The World Cup Selected a Challenger

Submitted by GreenLaser on Fri, 09/26/2008 at 12:18pm.

Gata Kamsky won the final against Alexei Shirov 2.5-1.5 in last year's World Chess Cup. As a result he is to play a match against Veselin Topalov. The winner of that match is to play for the world championship against the winner of the match between Viswanathan Anand, the world champion, and Vladimir Kramnik, a former world champion. The World Cup of 2007 was held in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. It involved many players and hundreds of games. Players were paired in elimination matches until there was only one left. The game selected below was between Bartlomiej Macieja and Viktor Laznicka. Macieja was born in 1977 in Poland. Laznicka of the Czech republic was born in 1988. Macieja won the European Championship in 2002 and eliminated Laznicka in their World Cup match 1.5-0.5. Macieja then defeated Teimour Radjabov 2-0. Krishnan Sasikiran eliminated Macieja 4-2.

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by NM GreenLaser - 3 months ago
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3021025 asks, "Nice game. One small question, why the +- at some variations which end with Q+B vs R? That is an easy game for white..." Yes, the game is so easy for White, that it is evaluated as "+-." This means White wins. +/- means clear advantage for White. +/= means advantage for White. Reversing the symbols (-+, -/+, or =/+) favors Black.

by 3021025 - 3 months ago
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Nice game. One small question, why the +- at some variations which end with Q+B vs R? That is an easy game for white...

by figrock - 3 months ago
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Brilliant!

by kagid - 3 months ago
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nice game

by NM GreenLaser - 3 months ago
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EmTom wrote, "That would be Bartłomiej Macieja not Bartolomiej :D" I don't know what "D" means. I checked the spelling in my tournament database . Thank you EMTom for reading and correcting the error. Checking the ChessBase player encyclopedia shows that Macieja's photos resemble EmTom.

by NM GreenLaser - 3 months ago
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Some readers keep missing the line in the move list. Click the move list to see alternatives to the moves played in the game. The following shows the knight capture. (16... exf5 17. Rxd8+ Bxd8 18. Re1+ Kf8 (18... Ne4 19. Qxd8#) 19. Qxd8+ Ne8 20. Qe7+ wins ( Stronger is 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 21. Be7+ Kg8 22. Qxe8+ Kh7 23. Qxf7 +- ))

by EmTom - 3 months ago
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That would be Bartłomiej Macieja not Bartolomiej :D

by ADK - 3 months ago
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Viktor was completely destroyed in that Game!!!

ADK

by mlinde97 - 3 months ago
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A very poor game by Laznicka. He is rated 2610 yet he plays like an amateur in this game.

by Gnam - 3 months ago
Barletta Italy

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because after Rae1 the black is in serious trouble.

by patrick08 - 3 months ago
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can anyone answer me why did the pawn did not take the knight???

by micknek - 3 months ago
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A very nice game

by cruzfranzenrico - 3 months ago
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Interesting game!

by shuttlechess92 - 3 months ago
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nice game!

by LostCauseOne - 3 months ago
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I can only assume that Laznicka is afraid of opening up the e file and the future loss of the bishop due to rook exchange. Also if White's bishop takes on f6 he will have tripled pawns and have created a pawn majority on the left and a passer on the right. Going through the variations I just do not see a good continuation for Black after taking the knight...

by NM GreenLaser - 3 months ago
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stevez wrote, "At the risk of exposing my considerable ignorance, I'd appreciate some insight into 16. Nf5 and why Laznicka declined to capture the Knight with 16. . . exf5. I'll leave my initial question for posterity, but I belatedly understand the threat of 17. Rxd8+" It is not ignorant to ask questions. I had to ask myself questions as I played over the game. I had to explain to myself the reasons for Nf5 and the resignation. My notes are simply attempts to answer questions that I had. There is an answer to your question in the notes in the move list.

by stevez - 3 months ago
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At the risk of exposing my considerable ignorance, I'd appreciate some insight into 16. Nf5 and why Laznicka declined to capture the Knight with 16. . . exf5.

I'll leave my initial question for posterity, but I belatedly understand the threat of 17. Rxd8+

by NM GreenLaser - 3 months ago
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The round number is supposed to be 2.2.

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