Dortmund: Wagner misses big chance

by Patrick Zelbel
8/17/2024 – The eighth day of action at the Dortmund Chess Festival saw Wagner missing a great opportunity to score a win in her match against Elisabeth Paehtz. Meanwhile, in the A-Open, Anton Korobov, Frederik Svane and Nico Zwirs scored full points to go into the final round tied for first place with 6½/8 scores. | Photos: Official website
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Wagner fails to convert favourable ending

After 94 moves of fighting chess, the fifth game of the match between Dinara Wagner and Elisabeth Paehtz ended in a draw, with Wagner missing a great opportunity to score a win.

The opening phase favoured Paehtz, as she reached a comfortable position with the black pieces, which meant that Wagner had to invest a lot of time early on. But then Paehtz made a big mistake and Wagner gained a material advantage. Shortly before move 40, Wagner had a clear advantage, but after the time control was reached it was no longer so easy, as Paehtz put up a great defensive effort.

Wagner v. Paehtz
White is clearly better here, with the extra exchange and the king ready to join the action

Wagner tried until the end, but had to acquiesce to a draw after 94 moves. Therefore, the score is 2½-2½ before the sixth and last game of the match, set to take place on Sunday.

Elisabeth Paehtz

Elisabeth Paehtz

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1.d4 3 d5 3 2.c4 7 c6 4 3.Nf3 19 Nf6 4 4.e3 50 a6 4 5.Nbd2 2:16 Bf5 44 6.Nh4 7:58 D11: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 sidelines and 3...Nf6 4 e3 Bg4. Bg4 4:11 7.Qc2 11:11 g6 3:11 8.h3 2:46 Bc8 1:48 9.Bd3 13 Bg7 20 10.Nhf3 1:04 0-0 7:29 11.0-0 2:24 a5N 3 Predecessor: 11...Nbd7 12.b3 c5 13.Bb2 cxd4 14.Bxd4 dxc4 15.Nxc4 b5 16.Nce5 Bb7 17.Rac1 Nxe5 18.Nxe5 0-1 Baskin,R (2390)-Zubov,A (2598) Titled Tuesday intern op 16th Feb blitz 2021 (7) 12.b3 3:26 Na6 1:32 13.a3 45 c5 9:02 14.Bb2 1:24 cxd4 7:52 15.Bxd4 14:30 Nc7 12:51 16.cxd5 5:28 Ncxd5 24 17.Rfd1 1:21 Nh5 12:46 18.Bxg7 4:51 Nxg7 5 19.Nc4 56 Qc7 4:03 20.Qb2 7 Be6 9:09 21.Rac1 5:32 Nf6 2:08 22.e4 12:28 Rfd8 8:58 23.e5 4:01 Nfh5 1:19 24.Be4 1:35 Rxd1+ 3:42 25.Rxd1 2 a4 1:59 26.Ncd2 55 axb3 1:42 27.Nxb3 18 Qb6 28 28.Rb1 24 Ng3 4:04 29.Bd3 45 N3f5 2:57 30.Be4 1:29 Ng3 19 31.Bd3 3:03 N3h5 23 32.Nbd2 5:47 Qxb2 13 33.Rxb2 1 Nf4 1:27 34.Be4 6 Ne2+ 34 35.Kh2 1:53 Nc3 4 36.Bxb7 1:27 Rxa3 49 37.Bc6 2 Nh5 4 38.Rb7 4:26 Ra6 1:15 39.Nd4 1:24 Nf4 36 40.Rxe7 58 Ra2 36 41.Nxe6 8:54 Nxe6 26 42.Rd7 1:21 Ra5 7:38 43.Nf3 1:59 Rc5 2:20 44.Rd6 1:35 Nb5 3:33 45.Bxb5 1:41 Rxb5 3 46.h4 2:26 h5 27 47.g3 24 Kf8 1:03 48.Kg2 16 Ra5 8 49.Rd3 1:19 Ke7 24 50.Rb3 5 Kf8 8 51.Re3 8 Ke7 4 52.Ne1 6:42 Ra2 38 53.Nd3 35 Ra4 2:02 54.Nb2 1:37 Rb4 6 55.Nd1 5 Rd4 34 56.Nc3 6 Nc5 3:18 57.Ne2 50 Rd3 2:42 58.Kf3 13 Rxe3+ 16 59.Kxe3 5 Ke6 28 60.f4 2:29 f6 5:07 61.Nd4+ 45 Ke7 49 62.Kf3 1:27 Kf7 1:46 63.Ke3 2:09 Ke7! 4 64.Nc6+ 1 Ke6 2:04 65.Kd4 1:52 Nd7 1:34 66.Ke4 2:34 Nc5+! 30 67.Kf3 1 Kf7 1:32 68.g4 2:17 hxg4+ 12 69.Kxg4 1 Nd3 58 70.Kf3 7 Nc5 14 71.Ke3 27 Ke6 1:08 72.Nd4+ 1:12 Kf7 24 73.Nb5 2 fxe5 1:03 74.fxe5 3 Ke6 3 75.Kd4 33 Nb3+ 25 76.Kc3 31 Kxe5 54 77.Kxb3 3 Kf4 2 78.Nd4 28 ½–½
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Wagner,D2452Paehtz,E2455½–½2024D1151st Sparkassen Trophy Match 20241.1
Paehtz,E2455Wagner,D2452½–½2024D3851st Sparkassen Trophy Match 20242.1
Wagner,D2452Paehtz,E2455½–½2024E7051st Sparkassen Trophy Match 20243.1
Paehtz,E2455Wagner,D2452½–½2024D3251st Sparkassen Trophy Match 20244.1
Wagner,D2452Paehtz,E2455½–½2024E0151st Sparkassen Trophy Match 20245.1
Paehtz,E2455Wagner,D2452½–½2024E0451st Sparkassen Trophy Match 20246.1

