Yes, I first thought that the break would come on the king side but since
Radjabov complicated such that a king side break would not be opportune,
Adams broke through on the queen side instead!

I just checked the newest July ratings on the FIDE web site and Adams is now
above Topalov by one ELO point. Adams moved up two places from #8 to #6 in
the world with 2738 ELO and Topalov moved down two places from #5 to #7 with
2737 ELO.

But Topalov's performance rating is 2900+ whereas Adams' is 2800+. So
Topalov still has the somewhat better chances to win, I think, but the FIDE
world champion would in any case be either #6 or #7 in terms of ELO ratings,
disappointing ...

The big winner in the July rating list is Morozewich who moved up to #4,
higher than Adams or Topalov when the WCC began, but the #2 seed, who whould
now have been the real #1 seed, did not show up at the WCC ...


"Chess One" wrote in message
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"PeteCasso" wrote in message
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Hey, Adams did play 42 ... Be4, soon there will be a Rook + 3 extra
pawns
against two minor pieces, I think Adams will then try to hold/block the
queens wing and push his king pawns ...

Isn't this an interesting game! After your last post I didn't know which
move you were reporting. Good for you if you saw 42...Be4!!

Even so, white still made complications - did you think the last move
would
have been Rxf5 which almost every player would have made, or guess the
actual move ))))

Cordially, Phil Innes



"PeteCasso" wrote in message
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42 ... Be4 and Radjabov can resign ...

"Chess One" wrote in message
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Adams just played 30...b5 and might win the 'a' pawn next (move
...31)
or

Presumably on 34 black can't play Ne4