Boring round

Round six. Sorry for late comments. Reason the round was very boring indeed. Why? Because there I (we) did not see any real conflict. People played chess but you need still two of them to create something interesting. One man still plays different chess. Does he. Garry Kasparov had a succinct explanation for Topalov's success: "He is playing chess." Let take a closer look of his game against Polgar. Short explains: “one of the reasons that Soviet grandmasters in their heyday were so strong was that they possessed great patience”. Patience is all you need not only on poker table. In poker table you just wait for good hand but in chess you must execute the plan step by step. Polgar was like a chess goddess against Kasim where she had a chance to sacrifice. The most difficult part for women chess players as my former coach pointed out is to stand still. The mistake Polgar made 20.g4? she can not explain herself, it is in her nature. Just these kind of strikes do not work in endgames. Back to Kasparov. Back in 1989-1991 during the World Cup series I got angry when I saw my compatriots losing as white against Garry trying to create something extraordinary in the openings due to their incompetence in modern theory. I always thought why they just let it go (the dream beating Garry) and make a draw (playing for a draw). Now Topalov has the same advantage. Usually strong player should be capable to draw against any opponent as white. I even managed to make two draws against Zappa program now the official World Champion among chess programs. Topalov has however only three games left where he has black pieces, so he can not use his advantage much. Today he faces Kasim, he should play solid in other hand he must keep his champion style. It would be difficult for him and any result today is possible.
About other guys. Kasim could not create real problems for Leko. For Moro it was really difficult to create enough complications against Adams. It seems that the latter gave it up already and plays unpretentious chess. Anand versus Svidler looked like a computer game. Very clean draw despite the theoretical exchange sacrifice.