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 Adams beat the pre-event favourite Topalov in Round 1. Photo © Franz Jittenmeier Round 1 (July 8, 2005)
Adams, Michael - Topalov, Veselin 1-0 55 C43 Petroff's Defence
Leko, Peter - Van Wely, Loek 1-0 55 B31 Sicilian Rossolimo
Naiditsch, Arkadij - Sutovsky, Emil 1-0 28 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov
Nielsen, Peter Heine - Bacrot, Etienne 1-0 36 D15 Slav Defence
Kramnik, Vladimir - Svidler, Peter 1/2 25 B44 Sicilian Paulsen
It Dortmund GER (GER), 7-17 vii 2005 cat. XIX (2709)
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1 Adams, Michael g ENG 2719 * . . . . . . . 1 . 1.0
2 Leko, Peter g HUN 2763 . * . . . . . . . 1 1.0
3 Naiditsch, Arkadij g GER 2612 . . * . . . . 1 . . 1.0
4 Nielsen, Peter Heine g DEN 2668 . . . * . . 1 . . . 1.0
5 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2744 . . . . * = . . . . 0.5 2738
6 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2738 . . . . = * . . . . 0.5 2744
7 Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2729 . . . 0 . . * . . . 0.0
8 Sutovsky, Emil g ISR 2674 . . 0 . . . . * . . 0.0
9 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2788 0 . . . . . . . * . 0.0
10 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2655 . 0 . . . . . . . * 0.0
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Dortmund Round 1 8th July 2005 Round one of the Category 19 Dortmund super tournament got under way with four decisive games, all wins for white. Peter Svidler played a hedgehog structure against Vladimir Kramnik, once Svidler got the classic freeing move 19. ...d5 in the game was always going to be drawn. Arkadij Naiditsch and Emil Sutovsky attacked on opposite wings. At first it seemed that white's attack with a lone queen ought not to match black's more co-ordinated attack but all of a sudden it was clear black's position had fallen apart and Sutovsky had to resign. Peter Heine Nielsen looked to have little or nothing against Etienne Bacrot but the game drifted away from him somewhere between moves 18 and 25 and after that Nielsen simply ripped Bacrot's position apart. Peter Leko vs Loek van Wely was a theoretical discussion based on the game Shirov - Van Wely from Monaco. Van Wely wanted to show his piece sacrifice worked but in the end was made to pay the price. Michael Adams against Vesselin Topalov was the last game to finish. Topalov's play gave an odd