Dortmund R6 From tomorrow: live Internet coverage
14.07.2005 Round six of the Sparkassen Chess Meeting was blisteringly exciting, Naiditsch-Kramnik especially so, with the audience in Dortmund applauding loudly when it ended in an astonishing must-be-seen draw. Michael Adams defeated Danish GM Peter Heine Nielsen and analysed his game for TV ChessBase. Full illustrated report.
SPARKASSEN
CHESS MEETING
2005
8
to 17 July 2005 |
Press release
Sparkassen Chess Meeting 2005:
Games live on the Internet
(Dortmund, 14.07.2005). The organisers of the Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting
2005 have just decided to transmit the last three rounds of this event live
on the Internet. We are doing so to reward the interest shown by chess fans
all over the world for our tournament, said event manager Gerd Kolbe.
The organisation thanks the official equipment supplier of the Sparkassen Chess
Meeting, the Chessgate AG, which is able to implement the live coverage at short
notice.
Starting from tomorrow, Friday July 15, 15:00h CEST, the games will be broadcast
live on Chessgate. The public
reception of the TV ChessBase broadcasts is also very positive. After the event
the organisers will be conducting discussions with ChessBase with a view to
providing this service in the coming years, and indeed to extend the range of
coverage provided. The games of the current tournament will also be transmitted
live on the Playchess.com server, starting
from tomorrow, Friday, at 15:00h CEST.
The most import German chess event has received extensive media interest and
coverage, and has at the same time experienced good spectator attendance at
the tournament venue.
Official Organizers Homepage: www.chessgate.de/do2005/
(Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting 2005. Press release, July 14, 2005)
Round six report
Round 6: Thursday, July 14, 15:00h |
Loek van Wely |
1-0 |
Emil Sutovsky |
Veselin Topalov |
½-½ |
Peter Svidler |
Peter Leko |
½-½ |
Etienne Bacrot |
Michael Adams |
1-0 |
Peter H. Nielsen |
Arkadij Naiditsch |
½-½ |
Vladimir Kramnik |
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The game of the day was definitely the draw between Arkadij Naiditsch
and Vladimir Kramnik. Some way into it the experts in the press room
were all convinced that Black was lost, but then some of them entered the moves
into the computer and discovered that Fritz was quite comfortable in this optically
dismal position. Then the mood swung, when Kramnik won an exchange and went
on the attack. Now everyone was waiting for White's resignation, and indeed
TV ChessBase expected a beaming Vladimir Kramnik to come in and talk us through
his fine victory. But young Arkadij Naiditsch kept defending, tenaciously and
with a lot of imagination. And suddenly, with one game (van Wely-Sutovsky) still
being played on the stage, the audience burst into disbelieving applause: White
had a perpetual and the game was drawn. Chess fever in Dortmund, where the hall
was nicely filled in spite of today being a working day.
Naiditsch vs Kramnik in the foreground, Topalov vs Svidler behind
Topalov-Svidler was a big disappointment for both players.
Peter Svidler is far from happy with his performance in Dortmund 2005, having
drawn all his games so far and been in fact a bit lucky to do so. Today he had
another bad position against Veselin Topalov, who must have been winning but
came out of the hall shaking his head with the game ended in a draw.
Michael Adams vs Peter Heine Nielsen
Michael Adams played a working game against Peter
Heine Nielsen, always retaining an advantage, until in the end he won
after a stunning blunder by his Danish opponent. Mickey came to TV ChessBase
and analysed the game for a worldwide audience, which has the great privilege
of being able to see and hear the players minutes after they have finished a
game. "A new era in chess," one Russian journalist proclaimed, after following
the transmission in the press room.
Van Wely vs Sutovsky, Adams vs Nielsen, Topalov vs Svidler
Loek van Wely defeated Emil Sutovsky in the
longest game of the day. The Dutch GM is now alone in first place, but with
four awesomely strong players ready to pounce. Loek has two black games in the
last three rounds, and will have to face Kramnik and Topalov. So his task is
certainly not an easy one.
