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Shirov beats Topalov - commentary

20 February 2008 8:05 AM | Last modified: 13:05

In the fourth round of Morelia/Linares, Shirov beat Topalov in a rook ending and Ivanchuk lost to Aronian after mutual blunders. Anand-Radjabov and Carlsen-Leko ended in a draw. Now with commentary.

Photo: Macauley.

Shirov-Topalov 1-0
Ivanchuk-Aronian 0-1
Anand-Radjabov ½-½
Carlsen-Leko ½-½

Here are the games with commentary:







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Written by peter | Filed under Coverstory, Tournaments 

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12 Responses to “Shirov beats Topalov - commentary”

  1. thorex on 20 February 2008 10:05 AM

    @ Ivanchuk- Aronian

    A lucky win for Aronian, who - de facto - blundered a piece himself because he didn’t see 30.Qxf5!, which would have won the game immediately for Ivanchuk.

  2. Partidas de ajedrez comentadas on 20 February 2008 12:48 PM

    Estamos a la espera de vuestros comentarios.
    Yo tengo mis analisis publicados pero espero los vuestros con ansiedad
    Por cierto ¿sabeis si alguien recoge en video las ruedas de prensa?
    Vosotros creo que dijisteis que lo haríais en Linares.

  3. Luis on 20 February 2008 13:35 PM

    In the annotated games. i have seen references to Shipov’s analysis.
    Are these being given in another website?

    Thanks,

  4. peter on 20 February 2008 13:38 PM

    Yes, in Russian, at http://www.crestbook.com.

  5. Luis on 20 February 2008 15:06 PM

    Peter,

    thanks

  6. Michel83 on 20 February 2008 16:36 PM

    As the players I support are Shirov and Chucky I almost bit in my wooden table when Chucky blundered. Luckily I changed my mind.

    I’m surprised everybody makes this a
    Anand-Topalov (older)
    vs
    Carlsen-Aronian (younger)

    thing. Doesn’t/Didn’t anybody think Chucky could win this? He should be up there in the category of the great old players, he’s one of the best players of the last 15 years. Or do you think his best times are past?

  7. Michel83 on 20 February 2008 16:37 PM

    the sentence was by the way
    “the great oldER players”. “Old” would maybe be exagerating a bit… :)

  8. xtra on 20 February 2008 18:11 PM

    well he is great of course, but he obviously isnt in great shape. so it is pretty much fair to not bet the money on him. but on the other hand there doesnt seem to be a clear favorite, anand too isnt in his best shape it seems (so he will probably finnish 2nd instead.). its a very open question who is going to win this tournament, as it should be! :-)

  9. gogomil on 20 February 2008 21:46 PM

    I feel sorry for Ivanchuk. This loss is a bitter pill to swalow. lets see how he recovers. He is capable to win ,but so unpredictable…

  10. Ruben on 20 February 2008 22:27 PM

    Nobody should be surprised if Aronian wins this tournament, anand himself said aronian is the favorite (after himself of course::)) btw i played with aronian a couple of times when we were younger,,(we used to live in the same neighborhood and went to the same school in the beginning),,makes me proud :)
    go aronian!

  11. Wolf Gray on 21 February 2008 0:23 AM

    Very much unusual case for the topmost level tournament: no one avoided defeats… Why?

  12. Michel83 on 21 February 2008 1:25 AM

    @ Wolf Gray

    I guess they all have their lip balm with them, makes them overly confident.. ;)

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