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Quirky name, real matters
Quirky name, real matters
calmrolfe
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Top Gameknot player versus.......TOPALOV !! [Event "Mtel - Blindfold"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2007.05.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Brunetti,Alex"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[EventDate "2007.05.09"]
[ECO "D02"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c3 Bf5 4. Qb3 Qc8 5. Bf4 e6 6. e3 Nf6 7. h3 Be7 8.Nbd2 a5 9. a4 O-O 10. Nh4 Be4 11. f3 Bg6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Bd3 Nh5 14. Bh2 Bh4+ 15. Kd1 Bg3 16. Bg1 Nd7 17. e4 Qc7 18. Be3 Nf4 19. Bf1 e5 20. Bxf4 Bxf4 21. exd5 cxd5 22. Qxd5 Nb6 23. Qe4 exd4 24. cxd4 Rfe8 25. Qd3 Nd5 26.Nc4 Rad8 27. Be2 Qxc4 28. Qxc4 Ne3+ 29. Kd2 Nxc4+ 30. Kc3 Rxe2 0-1
Maybe the first time a player with links to Gameknot has played a World Champion in a competitive match ?
Week in Chess reported it as follows "As a warm up Veselin Topalov played blindfold against Italian Alex Brunetti on May 8th 2007 in Sofia Hall of Grand Hotel Sofia. Alex Brunetii won the prize for "Play like Topalov" that took place during M-Tel Masters. The two players had half an hour each for the game. Topalov won."
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calmrolfe
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Damn ! Should have read further down the list, someone else has already picked up on this.....DOH !
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heinzkat
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another top Gameknot player... has played a game with Kasparov last year - duchess
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