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LUIS, Argentina, Oct 7, 2005: Viswanathan Anand made a strong
comeback in the eighth round outplaying Judit Polgar in a
Sicilian game that will go a long way in restoring his confidence
after two losses in the first half of the World Chess Championship
here.
Anand,
the NIIT Brand Ambassador, who had lost his seventh round
to Russian Alexander Morozevich scored his second win over
Polgar in the tournament. He had trounced her in the first
round also. Anand has now won three games, drawn three and
lost two for a plus one score. Anand has 4.5 points with six
rounds still remaining in the million dollar championship.
He is lying third, as Veselin Topalov, continues to lead at
seven points.
Bulgarian
Topalov maintained his two points lead over nearest rival
Peter Svidler of Russia after taking an easy draw with fourth
placed Peter Leko of Hungary. Topalov has seven points in
his kitty and is still way ahead in the eight-players double
round robin contest. Svidler is second with 5 points. Topalov
has won six games and drawn two.
Anand
(4.5) is followed by Leko and Morozevich on four points while
defending champion Kasimdzhanov (3) is next in line and is
now without any chance of retaining the crown he won last
year at Tripoli in Libya. In the seventh spot is Britain’s
Michael Adams and Judit Polgar is at the bottom of the tables
with just two points in her kitty.
Anand’s
win was one of the two decisive games of the day. Anand with
white repelled Polgar’s Sicilian Paulsen. Though Polgar
hung for 62 moves, Anand’s superiority was never in
doubt. Three of the four games were the in Sicilian and one
Queen’s Indian.
Morozevich
who has won two games in a row moved to four points and tied
with Leko in fourth place.
Pairings
for Round 9: Anand v Topalov; Morozevich v Leko; Polgar v
Adams; Svidler v – Kasimdzhanov
Results
of Round 8: Adams drew with Svidler; Topalov drew with Leko;
Kasimdzhanov lost to Morozevich; Anand beat Polgar
Round
8 (October 6, 2005)
Adams,
Michael - Svidler, Peter 1/2 40 B80 Sicilian Scheveningen
Topalov, Veselin - Leko, Peter 1/2 24 E15 Queens Indian
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam - Morozevich, Alexander 0-1 53 B83 Sicilian
Scheveningen
Anand, Viswanathan - Polgar, Judit 1-0 62 B48 Sicilian Paulsen
Standings after Round 8: 1. Topalov 7.0; 2. Svidler 5.0; 3.
Anand 4.5; 4. Leko and Morozevich 4.0; 6. Kasimdzhanov 3.0;
7. Adams 2.5; 8. Polgar 2.0.
Anand
v Polgar
World
Ch Arg Round 8
1.
e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6
7. Qd2 Nf6 8. O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 Ne7 10. Nde2 b5 11. Bf4 e5 12.
Bg5 Bb7 13. Kb1 Ba5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Qh6 Qb6 16. g3 Qe6 17.
Bh3 f5 18. Qh4 f6 19. exf5 Qf7 20. Ne4 Bxe4 21. fxe4 Nc6 22.
Rd6 O-O 23. Rhd1 Ra7 24. Bf1 Rc7 25. Nc1 Bb4 26. R6d5 Rfc8
27. Nb3 Bf8 28. c3 Kh8 29. g4 Qg7 30. Qg3 Ra8 31. a3 Rac8
32. Nc1 Na5 33. Na2 Nb3 34. h4 Nc5 35. Bd3 Na4 36. Bc2 Nb6
37. R5d3 d5 38. exd5 Bd6 39. Bb3 a5 40. Qf2 Nc4 41. Qe2 Rg8
42. Rg1 Qh6 43. Rdd1 a4 44. Bxc4 Rxc4 45. g5 fxg5 46. hxg5
Rxg5 47. Qe3 Rf4 48. Qb6 Rgxf5 49. Qxb5 Rf8 50. Nb4 e4 51.
Rde1 Rh4 52. Ka1 e3 53. Qxa4 Re4 54. Qa6 Rfe8 55. Re2 Qf8
56. Qd3 Qf6 57. Nc2 Bc5 58. Rge1 Qe5 59. b4 Bb6 60. Kb2 h5
61. d6 Qf5 62. Rxe3 1-0
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