Sparkassen Chess Meeting

(1) Sutovsky,E (2674) - Kramnik,V (2744) [C66] It Dortmund GER (2), 09.07.2005 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 d6 5.0-0 g6 6.d4 Bd7 7.Re1 Bg7 8.d5 Ne7 9.Bxd7+ Nxd7 10.Be3N [10.a4 led to a draw in Morozevich,A-Georgiev,K, Mallorca 2004.] 10...f5 11.Ng5 Nf8 12.exf5 gxf5 13.f4 Qd7 14.c4 Neg6 15.Nc3 h6 16.Nf3 e4 17.Nd4 h5 18.Ncb5 Kf7 19.Ne6 Nxe6 20.dxe6+ Kxe6 21.Qd5+ Ke7 22.c5 [22.Rad1 was a strong alternative] 22...c6 23.cxd6+ [23.Qxd6+ Qxd6 24.Nxd6 ] 23...Kf8 24.Qb3 cxb5 25.Rac1 Qf7 [25...Qxd6 26.Red1 Qf6 27.Rc7 b6 28.Rd6+- ] 26.Qxb5 a6 27.Qb6 Kg8 28.Red1 Kh7? the losing move. [28...Qe6 ] 29.Rc7 Qf8 30.Bd4 Rg8 31.Qxb7 e3 32.Rf7 Rb8 33.Qd7 Rd8 34.Qxf5 Qxf7 35.Qxf7 Rxd6 36.Kf1 Nxf4 37.Qf5+ Rg6 38.Qxf4 [38.Bxe3 Rf8 39.Qe4 Nxg2+ 40.Bf2 Rf4 41.Qe2 is also winning, but messier.] 38...Rf8 39.Qxf8 Bxf8 40.Bxe3 Re6 41.Kf2 Kg6 42.Rd5 Be7 43.Bc5 Bf6 44.b3 Be5 45.g3 h4 46.gxh4 Bxh2 47.h5+ Kh7 48.Kf3 Be5 49.Rd7+ Kh6 50.Kg4 Bg7 51.Rd6 1-0

(2) Van Wely,L (2655) - Bacrot,E (2729) [E97] It Dortmund GER (2), 09.07.2005 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.b4 Nh5 10.Re1 a5 11.bxa5 Rxa5 12.Nd2 Nf4 13.Bf1 Ra8 14.a4 f5 15.Ra3 fxe4 16.Ndxe4 b6 17.Nb5 Kh8 18.g3 Nh5 19.a5 bxa5 20.Bd2 Bf5 21.Rxa5 Qd7 22.Qa4 Rxa5 23.Qxa5 Bxe4 24.Rxe4 c6 25.dxc6 Nxc6 26.Qa1 d5 27.cxd5 Qxd5 28.Qe1 Nf6 29.Ra4 e4 30.Nc3 Qd7 31.Bb5 Qh3 32.Qf1 Qxf1+ 33.Kxf1 Ne5 34.h3 Rb8 35.Be2 Nf3 36.Bf4 Rd8 37.Nxe4 Nd4 38.Bc7 Rc8 39.Rxd4 Rxc7 40.Rd8+ Ng8 41.Nd6 Bf6 42.Ra8 Rc1+ 43.Kg2 Be7 44.Bc4 h5 45.Rxg8+ Kh7 46.Rc8 Bxd6 47.Bg8+ 1-0

(3) Leko,P (2763) - Adams,Mi (2719) [C88] It Dortmund GER (2), 09.07.2005 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.h3 Bb7 9.d3 Re8 10.Nc3 h6 11.a3 Bc5 12.Nd5 Nd4 13.Nxd4 Bxd4 14.c3 Bc5 15.Ne3 d5 16.exd5 Nxd5 17.Qf3 Bxe3 18.Bxe3 Qd6 19.Rad1 Rab8 20.d4 e4 21.Qg3 1/2-1/2

(4) Topalov,V (2788) - Naiditsch,A (2612) [D39] It Dortmund GER (2), 09.07.2005 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bg5 c5 7.e5 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 Qa5 10.exf6 Qxg5 11.fxg7 Qxg7 12.Qd2 0-0 13.Bxc4 a6 14.0-0 Rd8 15.Qf4 b5 16.Qc7 Qf8 17.Bd3 Rd7 18.Qf4 Bb7 19.Rae1 Qg7 20.Be4 Kh8 21.Re3 Bxe4 22.Qxe4 Rd5 23.Nxe6 fxe6 24.Qxe6 Rd7 25.Rg3 Qf8 26.Re1 Raa7 27.Qf6+ 1-0

(5) Svidler,P (2738) - Nielsen,PH (2668) [C42] It Dortmund GER (2), 09.07.2005 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.0-0 Be7 8.Re1 Bg4 9.c3 f5 10.Qb3 0-0 11.Nbd2 Na5 12.Qc2 Nc6 13.b4 a6 14.a4 Bd6 15.Ba3 Kh8 16.Qb2 Re8 17.b5 axb5 18.Bxb5 Qf6 19.Bxd6 cxd6 20.a5 Reb8 21.Ra4 Qd8 22.Rea1 Nxa5 23.Qa3 Bxf3 24.Nxf3 Nc4 25.Bxc4 Rxa4 26.Qxa4 dxc4 27.Qxc4 Qc8 28.Qf7 Qxc3 29.Rf1 Qc8 30.Nh4 Qf8 31.Qxf5 Qxf5 32.Nxf5 b5 33.f3 Nc3 34.Nxd6 Ne2+ 35.Kf2 Nxd4 36.Ke3 Ne6 37.Rb1 b4 38.Ne4 g5 39.g3 Kg7 40.Kd3 Rd8+ 41.Ke3 Rb8 42.Kd3 Rd8+ 43.Ke3 Rb8 1/2-1/2