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 Vladimir Kramnik beat Peter Heine Nielsen in round 8. Photo © Franz Jittenmeier Round 8 (July 16, 2005)
Naiditsch, Arkadij - Bacrot, Etienne 1/2 23 C42 Petroff's Defence
Van Wely, Loek - Topalov, Veselin 0-1 47 C02 French Advance
Kramnik, Vladimir - Nielsen, Peter Heine 1-0 51 C42 Petroff's Defence
Adams, Michael - Svidler, Peter 1/2 20 B46 Sicilian Paulsen
Leko, Peter - Sutovsky, Emil 1/2 67 A26 English Sicilian Attack
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It Dortmund GER (GER), 7-17 vii 2005 cat. XIX (2709)
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1. Naiditsch, Arkadij g GER 2612 * = = . 0 = = 1 1 1 5.0 2812
2. Van Wely, Loek g NED 2655 = * = = 0 1 1 0 1 . 4.5 2763
3. Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2744 = = * = 1 . = = 0 1 4.5 2745
4. Svidler, Peter g RUS 2738 . = = * = = = 1 = = 4.5 2760
5. Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2788 1 1 0 = * = 0 . = = 4.0 2692
6. Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2729 = 0 . = = * 1 = 1 0 4.0 2702
7. Adams, Michael g ENG 2719 = 0 = = 1 0 * = . 1 4.0 2712
8. Leko, Peter g HUN 2763 0 1 = 0 . = = * = 1 4.0 2692
9. Sutovsky, Emil g ISR 2674 0 0 1 = = 0 . = * = 3.0 2625
10. Nielsen, Peter Heine g DEN 2668 0 . 0 = = 1 0 0 = * 2.5 2579
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Dortmund Round 8 16th July 2005 There were a couple of shortish draws at the start of round 8. Peter Svidler played the same Sicilian Taimanov he used to draw against Topalov in round 6. Adams seemed to flounder almost from the start and after 20 moves the game was agreed drawn. Arkadij Naiditsch against Etienne Bacrot was another bore-Petroff but the draw probably suited Naiditsch who leads by half a point with a round to go and will leave the event with a bunch of rating points nomatter what happens in the final round against Svidler. The third draw took a lot longer. Peter Leko obtained some type of advantage on the white side of an English but it never took on decisive proportions and Sutovsky held the game in 67 moves. Chess is a tough professional sport with no room for sentiment. Three losses in a row meant that Nielsen was always going to come under the cosh against Vladimir Kramnik. Kramnik had less than nothing from the opening but of course was still obliged to play for a win. Nielsen's position became worse late in the game. He gave up the exchange unnecessarily on move 35 when he had more dynamic options. He was then left trying to hold on for a draw but couldn't do so. Vesselin