Dortmund 2006

Dortmunder Sparkassen Chess Meeting was held on July 29th-August 4th. Vladimir Kramnik and Peter Svidler have tied for the first place with 4.5 points. As GM Alex Finkel predicted, in such a short event most of the players have opted for the safe strategy. Baadur Jobava, who qualified for this event as Aeroflot winner, was the only one to play aggessive chess that brough him 1.5/7 and last place. Hats off for the great spirit.


Final standings:
1-2. Vladimir Kramnik (RUS 2743) and Peter Svidler (RUS 2742) 4.5/7
3-5. Peter Leko (HUN 2738), Boris Gelfand (ISR 2729) and Michael Adams (ENG 2732) 4.0
6. Arkadij Naiditsch (GER 2664) 3.5
7. Levon Aronian (ARM 2761) 2.0
8. Baadur Jobava (GEO 2651) 1.5




Vladimir Kramnik - Peter Leko
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Bh4 Nd5 14. Bf2 c5 15. e4 Ne7 16. Ne2 Rac8 17. Nc3 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Nc5 19. Rd1 Rfd8 20. Be3 Rxd1+ 21. Kxd1 e5 22. b4 Ne6 23. Kc2 Nc6 24. Kb2 Kf8 25. Bc4 Ncd4 26. Bxe6 Nxe6 27. Nb5 Ra8 28. a4 Ba6 29. Na3 Rc8 30. b5 Bb7 31. Rc1 Rxc1 32. Kxc1 Ke7 33. a5 bxa5 34. Bxa7 f5 35. exf5 Nf4 36. g3 Nh3 37. Nc4 Ng5 38. Nxa5 Bd5 39. b6 Nxf3 40. h3 Ng5 41. b7 Bxb7 42. Nxb7 Nxh3 43. Bb6 Kd7 44. Be3 Ke7 45. Nc5 g6 46. fxg6 Kf6 47. Bxh6 Kxg6 48. Be3 1-0


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