Veselin Topalov is unstoppable

Topalov just beat Svidler in 5th round of World Chess Championship to make significant leading with 1,5 points ahead of Anand and Svidler. Yet again he played a sharp game, sacrificing material for initiative.


White: Peter Svidler 2738
Black: Veselin Topalov 2782

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Ne5 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. exf5 Nbc6 13. Nd5 e6 14. Ne3 Qa5+ 15. c3 Nf3+ 16. Qxf3 Bxc3+




17. Kd1 Qa4+ 18. Nc2 Bxb2 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. Qb3 Qxb3 21. axb3 Bxa1 22. Nxa1 Ke7 23. Bd3 Rac8 24. Re1 Nd4 25. f3 Rc3 26. Kd2 Rhc8 27. Rb1 R3c5 28. b4 Rd5 29. Bf2 Kd7 30. Be3 Nf5 31. Bf2 Nh4 32. Bxh4 gxh4 33. Nc2 h5 34. Re1 Rg8 35. Kc3 a5 36. Bc4 Rc8 37. Ne3 Rb5 38. Kd3 Rxb4 39. Bxe6+ Kxe6 40. Nc2+ Kd5 41. Nxb4+ axb4 42. Re7 b5 43. Rh7 Rc3+ 44. Kd2 Rc4 0-1


Round 5 Standings: 1. Veselin Topalov BUL 2788 4.5; 2. Viswanathan Anand IND 2788 3.0; 3. Peter Svidler RUS 2738 3.0; 4. Rustam Kasimdzhanov UZB 2670 2.5; 5. Peter Leko HUN 2763 2.0; 6. Judit Polgar HUN 2735 2.0; 7. Michael Adams ENG 2719 1.5; 8. Alexander Morozevich RUS 2707 1.5;