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 06 – July 19, 2014 15:00h | ||
| Caruana, Fabiano |
1-0
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Adams, Michael |
| Naiditsch, Arkadij |
1-0
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Ponomariov, Ruslan |
| Kramnik, Vladimir |
½-½
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Leko, Peter |
| Baramidze, David |
½-½
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Meier, Georg |
The game between David Baramidze and Georg Meier was the quickest to end in round six. They played a Closed Catalan that went nowhere very quickly and they drew. The game between Fabiano Caruana and Michael Adams was epic for reasons that had little to do with the action on the board. The Englishman played the Berlin that is so ever-popular with the elite, but things went seriously wrong after he exchanged off his dark-squared bishop. He was left with a nightmare situation, having to fight off White's kingside pawnroller with no activity of his own, forced to wait passively as the Italian improved his position. Players of the Ruy Lopez Exchange will commiserate, and the Italian was up to the task.
Caruana's win was not the only one of the round, as German Arkadij Naiditsch defeated Ruslan Ponomariov, when the Ukrainian made a slip that had a domino effect. After a series of almost forced moves, White had a monster windmill on the dark squares around his king, which he converted. This put him in equal second with Peter Leko who drew Vladimir Kramnik, both of whom have 3.5/6. Round seven will determine the rest of the podium.
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