impression, almost that he didn't know what to do in the position. White gradually improved the positioning of his pieces to the point where black needed to bail out into a double bishop ending at the cost of a pawn. The ending however proved to be lost. Naiditsch,A (2612) - Sutovsky,E (2674) [B33] It Dortmund GER (1), 08.07.2005 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Nd5 Be7 10.Nxe7 Nxe7 11.Bd3 Bb7 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.Qh5 [13.Qd2 d5 14.exd5 Qxd5 15.f3 0-0-0 16.Qb4 Nc6 17.Qe4 Qe6 18.Qf5 Nb4 19.Qxe6+ fxe6 20.Be2 e4 21.fxe4 Bxe4 22.0-0 Rd2 23.Bf3 Bxf3 24.Rxf3 f5 25.Re1 Kd7 26.Rg3 Re8 27.Rg7+ Re7 28.Rg8 e5 29.Ra8 e4 30.g3 Ke6 31.Kh1 Ke5 32.Rc8 Red7 33.Re8+ Kf6 34.Rf1 R7d5 35.g4 Kf7 0-1 Maucci,M-Naspleda,F/Buenos Aires ARG 2003/The Week in Chess 471] 13...d5 14.0-0-0 d4 15.Nb1 Qa5 16.a3 b4 17.Qh6 Ng6 18.g3 Rb8 [18...Bc8 19.f4 Bg4 20.Rdf1 exf4 21.gxf4 Rb8] 19.f4  Seems to be very strong. 19...b3 20.c4 dxc3 21.Nxc3 Rc8 22.f5 Ne7 [22...Rxc3+ May be the last chance.] 23.Qxf6 Rxc3+?! [23...Rg8 Although white is still well on top.] 24.Kb1! Black is totally busted. 24...Rg8 25.bxc3 Qxa3 26.Qb6 Qa2+ 27.Kc1 Kf8 28.f6 1-0 Nielsen,PH (2668) - Bacrot,E (2729) [D15] It Dortmund GER (1), 08.07.2005 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.a4 e6 6.Bg5 a5 7.e3 Be7 8.Be2 Na6 9.0-0 0-0 10.Qb3 Nb4 11.Rac1 b6 12.cxd5 [12.Na2 c5 13.Rfd1 Bb7 14.Nxb4 axb4 15.dxc5 bxc5 16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.cxd5 Bxd5 18.Bc4 Qa5 19.Bxd5 exd5 20.Rxd5 Qxa4 21.Qxa4 Rxa4 22.b3 Ra2 1/2-1/2 Savchenko,S-Bacrot,E/Hofheim GER 2003/The Week in Chess 470; 12.Rfd1 Ba6 13.cxd5 Bxe2 14.Nxe2 exd5 15.Nf4 h6 16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.Nd3 Qd6 18.Nfe1 Rac8 19.Nxb4 axb4 20.a5 c5 21.dxc5 bxc5 22.Rxd5 c4 23.Rxd6 cxb3 24.Nd3 Bxb2 25.Rb1 Bc3 26.Rb6 Rfd8 27.Nxb4 b2 28.Nc6 Bf6 29.a6 Rd7 30.g3 Rdc7 31.R1xb2 Bxb2 32.a7 Be5 33.Nxe5 Rxa7 34.Rb2 Rca8 35.h4 h5 36.Nd3 Ra2 37.Rxa2 Rxa2 38.Kg2 g6 39.Nf4 Kg7 40.Kf3 Kf6 41.Nh3 Kf5 42.Nf4 Ra3 43.Nd5 Ke5 44.Nf4 Rb3 45.Nh3 Kf5 46.Nf4 Ra3 47.Nd5 Ra4 48.Nf4 f6 49.Ne2 g5 50.hxg5 fxg5 51.Nd4+ Ke5 52.g4 h4 53.Ne2 Ra2 54.Ng1 1/2-1/2 Wong Meng Kong-Dableo,R/Ho Chi Minh City VIE 2003/The Week in Chess 475] 12...Nfxd5 13.Bf4 [13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.Ne5 Bb7 15.Nxd5 exd5 16.Nd3 Rfc8 17.Nxb4 axb4 1/2-1/2 Stohl,I-Kindermann,S/Tegernsee GER 2004/The Week in Chess 484] 13...Nxf4 14.exf4 White has a bind on the dark squares but black still has plenty of play here. 14...Bd6 15.g3 Bb7 16.Bc4 c5 17.d5  17...Bxf4!? [17...Be7] 18.Rcd1 [18.gxf4 exd5 19.Bb5 c4 20.Qd1 Offers plenty of compensation for black but white doesn't have to take the bishop.] 