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 05 – July 18, 2014 15:00h | ||
| Leko, Peter | 1-0 | Naiditsch, Arkadij |
| Meier, Georg | ½-½ | Adams, Michael |
| Kramnik, Vladimir | ½-½ | Caruana, Fabiano |
| Ponomariov, Ruslan | ½-½ | Baramidze, David |
Georg Meier and Michael Adams played a sideline of the Slav, and although the English grandmaster had chances to achieve a very strong advantage, and certainly had good chances in the endgame, was unable to capitalize and they drew. One of the most interesting games of the day was between Vladimir Kramnik and tournament leader Fabiano Caruana. It started as a Fianchetto Gruenfeld but degenerated into a strange game in which all the action took place on the queenside, which ended in a draw after 48 moves.
Against Peter Leko, Arkadij Naiditsch played a main line Queen's Gambit Declined Exchange variation, which sounds as exciting as the name, and the game was relatively calm until the German grandmaster decided to take the fight to the Hungarian and created fatal weaknesses that ultimately cost the point. Ruslan Ponomariov was completely winning in his game against David Baramidze, and by all means should have reeled in the full point. The Ukrainian was clearly having an off-day since even after squandering the advantage, he reached a huge position ten moves later, only to throw it away, and they ended up splitting the point.
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