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 Peter Leko drew with Vladimir Kramnik in round 4. Photo © Franz Jittenmeier Round 4 (July 11, 2005)
Van Wely, Loek - Svidler, Peter 1/2 52 D88 Gruenfeld Alekhine
Leko, Peter - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 25 B48 Sicilian Paulsen
Adams, Michael - Naiditsch, Arkadij 1/2 37 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Topalov, Veselin - Nielsen, Peter Heine 1/2 34 D63 Queens Gambit Main Line with 7.Rc1
Sutovsky, Emil - Bacrot, Etienne 0-1 31 C93 Ruy Lopez Smyslov
It Dortmund GER (GER), 7-17 vii 2005 cat. XIX (2709)
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1 Naiditsch, Arkadij g GER 2612 * . . 1 . = . 0 1 . 2.5 2831
2 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2655 . * . 0 = 1 . . . 1 2.5 2832
3 Nielsen, Peter Heine g DEN 2668 . . * . = . . = = 1 2.5 2827
4 Leko, Peter g HUN 2763 0 1 . * . = = . . . 2.0 2682
5 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2738 . = = . * . = . . = 2.0 2699
6 Adams, Michael g ENG 2719 = 0 . = . * . 1 . . 2.0 2704
7 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2744 . . . = = . * 1 0 . 2.0 2740
8 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2788 1 . = . . 0 0 * . . 1.5 2598
9 Sutovsky, Emil g ISR 2674 0 . = . . . 1 . * 0 1.5 2601
10 Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2729 . 0 0 . = . . . 1 * 1.5 2596
------------------------------------------------------------------Dortmund Round 4 11th July 2005 Not many of the games strayed very far from equality in round 4. There was only one decisive game where a not very challenging opening as white from Emil Sutovsky gradually drifted to a loss against Etienne Bacrot. Peter Leko got nothing from the opening against Vladimir Kramnik and things blew over in 25 moves as the pieces came off. Vesselin Topalov also got nothing against Peter Heine Nielsen and the game was drawn in 34. A pretty similar scenario was seen in the game Adams - Naiditsch. Loek Van Wely looked to get more against Peter Svidler but missed his best chance and the game was drawn in 51 moves.  