7/17/2021 – Polish grandmaster Mateusz Bartel had a difficult time in the first rounds of the Deutschland Grand Prix, but he could land a nice attacking win with Black against Andreas Heimann. The remaining four games ended drawn, but had a lot to offer, with leader Pavel Eljanov sacrificing a queen against Ruslan Ponomariov. | Pictured: Bartel facing Eljanov in round 4
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While the match between Vladimir Kramnik and Viswanathan Anand had a rest day, the round robin tournaments of the 48th International Dortmund Chess Days continued on Friday.
In the Deutschland Grand Prix, Polish grandmaster Mateusz Bartel had a difficult time in the first rounds, but he could land a nice attacking win with Black against Andreas Heimann. Heimann’s king was pinned in the centre out of a Catalan Opening and Bartel won quickly.
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1.Nf3d52.d4Nf63.c4e64.g3dxc45.Bg2c66.Ne5Bb4+7.Bd2E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3.Be78.e3b5 8.
..0-0 is not played anymore.9.a4
Black must now prevent axb5.White is
slightly better.9...b410.Nxc4Nbd7
Now White is beyond hope.16.Qc2!=and White stays safe.Qd417.Be317.Bxa6b3=16...Nd3+-+17.Bxd3Bxd3Not17...Qxd318.Qxd3Bxd319.Be3=18.f3c5 Black has strong compensation.19.Kf2c420.Kg2Rc821.Qf20-022.Be3f523.exf523.h4is a better
defense.23...Rxf524.Nd2Qd5Weighted Error Value: White=0.39/Black=0.20Resist24...Rxe525.Rhe10–1
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The remaining four games ended drawn, but had a lot to offer in terms of content. First and foremost, the leader Pavel Eljanov played a fantastic queen sacrifice for two pieces and strong passed pawns in the middlegame. With little time on the clock, Ruslan Ponomariov escaped into a draw by repetition.
11.a3NPredecessor:11.a4Nc512.Bd5Bd713.axb5axb514.b4Ne615.c3Bf616.Na3Ne717.Bb3
1-0 (38) Bartel,M (2623)-Sargissian,G (2679) Baku 201511...Nd412.Ba2Nc513.Nc3Nxf3+14.Qxf3Be615.Bd5Bd716.b4Ne617.Ne2c618.Bb3Bg519.Bxg5Qxg520.c3c521.Rad1a522.bxa5Ra823.d4next dxe5 is good for
White.c424.Bc2Rfd825.Qf5Qh625...h6=26.dxe5±Nd427.Nxd4Bxf528.Nxf5Qe629.exd6Qe5Hoping for ...g6.30.Re3!30.Ne7+?Kf830...Qc5But not30...Rxa5?31.Ne7+Kf832.Nc6+-31.e5Rxa532.Be432.Ne7+!±Kh833.Rd532...Rxa3Wrong is32...Qxe5?33.d7+-32...Ra733.Ne7+Kf8
33...Kh8was necessary.34.Nc6!+- White has strong compensation.Rd735.Nb8Rd836.Nc6Rd7
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