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LUIS, Argentina, Oct 11, 2005: Viswanathan Anand avenged his
defeat against Rustam Kasimjanov of Uzbekistan in the 11th
round as he made a bid to at least finish second in the FIDE
World chess championship here.
The fourth victory by the NIIT Brand Ambassador, Anand, enabled
him to come within two points of the leader Veselin Topalov
of Bulgaria, who survived a close game against the thus-far
struggling Michael Adams of England.
In
the other decisive game of the day, Peter Svidler, kept his
second place with a win over Alexander Morozevich of Russia.
Judit Polgar took a draw with fellow Hungarian Peter Leko.
Anand
is sole third at 6.5 points, two points behind the leader,
while Topalov the leader is at 8.5 and Svidler is at seven.
As three rounds remain, Topalov has a clear two point lead
and only if he loses at least two of those games, does anyone
have a chance of catching up or going ahead of him.
In
a Sicilian Najdorf, Anand simply outplayed Kasimjanov in just
29 moves. This clash was in sharp contrast to the first one,
where Anand had been stunned by Kasimjanov.
Svidler
repelled the Petroff defence by Morozevich in a long 70-move
game, while Admas had Topalov on the ropes from a Sicilian
Scheveningen. After 45 moves of an exciting game, Topalov
managed to keep his unbeaten streak going. Polgar and Leko
were engaged in a draw in Caro-Kann.
Morozevich
fell behind after an insipid loss against Svidler but still
maintains the sole fourth spot on 5.5.
Pairings
for Round 12: Kasimjanov v Adams; Leko v Anand; Morozevich
v Polgar;
Topalov
v Svidler
Results of Round 11: Anand beat Kasimjanov; Polgar drew with
Leko; Adams drew with Topalov; Svidler beat Morozevich
Standigns after Round 11: 1. Topalov 8.5; 2. Svidler 7.0;
3. Anand 6.5; 4. Morozevich 5.5; 5. Leko 5.0; 6. Kasimjanov
4.5; 7. Adams 4.0; 8. Polgar 3.0
Anand
v Kasimdzhanov
World
ch 2005 Arg Round 11
1.
e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 Nbd7 9. Qd2 b5 10. O-O-O Nb6 11. Qf2 Nc4
12. Bxc4 bxc4 13. Na5 Rc8 14. Bb6 Qd7 15. g3 g6 16. Rd2 Bh6
17. f4 Ng4 18. Qf3 Rb8 19. h3 Nf6 20. Bc5 exf4 21. gxf4 Rc8
22. Bxd6 Qd8 23. Bb4 Qb6 24. a3 Nh5 25. Kb1 Bxf4 26. Nd5 Bxd5
27. Rxd5 Bb8 28. Rhd1 c3 29. Rd7 1-0
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