Peter Leko drew with Vladimir Kramnik in round 4. Photo © Franz Jittenmeier Leko,P (2763) - Kramnik,V (2744) [B48] It Dortmund GER (4), 11.07.2005 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bd3 Qc7 8.0-0 b5 9.Nxc6 Qxc6 10.a3 Bb7 11.Qf3 [11.Re1 Be7 12.Qf3 d6 13.Qh3 h5 (13...Qc7 14.Bd4 e5 15.Be3 0-0 16.Bg5 Rfe8 17.Rac1 Qc8 18.Qf3 Qg4 19.Qxg4 Nxg4 20.Bxe7 Rxe7 21.Nd5 Bxd5 22.exd5 Nf6 23.c4 bxc4 24.Rxc4 a5 25.Rec1 g6 26.Rc6 Rd7 27.Rc8+ Rd8 28.Rxa8 Rxa8 29.Rc6 Nxd5 30.Rxd6 Nf4 31.Bc4 Rc8 32.b3 a4 33.g3 axb3 34.Bxb3 Rc3 35.Bd1 Nd3 36.a4 Nb2 37.Kf1 Nxd1 38.Rxd1 Ra3 39.Rd8+ Kg7 40.Ra8 Ra2 41.Ke1 e4 42.h3 h6 43.a5 h5 44.a6 Kf6 45.a7 Kg5 46.h4+ Kg4 47.Re8 Rxa7 1/2-1/2 Kokkila,T-Hnydiuk,A/Koszalin POL 1998) 14.Bg5 Qc5 15.Be3 Qc6 16.f3 g5 17.a4 b4 18.Na2 g4 19.fxg4 d5 20.c3 bxc3 21.bxc3 Nxg4 22.Bd4 Bc5 23.Be2 Nf6 24.e5 Ne4 25.Nb4 Bxd4+ 26.cxd4 Qb6 27.Nc2 Rc8 28.Rab1 Qa7 29.Bd3 Rg8 30.a5 Bc6 31.Rb6 Bb5 32.Bxe4 dxe4 33.Rxe6+ Kf8 34.Qa3+ Kg7 35.Re7 Rc7 36.Rxc7 Qxc7 37.Ne3 Kh8 38.Rc1 Qd8 39.d5 Qg5 40.Qc3 Kh7 41.Qd4 Bd3 42.d6 h4 43.Rc7 Rb8 44.Rxf7+ Kg8 45.e6 Qxe3+ 46.Qxe3 Rb1+ 47.Qc1 Rxc1+ 48.Kf2 Rc6 49.Rd7 Bb5 50.Ke3 Rc2 51.Rc7 Re2+ 52.Kf4 Rf2+ 53.Kxe4 Re2+ 54.Kf5 Rf2+ 55.Ke5 Re2+ 56.Kf6 Rf2+ 57.Ke7 Re2 58.d7 Bxd7 59.Kxd7 Rd2+ 60.Ke8 1-0 Topalov,V-Polgar,J/Novgorod RUS 1996] 11...Bd6N Seems a sensible novelty. [11...Qc7 12.Qh3 h5 13.f3 Bc5 14.Bxc5 Qxc5+ 15.Rf2 g5 16.Re1 Qe5 17.Qg3 Qxg3 18.hxg3 h4 19.gxh4 Rxh4 20.e5 Nh5 21.Rd2 f5 22.exf6 Nxf6 23.Re5 g4 24.Be4 0-0-0 25.Bxb7+ Kxb7 26.Rxe6 Rf8 27.Re3 Kc6 28.Red3 gxf3 29.Rxf3 Rh6 30.Nd5 a5 31.Rc3+ Kb7 32.Nxf6 Rhxf6 33.Rxd7+ Kb6 34.Rh7 Re8 35.Kh2 Re2 36.Kh3 Rc6 37.Rxc6+ Kxc6 38.Rh6+ Kb7 39.Rh7+ Kc6 40.Rh8 Kb7 41.Rh5 Kb6 42.Rh6+ Kb7 43.Rg6 Rxc2 44.b4 axb4 45.axb4 Rc4 46.Rg4 Kc6 47.g3 Kd5 48.Rf4 Ke6 49.Kg4 Rc3 50.Kh4 Ke5 51.Kh3 Ke6 52.Kg4 Rb3 53.Kh4 Ke5 54.Rg4 Kf6 55.Kh5 Kf5 56.Rf4+ Ke5 57.Kg4 Ke6 58.Kh3 Ke5 59.Rh4 Kf6 60.Kg2 Rb2+ 61.Kf3 Rb3+ 62.Kf2 Ke6 63.Rf4 Ke5 64.Kg2 Rb2+ 65.Kh3 Rb3 66.Kh4 Rc3 67.Kg4 Ke6 68.Re4+ Kd5 69.Kf4 Rxg3 1/2-1/2 Alzate,D-Mortensen,E/Yerevan ARM 1996] 12.Bf4 0-0 13.Rfe1 Bxf4 14.Qxf4 d6 Black seems to have completely equalised. 