From Thursday July 13 to Sunday July 22, 2012 the 41st edition annual Sparkassen
Chess-Meeting is taking place in Dortmund, Germany. It is a ten-player round
robin played. Draw offers are not allowed – a game
can only be declared a draw, by the arbiter, if there is no possible win for
one side, or if a position is repeated three times. The winner of the tournament
will be determined after nine rounds.
Games start at 15:00h = 3 p.m. local time (CEST, = 17:00 Moscow, 14:00 p.m.
London, 9:00 a.m. New York). All games will be broadcast by the official web
site's "Live
Games" page and on the Playchess.com
server. As in the previous year the moves of the Sparkassen Chess-Meeting
will be transmitted on the Internet with a delay of 15 minutes – which
means that the moves stay in the playing hall for that period, before they are
broadcast to the rest of the world. This is an important anti-cheating measure
that has been proposed to FIDE since October 2005 and has the support of most
of the top players. We commend the Dortmund organisers for taking the initiative.
Round six
| Round 6: Thursday, July 19, 15:00h |
Jan Gustafsson |
0-1 |
Arkadij Naiditsch |
Ruslan Ponomariov |
0-1 |
Mateusz Bartel |
Daniel Fridman |
½-½ |
Vladimir Kramnik |
Peter Leko |
½-½ |
Sergey Karjakin |
Fabiano Caruana |
½-½ |
Georg Meier |
It was a day for the unexpected, a day for the dark horses. The first major result was Arkadij Naiditsch’s win over Jan Gustafsson, who seems to never have recovered his equilibrium after the shock against Kramnik. For Naiditsch, and the German fans, it was more than a second straight victory, it was a taste of gold, even if shared, as he climbed to 4.0/6 and joined Vladimir Kramnik and Sergey Karjakin.
Arkadij Naiditsch moved into shared first to the delight of the home crowd
As to the other leader, Ruslan Ponomariov, it was a fall from heaven as he lost to Mateusz Bartel, the lamb sent to the slaughterhouse in every round but one until now. As much as he tried, Bartel would not wilt as he had done previously, and instead it was Ponomariov’s hand that shook on move 40, leaving him with an awkward position.
Ponomariov suffered a bitter blow in round six
Seven moves later, he blundered, and this time there was no salvation as he lost, while Bartel will leave the tournament with the comfort that at least once blood other than his was drawn in his duels.
A relieved Bartel finally scores
[Event "40th GM"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2012.07.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Bartel, Mat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2012.07.13"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1
b5 9. Bc2 {0.17/0} Nd7 {0.22/0} 10. d4 {0.11/0} Bb7 {0.22/0} 11. Nbd2 {0.17/0}
Bf6 {0.27/0} 12. Nf1 {0.22/0} Re8 {0.32/0} 13. Ne3 {0.30/0} Nb6 {0.46/0} 14.
Ng4 {0.37/0} Bc8 {0.45/0} 15. h3 {0.43/0} Bxg4 {0.56/0} 16. hxg4 {0.50/0} g6 {
0.63/0} 17. d5 {0.63/0} Ne7 {0.69/0} 18. g3 {0.36/0} Qd7 {0.69/0} 19. g5 {0.67/
0} Bg7 {0.70/0} 20. Kg2 {0.37/0} c6 {0.42/0} 21. dxc6 {0.46/0} Qxc6 {0.49/0}
22. Nh2 {0.29/0} d5 {0.29/0} 23. exd5 {0.00/0} Nexd5 {0.00/0} 24. Be4 {0.00/0}
Rad8 {0.00/0} 25. Qf3 {0.06/0} Qe6 {0.09/0} 26. Ng4 {0.00/0} Na4 {0.07/0} 27.
