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Which Game deserves the "Slowchess.com Brilliancy Prize"?

SHIROV-KASPAROV
1
33%
KASPAROV-RADJABOV
0
No votes
SHIROV-TOPALOV
0
No votes
TOPALOV-RADJABOV
1
33%
RADJABOV-VALLEJO PONS
0
No votes
KASPAROV-KRAMNIK
1
33%
LEKO-KASPAROV
0
No votes
 
Total votes: 3

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Best Game of the First 5 Rounds?

Post by ruymoultor » Tue Feb 24, 2004 7:44 am

Well there's only been one decisive game, but plenty have been exciting about some of these draws. Now you decide which gets the "Slowchess.Com Brilliancy Prize".

From Round 1 - SHIROV, Alexei vs. KASPAROV, Garry

[Event "21st Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2004.19.02"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Shirov"]
[Black "Kasparov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2830"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Nbd7 9. Qd2 b5 10. a4 b4 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nb6 13. Bxb6 Qxb6 14. a5 Qb7 15. Bc4 g6 16. Ra4 Rb8 17. Qd3 Ra8 18. Qd2 Rb8 19. Nc1 h5 20. Nd3 Bh6 21. Qe2 O-O 22. Nxb4 Qd7 23. Nc6 Rxb2 24. O-O h4 25. Bb3 h3 26. g3 e4 27. fxe4 Qg4 28. Qd3 Qg5 29. e5 dxe5 30. Rh4 e4 31. Qd4 Ng4 32. Rxh6 Nxh6 33. Qxb2 Qe3+ 34. Rf2 Qe1+ 35. Rf1 Qe3+ 1/2-1/2

From Round 2 - KASPAROV, Garry vs. RADJABOV, Teimour

[Event "21st Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2004.02.20"]
[EventDate "2004.02.19"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Kasparov"]
[Black "Radjabov"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2831"]
[BlackElo "2656"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nd2 d6 7. Nf1 Nd7 8. Ne3 Nb6 9. Ned5 O-O 10. O-O Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Rb8 12. a4 Be6 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Bg5 15. b3 Bxd5 16. Bxg5 Qxg5 17. Bxd5 Nb4 18. Bc4 d5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Qf3 Qe3+ 21. Rf2 Qxf3 22. Rxf3 Nb6 23. Bb5 a6 24. a5 axb5 25. axb6 Rfc8 26. Ra5 c4 27. Rxb5 cxd3 28. c4 Rd8 29. Rd5 Rxd5 30. cxd5 Rd8 31. Rxd3 Rd6 32. Kf2 Kf8 33. Ke3 Rxb6 34. Kd4 Ke7 35. Kc5 Rh6 36. h3 Rg6 37. g4 Rg5 38. b4 h5 39. Rd4 hxg4 40. hxg4 f5 41. gxf5 Rxf5 42. b5 Rf6 1/2-1/2

From Round 3 - SHIROV, Alexei vs. TOPALOV, Veselin

[Event "21st Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2004.02.21"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Shirov"]
[Black "Topalov"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2735"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8.
Qb3 b6 9. Nc3 Ba6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. Rac1 Nc6 13. Nb5 Nxe5 14.
dxe5 Nd7 15. Qe3 Nc5 16. Bb4 a5 17. Ba3 Qd7 18. Nd4 Rac8 19. f4 b5 20. Bxc5
Rxc5 21. f5 Rxc1 22. Qxc1 exf5 23. Nxf5 g6 24. Nd4 Qd8 25. h4 b4 26. Qf4 f6
27. Bh3 fxe5 28. Qxe5 Bf6 29. Qe6+ Kh8 30. e3 Bg7 31. Rxf8+ Qxf8 32. Qd7
Bh6 33. Ne6 Qc8 34. Qe7 d4 35. e4 Bxe4 36. Nc5 Qxh3 37. Qe8+ Kg7 38. Qe7+
Kg8 39. Qe8+ Bf8 40. Nxe4 Qf5 41. b3 d3 42. Qc6 Kh8 43. Kg2 h6 44. Qc4 Qd7
45. Nf6 Qg7 46. Ne4 Qb2+ 47. Kf3 Qe2+ 48. Kf4 Bg7 49. Qc8+ Kh7 50. Qd7 Qf1+
51. Ke3 Qe2+ 52. Kf4 Qf1+ 53. Ke3 Qe2+ 1/2-1/2

