Topalov vs Ireland 2-2

Veselin Topalov travelling to Dublin for a simuls against four of Irish resident chess players. The line up for Irish team are GM Alexander Baburin, Sam Collins, Mark Quinn and Alex Lopez.

Alexander Baburin is the only one with previous serious chess playing background, since I rarely found the other Irish playing over Europe. Baburin is nowdays popular as founder and editor of Chess Today. Veselin Topalov playing ok in board one, with Black against Baburin with Neo Gruenfeld, but maybe too complicated for a simuls against knowledge player like Baburin, Topalov slowly went weak and lost. Topalov draw with other Lopez and Collins, won against Mark Quinn as White in Sicilian Defence.

PGN for Topalov vs Ireland, in clock simul:
[Event "Dublin Simul Board 1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.10.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Baburin, Alex"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D77"]
[PlyCount "111"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 dxc4 6. Na3 c3 7. bxc3 O-O 8. O-O c5 9. Qb3 Nc6 10. Rd1 Na5 11. Qb2 Qb6 12. Qxb6 axb6 13. Ne5 Be6 14. Bb2 Rfc8 15. f4 Bd5 16. Bh3 Rd8 17. c4 Be4 18. d5 h5 19. Rac1 Ng4 20. Bxg4 hxg4 21. Nb5 Bf5 22. Ba1 f6 23. Nd3 Bd7 24. Nc7 Rac8 25. d6 exd6 26. Nd5 Be6 27. Ne7+ Kf7 28. Nxc8 Rxc8 29. f5 Bxf5 30. Nf4 Rc6 31. Nd5 Be4 32. Rf1 Bxd5 33. cxd5 Rc8 34. Rf4 g5 35. Re4 b5 36. Re6 Re8 37. Rxd6 Rxe2 38. Rd7+ Kg6 39. d6 Nc4 40. Re7 Rxe7 41. dxe7 Kf7 42. a4 b6 43. axb5 Nd6 44. Re1 Ke8 45. Re6 Nxb5 46. Rxb6 Nd4 47. Bxd4 cxd4 48. Re6 Bh8 49. Kf2 f5 50. Ke2 f4 51. Kd3 Bg7 52. Ke4 d3 53. Kxd3 Bb2 54. Ke4 f3 55. Kd3 Ba3 56. Re4 1-0

[Event "Dublin Simul Board 2"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.10.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Collins, Sam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C97"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. d5 Bd7 13. b3 Rfb8 14. Nbd2 Nb7 15. c4 Ne8 16. Nf1 Nd8 17. Ne3 g6 18. Ng4 f6 19. Nh6+ Kh8 20. Nh2 a5 21. cxb5 Bxb5 22. Bd2 Bd7 23. N2g4 Bf8 24. Rc1 Bc8 25. h4 Nf7 26. Nxf7+ Qxf7 27. Ne3 Be7 28. Nc4 Bd8 29. f4 Qe7 30. Rf1 Ba6 31. h5 a4 32. hxg6 axb3 33. Bxb3 hxg6 34. Rc3 Bxc4 35. Bxc4 Ba5 36. Rh3+ Kg7 37. Bc1 exf4 38. Bxf4 Rb2 39. e5 f5 40. Qc1 Rab8 41. Bb3 Re2 42. exd6 Qe4 43. Rh2 Bd2 44. Bxd2 Qd4+ 45. Kh1 Rxd2 46. Qe1 Nxd6 47. Qe7+ Nf7 48. Qc7 Rh8 49. Rxh8 Kxh8 50. Qxf7 Qh4+ 51. Kg1 Qd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dublin Simul Board 3"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.10.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lopez, Alex"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E65"] 1. g3 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c4 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nc3 d6 6. O-O Bd7 7. e3 Nf6 8. d4 O-O 9. b3 a6 10. Bb2 Rb8 11. Qe2 cxd4 12. exd4 Bg4 13. Rfd1 Qc8 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Nb4 16. Qxe7 Nxd5 17. Qg5 Qf5 18. Qxf5 Bxf5 19. Nd2 Nb4 20. Nc4 Rfd8 21. Ne3 Bc8 22. a3 Nc6 23. b4 Be6 24. Rd2 d5 25. Rc1 h5 26. f4 Rbc8 27. Kf2 Ne7 28. Rdc2 Rxc2+ 29. Rxc2 Nc6 30. Rd2 Rd7 31. Bf3 f5 32. Bd1 Kf7 33. Bb3 Bf6 34. h4 Na7 35. Nc2 Nc8 36. Ne1 Nd6 37. Rc2 Nc4 38. Nf3 b5 39. Bc1 Kg7 40. Ne5 Rb7 41. Bxc4 dxc4 42. Bd2 Bd5 43. Bc3 Be7 44. Ra2 Bd6 45. Ke3 Kf6 46. Ra1 Ke6 47. Kf2 Be4 48. Nxg6 Kd5 49. Ne5 Bc2 50. Kf3 Be4+ 51. Ke3 Bc2 52. Kf3 Be4+ 53. Ke3 Bc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dublin Simul Board 4"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.10.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Quinn, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Be2 Nf6 8. a3 d6 9. g4 h6 10. f4 Bd7 11. h3 Be7 12. Qd2 Rc8 13. O-O-O g6 14. Rhf1 Rh7 15. f5 gxf5 16. gxf5 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 e5 18. Qd3 Bc6 19. Rg1 b5 20. Kb1 Qb7 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. exd5 Bd8 23. Qb3 Ke7 24. Bf2 Kd7 25. Rg2 Be7 26. a4 Rb8 27. axb5 axb5 28. Be1 Rhh8 29. Rg3 h5 30. Qb4 h4 31. Rb3 Bd8 32. Bxb5+ Ke7 33. Qc4 Rh5 34. Bc6 Qc8 35. Rxb8 Qxb8 36. Rd3 Rxf5 37. Rb3 Qc8 38. Rb7+ Kf8 39. Bb4 Bc7 40. Qxh4 Rf1+ 41. Ka2 Kg7 42. Qg5+ Kh7 43. Bxd6 1-0

TWIC has interactive games available
online degree college