Topalov has been the in form player of the year, until this tournament. He got back to 50% when he allowed himself to be move ordered into a French Defence by Loek Van Wely. The game quickly took a novel turn and a tense struggle ensued. The balance of the game swung to Topalov only gradually but at first time control the position was already gone for the Dutchman. Adams,Mi (2719) - Svidler,P (2738) [B46] It Dortmund GER (8), 16.07.2005 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d5 8.0-0 Nf6 Svidler is the first to depart from his game against Topalov a couple of rounds before. [8...Qc7 9.Re1 Bb7 10.Qf3 Bd6 11.e5 Bf8 12.Ne2 Ne7 13.Nf4 g6 14.c4 Bg7 15.Qe2 0-0 16.Bd2 dxc4 17.Bxc4 c5 18.Rac1 Rfd8 19.Nd3 Nf5 20.f3 Rd4 21.Bg5 a5 22.Qf2 h5 23.b3 Qb6 24.a4 Rc8 25.Rc3 Bd5 26.Bb5 Qb8 27.Qb2 c4 28.bxc4 Rxd3 29.Rxd3 Rxc4 30.Qd2 Rb4 31.f4 Bf8 32.Kh1 Qb6 33.Rc1 Nd4 34.Qf2 Qa7 35.Be8 Bc5 36.Rdc3 Nb3 37.Rxc5 Nxc1 38.Bxf7+ Kxf7 39.Rxd5 Qxf2 40.Rd7+ 1/2-1/2 Topalov,V-Svidler,P/Dortmund GER 2005] 9.Re1 Be7 10.e5 Nd7 11.Qg4 g6 12.b3 c5 [12...Qc7 13.Na4 c5 14.Qg3 f5 15.exf6 Qxg3 16.hxg3 Bxf6 17.Rb1 Kf7 18.Ba3 Be7 19.c4 Bb7 20.Be2 h5 21.Bf3 Rac8 22.Rbd1 Nf6 23.Rc1 Ne4 24.cxd5 exd5 25.Nb6 Rce8 26.Bxe4 dxe4 27.Bxc5 Bg5 28.Be3 Bd8 29.Nc4 Ke6 30.Red1 Bd5 31.Bd4 Rh7 32.Ne3 Bb7 33.Rc5 Rd7 34.Bc3 Rxd1+ 35.Nxd1 Bb6 36.Re5+ Kf7 37.Rxe8 Kxe8 38.Bd2 Bd4 39.Be3 Bf6 40.Bb6 Kd7 41.Ne3 Kc6 42.Nc4 Kb5 43.Bc7 Bd5 44.Ne3 Be6 45.Bd6 Bd4 46.Nc2 Bb6 47.Bf4 Bg4 48.Na3+ Kb4 49.Nc4 Bd4 50.Bd2+ Kc5 51.Kf1 Bd7 52.Ke1 Bb5 53.Na5 Bd3 54.a4 Kd5 55.Nb7 Bc2 56.Na5 Bf6 57.Be3 Bc3+ 58.Bd2 Bd4 59.Bb4 Bd3 60.Bd2 Bb6 61.Bc3 Bc7 62.Bd2 Bc2 63.Ke2 g5 64.Ke1 g4 65.Ke2 Bd3+ 66.Ke1 e3 67.Bc3 Bc2 68.Ke2 exf2 69.Kxf2 Ke4 70.Nb7 Bb6+ 71.Ke2 Bxb3 72.a5 Bc4+ 73.Ke1 Bc7 74.Kf2 Kd5 75.Bf6 Kc6 76.Nd8+ Kb5 0-1 Dominguez,L-Jakovenko,D/Oropesa del Mar ESP 1999] 13.Na4 c4 14.Bf1 [14.bxc4 Qa5 is the immediate tactical point although rather surprisingly white does get compensation for the piece. 15.Bg5 Bxg5 (15...Qxa4 16.Bxe7 Kxe7 17.Qg5+ Kf8 18.cxd5) 16.Qxg5 Qxa4 17.cxd5] 14...Bb7 15.Bd2 Bc6 16.Nb2 Qb8 17.Qg3 0-0 18.Rab1 cxb3 19.axb3 Nc5 20.f3  White never got anything from the opening and the only question would be whether black wanted to continue. 