TWIC is 30. First issue 17th September 1994.
Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting 2013 (4)
Kramnik joins Adams in Dortmund lead after Round 4.
Mark Crowther - Monday 29th July 2013
Vladimir Kramnik beat Georg Meier on the black side of a Catalan where he quickly got an edge which he brough home for a full point. Michael Adams was posed no problems at all by Peter Leko on the black side of a Queen's Gambit Exchange Variation and the game finished in perpetual check on move 27. Kramnik and Adams lead on 3/4.
Wang Hao beat Fabiano Caruana to inflict the second defeat in a rown on the tournament favourite. Caruana just ended up with a passive position without counterplay and eventually couldn't meet all of Wang's threats. All this from a quiet English/Reti which shouldn't have been too difficult to meet.
Dmitry Andreikin had a fine Tal Memorial but this event is turning out to be a nightmare as he lost his third game, this time as black against Arkadij Naiditsch. In a strange variation of the Ruy Lopez the players were nevertheless following theory until move 14. Black's exposed king looked like a problem and even with queens off it eventually came under attack and Naiditsch converted the resulting ending.
Khenkin and Fridman drew a tricky open Catalan.
Round 4 Standings: Kramnik, Adams 3pts, Wang Hao 2.5pts, Khenkin, Leko , Meier, Naiditsch 2pts, Fridman, Caruana 1.5pts, Andreikin 0.5pts.
Round 5 Pairings 30 July 2013: Kramnik-Leko, Caruana-Naiditsch, Adams-Wang Hao, Andreikin-Khenkin, Fridman-Meier.
| 41st GM Dortmund (GER), 26 vii-4 viii 2013 | cat. XIX (2709) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1. | Kramnik, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2784 | * | . | 1 | ½ | . | 1 | ½ | . | . | . | 3 | 2862 | |||
| 2. | Adams, Michael | g | ENG | 2740 | . | * | . | . | ½ | . | . | ½ | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2915 | |||
| 3. | Wang, Hao | g | CHN | 2752 | 0 | . | * | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | ½ | 2½ | 2829 | |||
| 4. | Khenkin, Igor | g | GER | 2605 | ½ | . | . | * | ½ | ½ | . | ½ | . | . | 2 | 2690 | |||
| 5. | Leko, Peter | g | HUN | 2737 | . | ½ | . | ½ | * | ½ | . | . | ½ | . | 2 | 2687 | |||
| 6. | Meier, Georg | g | GER | 2610 | 0 | . | . | ½ | ½ | * | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | 2709 | |||
| 7. | Naiditsch, Arkadij | g | GER | 2710 | ½ | . | . | . | . | 0 | * | ½ | . | 1 | 2 | 2687 | |||
| 8. | Fridman, Daniel | g | GER | 2629 | . | ½ | 0 | ½ | . | . | ½ | * | . | . | 1½ | 2614 | |||
| 9. | Caruana, Fabiano | g | ITA | 2796 | . | 0 | 0 | . | ½ | . | . | . | * | 1 | 1½ | 2652 | |||
| 10. | Andreikin, Dmitry | g | RUS | 2727 | . | 0 | ½ | . | . | . | 0 | . | 0 | * | ½ | 2427 | |||
| Round 4 (July 29, 2013) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wang, Hao | - Caruana, Fabiano | 1-0 | 39 | A07 | Barcza System | |
| Khenkin, Igor | - Fridman, Daniel | ½-½ | 44 | E06 | Catalan | |
| Leko, Peter | - Adams, Michael | ½-½ | 27 | D36 | QGD Exchange | |
| Meier, Georg | - Kramnik, Vladimir | 0-1 | 38 | E06 | Catalan | |
| Naiditsch, Arkadij | - Andreikin, Dmitry | 1-0 | 49 | C70 | Ruy Lopez | |
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