From Round 4 - TOPALOV, Veselin vs. RADJABOV, Teimour

[Event "21st Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2004.02.22"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Topalov"]
[Black "Radjabov"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2656"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5
6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7
11. Bd3 Ne7 12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. c4 f5 14.O-O O-O 15. Qf3 d5
16. cxd5 fxe4 17. Bxe4 Rb8 18. Rfd1 Qh4 19. g3 Qg5
20.Qb3 Bg4 21. Bf3 f5 22. Bxg4 Qxg4 23. d6+ Kh8 24. Qd5 f4
25. Nc2 Qg6 26. Nb4 Qg4 27. Nc6 f3 28. Nxe5 Qh5 29.Nxf3 Qxf3
30. Qxf3 Rxf3 31. d7 Rd8 32. Rd2 Kg8 33.Kg2 Rf5 34.Rc1 Kf7
35. f4 b4 36.Rc4 Rb5 37.Kf3 b3 38.Ra4 bxa2 39.Rxa6 Rxb2 1/2-1/2

From Round 5 - RADJABOV, Teimour vs. VALLEJO PONS, Fransico

[Event "21st Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2004.02.23"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Radjabov"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2663"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8.
cxd5 cxd5 9. Ne5 a6 10. O-O b5 11. f4 Bd6 12. Bd2 Rc8 13. Qb3 O-O 14. Be1
Ne4 15. a4 b4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Bc4 Bxe5 18. Bxb4 Rxc4 19. Qxc4 Bb8 20.
Bxf8 Qxf8 21. Rac1 g6 22. Qb3 Bd5 23. Qc3 Bb7 24. Qa5 Nf6 25. Qb6 Qe7 26.
Rc8+ Bxc8 27. Qxb8 Qf8 28. b4 Bd7 29. Qe5 Nd5 30. b5 axb5 31. axb5 Bxb5 32.
Rb1 Qe8 33. h4 h5 34. Rb3 Qc6 35. Qb8+ Kh7 36. Qxb5 Qxb5 37. Rxb5 Nxe3 38.
Re5 Nf5 39. Rxe4 Nxh4 40. Kf2 Nf5 41. Kf3 Kg7 42. Kf2 Kf6 43. Kf3 1/2-1/2

And two honourable mentions....

[Event "21st Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2004.02.23"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Kasparov"]
[Black "Kramnik"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2831"]
[BlackElo "2777"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 Nxc3
8. bxc3 Be7 9. e4 O-O 10. Bd3 c5 11. O-O Qc7 12. Qe2 Nd7 13. Bb2 Rac8 14.
Nd2 Rfd8 15. Rfd1 Nf6 16. a4 cxd4 17. cxd4 Bb4 18. Nf3 Qe7 19. h3 h6 20.
Qe3 a5 21. Rdc1 Ne8 22. Ne5 Nf6 23. Nf3 Ne8 24. Ne5 Nf6 25. Nc4 Rc6 26. Qg3
Nh5 27. Qe3 Nf6 28. Rc2 Rdc8 29. Rac1 Qd8 30. Qe2 Bf8 31. Qe3 R8c7 32. Qe2
Rc8 33. Ne5 R6c7 34. f3 Nh5 35. Rxc7 Rxc7 36. Rxc7 Qxc7 37. Qc2 Qd8 38. Bf1
Bd6 39. Qf2 Qg5 40. h4 Qf4 41. g4 Ng3 42. Nd3 Nxe4 43. fxe4 Qxe4 44. Qg2
1/2-1/2


[Event "21st Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2004.02.21"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Leko"]
[Black "Kasparov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8.
f3 Nbd7 9. g4 Nb6 10. g5 Nh5 11. Qd2 Be7 12. Qf2 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Bxc4 14. h4
O-O 15. Na4 f5 16. Nb6 Bxb3 17. axb3 fxe4 18. Nxa8 Qxa8 19. Qd2 b5 20. fxe4
Ng3 21. Rg1 Nxe4 22. Qd3 d5 23. Rxa6 Qxa6 24. Qxd5+ Kh8 25. Qxe4 Qa1+ 26.
Ke2 Qxb2 27. Qc6 Bb4 28. Rf1 Rg8 29. h5 Bc3 30. Qe4 Qa2 31. h6 b4 32. Rf7
Qa1 33. hxg7+ Rxg7 34. Rf8+ Rg8 35. Rxg8+ Kxg8 36. Qd5+ Kg7 37. Qd7+ Kg8
38. Qe6+ Kg7 39. Qh6+ Kg8 40. Qe6+ Kg7 41. Qh6+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

So, I'll let you decide! Comments Welcome!

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