A-Open: Korobov, Svane and Zwirs co-leaders

In the penultimate round of the A-Open, Anton Korobov faced sole leader Vadim Petrovskyi on the top board. Korobov took the initiative early on out of an Italian Opening and, after a long struggle, managed to realise his material advantage.

Things went faster on the second board, where Frederik Svane took Richard Stalmach by surprise with a king attack in the middlegame and won a remarkable attacking game.

Svane v. Stalmach
The final position - in case of 36...Qf6, there is 37.Nh7+, grabbing the queen

The third player sharing the lead going into the final round is Nico Zwirs. The Dutch International Master defeated German super-talent Christian Glöckler.

The co-leaders have collected 6½ points each, and stand a half point ahead of a ***-player chasing pack. The fight for the tournament victory is completely open before the final round.

The decisive round will be played on Sunday, starting at 10.30 am. GM Artur Yusupov will be on site to commentate the games. The award ceremony will take place at 5 pm, and is also open to spectators.

Frederik Svane

Frederik Svane

Standings after round 8

Rk. Name Pts.  TB1 
1 Korobov, Anton 6,5 39,5
2 Svane, Frederik 6,5 39
3 Zwirs, Nico 6,5 37
4 Petrovskyi, Vadim 6 41
5 Gavrilescu, David 6 41
6 Yoo, Christopher Woojin 6 37
7 Gkoumas, Georgios 6 36,5
8 Sasikiran, Krishnan 6 36
9 Peyrer, Konstantin 6 35,5
10 Vaganian, Rafael A 6 35
11 Sokolovsky, Yahli 6 35
12 Romanov, Evgeny 6 34
13 Sumets, Andrey 6 29,5
14 Quesada Perez, Luis Ernesto 5,5 39
15 Zemach, Nadav 5,5 36,5
16 Stalmach, Richard 5,5 35,5
17 Zuferi, Enis 5,5 35
18 Song, Ethan 5,5 35
19 Weishäutel, Moritz 5,5 34,5
20 Meins, Gerlef 5,5 34,5

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Patrick Zelbel is the press officer at the Sparkassen Chess Trophy yearly event in Dortmund.
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