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Dortmund Sparkassen Chess-Meetings 2012 (4-5)
3 way tie in Dortmund going into the rest day
Mark Crowther - Wednesday 18th July 2012
Leko missed out on a win against Caruana in one of the games of the event so far. Photo © Georgios Souleidis. | http://www.sparkassen-chess-meeting.de/2012/
Ruslan Ponomariov, Sergey Karjakin and Vladimir Kramnik share the lead on 3.5/5 going into Wednesday's rest day. Round 3 saw all games drawn but Leko perhaps tired towards the end of a really complicated French Defence against an ambitious Fabiano Caruana. A great struggle. Leaders Vladimir Kramnik and Ruslan Ponomariov drew a Queen's Gambit Accepted where Kramnik could not break down his solid opponent. Daniel Fridman grabbed a hot pawn on the black side of a Caro Kann but Sergey Karjakin always looked likely to take advantage of his misplaced pieces. Fabiano Caruana overpowered the struggling Jan Gustafsson tactically in a complex game. Arkadij Naiditsch got a winning position against tail-ender Mateusz Bartel but didn't finish precisely and had then to play for many hours before grinding out the win. Round 6 is on Thursday 19th July 2012.
Peter Leko draw Fabiano Caruana
Peter Leko and Fabiano Caruana played a fantastically complicated French Defence. Eventually Leko got on top (28...Kxc8 was playable, 28...Nf3+ should lose although Leko also didn't see the right idea) but here missed the best and eventually lost his advantage. Still a really great game.
Fabiano Caruana
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Peter Leko
Position after 30...Kxc8
31. Rg1
Not quite the best.31.Ba6+ Kd8 32. Qf1 Qxf1 33. Bxf1 wins.
31... Nxg1 32. Kxd2 Nf3+ 33. Kc3 Nxh2 34. Be2 Qa1+ 35. Kd2 Qh1 36. Qg3?
{Finally losing the remaining advantage he had.
36...Nf1+ 37. Bxf1 Qxf1 38. Qe3 Qg2+ 39. Qe2 Qxe2+ 40. Kxe2 Bxc2 41. a5 bxa5 42. Kd2 Bg6 1/2-1/2
| 40th GM Dortmund (GER), 13-22 vii 2012 | cat. XIX (2711) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1. | Ponomariov, Ruslan | g | UKR | 2726 | * | ½ | ½ | . | ½ | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 3½ | 2894 | |||
| 2. | Karjakin, Sergey | g | RUS | 2779 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | 3½ | 2859 | |||
| 3. | Kramnik, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2799 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | 3½ | 2850 | |||
| 4. | Naiditsch, Arkadij | g | GER | 2700 | . | ½ | ½ | * | . | ½ | ½ | . | . | 1 | 3 | 2806 | |||
| 5. | Leko, Peter | g | HUN | 2730 | ½ | . | . | . | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | . | 3 | 2757 | |||
| 6. | Caruana, Fabiano | g | ITA | 2775 | 0 | . | . | ½ | ½ | * | . | 1 | 1 | . | 3 | 2760 | |||
| 7. | Meier, Georg | g | GER | 2644 | 0 | . | . | ½ | ½ | . | * | ½ | . | 1 | 2½ | 2697 | |||
| 8. | Fridman, Daniel | g | GER | 2655 | . | 0 | . | . | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | . | 1½ | 2562 | |||
| 9. | Gustafsson, Jan | g | GER | 2629 | . | . | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | . | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | 2486 | |||
| 10. | Bartel, Mateusz | g | POL | 2674 | . | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 0 | . | ½ | * | ½ | 2344 | |||
| Round 4 (July 16, 2012) | ||||||
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| Ponomariov, Ruslan | - Karjakin, Sergey | ½-½ | 46 | C67 | Ruy Lopez Berlin | |
| Naiditsch, Arkadij | - Kramnik, Vladimir | ½-½ | 24 | C43 | Petroff's Defence | |
| Leko, Peter | - Caruana, Fabiano | ½-½ | 42 | C19 | French Winawer | |
| Fridman, Daniel | - Meier, Georg | ½-½ | 32 | E21 | Nimzo Indian 4.Nf3 | |
| Gustafsson, Jan | - Bartel, Mateusz | ½-½ | 35 | D45 | Anti-Meran Variations | |
| Round 5 (July 17, 2012) | ||||||
| Karjakin, Sergey | - Fridman, Daniel | 1-0 | 46 | B12 | Caro Kann Advanced | |
| Kramnik, Vladimir | - Ponomariov, Ruslan | ½-½ | 37 | D27 | QGA | |
| Caruana, Fabiano | - Gustafsson, Jan | 1-0 | 35 | C84 | Ruy Lopez Centre Attack | |
| Meier, Georg | - Leko, Peter | ½-½ | 24 | E06 | Catalan | |
| Bartel, Mateusz | - Naiditsch, Arkadij | 0-1 | 110 | C65 | Ruy Lopez Berlin | |
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