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Topalov-Ding Liren Match
August 14, 2018
The Topalov - Ding Liren Match 2018 was held in Wenzhou, China between April 11th and 14th 2018.
The Chinese №1 Ding Liren returned to his home city of Wenzhou after injury to contest a 4-game match with the former World Champion Veselin Topalov from Bulgaria.
The time control was 90 minutes for 40 moves, then 30 minutes to the end of the game, with a 30-second increment from move 1.
Game 1, August 11, 2018
Topalov, Veselin –- Ding Liren
E61 King’'s Indian
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.e3 O-O 5.Be2 d6 6.Nc3 Bf5 7.Qb3 b6 8.d5 a5 9.Nd4 Bd7 10.O-O Na6 11.Qd1 Nc5 12.Bf3 Rc8 13.a3 e5 14.dxe6 Nxe6 15.Re1 Nxd4 16.exd4 Re8 17.Be3 Be6 18.d5 Bd7 19.h3 Re7 20.Qd2 Qf8 21.Bd4 Rce8 22.Rxe7 Qxe7 23.b4 h5 24.bxa5 bxa5 25.Rc1 Kh7 26.Be3 a4 27.Bf4 Bf5 28.Nb5 Be4 29.Re1 Qd7 30.Be2 Bf5 31.Bf1 Ne4 32.Qe3 Nf6 33.Qc1 Ne4 34.Re3 g5 35.Bh2 Bh6 36.g4 hxg4 37.hxg4 Bxg4 38.Bd3 f5 39.Qe1 Bh5 40.Bxe4 fxe4 41.Nd4 Bf7 42.Bg3 Bg7 43.Nb5 Bg6 44.Qe2 Re7 45.f3 Qh3 46.Qh2 Qxh2+ 47.Kxh2 Bb2 48.c5 Bc1 49.cxd6 cxd6 50.Rc3 Bd2 51.Bxd6 Rb7 52.Rc7+ Rxc7 53.Bxc7 exf3 54.Kg3 Be4 55.Bb6 Bxd5 56.Bf2 Bc1 0-1
Game 2, August 12, 2018
Ding Liren –- Topalov, Veselin
A22 English, Bremen, reverse Dragon
1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nc3 Nb6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.a3 Be6 9.b4 Nd4 10.Rb1 Nxf3+ 11.Bxf3 c6 12.d3 O-O 13.Bb2 f5 14.Na4 Nd7 15.Qc2 Qc7 16.Nc5 Nxc5 17.bxc5 Rad8 18.Ba1 Rd7 19.Rb4 a5 20.Ra4 Bd5 21.e4 Be6 22.exf5 Rxf5 23.Be4 Rd5 24.d4 Qd7 25.Bxd5 Qxd5 26.Re1 Kf7 27.Re2 h5 28.dxe5 Qf3 29.Re3 Qd5 30.Re2 Qf3 31.Re3 Qd5 32.Rf4 Rxf4 33.gxf4 g6 34.Rg3 Bf5 35.Qb3 Bxc5 36.Qxb7+ Ke8 37.Qb8+ Ke7 38.Qb7+ Ke8 39.Qb8+ Ke7 40.Qb7+ Ke8 1/2-1/2
Game 3, August 13, 2018
Topalov, Veselin -– Ding Liren
E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 O-O 5.Bg5 c5 6.Rc1 h6 7.Bh4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 d5 9.cxd5 g5 10.Bg3 Qxd5 11.e3 Qxa2 12.Bd3 Qxb2 13.O-O Bxc3 14.Rc2 Qb4 15.Nb5 e5 16.Rxc3 Nc6 17.f4 Bg4 18.Qc2 exf4 19.exf4 Rac8 20.Bc4 Qc5+ 21.Kh1 Qf5 22.Bd3 Qd7 23.fxg5 Nb4 24.Qf2 Nxd3 25.Qxf6 Qxb5 26.gxh6 Nf2+ 27.Rxf2 Qb1+ 28.Rf1 Qg6 29.Rxc8 Rxc8 30.Qe7 Be6 31.Qxb7 Qxh6 32.Qxa7 Rc1 33.Rg1 Rxg1+ 34.Qxg1 Bd5 35.Qd1 Qe6 36.Qd2 Qf5 37.Kg1 Qb1+ 38.Be1 Qb6+ 39.Kh1 Qf6 40.h3 Qf5 41.Kh2 f6 42.Bf2 Kf7 43.Bd4 Ke6 44.Qe3+ Qe4 45.Qf2 Qf5 46.Qg3 Qe4 47.Bc3 Kf5 48.Qf2+ Qf4+ 49.Qxf4+ Kxf4 50.Bxf6 Kf5 51.Bc3 Kg6 52.g4 Be6 53.Kg3 Bd7 54.h4 Be6 55.h5+ Kh7 56.Kf4 Bd7 57.g5 Be8 58.Kg4 Bf7 59.g6+ Bxg6 60.hxg6+ Kxg6 1/2-1/2
Game 4, August 14, 2018
Ding Liren –-Topalov, Veselin
E00 Catalan Opening
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bd6 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Bg5 c6 8.Bg2 h6 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.O-O Qd8 11.c5 Bc7 12.e4 b6 13.b4 bxc5 14.bxc5 dxe4 15.Nxe4 Ba6 16.Re1 Bc4 17.Qa4 Bd5 18.Re3 Qc8 19.Nc3 Bd8 20.Rb1 Bf6 21.Bf1 Rd8 22.Nxd5 cxd5 23.Reb3 Re8 24.Rb7 Re7 25.Rxe7 Bxe7 26.Ne5 Bf6 27.f4 g6 28.h4 h5 29.Kf2 Kg7 30.Ke3 a6 31.Rb6 Ra7 32.Bd3 Ra8 33.Qc2 Nd7 34.Rc6 Qe8 35.Rc7 Nxe5 36.fxe5 Bd8 37.Rb7 Qc6 38.Qb1 Bc7 39.Bxg6 Rg8 40.Bxf7 1-0
The reporters after the game congratulated Ding Liren in unison on winning this match and setting a new rating record. Ding expressed this satisfaction with the performance: "Today's game was a more mainstream Catalan. Due to an injury received at the Norway Tournament, I did not play chess for two months, so winning the match, proving myself and breaking 2800 was very satisfying.”"
Ding Liren's rating has come an unprecedented 2804.2, a new record and he has extended his unbeaten record.
This note from 2700 chess.com after the first game of the match:
Ding (2801.3) becomes the 14th player in chess history with a live rating of over 2800. He remains unbeaten since 9 Aug 2017 and after 79 classical games. All this after his first game (win with Black) in his match vs Topalov.
For a photo of the match see:
http://cca.imsa.cn/archives/69917
For Ding Liren’s injury see:
https://forum.chesstalk.com/forum/ch...ox-norway-2018
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