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After the first three rounds with many decisive games, yesterday at the Sparkassen Chess meeting in Dortmund, all four games ended without a winner.
Leinier Dominguez had taken the lead and had to defend it against Teimour Radjabov. A Ruy Lopez Steinitz Defence morphed into a structure typical of the King's Indian Defence — a core part of Radjabov's repertoire — without either side gaining the upper hand.
After 30...♛g3, Black threatens ...♜xf3. Dominguez dealt with the queen invasion by 31.♖g4 and after 32...♛h2+, the black queen is menacing, but also a bit isolated. The f2 knight defends his king reliably reinforcing the rule of thumb that "the knight is the king's best friend". A few moves later, a draw was agreed.
King's Indian: A modern approach
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Dominguez setting set for Round 4 | Photo: Georgios Souleidis
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The game between Ian Nepomniachtchi and Radoslaw Wojtaszek ended quite quickly in an endgame resulting from the Sicilian Najdorf. After a few exchanges, the opposite coloured biships pointed towards a draw.
Here is where Tabula Rasa was made: 36.♖xc6 ♝xb4 37.♖xa6 ♜xc4 38.♖xh6 ♝a5 39.h4 ♜xa4 40.hxg5 ♝d2 41.♖f6 + ♚xg5 42.♗xe5 ♜e4 43.f4+ ♝xf4 44.♖xf4 ♜xf4 45.♗xf4+ ♚xf4 draw.
Daniel Fridman, Black against Richard Rapport | Photo: Georgios Souleidis
Richard Rapport and Daniel Fridman dove deep into the games theoretical past. Rapport answered Fridman's offer of a Petroff Defence with the four-knights game and the players followed a line that was already employed back in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. After a few moves, a picture emerged that is typical today for many games of the open games.
With 12...d5 Black now clarified the situation in the centre. As the middlegame progressed, the Black's advantage increased, although by the time the players reached move 40 it was White who could claim a small plus. Despite some initiative for Rapport, after 71 moves the point was shared here as well.
Chess Endgames 4 - Strategical Endgames
In the fourth volume of the endgame series a lot of themes with more material are included like rook and minor piece vs rook (and minor piece), rook vs two minor pieces, double rook endings, queen and knight vs queen and bishop, the bishop pair and endgame principles. Those who have always found studying endgames with chess textbooks too dry and tedious will enjoy this DVD with its comfortable training system and benefi t enormously – in brilliant endgames at the actual board.
Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu tested Kaido Kulaots for 30 moves in a bishop ending, but Kulaots, who qualified for Dortmund by winning the Aeroflot Open and is a massive underdog by rating, was up to the task.
In the end, White failed to make progress and the draw was agreed.
Translation from German: Macauley Peterson