1/2-1/2  Naiditsch - Bacrot round 8. Photo © Franz Jittenmeier Naiditsch,A (2612) - Bacrot,E (2729) [C42] It Dortmund GER (8), 16.07.2005 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 0-0 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.0-0-0 Ne5 10.Kb1 Bf6 [10...a6 11.Be2 Be6 12.Nd4 Nc4 13.Qd3 Nxe3 14.Nxe6 fxe6 15.Qxe3 e5 16.Bd3 c6 17.h4 Rf6 18.g3 d5 19.Qxe5 Rxf2 20.Rhf1 Rf6 21.Qh5 g6 22.Qe2 Qd6 23.h5 Raf8 24.hxg6 hxg6 25.Rh1 Kf7 26.c4 Ke8 27.cxd5 c5 28.g4 Kd8 29.g5 Rf4 30.Rh6 Bxg5 31.Rxg6 Bf6 32.Rh6 Qe5 33.c3 Qxe2 34.Bxe2 Rf2 35.Bg4 b5 36.d6 Rg8 37.Bh3 b4 38.Rh7 bxc3 39.bxc3 Rg3 40.Re1 Be5 41.Rd7+ Kc8 42.Rf7+ Rxh3 43.Rxf2 Bxd6 44.Kc2 Kd7 45.Ree2 Kc6 46.Rf6 Kc7 47.Ree6 Rh2+ 48.Kd3 Rh3+ 49.Kc4 Rh4+ 50.Kb3 c4+ 51.Ka4 Rh2 52.Rxd6 1-0 Anand,V-Kramnik,V/Monte Carlo MNC 2005/The Week in Chess 542] 11.Nd4 Nc6 12.h3 Nxd4 13.cxd4 Bf5 14.Bd3 Bxd3 15.Qxd3 Re8 16.Rhe1 Qd7 17.g4 g6 18.g5 Bg7 19.h4 Qg4 20.Rh1 Qe4 21.Qf1 c5 22.dxc5 dxc5 23.Qd3 
Again, in a Petroff, simplification has taken the interest out of the game. 1/2-1/2  Van Wely - Topalov round 8. Photo © Franz Jittenmeier Van Wely,L (2655) - Topalov,V (2788) [C02] It Dortmund GER (8), 16.07.2005 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.a3 f6 7.Bd3 Qc7 Topalov has ended up in a French something he rarely if ever has played before. The game quickly takes an original course leaving both players on their own resources. 8.Bf4 0-0-0 9.0-0 [9.b4 c4 10.Be2 g5 11.Bg3 g4 12.exf6 gxf3 13.Bxc7 fxe2 14.Qxe2 Kxc7 15.b5 Na5 16.f7 Nh6 17.Qh5 Nb3 18.Ra2 Nc1 19.Rd2 Nd3+ 20.Rxd3 cxd3 21.g4 e5 22.g5 Nf5 23.dxe5 Bg7 24.f4 Be6 25.b6+ axb6 26.a4 Ra8 27.0-0 Bf8 28.Nd2 Bc5+ 29.Kh1 Raf8 30.Nb3 Be3 31.Nd4 Nxd4 32.cxd4 Bf5 33.h4 Kb8 34.Kh2 Rc8 35.Qh6 d2 36.Qf6 Bxf4+ 37.Kg2 Be4+ 38.Kh3 Bd3 39.Rd1 Be2 40.Qxf4 Bxd1 41.e6+ Ka7 42.Qxd2 Bh5 43.a5 b5 44.Qb4 Ka6 1/2-1/2 Edouard,R-Salgado Lopez,I/Heraklio GRE 2004/The Week in Chess 523; 9.Bg3 g5 10.exf6 Bd6 11.Nxg5 Rf8 12.Nxh7 Rf7 13.Qc2 Nxf6 14.Bxd6 Qxd6 15.Nxf6 Rxf6 16.dxc5 Qxc5 17.Qe2 e5 18.Nd2 e4 19.Bc2 Ne5 20.Qe3 Qxe3+ 21.fxe3 Ng4 22.0-0-0 Nxe3 23.Rdg1 Nxc2 24.Kxc2 Rf2 25.Kc1 e3 26.Nf3 Bf5 27.Nd4 Be4 28.h4 Rh6 29.Rh3 Rb6 30.Rxe3 Rbxb2 31.Rxe4 dxe4 32.h5 Rxg2 33.Re1 Ra2 34.Kb1 Rgb2+ 35.Kc1 Ra1+ 36.Kxb2 Rxe1 37.h6 Rh1 38.Nf5 Kc7 39.Ng3 Rh2+ 40.Kb3 e3 41.h7 Rxh7 42.Kc4 Kc6 43.Nf5 Rh3 44.a4 Kb6 45.Nd4 Ka5 46.Ne2 Kxa4 47.Kd3 Kb3 48.Nf4 e2+ 0-1 Takacs,B-Pap,G/Budapest HUN 2004/The Week in Chess 493] 9...c4 [9...h6 10.Bg3 f5 11.c4 dxc4 12.Bxc4 g5 13.d5 exd5 14.e6 f4 15.exd7+ Qxd7 16.Bb5 Bg7 17.Qc2 Qd6 18.Bxc6 bxc6 19.Bxf4 gxf4 20.Nbd2 Ne7 21.Rad1 Rhg8 22.Qa4 Qc7 23.Nb3 Qb6 24.Rfe1 Rd7 25.Re6 Bxb2 26.Rde1 Rg7 27.Rxh6 c4 28.Rxe7 Rgxe7 29.Rxc6+ Kb8 30.Rxb6+ axb6 31.Nbd2 c3 32.Nf1 Rc7 33.Nd4 Rc4 34.Qb3 Rxd4 35.Qxb6+ Kc8 36.Qxd4 Rc7 37.Qh8+ Kb7 38.Qd4 Kc8 1-0 Gachet,S-Libiszewski,F/Nice FRA 2002/The Week in Chess 426] 10.Bc2 Qb6 11.b3 cxb3 12.Bxb3 g5 13.Be3 g4 14.Ne1 Na5 15.Bc2 f5 I already like the progress that black has made although objectively white might still be better. 