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This column is dedicated to the category-19, Dortmund Sparkassen tournament games.
 

Kramnik,V (2743) - Naiditsch,A (2664) [E04]
Sparkassen Dortmund GER (3), 01.08.2006

After 13 moves Kramnik had a nice tactical shot that probably would have led to an advantage.  The variation is almost forced:  14.Qxh8 Rxc1+ 15.Kd2 Rxh1 16.Bxh1 Ba4+ 17.Qd4 Nac4+ 18.Ke1 Bc6 19.Qxd8+ Kxd8 20.Nc3 Nxb2

Instead, after 14.Qg5 = many pieces were exchanged and a draw was agreed on move 44.

Aronian,L (2761) - Naiditsch,A (2664) [E20]
Sparkassen Dortmund GER (4), 02.08.2006

After 34 moves Aronian could have tried the following combination: 35.Be5+ Kh3 36.Rh1+ Kg4 37.Nd4 Rxd4+  38.Bxd4 Rc7 39.Rh6 Rc6 40.Rh7 Rc7 41.Be5 Rd7 42.Rg7 Kf5 43. Kd4 and White has good chances to win.

35.f4= g4 36.Be1 Kg2 37.Bg3 Rc1 38.Nxc1 Kxg3 39.Ne2+ Kf2 40.Rb2 g3 41.f5 Re8 42.Nd4+ Kf1 43.Nf3 g2 44.Nh2+ Kg1 45.Nf3+ ½–½

Adams,Mi (2732) - Gelfand,B (2729) [B90]
Sparkassen Dortmund GER (4), 02.08.2006

In this game White had many possibilities to shorten the game, but a few times the variation he chose gave Black new possibilities of counter play, and in some moves - almost an equal position.  The best example is on the 113^th move – see below:

On the 31th move Adams had a very nice possibility: 31.Qc4 Ne5 32.Rxb7 Qa4 33.Qxb4 Qxa6 34.Rc7 Qa1+ 35.Kh2 Kg7 36.f4 g5 37.fxe5 and White has a big advantage.

31.Qa1 bxa6 32.Qxa6 Nd4 33.Rxb4 Ne6± 34.Rb7 Qc8 35.Qb5 Kf8 36.Qb2 Ng7 37.Nxe7 Qc4

On the 38th move Adams had again a nice possibility: 38.Nd5 Qxe4 39.Nf6 Qe1+ 40.Kh2 Rc8 41.Nxh7+ Kg8 42.Nf6+ Kf8 43.c4 Nf5 and White has a big advantage.

38.Qf6 Qxe4 39.Nf5 Qe1+ 40.Kh2 Qe5+ 41.Qxe5 dxe5 42.Nd6 Rd8 43.Nxf7 Rc8 44.Ng5 h5 45.Nh7+ Kg8 46.Nf6+ Kf8

On the 47th move white could play: 47.c4 e4 48.c5 Ne6 49.Rb5 Ke7 50.Nxe4 h4  or  47...R:c4 48.Nd7+ Kg8 49.Nxe5 Rc2 50.Nxg6 and White remains with two pawns.  ...Rxf2 is forbidden because of 51.Rb8+ Kh7 52.Nf8+ Kh6 53.Rb6+ Kg5 54.Rg6+ Kh4 55.Nd7

47.Nh7+=  I will jump now to move 112:

White should play now 112.Nf4 Re1 113.Ne6+ Kb6 114.c7 Kb7 115.f6 Rf1 116.Ke5 Rf3 117.Nf4

112.f6? =  But this leads to draw!  112...Rd8+ 113.Kc5 Rd1?+- and Black gives back the half –point.  Instead, 113...Ra8 114.Ne5 Ra1 115.Kd5 Rd1+ 116.Ke6 Rd6+ 117.Kf5 Rd8 118.Kg6 Rc8 119.f7 Kd6 120.Kf6 =.] 114.f7 Rc1+ 115.Kd5 Rd1+ 116.Ke6 Rf1 117.Ne7 1–0

Gelfand,B (2729) - Jobava,Ba (2651) [B39]
Sparkassen Dortmund GER (5), 04.08.2006

I followed this game live on the internet, and was fascinated by the endgame.  Only later, when I checked it with the help of tablebases, did I find the many mistakes, by both players.

