Monday, July 18, 2005

Underdog wins Dortmund 2005 super-tournament

Arkadij Naiditsch
Arkadij Naiditsch is the sensational winner of this years Dortmund Sparkassen tournament. 19 years old German was the lowest rated player in this meeting but he started with no respect for "the olders" to score three nice wins and grab the first place.







White: Naiditsch, A.
Black: Leko, P.
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. e5 Nd5 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4 O-O 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 d6 11. Re1 Qc7 12. exd6 exd6 13. Bf4 Bf5 14. Qa4 Rfd8 15. Qa3 a6 16. Bf1 Rac8 17. Nd2 Na7 18. Rac1 Nb5 19. Qb3 Na7 20. Ne4 Bxe4 21.Rxe4 Re8 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Rb1 Re7 24. h4 Nc6 25. Qd5 Rd7 26. Bxa6 Na5 27. Bf1 Bf8 28. g3 Rd8 29. c4 Nc6 30. h5 Bg7 31. Be3 Ra8 32. h6 Bf8 33. Qb5 Ne7 34. Bd3 Ra3 35. Rb3 Rxa2 36. Qxb7 Ra1+ 37. Kg2 Qa5 38. Qb4 Qh5 39. Rb1 Rxb1 40. Bxb1 d5 41. c5 Bxh6 42. Bxh6 Qxh6 43. Qb8+ Qf8 44. Qd6 Qe8 45. Ba2 Nc6 46. Bxd5 Nxd4 47. Bxf7+ Kxf7 48. Qxd4 Qc6+ 49. f3 Ke6 50. g4 Qa6 51. Qe4+ Kf6 52. c6 Qa2+ 53. Kg3 Qa7 54. g5+ Kf7 55. Qd5+ Ke7 56. Qe5+ Kf7 57. Qf6+ Kg8 58. Qe6+ Kf8 59.Qc8+ 1-0


White: Kramnik, V.
Black: Topalov, V.
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Bf4 b6 9. Nc3 Ba6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Rc1 Nc6 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Ne5 Nxd4 14. Bxd5 Nxe2+ 15. Qxe2 Bxe2 16. Bxa8 Rxa8 17. Rfe1 Bb5 18. Rc2 Nd5 19. Rec1 Ba6 20. Bd2 f6 21. Nc4 Rd8 22. a3 Kf7 23. Ne3 h5 24. Nxd5 Rxd5 25. Bb4 Bd8 26. Rc6 Be2 27. Rd6 Rxd6 28. Bxd6 Ke8 29. Bb8 a5 30. Bc7 Bf3 31. Rc3 Bd5 32. f4 Kd7 33. Bxd8 Kxd8 34. Kf2 Kd7 35. Ke3 e5 36. fxe5 fxe5 37. Rc1 a4 38. Rf1 Ke6 39. Rf8 b5 40. Rg8 Kf6 41. Rb8 1-0


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