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LUIS, Argentina, October 2, 2005: FAVOURITE
Viswanathan Anand suffered a shock defeat at the hands of
defending champion Rustam Kasimdzhanov, also the lowest rated
player in the field, in the fourth round of the in the US$
1 million prize money World Chess Championship being played
in San Luis, Argentina.
Anand,
the NIIT Brand Ambassador, who was joint leader with Veselin
Topalov has slipped to third spot, while Topalov, registered
another fine win in fourth round over Michael Adams to go
into sole lead with 3.5 points of four. His only draw was
against Anand.
It
was another action-packed day as all four games produced results.
Topalov of Bulgaria crushed Michael Adams of England in a
game that was in the English Symmetrical where the game lasted
just 30 moves. Russian Peter Svidler got his second straight
victory in the event, beating fellow Russian Alexander Morozevich
in an interesting King’s Indian game.
Peter
Leko beat fellow Hungarian Judit Polgar in 25 moves of a Sicilian
Paulsen and improved his position after being at the bottom
after three rounds.
Topalov
leads with 3.5, while Svidler took his tally to 3 points with
Anand at sole third with 2.5 points. Kasimdzhanov has 2 points
while Hungarians Polgar and Leko are next with 1.5 points
apiece. Morozevich and Adams are at the bottom of the table
with one point each.
In
a sharp and risky line in the Najdorf, Anand faced the English
attack and seemed to be in trouble early as Kasimdzhanov exploited
the imbalance in his rival’s side. He got an advantage
in the middle game as Anand played riskily and got into a
wrong plan. Kasim attacked Anand’s weakened king and
the Indian star resigned soon thereafter.
Results
round 4:
Leko beat
Polgar, Kasimdzhanov beat Anand; Topalov beat Adams; Morozevich
lost to Svidler.
Pairings
round 5: Adams-Kasimdzhanov; Anand-Leko; Polgar-Morozevich;
Svidler-Topalov
The
moves:
Kasimdzhanov
v Anand
W Ch Arg
Round 4
1.
e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4
7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Ne5 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12.
exf5 Nbc6 13. Nd5 e6 14. fxe6 fxe6 15. Ne3 O-O 16. Be2 Qe7
17. O-O Rad8 18. Bh5 Kh8 19. Re1 d5 20. a4 Nc4 21. Nxc4 dxc4
22. Qg4 Qb4 23. Qxe6 Rd2 24. Rad1 Nd4 25. Qe4 Nf5 26. Be5
Rxf2 27. Bf3 Rd2 28. Bxg7+ Kxg7 29. Qe5+ Rf6 30. a5 Nh4 31.
Qc7+ Rf7 32. Qe5+ Rf6 33. Bh5 Ng6 34. Bxg6 Rxd1 35. Rxd1 Kxg6
36. Qe4+ Kg7 37. Rd7+ Kg8 38. Qh7+ black resigned.
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