Topalov and Grischuk Wins, Linares 2010

14 February 2010, In Linares, Spain, both Topalov and Grischuk won their respective round 2 games of the XXVII Torneo Internacional de Ajedrez “Ciudad de Linares” 2010, Linares/Spain

Here are the summary of results of the round 2 games in the Linares Super Tournament:-

White	Black	Result
V.Topalov	V Gashimov	1:0
F. Vallejo	L. Aronian	0.5:0.5
A. Grischuk	B. Gelfand	1:0

Here is the game between V Topalov and V Gashimov in round 2 in Linares, Spain held on the 14th February 2010 (Valentine’s Day) from playchess.com.

[Event "XXVII Torneo Int'l de Ajedrez Ciudad de "]
[Site "Linares/Spain"]
[Date "2010.02.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "V. Topalov"]
[Black "V. Gashimov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 g6 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nbd2
Nbd7 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. b3 Nb8 11. Ba3 Nc6 12. Rac1 Be6 13. Qb2 Re8 14. h3 Rc8
15. Rc2 Bf5 16. Bxf5 gxf5 17. Ne1 Ne4 18. Nd3 e5 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Nxe5 Nxe5
21. dxe5 Rxc2 22. Qxc2 Qa5 23. Bd6 Bxe5 24. b4 Qd8 25. Bxe5 Rxe5 26. Rc1 Rd5
27. a4 b5 28. axb5 Rxb5 29. Qa4 Qd6 30. Qa1 Qe5 31. Qxa6 Rxb4 32. Qh6 Rb8 33.
g3 Qe6 34. Qf4 Rc8 35. Rd1 Rc6 36. Rd8+ Kg7 37. Kg2 h6 38. Qb8 Qf6 39. Rd5 Re6
40. h4 h5 41. Rd8 Kh7 42. Rg8 f4 43. gxf4 Qxh4 44. Rh8+ Kg6 45. Qg8+ Kf6 46.
Qd8+ Re7 47. Rh6+ Kf5 48. Qd5+ 1-0

Black is about to fall in a mating attack.

If Black plays 48…Re5. Then 49.Qxe5+ Black king has only one safe square to go, g4, 49….Kg4. White will follow with 50.Rg6+ fxg6 and followed by mate 51.Qe6#.

A fine win for Topalov.

 

 

White played 48.Qd5+.