Peter Leko vs Etienne Bacrot
Peter Leko tried hard against Etienne Bacrot,
but no amount of effort was able to bring serious danger to the French top-ten
GM. The game ended in a 41-move draw-
Full house in Dortmund spectators in the State Theatre
All pictures by Frederic Friedel
After his round six win Michael Adams visited TV ChessBase and ran our visitors
through the moves. And, of course, through the thoughts that had gone through his
head while the game was in progress. On the Playchess server this is accompanied
by a synchronised chessboard, where you can see the pieces move automatically
as the GM enters them them. After Adams grandmaster Dr Helmut Pfleger ran us
through the games that had finished or were still in progress. Here are the
video streams without the chessboard:
Remember that our regular TV ChessBase live broadcasts ("the real
thing") will be conducted every evening at around 19:30h Central European
Time. If an important game ends earlier the postgame session with the winner
may be conducted earlier.
From tomorrow onwards, as announced in the press release above, there is going
to be live move-by-move coverage on Chessgate,
the official Sparkassen Chess Meeting home page, and on Playchess.com,
where the live TV post-game coverage is being conducted. ChessBase bid for and
got the rights for this live co-transmission, and will be doing live audio and
possibly video commentary during the games. Come and enjoy.
Standings
Full Schedule and Results
Round 1: Friday, July 8, 15:00h |
Peter Leko |
1-0 |
Loek van Wely |
Michael Adams |
1-0 |
Veselin Topalov |
Arkadij Naiditsch |
1-0 |
Emil Sutovsky |
Vladimir Kramnik |
½-½ |
Peter Svidler |
Peter H. Nielsen |
1-0 |
Etienne Bacrot |
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Round 2: Saturday, July 9, 15:00h |
Loek van Wely |
1-0 |
Etienne Bacrot |
Veselin Topalov |
1-0 |
Arkadij Naiditsch |
Emil Sutovsky |
1-0 |
Vladimir Kramnik |
Peter Svidler |
½-½ |
Peter H. Nielsen |
Peter Leko |
½-½ |
Michael Adams |
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Round 3: Sunday, July 10, 15:00h |
Michael Adams |
0-1 |
Loek van Wely |
Vladimir Kramnik |
1-0 |
Veselin Topalov |
Peter H. Nielsen |
½-½ |
Emil Sutovsky |
Etienne Bacrot |
½-½ |
Peter Svidler |
Arkadij Naiditsch |
1-0 |
Peter Leko |
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Round 4: Monday, July 11, 15:00h |
Loek van Wely |
½-½ |
Peter Svidler |
Veselin Topalov |
½-½ |
Peter H. Nielsen |
Emil Sutovsky |
0-1 |
Etienne Bacrot |
Peter Leko |
½-½ |
Vladimir Kramnik |
Michael Adams |
½-½ |
Arkadij Naiditsch |
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Round 5: Tuesday, July 12, 15:00h |
Arkadij Naiditsch |
½-½ |
Loek van Wely |
Etienne Bacrot |
½-½ |
Veselin Topalov |
Peter Svidler |
½-½ |
Emil Sutovsky |
Peter H. Nielsen |
0-1 |
Peter Leko |
Vladimir Kramnik |
½-½ |
Michael Adams |
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Rest day: Wednesday, July 13 |
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Round 6: Thursday, July 14, 15:00h |
Loek van Wely |
1-0 |
Emil Sutovsky |
Veselin Topalov |
½-½ |
Peter Svidler |
Peter Leko |
½-½ |
Etienne Bacrot |
Michael Adams |
1-0 |
Peter H. Nielsen |
Arkadij Naiditsch |
½-½ |
Vladimir Kramnik |
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Round 7: Friday, July 15, 15:00h |
Vladimir Kramnik |
- |
Loek van Wely |
Emil Sutovsky |
- |
Veselin Topalov |
Peter Svidler |
- |
Peter Leko |
Etienne Bacrot |
- |
Michael Adams |
Peter H. Nielsen |
- |
Arkadij Naiditsch |
Games Report |
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Round 8: Saturday, July 16, 15:00h |
Loek van Wely |
- |
Veselin Topalov |
Peter Leko |
- |
Emil Sutovsky |
Michael Adams |
- |
Peter Svidler |
Arkadij Naiditsch |
- |
Etienne Bacrot |
Vladimir Kramnik |
- |
Peter H. Nielsen |
Games Report |
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Round 9: Sunday, July 17, 13:00h |
Peter H. Nielsen |
- |
Loek van Wely |
Veselin Topalov |
- |
Peter Leko |
Emil Sutovsky |
- |
Michael Adams |
Peter Svidler |
- |
Arkadij Naiditsch |
Etienne Bacrot |
- |
Vladimir Kramnik |
Games Report |
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