Rd1 {0.07/0} Nc7 {0.09/0} 28. Rxd8 {0.00/0} Rxd8 {0.08/0} 29. Bc2 {0.09/0} Nc5
{0.13/0} 30. Be3 {0.21/0} Nd3 {0.23/0} 31. Rd1 {0.22/0} e4 {0.12/0} 32. Nf6+ {
0.00/0} Bxf6 {0.00/0} 33. Qxf6 {0.00/0} Qxf6 {0.00/0} 34. gxf6 {0.00/0} Nd5 {
0.00/0} 35. Bd4 {0.00/0} Nxb2 {0.00/0} 36. Re1 {0.00/0} e3 {0.00/0} 37. Be4 {
-0.29/0} exf2 {-0.73/0} 38. Kxf2 {-0.36/0} h5 {-0.32/0} 39. Kf3 {-0.32/0} Nc7 {
-0.14/0} 40. Bb7 $2 {-0.26/0 The Ukrainian makes the time control but trips on
the finishing line.} ({The less than obvious} 40. Bxg6 $1 {would hold the
balance.} fxg6 41. Re7 Ne8 42. Kf4 Nc4 43. Kg5 Nxf6 44. Bxf6 Rd3 $11) 40... Rb8
{-0.42/0 Now he will struggle, though it is not lost yet.} 41. Re7 {-0.38/0}
Rxb7 {-0.95/0} 42. Be5 {-0.87/0} Rb6 {-0.40/0} 43. Rxc7 {-0.42/0} Nc4 {-0.46/0}
44. Bd4 {-0.89/0} Re6 {-1.26/0} 45. Kf4 {-1.65/0} Nd6 {-1.80/0} 46. Ra7 {-1.80/
0} Nf5 {-0.84/0} 47. Be5 $2 {-2.60/0 Ouch. Ponomariov commits an elementary
blunder and the in is now in Bartel's hands.} Nxg3 $1 $19 {-1.17/0 Black is
now two pawns up.} 48. Re7 {-2.38/0} Nf5 $1 {-3.52/0} 49. Rd7 {-3.79/0} Nh6 {
-3.71/0} 50. Re7 {-3.35/0} Ng4 51. Bd4 Kf8 0-1
Ponomariov dropped to second with 3.5/6, a half-point behind the leaders.
Standings after six rounds
Schedule and results
| Round 1: Friday, July 13, 15:00h |
| Daniel Fridman |
½-½ |
Jan Gustafsson |
Peter Leko |
½-½ |
Ruslan Ponomariov |
Fabiano Caruana |
½-½ |
Arkadij Naiditsch |
Georg Meier |
1-0 |
Mateusz Bartel |
Sergey Karjakin |
½-½ |
Vladimir Kramnik |
|
| Round 2: Saturday, July 14, 15:00h |
Jan Gustafsson |
0-1 |
Vladimir Kramnik |
Ruslan Ponomariov |
1-0 |
Fabiano Caruana |
Arkadij Naiditsch |
½-½ |
Georg Meier |
Mateusz Bartel |
0-1 |
Sergey Karjakin |
Daniel Fridman |
½-½ |
Peter Leko |
|
| Round 3: Sunday, July 15, 15:00h |
Peter Leko |
1-0 |
Jan Gustafsson |
Georg Meier |
0-1 |
Ruslan Ponomariov |
Sergey Karjakin |
½-½ |
Arkadij Naiditsch |
Vladimir Kramnik |
1-0 |
Mateusz Bartel |
Fabiano Caruana |
1-0 |
Daniel Fridman |
|
| Round 4: Monday, July 16, 15:00h |
Jan Gustafsson |
½-½ |
Mateusz Bartel |
Ruslan Ponomariov |
½-½ |
Sergey Karjakin |
Arkadij Naiditsch |
½-½ |
Vladimir Kramnik |
Daniel Fridman |
½-½ |
Georg Meier |
Peter Leko |
½-½ |
Fabiano Caruana |
|
| Round 5: Tuesday, July 17, 15:00h |
Fabiano Caruana |
1-0 |
Jan Gustafsson |
Vladimir Kramnik |
½-½ |
Ruslan Ponomariov |
Mateusz Bartel |
0-1 |
Arkadij Naiditsch |
Sergey Karjakin |
1-0 |
Daniel Fridman |
Georg Meier |
½-½ |
Peter Leko |
|
| Round 6: Thursday, July 19, 15:00h |
Jan Gustafsson |
0-1 |
Arkadij Naiditsch |
Ruslan Ponomariov |
0-1 |
Mateusz Bartel |
Daniel Fridman |
½-½ |
Vladimir Kramnik |
Peter Leko |
½-½ |
Sergey Karjakin |
Fabiano Caruana |
½-½ |
Georg Meier |
|
| Round 7: Friday, July 20, 15:00h |
Georg Meier |
|
Jan Gustafsson |
Arkadij Naiditsch |
|
Ruslan Ponomariov |
Mateusz Bartel |
|
Daniel Fridman |
Vladimir Kramnik |
|
Peter Leko |
Sergey Karjakin |
|
Fabiano Caruana |
|
| Round 8: Saturday, July 21, 15:00h |
Jan Gustafsson |
|
Ruslan Ponomariov |
Daniel Fridman |
|
Arkadij Naiditsch |
Peter Leko |
|
Mateusz Bartel |
Fabiano Caruana |
|
Vladimir Kramnik |
Georg Meier |
|
Sergey Karjakin |
|
| Round 9: Sunday, July 22, 13:00h |
Sergey Karjakin |
|
Jan Gustafsson |
Ruslan Ponomariov |
|
Daniel Fridman |
Arkadij Naiditsch |
|
Peter Leko |
Mateusz Bartel |
|
Fabiano Caruana |
Vladimir Kramnik |
|
Georg Meier |
|
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