The traditional Dortmund Sparkassen Tournament is now under way in Dortmund, Germany. The event is being held at the Orchestra Center and it features three of the top German players alongside five foreign grandmasters.
| Round 04 – July 16, 2014 15:00h | ||
| Caruana, Fabiano | 1-0 | Meier, Georg |
| Naiditsch, Arkadij | ½-½ | Kramnik, Vladimir |
| Adams, Michael | ½-½ | Ponomariov, Ruslan |
| Baramidze, David | ½-½ | Leko, Peter |
The shadow of the Italian's win only appeared after 30 moves against Georg Meier's solid French Defense. He had obtained nothing, and after some shuffling seemed headed to a draw when the German lost his footing and suddenly was staring a mate in the face.
David Baramidze seemed to have a number of weaknesses to exploit, such as gaping dark squares and a backward c-pawn, but was unable to make the stalwart Leko even break a sweat, and they drew. Vladimir Kramnik played his pet Berlin against Arkadij Naiditsch and a typical queenless middlegame ensued with a lot of maneuvering, but ultimately neither player was able to show anything for it. Seeing Ruslan Ponomariov getting ready for a Berlin of his own, Michael Adams chose a sideline that kept the queens on the board. His efforts paid off as the Ukrainian was quite lost after a blunder on move 32, but the Englishman was unable to find the coup-de-grâce, and blundered back his winning advantage for a disappointing draw.Select from the dropdown menu to replay the games
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