Dortmund Rd3: Four draws

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7/15/2014 – As usual, the title does not tell the entire tale of the round. Kramnik obtained a large advantage against Baramidze, and seemed headed to a win, but bad mistakes with 23.Nf3? and 25.f5? turned the tables. The game was pushed to the bitter end, but a draw ensued. There was little to say about the two other Berlins, and a quiet French Classical, making for a fairly lifeless round.

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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 three

Round 03 – July 15, 2014 15:00h
Naiditsch, Arkadij ½-½ Caruana, Fabiano
Leko, Peter ½-½ Adams, Michael
Ponomariov, Ruslan ½-½ Meier, Georg
Kramnik, Vladimir ½-½ Baramidze, David

Round three games

[Event "Sparkassen-Chess-Meeting 2014"] [Site "Dortmund"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Baramidze, David"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E07"] [WhiteElo "2777"] [BlackElo "2616"] [PlyCount "105"] [EventCountry "GER"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. Qd3 c6 8. O-O b6 9. b3 a5 10. e4 Ba6 11. e5 Ne8 12. h4 h6 13. Rd1 b5 14. cxb5 cxb5 15. Ne2 b4 16. Qe3 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 a4 18. Be3 Qa5 19. Rac1 Nc7 20. Nh2 Rfc8 21. Qg4 Kf8 22. f4 Qb6 23. Nf3 Nb5 24. Rxc8+ Rxc8 25. f5 axb3 26. axb3 Rc3 27. f6 Rxe3 28. Qxg7+ Ke8 29. fxe7 Rxf3 30. Bxf3 Nxd4 31. Kg2 Nf5 32. Qh8+ Kxe7 33. Rc1 Qd8 34. Rc8 Qxh8 35. Rxh8 Nxe5 36. Bh5 Kf6 37. Rb8 Nc6 38. Rb7 Nfe7 39. Kf2 e5 40. g4 Ke6 41. g5 hxg5 42. hxg5 e4 43. Ke3 Kf5 44. Bxf7 Kxg5 45. Bxd5 Nxd5+ 46. Kxe4 Nde7 47. Rb6 Kf6 48. Kd3 Ke6 49. Kc4 Kd6 50. Kb5 Kd5 51. Ka4 Kd4 52. Rxb4+ Nxb4 53. Kxb4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Sparkassen-Chess-Meeting 2014"] [Site "Dortmund"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Leko, Peter"] [Black "Adams, Michael"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2737"] [BlackElo "2743"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventCountry "GER"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Bd7 10. Rd1 Be7 11. g4 Nh4 12. Nxh4 Bxh4 13. Nd2 Kc8 14. Nf3 Be7 15. Bg5 Bc5 16. Rd3 Be6 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. Rxe3 Kd7 19. Rd1+ Ke7 20. Nd4 Rad8 21. Red3 g6 22. Nxe6 Rxd3 23. Rxd3 Kxe6 24. f4 h5 25. Kg2 hxg4 26. hxg4 a5 27. Kg3 Rh1 28. Rd8 g5 29. fxg5 Rg1+ 30. Kf3 Rf1+ 31. Kg3 Rg1+ 32. Kf3 Rf1+ 33. Kg3 Rg1+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Sparkassen-Chess-Meeting 2014"] [Site "Dortmund"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"] [Black "Meier, Georg"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C13"] [WhiteElo "2723"] [BlackElo "2632"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventCountry "GER"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Nxf6+ Bxf6 8. Qd2 Bxg5 9. Nxg5 Nf6 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Be2 b6 12. Bf3 Rb8 13. Kb1 h6 14. Ne4 Bb7 15. Rhe1 Bxe4 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. Rxe4 Qd5 18. Qf4 Rbd8 19. Rd3 Rd7 20. h4 Rfd8 21. b3 Qf5 22. Qxf5 exf5 23. Rf4 g6 24. c4 Kg7 25. Kc2 Kf6 26. g4 c5 27. d5 Re7 28. Re3 Rxe3 29. fxe3 Ke5 30. Kd3 Rg8 31. Ke2 f6 32. Kf3 fxg4+ 33. Rxg4 f5 34. Rg1 a5 35. Rg2 Rg7 36. Rg1 Rg8 37. Rg2 Rg7 38. Rg1 Rg8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Sparkassen-Chess-Meeting 2014"] [Site "Dortmund"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2705"] [BlackElo "2789"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventCountry "GER"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Bd7 10. Rd1 Be7 11. Nc3 Kc8 12. Bf4 b6 13. Rd2 Nh4 14. Nxh4 Bxh4 15. Ne4 h6 16. g4 Be7 17. Ng3 g6 18. Ne4 Be6 19. Nf6 a5 20. a3 a4 21. Re1 h5 22. Kg2 hxg4 23. hxg4 Ra5 24. Kg3 Rb5 25. c3 Rd8 26. Rxd8+ Kxd8 27. Bc1 Bxf6 28. exf6 Rd5 29. Re4 b5 30. Rd4 Rxd4 31. cxd4 Kd7 32. Bf4 Bb3 33. Kf3 Bd1+ 34. Ke4 Bxg4 35. Ke5 Be6 36. Bd2 Bd5 37. f4 Be6 38. Bb4 Bd5 1/2-1/2

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