18...b5 19.axb5 Bd6 20.Rd2 a4 21.Qd1 e5 22.Re1 a3 [22...Re8] 23.bxa3 Rxa3 24.Qc1 Qa8 25.Ng5 Rd8?! [25...f5 26.b6 Ra5] 26.Nce4 Now its clear white is quite a bit better here. 26...Ra5 27.Qb1 h6 28.Nxd6 hxg5 29.Nxf7! The killer. 29...Kxf7 30.Qf5+ Kg8 31.d6+ Bd5 32.Bxd5+ Nxd5 33.Qe6+ Kh7 34.Rxd5 Rxb5 35.Rdxe5 Rf8 36.Rxg5 1-0 Kramnik,V (2744) - Svidler,P (2738) [B44] It Dortmund GER (1), 08.07.2005 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Nf6 7.N1c3 a6 8.Na3 Be7 9.Be2 0-0 10.0-0 b6 11.Be3 Ne5 12.f3 Bb7 13.Qd4 Ned7 14.Rfd1 Re8 15.Qd2 Rc8 16.Rac1 Qc7 17.Kh1 Qb8 18.Nc2N [18.Bf1 h6 19.Nc2 Ne5 20.b3 Ned7 21.Nd4 Qa8 22.Bg1 Bf8 23.Nc2 Qb8 24.b4 Qc7 25.a3 Qb8 26.Nd4 Ba8 27.Nb3 Ne5 28.Qd4 Ned7 29.Na4 Rc6 30.Rb1 d5 31.exd5 exd5 32.c5 bxc5 33.bxc5 Qd8 34.Qc3 Nb8 35.Na5 Rce6 36.Nb6 Bc6 37.Bc4 Re5 38.Nxc6 Nxc6 39.Bxa6 d4 40.Qd3 Rxc5 41.Na4 Ra5 42.Bb5 Re6 43.Qc4 Qa8 44.Bxd4 Nxd4 45.Rxd4 Bxa3 46.Rbd1 1/2-1/2 Naiditsch,A-Skripchenko,A/Dortmund GER 2001/The Week in Chess 350; 18.Bg1 h6 19.Nc2 Ne5 20.b3 Ned7 21.Bf1 Ba8 22.a3 Nc5 23.Na1 Ncd7 24.b4 Ne5 25.Qd4 Nfd7 26.f4 Ng6 27.Qd2 Nf6 28.Bd3 e5 29.f5 Nf4 30.Nd5 b5 31.Bb1 bxc4 32.Nxf6+ Bxf6 33.Qxd6 Nd3 34.Qxb8 Rxb8 35.Bxd3 cxd3 36.Rc4 Rbc8 37.Bc5 Bc6 38.Nb3 Bb5 39.Rc3 Bg5 40.a4 Bc6 41.h4 Bxh4 42.Na5 Bxa4 43.Rdxd3 Be1 44.Ra3 Bc2 45.Rh3 Red8 46.Ra1 Rd1 47.Rxd1 Bxd1 48.Re3 Bh4 49.Nc4 Bf2 50.Rc3 Be1 51.Nd6 Bxc3 52.Nxc8 Bc2 53.Nd6 Bd3 54.g3 Bb2 55.Be3 Ba3 0-1 Naiditsch,A-Lutz,C/Altenkirchen GER 2001/The Week in Chess 370] 18...Bd8 19.Qe1  19...d5 The classic break for black in this position. 20.cxd5 exd5 21.exd5 b5 22.Qf2 Qd6 23.a3 Nb6 24.Nb4 Nfxd5 25.Ncxd5 Pieces will be traded off. 1/2-1/2 Leko,P (2763) - Van Wely,L (2655) [B31] It Dortmund GER (1), 08.07.2005 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d3 Bg7 6.h3 Nf6 7.Nc3 Nd7 8.Be3 e5 9.Qd2 h6 10.0-0 Qe7 11.Nh2 Nf8 12.f4 exf4 13.Bxf4 [13.Rxf4] 13...Ne6 14.Bg3 [14.Be3 Nd4 15.Nd1 b6 16.Nf2 h5 17.c3 Ne6 18.Nf3 Ba6 19.Rad1 0-0 20.Bh6 f5 21.Bxg7 Qxg7 22.Rfe1 Rae8 23.exf5 Rxf5 24.Re2 Rff8 25.Rde1 Bc8 26.Ng5 Nc7 27.Rxe8 Rxe8 28.Rxe8+ Nxe8 29.Nfe4 Qe5 30.Qf2 Qe7 31.Qf4 Kg7 32.g4 hxg4 33.hxg4 Qc7 34.Qf3 Qe7 35.Qg3 Qc7 36.Qh4 Kg8 37.Nf3 Qf4 38.Qd8 Qxg4+ 39.Kf2 Qe6 