
DOS HERMANAS, APRIL 7: Judit Polgar of Hungary shocked Viswanathan Anand in the first round of the Dos Hermanas Super Grandmasters tournament on Tuesday. Anand8217;s Sicilian defence took a beating against the ever-positive Polgar in 35 moves.
English Grandmaster Michael Adams clipped the wings of Russian GM Peter Svidler. The other two games, Miguel Illescas-Veselin Topalov, Kramnik-Karpov, ended in draws.
Alexander Morozevich, whose rating has skyrocketed to 2723, pulled out of his first big event because of illness. Boris Gelfand of Israel replaces him and will take on Victor Korchonoi in the first round, which was not played today.
Results: Illescas 0.5 drew Topalov 0.5; Judit Polgar 1 bt Anand 0; Adams 1 bt Svidler 0; Kramnik 0.5 drew Karpov 0.5.
Moves
Polgar Hun vs Anand Ind: 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 e5 8. Nf5 g6 9. g5 gf5 10. ef5 d5 11. Qf3 d4 12. o-o-o Nd7 13. Bd2 dc3 14. Bc3 Bg7 15. Rg1 o-o 16. gf6 Qf6 17. Qe3Kh8 18. f4 Qb6 19. Qg3 Qh6 20. Rd6 f6 21. Bd2 e4 22. Bc4 b5 23. Be6 Ra7 24. Rc6 a5 25. Be3 Rb7 26. Bd5 Rb8 27. Rc7 b4 28. b3 Rb5 29. Bc6 Rf5 30. Rc8 Rc8 31. Bd7 Rc5 32. Bf5 Rf5 33. Rd1 Kg8 34. Qg2 Kf8 35. Bf2 1-0.
Adams Eng vs Svidler: 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Nd7 9. g4 b5 10. g5 b4 11. Ne2 Nh5 12. Qd2 Be7 13.Ng3 Nf4 14. h4 h6 15. Bf4 ef4 16. Nh5 Bb3 17. ab3 g6 18. Nf4 hg5 19. Nd5 Rh4 20. Rh4 gh4 21. o-o-o Nf6 22. Bc4 Nd5 23. Qd5 Bg5 24. Kb1 Ra7 25. e5 Kf8 26. e6 Bf6 27. ef7 Qe7 28. f4 Qf7 29. Qd6 Qe7 30. Qb8 Kg7 31. Rg1 Kh6 32. Bd3 Rd7 33. Qg8 1-0.