16.Nd3 Kb8 17.a4 Rc8 18.Qe2 Qa6 19.Qe1 b6 [19...Nc4] 20.Na3 Bxa3 [20...Nc4] 21.Rxa3 Ne7 22.Nb4 Qb7 23.Bd3 Nc4 24.Bxc4 dxc4 25.a5 b5 26.a6!? This is very commital and eventually falls off. 26...Qa8 27.Qe2 Nd5 28.Nxd5 Qxd5  29.f4?! In the long term this seems to be a positional mistake. 29...h5 30.Rb1 h4 31.Kf1 Bc6 32.Bg1 Ka8 33.Rb4 Rb8 34.Ra2 Rb6 35.Ke1 h3 36.g3 Rc8 White has no possibility of play and black can manoever until he finds the best piece setup. 37.Be3 Bd7 38.Ra5 Qh1+ 39.Kd2 Bc6 40.Qf2 [40.d5 Bxd5 is also losing but at least it frees the bishop.. Now the weaknesses in white's position are laid bare.] 40...Bd5 41.Qg1 Qe4 42.Kc1 Rcc6 43.Qf2 Rxa6 44.Raxb5 Ra1+ 45.Rb1 Rxb1+ 46.Rxb1 Ra6 47.Qd2 Qh1+ 0-1  Vladimir Kramnik beat Peter Heine Nielsen in round 8. Photo © Franz Jittenmeier Kramnik,V (2744) - Nielsen,PH (2668) [C42] It Dortmund GER (8), 16.07.2005 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Bf4 Nc6 8.Qd2 Bg4 9.Be2 Qd7 10.0-0-0 a6 11.Rhe1 [11.h3 Be6 12.Ng5 Bxg5 13.Bxg5 0-0 (13...f6 14.Be3 0-0-0 15.g4 Rhe8 16.b3 Bf7 17.Rhe1 Bg6 18.f4 Be4 19.c4 Qe7 20.Bd4 1/2-1/2 Svidler,P-Gelfand,B/Sochi RUS 2005/The Week in Chess 547) 14.Kb1 Rae8 1/2-1/2 Sedlak,N-Pavasovic,D/Topola SCG 2004/The Week in Chess 496] 11...0-0-0 12.h3 Be6 [12...Bf5 13.Nd4 Nxd4 14.Qxd4 c5 15.Qd5 Be6 16.Bg4 Bxd5 17.Rxd5 Rhe8 18.c4 Qxg4 19.hxg4 Bg5 20.Rxe8 Bxf4+ 21.Re3 Bxe3+ 22.fxe3 Kd7 23.Rh5 h6 24.g5 hxg5 25.Rxg5 g6 26.a4 Ke6 27.Kd2 Rh8 28.Kd3 Rh1 29.Rg4 Rb1 30.b3 Rg1 31.Rg5 a5 32.Rg4 Kf6 33.Rf4+ Kg7 34.Rf2 Kf8 35.Ke4 Ke7 36.Kf3 Ke6 37.Rd2 Rf1+ 38.Ke2 Rc1 39.Kf3 1/2-1/2 Hamdouchi,H-Grischuk,A/Belfort FRA 2004/The Week in Chess 496] 13.c4 Another of the seemingly never ending Petroff battles. At least here only one pair of minor pieces has been exchanged. [13.Ng5 Bxg5 14.Bxg5 f6 15.Be3 Rhe8 16.b3 Re7 17.Kb2 Qe8 18.c4 b6 19.Qc3 a5 20.a3 Ne5 21.Rd4 c5 22.Rd2 Ra7 23.f4 Nc6 24.Bf3 Re7 25.Bf2 Kc7 26.Bxc6 Kxc6 27.Rde2 Rdd7 28.Qe3 g6 29.Bh4 Qf7 30.Qf3+ Kc7 31.g4 1-0 Nepomniachtchi,I-Netzer,J/Heraklio GRE 2004/The Week in Chess 523] 13...Kb8 14.Qc3 Bf6 15.Qa3 Qe7 16.Be3 h5 17.Kb1 g5 18.b4 White starts to take risks. Whether its objectively correct or not is another question but Kramnik new Nielsen had lost his last three games and had to take risks to beat a struggling player. 18...g4 19.Nd2 Nd4 20.Bd3 d5 21.c5 Bg7 22.hxg4 hxg4 23.Nb3 Nxb3 24.axb3 c6?! This doesn't seem like the right idea. [24...Bc3; 24...Qf6] 25.Bf4+ Ka7 26.b5 cxb5 27.Bxb5 Rc8 28.Bd6 Qf6 29.Be5 [29.c6 Qa1+ 30.Qxa1 Bxa1 31.Kxa1 axb5 32.c7 is also possible.] 