Veselin Topalov derrota a Anatoly Karpov

Topalov,Veselin (2740) - Karpov,Anatoly (2735) [D37]
Amber-rapid 07th Monte Carlo (7 ronda), 20.03.1998
[Guillermo Muñoz Portugal]

D37: Queen's Gambit Declined: 5 Bf4 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 Be7 5.Bf4 0-0 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.a3 Nc6 9.Qc2 Qa5 10.0-0-0 Be7 11.Kb1 Rd8 12.Nd2 LiveBook: 10 Games. [12.cxd5 Nxd5 13.Nxd5 exd5 14.Nd4 Bg4 15.f3 Nxd4 16.Rxd4 Rac8 17.Qb3 Be6 18.Bd3 Bc5 19.Qxb7 Bxd4 20.exd4 Qa4 21.Be5 Qd7 22.Qxd7 Bxd7 23.h4 f6 24.Bf4 Re8 25.Ka2 Re6 26.Bf5 Re7 Lenderman,A (2559)-Gerzhoy,L (2485) Montreal 2010 0-1 (38)] 12...Qb6N [12...dxc4= y las negras están bien. 13.Nxc4 (13.Bxc4 a6 14.Nb3 Qh5 15.Be2 Rxd1+ 16.Rxd1 Qg6 17.Qxg6 hxg6 18.Bf3 e5 19.Bg3 Bf5+ 20.e4 Be6 21.Nd5 Bf8 22.Nd2 Ne8 23.Nc4 f6 24.Be2 ½-½ (24) Bagirov,R (2471)-Barsov,A (2539) Abu Dhabi 1999) 13...Rxd1+ 14.Qxd1 Qc5; 12...e5 13.Bg3 Be6 14.Be2 Rac8 15.Rhe1 g6 16.Nb3 Qb6 17.c5 Qc7 18.Ka1 b6 19.Nd4 bxc5 20.Nxc6 Qxc6 21.Bxe5 Nd7 22.Bg3 Nb6 23.Ba6 Ra8 24.Nb5 Bf5 25.Nd4 ½-½ (25) Ivanchuk,V (2714)-Topalov,V (2700) Monte Carlo 1999]

13.c5!+- Qxc5 El blanco tiene una ventaja decisiva.

14.Nb3! Nb4 [No sirve 14...Qb6? por 15.Na4+-] 15.axb4 [ Más débil es 15.Nxc5 Nxc2 16.Nb3 Ng4+/=] 15...Qxb4 16.Rd4 Qb6 17.Nb5 Ne8 [17...Qc6+/- era mejor. 18.Be2 Qxc2+ 19.Kxc2 Bd7] 18.Nc7 e5? [18...Bd7]

19.Bxe5 Bf5 20.Bd3 Bxd3 21.Rxd3 Rac8 22.Rc3 Bb4 23.Nxd5 Rxc3 24.Nxc3 [ Not 24.Nxb6 Rxc2 25.Kxc2 axb6+/=; 24.Bxc3 Rxd5 25.Qe4 Qg6+/-] 24...Qe6 25.Bg3 Bxc3 26.Qxc3 Qe4+ 27.Qc2 Qxg2 28.Rd1 Ra8 29.Nc5 Nf6 30.Qf5 h6 31.Nd7 Nxd7 32.Qxd7 Qf3 33.Qd5 Qe2 34.Rc1 34...Re8 35.h4 h5 36.b3 Qg4 37.Kb2 b6 38.Rc7 Qe2+ 39.Rc2 Qg4 40.Rc7 Qe2+ 41.Ka3 Qa6+ 42.Kb4 Re6 43.Qf5 1-0