15.Re3 Nd7 16.Qh4 Ne5  17.Nd5 A big cheapo which isn't really that threatening. Of course the knight can't be taken because black drops the queen or mate. 17...Ng6 18.Ne7+ Nxe7 19.Qxe7 Rae8 20.Qg5 Qc5 21.Qxc5 dxc5 22.a4 Ra8 23.f3 Clearly this is going to be drawn sooner or later. 23...Bc6 24.axb5 axb5 25.Ree1 1/2-1/2  Sutovsky - Bacrot in round 4. Photo © Franz Jittenmeier Sutovsky,E (2674) - Bacrot,E (2729) [C93] It Dortmund GER (4), 11.07.2005 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Ng5 Rf8 12.Nf3 Re8 13.Nbd2 Bf8 14.a3 h6 15.Ba2 Nb8 16.d5 [16.Qb3 Qd7 17.d5 c6 18.c4 Rc8 19.a4 cxd5 20.cxd5 Qe8 21.Qe3 Nbd7 22.a5 Nh5 23.Nf1 Rc7 24.Qa3 Nc5 25.Bd2 Rac8 26.Rad1 Qd8 27.g4 Nf4 28.Bxf4 exf4 29.e5 dxe5 30.Nxe5 Bd6 31.Qf3 Qf6 32.Nc6 Qxb2 33.Rd2 Qf6 34.Rde2 g6 35.Re8+ Kg7 36.Rxc8 Rxc8 37.Nh2 Nd7 38.Qd1 Bxc6 39.dxc6 Ne5 40.Nf3 Rxc6 41.Nxe5 Bxe5 42.Bxf7 Rd6 43.Bd5 Bc3 44.Re8 Qd4 45.Qe2 Qxd5 46.Qe7+ Qf7 47.Qxd6 Qxe8 48.Qc7+ Qf7 49.Qxc3+ Kh7 50.Qc6 1/2-1/2 Shabalov,A-Stein,A/Minneapolis USA 2005/The Week in Chess 550] 16...c6 17.c4 Nbd7N This seems a poor choice from white, black is at least equal. [17...bxc4 18.dxc6 Bxc6 19.Bxc4 d5 20.exd5 Bxd5 21.b4 e4 22.Nd4 Ra7 23.Bb3 Nc6 24.Nxc6 Bxc6 25.Nc4 Nd5 26.Qg4 Re6 27.Ne3 Rg6 28.Qd1 Qf6 29.Bd2 Nf4 30.Ng4 Nxh3+ 31.gxh3 h5 32.Re3 hxg4 33.hxg4 Rd7 34.Ra2 Qh4 35.Bc4 Rxg4+ 36.Kf1 Qh1+ 37.Ke2 Rg1 0-1 Colovic,A-Pilgaard,K/Subotica YUG 2003/The Week in Chess 439] 18.b4 Nb6 19.dxc6 Bxc6 20.Qb3 Ra7 21.Bb2 Nxc4 22.Nxc4 bxc4 23.Qxc4  23...Bxe4 Black takes the initiative. 24.Rxe4 d5 25.Qb3 Nxe4 26.Nxe5 [26.Qxd5 Qxd5 27.Bxd5 was probably sufficient to draw.] 26...Qb6 27.Ng4 Rae7 28.Rf1? White is clearly in major trouble but this allows a concrete win. 28...Nd2 29.Qxd5 Nxf1 30.Ne5 Qf6 [30...Ng3! kills.] 31.Nd3 Re1 White is finished. 