Dortmund 2007

35th Sparkassen Chess Meeting will take place on 23 June-1 July in Dortmund. Participants are Viswanathan Anand, Vladimir Kramnik, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Magnus Carlsen, Boris Gelfand, Magnus Carlsen, Arkadij Naiditsch and Aeroflot winner Evgeny Alexeev. Daily ticket for entering the playing hall is 6 Euros.

Die Sparkassen "A" Open and "B" Amateur tournaments will be starting on 22 June. Entry fee for "A" Open is 70 Euros, prize fund a bit more than 4500.


Official website has no English version.


Update 21 June: Official site now "has English version", with "Information in English Language", with broken paragraphs and sidebar links taking to the German text. Spend a thousand or two and make a decent website!


Update 23 June, Round 1 results:
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov - Arkadij Naiditsch 1-0
Boris Gelfand - Evgeny Alexeev draw
Vladimir Kramnik - Viswanathan Anand draw
Magnus Carlsen - Peter Leko draw


Update 24 June, Round 2 results:
Vladimir Kramnik - Boris Gelfand 1-0
Evgeny Alexeev - Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 1-0
Viswanathan Anand - Peter Leko draw
Arkadij Naiditsch - Magnus Carlsen draw


Update 26 June, Round 3:
Magnus Carlsen - Evgeny Alekseev draw
Boris Gelfand - Viswanathan Anand draw
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov - Vladimir Kramnik draw
Peter Leko - Arkadij Naiditsch draw

Carlsen tried to break Alexeev but Russian held in Rook endgame. Otherwise, boring round. Kramnik and Alexeev are leading with 2 points each.


Update 27 June, Round 4:
Vladimir Kramnik - Magnus Carlsen 1-0
Viswanathan Anand - Arkadij Naiditsch 1-0
Boris Gelfand - Shakhriyar Mamedyarov draw
Evgeny Alekseev - Peter Leko draw

Standings:
1. Vladimir Kramnik 3.0/4; 2-3. Evgeny Alekseev and Viswanathan Anand 2.5; 4-5. Peter Leko and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 2.0; 6-7. Magnus Carlsen and Boris Gelfand 1.5; 8. Arkadij Naiditsch 1.0


Vladimir Kramnik - Magnus Carlsen
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. e3 Nb4 12. Bxb4 Bxb4 13. a3 Be7 14. Nbd2 Rc8 15. b4 a5 16. Ne5 Nd5 17. Nb3 axb4 18. Na5 Ba8 19. Nac6 Bxc6 20. Nxc6 Qd7 21. Bxd5 exd5 22. axb4 Rfe8 23. Ra5 Bf8 24. Ne5 Qe6 25. Rxb5 Rb8 26. Rxb8 Rxb8 27. Qxc7 Bd6 28. Qa5 Bxb4 29. Rb1 Qd6 30. Qa4 1-0