TWIC is 32. First issue 17th September 1994.Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Festival 2009 (5)
Carlsen dismantles the Berlin Wall
IM Malcolm Pein - Thursday 9th July 2009
The teenage Norwegian Grandmaster Magnus Carlsen dismantled the Berlin Wall Defence for the second time at Dortmund and leads the field by half a point.
The teenage Norwegian Grandmaster Magnus Carlsen dismantled the Berlin Wall Defence for the second time at Dortmund and leads the field by half a point at the halfway stage. Carlsen's victim in the fifth round was Dortmunder Arkady Naiditsch who is now a point adrift. Carlsen again kept up the pressure in a level endgame and was rewarded with an error from his opponent.
Vladimir Kramnik was kept at bay by the top rated Russian in the tournament Dmitry Jakovenko who accepted a pawn sacrifice and returned it advantageously but what a wimp, he should have played on at the end. However I am puzzled; why did Kramnik not play 13.Qb1! ? it just looked good to me.
V Kramnik - D Jakovenko
Sparkassen GM Dortmund (5)
QGD Ragozin
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 0-0 8.Be2 dxc4 9.0-0 Bxc3 10.bxc3 b5 11.a4 c6 12.Ne5 Qe7
Dmitry Jakovenko
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Vladimir Kramnik
Kramnik maybe missed a trick here.
13.f4
(13.Qb1 a6 14.axb5 cxb5 15.Nxc4 bxc4 16.Bf3 Ra7 17.Qxb8 is good for White)
13...a6 14.Bf3 Bb7 15.Qb1
(15.Qe1?; Qc7 16.Qh4)
15...Qc7! 16.f5
(16.Qb4?; a5 17.Qa3)
16...Nd7 17.Ng4 Rae8 18.fxe6 Rxe6 19.Qf5 draw
but 19...h5 20.Nf2 Rxe3 is good for Black and 19.Qf5 h5 20.Qxh5? f5 21.Nf2 Rh6! wins
Peter Leko played a nice game to dispatch Etienne Bacrot in a topical line of the Queen's Indian. After the opening Black has a weak pawn on d7 but he is very active. Leko gradually takes control and Bacrot blunders near the time control.
P Leko - E Bacrot
Sparkassen Dortmund (5)
Queen's Indian
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.Bg2 c5 7.d5 exd5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.0-0 Be7 10.Rd1 Nc6 11.Qa4 Nf6 12.Nh4
Etienne Bacrot
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Peter Leko
This has all been seen before.
21...Qc8
(12...d5 13.Nc3! or 12...g6?! 13.Bh6 Bf8 14.Bxf8 Kxf8 15.Nc3 Kg7 16.Rd6! and Black was soon lost, Aronian-Leko 2009)
13.Nf5 Nd4 14.Bxb7 Qxb7 15.Nxd4 cxd4 16.Rxd4 Bc5 17.Rd3 b5 18.Qf4 0-0 19.b4 Bb6 20.Bb2 Rfe8 21.e3
(21.Bxf6 Rxe2!)
21...Rac8 22.Nd2 Bd8
(Defending f6)
23.Rd1 Rc2 24.Bxf6 Bxf6 25.a3 Ra2 26.Nf3! Qa6 27.g4
(27.Rxd7 Qxa3 28.Qf5! Qxb4 29.Ng5! or 28...Rf8 29.Qxb5)
27...h6 28.h4 Rxa3 29.Rd6 Qa4 30.g5 hxg5 31.hxg5 Ra1 32.Rxa1
Etienne Bacrot
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Peter Leko
Black's position is miserable.
32...Bxa1?
(32...Qxa1+ 33.Kg2 Be5 34.Qe4 Bxd6 35.Qxe8+ Bf8 36.Ne5 Qa2 37.Qxd7 a6 seems to hold but cannot be pleasant)
33.Rxd7 Rf8 34.Qd6 g6 35.Nh2 Bc3 36.Ng4
Etienne Bacrot
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Peter Leko
The final critical position.
36...Bg7??
(36...Kg7)
37.Nf6+ Bxf6
(37...Kh8 38.Qh2+)
38.gxf6 Rc8
(38...Qc2 39.Qxf8+ Kxf8 40.Rd8#)
39.Rxf7! 1-0
Scores: 1 Carlsen 3.5/5; 2-3 Kramnik, Leko 3; 4 Jakovenko 2.5; 5 Bacrot 2; 6 Naiditsch 1
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