0-1  Topalov - Nielsen in round 4. Photo © Franz Jittenmeier Topalov,V (2788) - Nielsen,PH (2668) [D63] It Dortmund GER (4), 11.07.2005 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 0-0 7.Rc1 a6 8.c5 c6 9.Bd3 e5 10.dxe5 Ne8 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.Qc2 h6 [12...g6 13.Ne2 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Qxe5 15.Qc3 Qg5 16.0-0 Ng7 17.Kh1 Bg4 18.Nd4 Rae8 19.b4 Qh6 20.Be2 Bxe2 21.Nxe2 Re4 22.Nd4 Rfe8 23.Rce1 R8e5 24.f4 Re8 25.Kg1 Qh4 26.a4 Qf6 27.Qd2 Nf5 28.Nc2 Qe7 29.Kf2 a5 30.bxa5 Qxc5 31.g4 Rxf4+ 32.Kg2 Rxg4+ 33.Kh1 Qe7 34.Qd3 Qh4 35.Rxf5 gxf5 36.Qxf5 Qh3 37.Qf2 Re6 38.Nd4 Rf6 39.Qe2 Rfg6 40.Nf5 Rg2 41.Ne7+ Kg7 0-1 Rutman,A-Ziatdinov,R/St Petersburg RUS 2003/The Week in Chess 468] 13.e4 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Qxe5 15.0-0  15...dxe4N A novelty but not an especially important one. This position looks pretty level almost whatever. [15...Nf6 16.h3 dxe4 17.Nxe4 Nd5 18.Qd2 Bf5 19.Rfe1 Bg6 20.Bb1 Nf4 21.h4 Rad8 22.Nd6 Qf6 23.g3 Bxb1 24.Rxb1 Ne6 25.Qc3 Nxc5 26.Qxf6 gxf6 27.Nf5 h5 28.Re7 Rd5 29.Ne3 Re5 30.Rc7 Rfe8 31.Rd1 a5 32.Kg2 Kg7 33.b3 Kg6 34.Rd2 Re4 35.Rc2 Nd3 36.Rc3 Rxe3 37.fxe3 Rxe3 38.Rc4 Re2+ 39.Kf3 Rxa2 40.Rd4 Nc5 41.Rc8 Rb2 42.g4 Rxb3+ 43.Kg2 Ne6 44.gxh5+ Kxh5 45.Ra4 Rb4 46.Rh8+ Kg4 47.Rxa5 Nf4+ 48.Kf2 Ng6 49.Rh6 f5 50.h5 Nf4 51.Rf6 Rb2+ 52.Ke1 Nxh5 53.Rfxf5 Nf4 54.Rxf7 b5 55.Ra8 Kf3 56.Raf8 Rb4 57.Kd2 Rd4+ 58.Kc3 Rc4+ 59.Kd2 1/2-1/2 Schmidt,W-Gdanski,J/Koszalin POL 1997] 16.Nxe4 Nf6 17.Rfe1 Nxe4 18.Rxe4 Qc7 19.Rce1 Be6 20.Qc3 Rad8 21.R1e3 Bf5 22.Re7 Rd7 23.Rg3 g6 24.Rxd7 Qxd7 25.Re3 Bxd3 26.Rxd3 Qe6 The game could probably be agreed drawn here. 27.a3 Re8 28.g3 h5 29.Qd4 Qh3 30.Rd1 Qf5 31.h4 Qf3 32.Rf1 Re2 33.Qb4 Re7 34.Re1 1/2-1/2  Adams - Naiditsch in round 4. Photo © Franz Jittenmeier Adams,Mi (2719) - Naiditsch,A (2612) [B90] It Dortmund GER (4), 11.07.2005 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 Nbd7 9.g4 Nb6 10.g5 Nh5 11.Qd2 Be7 12.Qf2 Nc4 13.Bxc4 Bxc4 14.Rg1 [14.h4 Rc8 (14...0-0 