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| Malcolm Pein of the Daily Telegraph commentates on
round 2. Four draws in the second round of the Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Festival left the standings unchanged. England number one Michael Adams has drawn both games with white. The Classical Chess world champion Vladimir Kramnik was given a stern examination by world number three Levon Aronian but cleverly neutralised his advantage. Round 2 Aronian draw Kramnik, QGA, 43; Adams draw Baadur, Caro Kann Panov, 23; Svidler draw Leko, Sicilian Najdorf, English Attack 6.Be3-e5, 23; Naiditsch draw Gelfand, Sicilian Najdorf 6.Bg5, 27; Scores: 1-2 Leko (Hungary), Svidler (Russia) 1.5/2; 3-6 Kramnik (Russia), Gelfand (Israel), Adams (England), Aronian (Armenia) 1; 7-8 Naiditsch (Germany), Baadur (Georgia) 0.5 B Jobava - P Svidler Dortmund Sparkassen (1) 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Ne4 5.Bh4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 dxc4 7.e3 Qd5 (Black's plan is to exact a price for the return of the c4 pawn) 8.Be2 Bg7 9.Nf3 Nd7 10.0-0 Nb6 11.a4 a5 12.Nd2 Qc6 13.Qc2 e5 14.Bf3 Qe6 15.Ne4 0-0 16.Nc5 Qe8 17.Bxb7 Bxb7 18.Nxb7 Qc6 19.Nc5 Rfe8 20.Rab1 Nc8 (A tacit offer of a draw) 21.Nb7 Nb6 22.Nc5 Nc8 23.Rfd1 (No thanks) 23...Nd6 24.Bg3 h5 25.Qb2 Bf6 26.h3 Re7 27.Qa3 (Neither side has a favourable pawn break and has to defend weaknesses) 27...Nf5 28.d5 Qd6 29.Bh2 Ree8 30.e4 Ng7 31.Rd4! (A clever move that wins a pawn but Black gets lots of play) 31...Rab8! 32.Ra1 Be7 33.Rxc4 c6 (The pin on the knight is annoying but White unravels however Svidler has seen a long way ahead) 34.Qa2 (34.dxc6 Ne6!) 34...cxd5 35.Rd1 Qb6 36.Nd7 Qb7 37.Bxe5 (37.Nxb8 dxc4) 37...dxc4 38.Bxb8 Rxb8 39.Nxb8 Qxb8 40.Qxc4 Ne6 (Even though White is nominally ahead on material Black is fine as his pieces coordinate well) 41.Qb5 Qf4 42.Qe8+ Bf8 43.Rd7 h4! (Spurning Qc1-f4 and a draw and squeezing the White king) 44.Ra7 Ng7 45.Qd8 (45.Qa8 Qc1+ 46.Kh2 Qxc3 47.Rxa5 Ne6 48.Ra7 Qd4! 49.Kg1 Nf4 50.a5 Ne2+ 51.Kh2 Qxf2 wins) 45...Qxe4 46.Qd1 Qe5 47.Qd2 Nf5 (Bd6 is coming) 48.Kf1 Kg7 49.Qd3 Qf4 50.Qf3 Qc4+ 51.Ke1 Nd4! 52.Qd1 (52.cxd4 Bb4+ 53.Kd1 Qxd4+ 54.Kc2 Qxa7) 52...Qxc3+ 53.Kf1 Bc5 54.Rc7 Ne6 55.Rb7 Nf4 56.Kg1 Bxf2+ 0-1 Svidler  Jobava Position after 56...Bxf2+ black wins with 57.Kxf2 Qg3+ 58.Kf1 Qxg2+ 59.Ke1 Qe4+ 60.Kd2 Qxb7 At Biel Alexander continued to dominate and was the only winner in the sixth round. Scores: 1 Morozevich (Russia) 5/6; 2 Radjabov (Azerbaijan) 4; 3 Carlsen (Norway) 3.5; 4 Volokitin (Ukraine) 2.5; 5-6 Bruzon (Cuba), Pelletier (Switzerland) 1.5; |
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 Books 2000/1/2/3 |
