Chess Forum / General Topics / October 2006

It's from the 1990 August Chess Life, Larry Evans's column.
Game is Parker-Volovich.  I lost on time in a winning position and should
have won a miniature.
(Doing my chapter on the Pirc).

I'm looking to change openings to a universal opening for black and was
hoping someone who plays these are familiar with these may have some
insight.
For b6 there looks like there is a good book by Christian Bauer(Play 1..b6).

I am spotting loopholes in my current opening repertoire.
I always open with 1 e4 as White.
If Black plays 1...c5, I respond by playing a Grand Prix with 2 Nc3 and
3 f4.

Could someone help me find the score of the game:
Johansson-Tegelman vs Rey Ardid
Sweden-Spain  correspondence match
1933/35 1-0

Thank you for providing the
World Championship Games
on your site:
http://www.rookhouse.com/forum/

Interesting discussion on the USCF web site:
http://beta.uschess.org/frontend/news_7_127.php
Seems the Federation recently brought the US rules into conformance
with FIDE rules, forcing the player to move before  recording.  

I quote the official Elista website:
Vladimir Kramnik of Russia has won Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria in tie break
games with the score 2.5 to 1.5. The total score of the Match is Vladimir
Kramnik (8.5), Veselin Topalov (7.5)

Delicate. I can't venture any guesses
(like who's better) except that it is rather
a Kramnik type of a game.
Wlod

His regrouping maneuver Nc2, f3, Be3, Bf2, Ne3 worked out splendidly.
If the break is the same length as the last one, the next game will be
at 10AM EDT.  
LT

With Topalov playing White in another Slav Defense the First tie Break
Game between Topalov and Kramnik was a draw..

Results and PGN here:
http://www.rookhouse.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=324#324

Kramnik is ahead in the match: 6:5.
If Topa doesn't play the 5th game
then that's it, the end of the match.
No need for any tie-break.

So ... assuming that the game 5 forfeit stands (I think it has to, even
if it was a bad decision. You can't tell a player he's behind with one
game to go when you've been telling him the score was something else for
the last six games) what are the rules for the tiebreaks?

Game # 12 of the World Chess Championship is in progress.
Follow it here: http://www.rookhouse.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=96