15.Na4 f5 16.Nb6 Bxb3 17.axb3 fxe4 18.Nxa8 Qxa8 19.Qd2 b5 20.fxe4 Ng3 21.Rg1 Nxe4 22.Qd3 d5 23.Rxa6 Qxa6 24.Qxd5+ Kh8 25.Qxe4 Qa1+ 26.Ke2 Qxb2 27.Qc6 Bb4 28.Rf1 Rg8 29.h5 Bc3 30.Qe4 Qa2 31.h6 b4 32.Rf7 Qa1 33.hxg7+ Rxg7 34.Rf8+ Rg8 35.Rxg8+ Kxg8 36.Qd5+ Kg7 37.Qd7+ Kg8 38.Qe6+ Kg7 39.Qh6+ Kg8 '1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Kasparov,G/Linares ESP 2004/The Week in Chess 485' 40.Qe6+ Kg7 41.Qh6+ Kg8 1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Kasparov,G/Linares ESP 2004/The Week in Chess 485) 15.0-0-0 Qc7 16.f4 exf4 17.Bxf4 Nxf4 18.Qxf4 0-0 19.Nd4 g6 20.h5 Qa5 21.Rdg1 Bxa2 22.Rg3 Qe5 23.Qh4 Qxd4 24.hxg6 Qg7 25.gxh7+ Kh8 26.Nxa2 Rc5 27.Rhg1 Rfc8 28.Nc3 d5 29.exd5 Bd6 30.Re3 Be5 31.Rge1 Rc4 32.Re4 Rxe4 33.Qxe4 Bxc3 34.bxc3 Qxc3 35.Re3 Qa1+ 36.Kd2 b5 37.g6 fxg6 38.Qxg6 Qd4+ 39.Ke2 Qg7 40.Qxg7+ Kxg7 41.Re7+ Kf6 42.d6 Rxc2+ 43.Kd3 Rc8 44.Rc7 Rd8 45.d7 Ke6 46.Kc2 Rf8 47.Rc8 Rf2+ 48.Kd1 1-0 Smirnov,P-Likavsky,T/Ohrid MKD 2001/The Week in Chess 344] 14...0-0 15.0-0-0 Rc8 16.Nd5 [16.Kb1 g6 17.Na4 Be6 18.Nb6 Rc7 19.Qd2 Rc6 20.Nd5 Bxd5 21.Qxd5 (21.exd5 Rc8 22.Qd3 Qd7 23.Nd2 f6 24.gxf6 Rxf6 25.c4 Rf7 26.c5 Rd8 27.cxd6 Bxd6 28.Bg5 Rdf8 29.Bh6 Nf4 30.Qb3 Rd8 31.Bxf4 Rxf4 32.Ne4 Kh8 33.Rd3 Rf7 34.Rc1 Qf5 35.a3 Rfd7 36.Ka2 Bf8 37.Rcd1 Qf7 38.d6 Qf5 39.Rd5 Rc8 40.R1d3 b5 41.Rc3 Rxc3 42.Qxc3 Qe6 43.Qd3 Qf5 44.Kb1 Kg8 45.Ka1 h6 46.Qc3 Bg7 47.Qc8+ Kh7 48.Rd3 Qf7 49.Rc3 b4 50.axb4 Qf5 51.Qe8 Rb7 52.Rc8 g5 53.Qg8+ Kg6 54.Rc7 1-0 Bacrot,E-Lautier,J/Aix les Bains FRA 2003/The Week in Chess 460) 21...Qc8 22.Rd2 Bd8 23.Nc1 1/2-1/2 Adams,M-Grischuk,A/Wijk aan Zee NED 2005/The Week in Chess 534] 16...Bxd5 17.Rxd5  17...g6N A Novelty, black looks pretty solid. [17...f5 18.gxf6 Nxf6 19.Rdd1 Rf7 20.Qe2 Qc7 21.Rd3 Qc4 22.Qd1 1/2-1/2 Hracek,Z-Ftacnik,L/Bremen GER 2003/The Week in Chess 439] 18.Rd3 f5 19.gxf6 Rxf6 20.Kb1 Qd7 21.Nc1 Rf7 22.Qg2 Rcf8 23.Rf1 Nf4 24.Bxf4 Rxf4 25.Ne2 Rh4 26.Qg1 Qh3 27.Ng3 Kh8 [27...Qxh2 28.Nf5 Qxg1 29.Rxg1 Rxf5 30.exf5 g5 Doesn't change the equal assessment.] 