40.Nfg5 Qf5+ 41.Ke1 Kf8 42.Nh7+ Kg7 43.Qe7+ Qf7 44.Qe5+ Kg8 45.Neg5 Qd7 46.Qe4 1/2-1/2 Abergel,T-Lazarev,V/Marseille FRA 2003/The Week in Chess 452] 14...Qg5 15.Qe1 Nd4 16.Qf2 0-0 17.Bd6 Bxh3 18.Bf4 Qxg2+ 19.Qxg2 Bxg2 20.Kxg2 Nxc2 21.Rad1 Rad8 22.Rd2N The first new move in this theoretical discussion. [22.Ng4 h5 23.Nf2 Rfe8 24.Ne2 Be5 25.Bc1 b6 26.a3 a5 27.a4 Rd7 28.b3 Na1 29.Be3 Nxb3 30.Rb1 c4 31.dxc4 Nd2 32.Rfd1 Red8 33.Rbc1 c5 34.Bf4 f6 35.Bxe5 fxe5 36.Nc3 Rd4 37.Nd5 Rf8 38.Rc2 Nf3 39.Rh1 Ng5 40.Re1 Rf3 41.Rb1 h4 42.Rxb6 Rg3+ 43.Kf1 Nf3 44.Rcb2 Nd2+ 45.Ke2 Nxc4 46.Rb8+ Kg7 47.Rc2 h3 48.Rb1 Nd6 49.Ne3 Nxe4 50.Nfg4 Rb4 51.Rd1 Nd6 52.Rxd6 Rbxg4 53.Nxg4 Rxg4 54.Kf3 Rxa4 55.Rxc5 Rh4 56.Rd1 a4 57.Kg3 Rc4 58.Rxc4 1-0 Shirov,A-Van Wely,L/Monte Carlo MNC 2005/The Week in Chess 542] 22...Nd4 23.e5  23...f5?! This doesn't seem to work out too well. [23...g5 24.Bg3 h5 25.Ne4 h4] 24.exf6 Rxf6 25.Ng4 Re6 26.Bxh6 Bxh6 27.Nxh6+ Kg7 28.Nf7 Rf8 29.Ng5 Re5 30.Nce4 Rff5 31.Nf3 Nxf3 32.Rxf3 Rd5 33.Rdf2 b6 34.Kf1 Rxf3 35.Rxf3 c4 36.dxc4 Rd4 37.Nc3 Rxc4 Its tricky but black doesn't have enough compensation for the piece and has a hard road to get a draw. 38.Ke2 Rh4 39.Kd3 Rh2 40.Ne2 g5 41.Kd2 Kg6 42.Rd3 Rf2 43.Rd7 Rf7 44.Rxf7 Kxf7 It looks like this might be tricky for white but Leko plays the remaining moves very accurately. 45.Nd4 c5 46.Nb5 a6 47.Nc7 a5 48.a4 Kf6 49.Nd5+ Ke5 50.Nxb6 Kd4 51.b3 g4 52.Nc4 g3 53.Ke2 Kc3 54.Nxa5 Kb4 55.Nc6+ 1-0 Adams,Mi (2719) - Topalov,V (2788) [C43] It Dortmund GER (1), 08.07.2005 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Nd7 6.Nxd7 Bxd7 7.0-0 Bd6 8.Nc3 Nxc3 9.bxc3 0-0 10.Qh5 f5 11.Re1 [11.Rb1 b6 12.Re1 c6 13.Bg5 Qc7 14.c4 Be8 15.Qh3 dxc4 16.Bxc4+ Bf7 17.Be6 Bxe6 18.Rxe6 Rae8 19.Qb3 Rxe6 20.Qxe6+ Rf7 21.Qe8+ Rf8 22.Qe6+ Rf7 23.Qe8+ Rf8 1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Kramnik,V/Cazorla ESP 1998] 11...c6 [11...Qf6 12.Bg5 Qf7 13.Qxf7+ Kxf7 14.c4 dxc4 15.Bxc4+ Kg6 16.Be7 Rfe8 17.Bxd6 cxd6 18.Bd5 Rac8 19.Rxe8 Bxe8 20.Re1 Bf7 21.Bxb7 Rxc2 22.g4 Rxa2 23.Re7 Rd2 24.Bc8 Rd1+ 25.Kg2 Bd5+ 26.f3 fxg4 27.Bxg4 Rxd4 28.Kf2 h5 29.Ke3 Rd1 30.Bc8 Re1+ 0-1 Garcia,G-Krush,I/Montreal CAN 2004/The Week in Chess 509] 12.Bg5 Qc7 13.c4 Be8 [13...Bb4 14.Re2 Bc3 15.Rd1 Bxd4 16.cxd5 cxd5 17.Qf3 Qa5 18.c4! with the initiative. 