Dortmund: Bartel wins, Eljanov sacrifices a queen

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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.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 c6 6.Ne5 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3. Be7 8.e3 b5 8. ..0-0 is not played anymore. 9.a4
Black must now prevent axb5.White is slightly better. 9...b4 10.Nxc4 Nbd7
11.Qb3N Predecessor: 11.b3 Ba6 12.Bc1 Rc8 13.Bb2 c5 14.Nbd2 0-0 15.0-0 cxd4 16.Bxd4 Nc5 17.Rc1 1/2-1/2 (28) Yu,Y (2738)-Caruana,F (2819) Stavanger 2019 11...Ba6 12.e4 12.Bxb4? Qb8-+ 12.Bxc6= remains equal. Qc8 13.Bb5 13.Bxa8? Bxc4 14.Qd1 Qxa8-+ 12...e5 12...c5 13.d5 exd5 14.exd5 Nb6 15.Nxb6 axb6 13.Nxe5 13.Be3! 13...Nxe5 14.dxe5 Nd7 14...Ng4 aiming for ...Bc5. 15.e6 0-0 15.Bf1! Nc5 16.Qe3
Now White is beyond hope. 16.Qc2!= and White stays safe. Qd4 17.Be3 17.Bxa6 b3= 16...Nd3+-+ 17.Bxd3 Bxd3 Not 17...Qxd3 18.Qxd3 Bxd3 19.Be3= 18.f3 c5 Black has strong compensation. 19.Kf2 c4 20.Kg2 Rc8 21.Qf2 0-0 22.Be3 f5 23.exf5 23.h4 is a better defense. 23...Rxf5 24.Nd2 Qd5 Weighted Error Value: White=0.39/Black=0.20 Resist 24...Rxe5 25.Rhe1 0–1
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Heimann,A2599Bartel,M26260–12021Deutschland Grand Prix 20216.4

He shows the game himself in this video:

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.

 
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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.Re1 d6 9.Bd2 C88: Closed Ruy Lopez: Anti-Marshall Systems. Rb8 10.h3 Nd7
11.a3N Predecessor: 11.a4 Nc5 12.Bd5 Bd7 13.axb5 axb5 14.b4 Ne6 15.c3 Bf6 16.Na3 Ne7 17.Bb3 1-0 (38) Bartel,M (2623)-Sargissian,G (2679) Baku 2015 11...Nd4 12.Ba2 Nc5 13.Nc3 Nxf3+ 14.Qxf3 Be6 15.Bd5 Bd7 16.b4 Ne6 17.Ne2 c6 18.Bb3 Bg5 19.Bxg5 Qxg5 20.c3 c5 21.Rad1 a5 22.bxa5 Ra8 23.d4 next dxe5 is good for White. c4 24.Bc2 Rfd8 25.Qf5 Qh6 25...h6= 26.dxe5± Nd4 27.Nxd4 Bxf5 28.Nxf5 Qe6 29.exd6 Qe5 Hoping for ...g6. 30.Re3! 30.Ne7+? Kf8 30...Qc5 But not 30...Rxa5? 31.Ne7+ Kf8 32.Nc6+- 31.e5 Rxa5 32.Be4 32.Ne7+!± Kh8 33.Rd5 32...Rxa3 Wrong is 32...Qxe5? 33.d7+- 32...Ra7 33.Ne7+ Kf8
33...Kh8 was necessary. 34.Nc6!+- White has strong compensation. Rd7 35.Nb8 Rd8 36.Nc6 Rd7
37.Nb8? 37.Rf3!+- 37...Rd8= 38.Nc6 Weighted Error Value: White=0.22/Black=0.14 ½–½
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Eljanov,P2671Ponomariov,R2631½–½2021Deutschland Grand Prix 20216.2

Rustam Kasimdzhanov, also a former Fide World Champion, had a promising position against Daniel Fridman, who had been playing well so far, but in the end also had to settle for a draw.

The 16-year-old Vincent Keymer won impressively in the fifth round in a rook ending against Gata Kamsky. On Friday, the youngster was in trouble against his compatriot Georg Meier, but he escaped with a half point as well.

Vincent Keymer

Vincent Keymer

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