SPARKASSEN
CHESS MEETING
2005
8
to 17 July 2005
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Results of round two
Round 2: Saturday, July 9, 15:00h |
Loek van Wely |
1–0
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Etienne Bacrot |
Veselin Topalov |
1-0
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Arkadij Naiditsch |
Emil Sutovsky |
1-0
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Vladimir Kramnik |
Peter Svidler |
½-½
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Peter H. Nielsen |
Peter Leko |
½-½
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Michael Adams |
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Etienne Bacrot, France's top GM and the first French player to make it to
the top ten in the world, is having a dreadful tournament. In his second game
with Black he was doing okay against Dutch GM Loek van Wely until at move 32
he decided to exchange queens in a position that favoured White. After that
Van Wely hunted down the black king and took the whole point in this game.

Loek van Wely (Holland) vs Etienne Bacrot (France)

Peter Svidler (left – his name is spelled with a w in German) and
Peter Heine Nielsen battled it out in their game, which ended with a repetition
on move 43.

England's Michael Adams played a gentlemanly 21-move draw against Peter
Leko

Vladimir Kramnik facing Emil Sutovsky with black
We come to the two most interesting games of the day.
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. A new move, uncorked by Sutovsky in
this Steinitz Defence in the Ruy Lopez. 10.a4 led to a draw in Morozevich,A-Georgiev,K,
Mallorca 2004. Kramnik was taken by surprise and needed 25 minutes to work out
his reply: 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.
The threat is now 19.Nxf5 Qxf5 20.Nxc7+. Kramnik defends by moving his king:
18...Kf7 19.Ne6 Nxe6 20.dxe6+ Kxe6 21.Qd5+ Ke7 22.c5 [22.Rad1
was a strong alternative]. 22...c6
23.cxd6+!? Sutovsky is playing for a win and courageously
decides to sacrifice a piece against the classical chess world champion. A
more conservative continuation would have been 23.Qxd6+ Qxd6 24.Nxd6. After
the game he said: "The piece sacrifice gave me a strong attack. Kramnik
could not find a way to defend against it." 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.
28...Kh7? This is the losing move. Perhaps Black could have
survived after 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.
After this tactical melee White has a queen and pawn for rook and knight.
38.Qxf4. Sutovsky gives up the queen and relies on two extra
pawns. An alternative would be 38.Bxe3 Rf8 39.Qe4 Nxg2+ 40.Bf2 Rf4 41.Qe2,
which is also winning, but messier. 38...Rf8 39.Qxf8 Bxf8 40.Bxe3 Re6
and the rest, as they say, is technique. 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 and after four and a half hours of play 1-0.

Emil Sutovsky, chess grandmaster and baritone singer
Veselin Topalov, the joint winner of Linares (with Kasparov), the heroic winner
of Sofia, started badly in Dortmund, with a first-round loss to Michael Adams
yesterday. Today he struck out with a vengeance, and his victim was young German
talent Arkadij Naiditsch, who didn't really have a chance in the entire game.

Veseling Topalov – he's back and he's angry
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

The world's number two player (together with Anand) has outplayed his 20-year-old
German opponent. Now he delivers the final blow: 23.Nxe6 fxe6 24.Qxe6
Rd7? [24...Rc5 would have put up token resistance] 25.Rg3
Qf8 26.Re1 Raa7 27.Qf6+ 1-0 because of the mate in three: 27...Qxf6
28.Re8+ Qf8 29.Rxf8#.´
All pictures by Jeroen van den Belt
Standings

Full Schedule and Results
Round 1: Friday, July 8, 15:00h |
Peter Leko |
1-0 |
Loek van Wely |
Michael Adams |
1-0 |
Veselin Topalov |
Arkadij Naiditsch |
1-0 |
Emil Sutovsky |
Vladimir Kramnik |
½-½ |
Peter Svidler |
Peter H. Nielsen |
1-0 |
Etienne Bacrot |
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Round 2: Saturday, July 9, 15:00h |
Loek van Wely |
– |
Etienne Bacrot |
Veselin Topalov |
- |
Arkadij Naiditsch |
Emil Sutovsky |
- |
Vladimir Kramnik |
Peter Svidler |
- |
Peter H. Nielsen |
Peter Leko |
- |
Michael Adams |
Games – Report |
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Round 3: Sunday, July 10, 15:00h |
Michael Adams |
- |
Loek van Wely |
Vladimir Kramnik |
- |
Veselin Topalov |
Peter H. Nielsen |
- |
Emil Sutovsky |
Etienne Bacrot |
- |
Peter Svidler |
Arkadij Naiditsch |
- |
Peter Leko |
Games – Report |
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Round 4: Monday, July 11, 15:00h |
Loek van Wely |
– |
Peter Svidler |
Veselin Topalov |
- |
Peter H. Nielsen |
Emil Sutovsky |
- |
Etienne Bacrot |
Peter Leko |
- |
Vladimir Kramnik |
Michael Adams |
- |
Arkadij Naiditsch |
Games – Report |
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Round 5: Tuesday, July 12, 15:00h |
Arkadij Naiditsch |
- |
Loek van Wely |
Etienne Bacrot |
- |
Veselin Topalov |
Peter Svidler |
- |
Emil Sutovsky |
Peter H. Nielsen |
- |
Peter Leko |
Vladimir Kramnik |
- |
Michael Adams |
Games – Report |
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Rest day: Wednesday, July 13 |
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Round 6: Thursday, July 14, 15:00h |
Loek van Wely |
- |
Emil Sutovsky |
Veselin Topalov |
- |
Peter Svidler |
Peter Leko |
- |
Etienne Bacrot |
Michael Adams |
- |
Peter H. Nielsen |
Arkadij Naiditsch |
- |
Vladimir Kramnik |
Games – Report |
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Round 7: Friday, July 15, 15:00h |
Vladimir Kramnik |
– |
Loek van Wely |
Emil Sutovsky |
- |
Veselin Topalov |
Peter Svidler |
- |
Peter Leko |
Etienne Bacrot |
- |
Michael Adams |
Peter H. Nielsen |
- |
Arkadij Naiditsch |
Games – Report |
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Round 8: Saturday, July 16, 15:00h |
Loek van Wely |
- |
Veselin Topalov |
Peter Leko |
- |
Emil Sutovsky |
Michael Adams |
- |
Peter Svidler |
Arkadij Naiditsch |
- |
Etienne Bacrot |
Vladimir Kramnik |
- |
Peter H. Nielsen |
Games – Report |
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Round 9: Sunday, July 17, 13:00h |
Peter H. Nielsen |
– |
Loek van Wely |
Veselin Topalov |
- |
Peter Leko |
Emil Sutovsky |
- |
Michael Adams |
Peter Svidler |
- |
Arkadij Naiditsch |
Etienne Bacrot |
- |
Vladimir Kramnik |
Games – Report |
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