O 14. Rfd1 Be8
15. d5 Qd6 16. Ng4 Qc5 17. Ne3 N8a6 18. dxc6 bxa4 19. Naxc4 Bxc6 20. Rac1 h6
21. Nd6 Qa7 22. Ng4 Rad8 23. Nxh6+ gxh6 24. Qxh6 f6 25. e5 Bxg2 26. exf6 Rxd6
27. Rxd6 Be4 28. Rxe6 Nd3 29. Rc2 Qh7 30. f7+ Qxf7 31. Rxe4 Qf5 32. Re7 Black Resigens

Thanks much for the posting of these games Ted.
Nice game for Anand.

Best,
Gerold.

[JuLieN]

Thanks for the thread, Ted.

That really was an impressive game! I'm surprised anyway by the unusually weaker form of Topalov. Mental won't be a problem for this champion, and he sure boils to fight back. Still, he's obviously not playing his best chess.

In the other hand, Vishy is a joy for our eyes.