7/16/2021 – After five rounds Pavel Eljanov leads the Deutschland Grand Prix in Dortmund with 4.0/5. On Thursday he won his morning game against Mateusz Bartel and in the afternoon he drew against Daniel Fridman. Vincent Keymer won a fine endgame against Gata Kamsky and Vishy Anand and Vladimir Kramnik drew the second game of their "No Castling" match. Chess legend Artur Jussupov made the ceremonial first move. | Photo: Christian Lünig
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On Thursday, 15 July, the second double round of the Deutschland Grand Prix was played in the Westfalenhalle in Dortmund. A total of three such double rounds are scheduled. On such days the first game starts at ten in morning, the second game follows at four in the afternoon.
Pavel Eljanov proved up to this demanding schedule. In the morning round (round 4) he defeated Mateusz Bartel.
P. Eljanov - M. Bartel
13.Be3 Inviting the following sequence.
13...Nxe4 The alternative was 13...Na5 14.Bc2 Nc4 15.Bg5
14.Bd5 Rxb1 15.Rxb1 Nxc3 16.Qb3 Nxd5 16...exd4 17.Nxd4 Bxd4 18.Bxc6 Be6 19.Qc2 Bxe3 20.Qxc3 Bc5= Black has two pawns for the exchange and a solid position.
17.Qxd5 exd4 18.Nxd4 Ne7 19.Qa8 Bxd4 20.Bxd4 Bf5 21.Qxd8 Rxd8 22.Rb7 Compared to the line 16....exd4 here Black has problems with the coordination of his pieces.
22...Nd5
23.Ra7 Bd3 Perhaps a better try was 23...Bc2!? 24.a5 (24.Rxa6 Nb4 25.Ra7 Nc6) 24...Bd3
On Wednesday, in round 3, rain leaked through the wall of the Westfalenhalle, and Rustam Kasimdzhanov was so irritated by the water dripping down the roof inside the hall and near the playing area that he complained to the arbiter and when the arbiter declared that the sound was "acceptable", Kasimdzhanov gave up his game against Vincent Keymer. It was Keymer's first win after two losses and a draw.
But on Thursday Kasimdzhanov was back at the board and drew first against Georg Meier and then against Mateusz Bartel.
But in the afternoon round Keymer scored his first "real" win. He defeated Gata Kamsky in the endgame.
V. Keymer - G. Kamsky
33.Qxf4 Qxf4 34.Nxf4 Bh6 35.Bxe5 Rxe5 36.Nd3 Bxc1 37.Rxc1 After 37.Nxe5 Bf4 38.Nc6 Rb2 Black has the better chances.
37...Re7
38.Nxc5 White now a pawn for the exchange and strong pawns in the center.
54...Re7? The right defense was 54...Rc8 e.g.: 55.Kd5 Rd8+ 56.Kc6 Rd4 57.Rxc7+ Ke6 58.Rg7 Rxf4 59.Rxg6+ Kxe5=
55.f5 gxf5+ 56.Kxf5 Now White is winning.
56...c6 57.e6+ Kf8 58.Ra1 But not 58.Rxe7 Kxe7 with a draw.
58...Kg7 59.Rg1+ Kf8 60.Rd1 1–0
All the other games of round five ended in a draw.
Results of round 5
Elo
Name
Result
Name
Elo
2591
GM
Keymer Vincent
1 - 0
GM
Kamsky Gata
2658
2628
GM
Meier Georg
½ - ½
GM
Heimann Andreas
2599
2626
GM
Bartel Mateusz
½ - ½
GM
Kasimdzhanov Rustam
2662
2608
GM
Fridman Daniel
½ - ½
GM
Eljanov Pavel
2671
2631
GM
Ponomariov Ruslan
½ - ½
GM
Kollars Dmitrij
2607
No Castling Match V. Anand vs V. Kramnik
Kramnik and Anand
The second game in the No Castling World Masters between Vishy Anand and Vladimir Kramnik was somewhat less spectacular than their first game the day before and ended in a draw. Kramnik came to a small advantage with White, but it was not enough to win.
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