After White's 26^th move, the position seems equal.  The next move gives White a better game.  Black could try two moves:  26...Bc5+ 27.Kh1 or Kf1 Bd4 or  26...Na4 27. Rd1, and both seem better than the move played.

26...Bb4± 27.Bf2 Bxa5 28.c5 dxc5 29.Rxc5 Rxc5 30.Bxc5 Bc3

Now White could play a nice move: 31.Rc1 Ba5 (Na4 32.Bxa7 Rb2 33.Bd1 Rxa2 34.Bb3 Ra3 35.Bxf7) 32.Bxa7 Bb6+ 33.Bxb6 Rxb6 34.Rc5 Kd6 35.Rd5+ Ke6 36.Kf2.   It is difficult to judge if this continuation leads to a better position then the one White chose.

31.a4 Ke6 32.Bb5 Kf6?+- {32...a6 33.Bxa6 Ra8 34.Bb5 Nxa4 35.Be3 Nb2 seems a better continuation for Black.}  33.Rc1 a6 34.Rxc3 axb5

Here White could play .Ba7 Rb7 36.Bd4+ Ke6 37.a5 Nc4 38.a6 Rc7 39.Rb3 Nd6 40. a7.  White has a large advantage.

35.a5 Ke6 36.Rb3 Na4 37.Be3 Kd7 38.a6 Ra8 39.Rxb5 Rxa6 40.Bd4 Rd6 41.Rb7+ Kd8 42.Rb4 Ra6 43.Kf2 Kc7 44.Ke3 Nb6 45.Bxb6+ Rxb6 46.Rxb6 Kxb6 47.Kd4 Kc6 48.Ke5 Kd7 49.f4 Ke8 50.h4

Here Black should play : 50...Kd7 51.g4 f6+ 52.Kd5 e6+ 53.Kc5 h6 54.Kb6=

50...h5+-  Now White has a won endgame.  51.f5 f6+ 52.Ke6 gxf5 53.e5 fxe5 54.Kxe5 Kd7 55.Kxf5 Kd6 56.Kg5 Ke5 57.Kxh5 Kf4 58.Kg6 e5 59.h5 e4 60.h6 e3 61.h7 e2 62.h8Q e1Q 63.Qb8+ Kg4 64.Qc8+ Kg3+- 65.Qh3+ Kf4 66.Qf5 Kg3 67.Qh3+ Kf4 68.Qf3+ Ke5 69.g4 Kd4 70.g5 Qe8+ 71.Kg7 Qe7+ 72.Kh6 Kc4 73.Qf4+ Kb5 74.g6 Qe6 75.Kg5 Qe7+ 76.Kg4 Qg7 77.Qd6 Ka4 78.Kf5 Qc3 79.Qe5 Qh3+ 80.Kg5 Qg2+ 81.Kf5 Qh3+ 82.Kf6 Qf3+ 83.Qf5 Qc3+

After playing the endgame very well White makes a mistake that could have cost him the win; 84.Qe5 or 84.Kf7 still wins the endgame.

84.Kg5?= Ka3 85.Qf8+

85...Ka4?  Not being helped by the tablebases, Black misses the two moves that lead to a draw:  85...Kb3 or  85...Ka2.

86.Qa8+? (the correct move is 86.Kg4)  Kb4 87.Qb7+ Ka5? (Ka3 draws) 88.g7 Qe5+ 89.Kg6 Qe6+ 90.Kh7 Qf5+ 91.Kg8 Ka4 92.Qh1? (Qa7 or Qe7) Qc8+? (Ka3 or Kb3) 93.Kh7 Qf5+ 94.Kh8 Qe5 95.Qh3 Qd4 96.Qe6 Qh4+ 97.Kg8 Qf4 98.Qd5 Ka3 99.Kh7 Qh4+ 100.Kg6 Qg3+ 101.Kf7 Qf4+ 102.Ke8 Qb8+ 103.Qd8 Qb5+ 104.Qd7 Qh5+ 105.Kf8 Qf3+ 106.Ke7 Qe4+ 107.Qe6 Qb7+ 108.Kf6 Qf3+ 109.Kg5 Qg3+ 110.Qg4 Qe5 111.Kh4 Qf6+ 112.Qg5 Qd4+ 113.Kh3 1–0

Jobava,Ba (2651) - Kramnik,V (2743) [E12]
Sparkassen Dortmund GER (6), 05.08.2006

This kind of miniature is really rare in top level such as this tournament , therefore I decided to include it:

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Bd2 Nf6 8.Qc2 c5 9.dxc5 Bxc5   10.b4 Be7 11.e4 Nc6 12.Bf4 0–0 13.Rd1 Qc8

Now 14.Bd3 e5 15.Be3 leads to an equal position.

