A good start for Kamsky

Gata Kamsky held favorite Veselin Topalov in the first game of the Challenger's match being held in Bulgaria. In an exciting, Grunfeld game, Kamsky forced the aggressive Topalov to go for a draw after 36 moves. The result must be considered to be good for Kamsky's morale since he now has the white pieces tomorrow.



Kamsky cooly countered the novelty that Topalov dished out on the 17th move, held on to an extra pawn and made Topalov fight for the initiative. After the novelty, both players played accurate chess to reach an even endgame where a draw was an expected result.