29...Qg5 30.Bxg7 Qxg7 The game is still pretty much in dynamic equality. 31.c6 Qf8 32.b4 Qd6 33.Rd4 Rc7 34.Kb2 Rhc8 35.c3  35...Rxc6?! It doesn't seem necessary to give up the exchange. This places black in a no win situation for the rest of the game. It may still be good enough for a draw however. 36.Bxc6 Rxc6 37.g3 Rc4 38.Red1 Qe5 39.Qb3 Rxd4 40.Rxd4 Qe1 41.Qc2 b5 42.Rd1 Qe5 43.Qd2 Kb7 44.Re1 Qf5 45.Qe3 Qf6 46.Rh1 Qf5 47.Rh8 Qf6? If there was a way to draw this its gone now. [47...Qe4] 48.Re8 Bd7 49.Re7 Kc8 50.Qc5+ Kd8 51.Re2 1-0 Leko,P (2763) - Sutovsky,E (2674) [A26] It Dortmund GER (8), 16.07.2005 1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Nf3 Nf6 7.0-0 0-0 8.Rb1 a5 9.a3 Nd4 10.Nd2 c6 11.e3 Ne6 12.Nf3 [12.b4 axb4 13.axb4 has been seen a few times before.; 12.Nde4] 12...Nc5 [12...h6 13.b4 axb4 14.axb4 Ng5 15.Nxg5 hxg5 16.b5 d5 17.bxc6 bxc6 18.Qb3 Be6 19.Ba3 Re8 20.cxd5 cxd5 21.d4 exd4 22.exd4 Ne4 23.Rfd1 Bg4 24.f3 Nxc3 25.Qxc3 Bf5 26.Rbc1 Re2 27.Bf1 Ra2 28.Bc5 g4 29.fxg4 Bxg4 30.Re1 Qf6 31.Rc2 Bf3 32.Rce2 Be4 33.Bg2 Rxe2 34.Rxe2 Qa6 35.Rf2 f5 36.g4 1/2-1/2 Gurevich,M-Adams,M/Reykjavic ISL 2003/The Week in Chess 435 '1/2-1/2 Gurevich,M-Adams,M/Reykjavik 2003/CBM 93 ext'] 13.b4 axb4 14.axb4 Nxd3 15.Qxd3 e4 16.Nxe4 Nxe4  17.Bb2N The first new move. [17.Nd4 Nf6 18.Bb2 Qe7 19.Ra1 Bd7 20.h3 d5 21.cxd5 Nxd5 22.b5 Nb4 23.Qc3 Qd6 24.Rad1 Nd5 25.Qb3 Qe7 26.Rc1 Rfc8 27.Rfd1 Be8 28.h4 Bd7 29.e4 Nb4 30.e5 Bg4 31.Re1 c5 32.e6 Bxd4 33.Bxd4 Bxe6 34.Rxc5 Qxc5 35.Bxc5 Bxb3 36.Bxb4 Rc7 37.b6 Rd7 38.Kh2 Be6 39.Rc1 Rad8 40.Ra1 Bd5 41.Bh3 Be6 42.Bg2 Bd5 43.Bh3 1/2-1/2 Hickl,J-Klundt,K/Bad Wiessee 1997/CBM 61 ext] 17...Bxb2 18.Rxb2 Qf6 19.Qd4 Be6 20.Rc1 Ra4 21.Qxf6 Nxf6 22.Nd4 Rfa8 23.Rbb1 The game seems completely equal. 23...Bd7 24.h3 Ra2 25.g4 h5 26.g5 Nh7 27.h4 f6 28.gxf6 Nxf6 29.Bf3 Ng4 30.Bxg4 Bxg4 31.c5 Rf8 32.Rc2 Rxc2 33.Nxc2 Bf5 34.Rb2 dxc5 35.bxc5 Bxc2 36.Rxc2 Rb8 An odd looking move but sufficient to hold the draw. 37.Kg2 b6 38.cxb6 Rxb6 39.Kg3 Kg7 40.Kf4 Kf6 The question is can white break through with his King. After long manoevering Leko eventually has to try something but it proves only good enough for a draw. 41.e4 Kg7 42.f3 Ra6 43.Rc5 Rb6 44.Rc3 Kf6 45.Rc1 Kg7 46.Rd1 Rb2 47.Rc1 Rb6 48.Rc5 Kf6 49.Ra5 Rb1 50.Rc5 Rb6 51.Rc3 Ra6 52.e5+ White goes for his winning try finally. 52...Kg7 53.Rd3 Ra1 54.Rd7+ Kh6 55.Rc7 Rc1 56.e6 Re1 57.Rxc6 Kg7 58.Rb6 Re2 59.Rb7+ Kf6 60.e7 Rxe7 61.Rxe7 Kxe7 62.Kg5 Kf7 63.f4 Kg7 64.f5 gxf5 65.Kxf5 Kf7 66.Kg5 Kg7 67.Kxh5 Book draw. 1/2-1/2 |
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