14.e5? Nxb4 15.axb4 Ne4 0–1

Aronian,L (2761) - Svidler,P (2742) [D80]
Sparkassen Dortmund GER (6), 05.08.2006

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Ne4 5.Bh4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 dxc4 7.e3 Be6 8.Qb1 Qd5 9.Nf3 last Nd7 10.Be2 Bf5 11.Qb2 Bg7 12.0–0 e5 13.Qb4 c5 14.Qxc4 Qxc4 15.Bxc4 Rc8 16.Bd5 Bd3 17.Rfd1 Ba6 18.Rab1 b6 19.Bg3 cxd4

Playing 20.cxd4 gives White some advantage: 20...Nf6 (or 20...Be2 21.Rdc1 Ke7 22.Nxe5 Nxe5 23.dxe5) 21.dxe5 Nxd5 22.Rxd5 Bc4 23.Rd2.   I think that the weakness of the c-pawn is too much.

20.exd4= Nf6 21.Bb3  After this move White's position seems to deteriorate quickly.  Maybe 21.dxe5 is better?

(analysis position)

21...Nxd5 22.Rxd5 Rxc3 23.Rbd1 0-0 24.Rd7 and White seems fine.

21...Ne4 22.Re1 Nxc3 23.Rb2 e4 24.Ng5

Now 24...0-0 could be a good continuation for example: 25.Bd6 Bxd4 26.Bxf8 Rxf8 27.Rd2 Bd3 28.Bc2 Rd8 or 25.h4 Bc4 26.Nxe4 Nxe4 27.Rxe4 Bxb3 28.axb3 Rc1+ and in both continuations Black is better.

24...Bc4 25.Nxe4 Nxe4 26.Rxe4+ Kd8 27.Bf4 Bxb3 28.Rxb3 Re8 29.Rxe8+ Kxe8 30.d5 Rc4 31.g3 Ra4 32.Re3+ Kd7 33.Re2 Bf8 34.Kf1 Bd6 35.Be3 Bc5 36.Bf4 Rd4 37.Rc2 Rxd5 38.Ke2 b5 39.g4 Kc6 40.Be3 Kb6 41.Rd2–+Rxd2+ 42.Bxd2 b4 43.f3 Kb5 44.Kd3 Bd6 45.h3 Be5 46.Be3 a5 47.Bd2 a4 0–1

Naiditsch,A (2664) - Jobava,Ba (2651) [B19]
Sparkassen Dortmund GER (7), 06.08.2006

Here Black could play  25...b4 26.Rxe7 bxc3 27.Rxe8+ Rxe8 28.Qxa4 Rd8 or  25...Rad8 26.Qb7 Qxb7 27.Rxb7 axb3 28.Rxb5 bxc2+ and in both variations the position is almost equal.

25... Qa6  26.Qg4  Now White could play 26.b4 Rad8 27.Red1 f6 28.R1d3 Rxd7 29.Rxd7 Kf8.

26...Bg5 27.bxa4

27...bxa4  Black missed White's move; he should now play either 27...Qc8 28.Red1 Rxa4 29.Qf3 Rf4 30.Qe2 Qc4 31.Qxc4 bxc4 or  27...Qxa4 28.Qxa4 Rxa4 29.g3 Bf6 30.Bxf6 gxf6 and in both variations a draw is the logical result.  28.f4 Qb5 29.Rd3 a3 30.fxg5 axb2 31.Bxb2 Ra4 32.Qe2 Qxg5 33.Qe5 Ra5 34.Qxg5 Rxg5 35.Red1 Rxg2 36.Rd8 Rxd8 37.Rxd8+ Kh7 38.c4 Rg5 39.Bd4 e5 40.Bf2 1–0

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