18...Bc6 19.Be7] 14.Qh3 [14.Qh4 dxc4 15.Bxc4+ Bf7 16.Bd3 Bg6 17.Re6 Rae8 18.Rae1 Qa5 19.R1e3 Rxe6 20.Rxe6 Qd5 21.Rxd6 Qxd6 22.Be7 Qc7 23.Bxf8 Kxf8 24.Qg5 Qd6 25.h4 h6 26.Qe3 f4 27.Qh3 Bxd3 28.Qc8+ Ke7 29.Qxb7+ Qd7 30.Qb4+ Qd6 31.Qb7+ 1/2-1/2 Dominguez,L-Gelfand,B/Bermuda BER 2005/The Week in Chess 536] 14...h6 [14...dxc4 15.Bxc4+ Bf7 16.Be6 g6 (16...Bxe6 17.Rxe6 Rae8 18.Rae1 Rxe6 19.Rxe6 Qd7 20.Qb3 Rf7 21.h4 f4 22.h5 h6 23.Bh4 Kf8 24.Qh3 Bc7 25.c3 c5 26.dxc5 Qd1+ 27.Kh2 f3+ 28.g3 Qd2 29.Kg1 Qc1+ 30.Qf1 Qxc3 31.Qb5 Kg8 32.Re8+ Rf8 33.Kh2 Qc2 34.Kh3 Rxe8 35.Qxe8+ Kh7 36.Kg4 Qxf2 37.Qg6+ Kh8 '1/2-1/2 Kveinys,A-Rytshagov,M/Riga LAT 2004/The Week in Chess 512' 38.Qe8+ Kh7 39.Qg6+ Kh8 1/2-1/2 Kveinys,A-Rytshagov,M/Riga LAT 2004/The Week in Chess 512) 17.Re2 Rfe8 18.Rae1 Bf8 19.Qb3 Rxe6 20.Rxe6 Bxe6 21.Rxe6 Qf7 22.Bf6 Bh6 23.h4 Rf8 24.Be5 a5 25.a4 Rd8 26.h5 Rd5 27.Rf6 Qe8 28.Qxb7 Rxd4 29.Bxd4 Qe1+ 30.Kh2 Bf4+ 31.g3 Bxg3+ 32.Kg2 Qe4+ 33.f3 Qe2+ 34.Kxg3 1-0 Dominguez,L-Tkachiev,V/Tripoli LBA 2004/The Week in Chess 503] 15.Bd2 Qf7 16.c5 Bc7 17.Rab1 Qd7 [17...b6 18.cxb6 axb6 19.Bb4] 18.Qf3 Bg6 19.h4 Qf7 20.Bf4 [20.Rxb7 Bh2+ 21.Kxh2 Qxb7 22.Re6 gives some compensation but there is no need to sacrifice. ] 20...Ba5 Black doesn't want to trade his good bishop for white's bad one. 21.Rec1 Bh5 22.Qg3 b5 23.cxb6 Bxb6 24.c3 [24.Bxh6 f4] 24...Kh7 25.Be5 Qg6 26.Qf4 Adams keeps queens on because his pieces are more active and he has attacking chances. 26...Rae8 27.Re1 Kg8 28.f3!  White has made huge progress in the last few moves. His pieces are well co-ordinated, black's are a mess. 28. f3! threatens g4. 28...Qf7 29.Bd6 Rxe1+ 30.Rxe1 Re8 31.Rxe8+ Qxe8 32.Be5 Bg6 33.Bxf5 Qf7 34.Bc8 Qxf4 35.Bxf4 White has netted a pawn but black entertains some hopes of saving the game. 35...Ba5 36.Bb8! is the decisive move making an outside passed pawn. 36...a6 [36...Bxc3 37.Bxa7] 37.Bxa6 Bb1 38.a3 Bxc3 39.Ba7 Bc2 40.h5 Kf7 41.Kf2 Bb2 42.Bc5 Bc1 43.Ke1 Bf4 44.Be2 Bb3 45.g4 Ba4 46.Bd1 In the long term black simply won't be able to stop the a-pawn in combination with the potential passed pawn on the king-side. 46...Bg3+ 47.Ke2 Bb5+ 48.Ke3 Bc7 49.a4 Bc4 50.Bb4 Bh2 51.Kf2 g6 52.hxg6+ Kxg6 53.Be2 Bg1+? Possibly harsh to call this a mistake but actually the bishops of opposite colour ending is trivial for white to win. 54.Kxg1 Bxe2 55.Kf2 55. ..Ba6 is met by 56.f4 followed by f5+ and Kg3-f4 when White will force the king through to e5. If Black tries to break up the f5 and g4 pawns with h6-h5 White takes and creates two outside passed pawns. 1-0 |
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