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1440. L. PANTSULAIA – JU. POLGAR
1...Rb1!! 2.Kd1 [2.Qd5 Rc1#; 2.Qd1 Ra1 3.a3 e4 and Black is winning] 2...e4 [2...Qd7! 3.Qa8 (3.Nb1
Be4 and Black is winning) 3...Kh7 and Black is winning] 3.Qf4 Ra1 4.Qb8 time Kh7 5.g4 [5.Qb2 Rb1!
6.Nb1 Bc2!! 7.Ke2 (7.Kc2 Qd3#) 7...Qd3 8.Ke1 Qd1#] 5...Qd7 6.Qe5 e3 [6...Qa4 7.Nb3 cb3 8.Qf5 Kg8
9.Qc8 equal; 7...e3! and Black is winning] 7.fe3 [7.Qe3 Qa4 8.Nb3 Ra2 and Black is winning] 7...Qa4
8.Ke1 Rc1 9.Kf2 Rg1 0 : 1 [Ju. Polgar]
2000. V. ANAND – V. TOPALOV
1.Nh6! gh6 2.Qh6 f6 3.e5 [3.Bh3 Qe7 4.Rc4 Rd6 5.Rd6 Qd6 6.Qg6 Kh8 7.e5 Qd1 8.Bf1 and White is
winning; 4...Nc7 unclear] 3...Bg2 [3...fe5 4.Qe6 Kh7 (4...Kh8 5.Qe5 Kg8 6.Rd4 and White is winning)
5.Rc6 Qf2 6.Kh1 and White is winning, with the idea Be4] 4.ef6! Rd6 [4...Qh7 5.Qg5 Kh8 6.Rc4 and
White is winning] 5.Rd6 Be4 [5...Bd5 6.Rc4! Bc4 7.Rd4 Rf6 8.Rd8 Kf7 9.Qh7#] 6.Re6 Nd3 [6...Qh7
7.Qg5 Bg6 (7...Kh8 8.Re4 and White is winning) 8.f7 Kf7 9.Re7 Kg8 10.Rh7 and White is winning] 7.Rc2
Qh7 8.f7 Qf7 9.Re4 Qf5 10.Re7 1 : 0 [V. Anand]
2668. F. VALLEJO PONS – V. TOPALOV
1.Rg8!! [1... Kg8 2.Qg1 Kf8 3.Qg7 Ke8 4.Qg8 Kd7 5.Qf7 Kd8 6.Ba5 and White is winning] 1 : 0 [Sa.
Velickovic]
2916. A. POPOVICS – KRISZ. SZABO
1...Ncd2!! 2.Nd2 [2.g3 Bf5 and Black is winning; 2.Re2 Nf3 3.gf3 Bf1 4.Rf1 Qg5 and Black is winning]
2...Nf2 3.Kg1 Rg2! 4.Bg2 Qg5 [5.Kf1 Qg2 6.Ke2 Bg4 7.Nf3 Bf3 8.Kd2 Nd1 9.Kd3 Be4#] [Krisz.
Szabo, L. Hazai]
2988. G. SARGISSIAN – F. CARUANA
1.Re6! and White is winning fe6 2.Bh6 Kg8 3.Rb3! [3... Qb3 4.Qe6 Kh8 5.Qf7] 1 : 0 [RR]