28.Rf2 Rhf4 29.a3 Bd8 30.Rfd2 Be7 31.Qd1 Qe6 32.Ne2 R4f7 33.Nc3 Qh3 34.Rf2 Bh4 35.Qf1 Qxf1+ 36.Rxf1 Rf4 37.Kc1 1/2-1/2 Van Wely,L (2655) - Svidler,P (2738) [D88] It Dortmund GER (4), 11.07.2005 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 Nc6 9.Be3 0-0 10.0-0 Na5 11.Bd3 cxd4 12.cxd4 b6 13.Qd2 Bb7 14.Rad1N A solid developing move that hardly counts as a dangerous novelty. [14.Bh6 Bxh6 15.Qxh6 Nc6 16.d5 Ne5 17.Rad1 Qd6 18.Bb1 Ba6 19.Rfe1 Rac8 20.Qh4 Kh8 21.Kh1 Qf6 22.Qxf6+ exf6 23.f4 Ng4 24.Rd2 Ne3 25.Nd4 Rfe8 26.Nf3 Rc3 27.h3 Kg7 28.Kg1 Rec8 29.d6 Nc4 30.Rd3 Rxd3 31.Bxd3 b5 32.e5 fxe5 33.fxe5 Rc5 34.Bxc4 bxc4 35.Rd1 Rc8 36.e6 fxe6 37.d7 Rd8 38.Nd4 1-0 Kobalia,M-Eljanov,P/Kharkov UKR 2002/The Week in Chess 386; 14.Rac1 Qd7 15.Rfd1 (15.Qb4 Nc6 16.Qa4 Qd6 17.Bb5 Na5 18.e5 Qd8 19.Rfd1 a6 20.Bd3 b5 21.Qb4 Bd5 22.Nf4 Bc4 23.Be4 Rc8 24.Qa3 Re8 25.h4 e6 26.g3 Bf8 27.Qb2 Qe7 28.Bd2 Nc6 29.d5 exd5 30.Rxc4 dxe4 31.Nd5 Qe6 32.Nf6+ Kh8 33.Rxe4 Red8 34.h5 Bg7 35.Rde1 Nxe5 36.Rxe5 Bxf6 37.Bg5 Rf8 38.Rxe6 Bxb2 39.Rxa6 gxh5 40.Rb1 Bd4 41.Rxb5 f6 42.Bh6 Rg8 43.Kf1 Rc2 44.Rf5 Rd8 45.a4 Kg8 46.Rf3 Rd5 47.Be3 Bxe3 48.Rxe3 Rf5 49.Re2 Rxe2 50.Kxe2 Kg7 51.Ke3 h4 52.gxh4 1/2-1/2 Nyback,T-Krasenkow,M/Antalya TUR 2004/The Week in Chess 497) 15...Rac8 16.f3 e6 17.Qb2 Rxc1 1-0 Moreno,A-Manescu,T/Tallinn EST 1997] 14...Rc8 15.d5 Nc4 16.Bxc4 Rxc4 17.Bd4 Qd6 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.Nd4 Qb4 20.Qe3 Rfc8 21.h4 Kg8 22.h5 Qc3 23.Rd3 Qb2 24.h6 Rc3 25.Nc6 Rxd3 26.Qxd3 Kf8  27.a4 [27.Nxa7 Rc1 28.Nc6 Rxf1+ 29.Qxf1 Qxa2 Might be a better chance for white.] 27...Bxc6 28.dxc6 Qf6 29.Rc1 Qd6 30.Qc3 [30.Qxd6 exd6] 30...e5 31.c7 Ke7 32.g3 a6 33.Kg2 b5 34.axb5 axb5 35.Qa5 g5 36.Qa7 Kd7 37.Qa1 Ke7 38.Qa7 Kd7 39.Qb7 Rxc7 40.Qxb5+ Ke7 41.Ra1 Qc5 42.Qb8 Qc6 43.Re1 g4 44.Qh8 Qf6 45.Qxh7 Qf3+ 46.Kg1 Rc2 47.Rf1 Rxf2 Liquidating to a draw. 48.Rxf2 Qxg3+ 49.Kf1 Qd3+ 50.Re2 Qd1+ 51.Kf2 g3+ 52.Kxg3 There are now no prospects. 1/2-1/2 |
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