Dortmund: Eljanov takes the lead, Kramnik and Anand draw second "No Castling" game

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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

24.Rd1 Bc4 25.Rc1 Bd3 26.Bc3 Nf4 27.Kh2 Ne2 28.Rd1 Nxc3 29.Rxd3 Nxa4 30.Rxc7 Kf8 31.Rf3 f6 32.Rg3 g5 33.Rf3 1–0

All other games in round 4 ended with a draw.

Results of round 4

Elo   Name Result   Name Elo
2658 GM Kamsky Gata ½ - ½ GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2631
2607 GM Kollars Dmitrij ½ - ½ GM Fridman Daniel 2608
2671 GM Eljanov Pavel 1 - 0 GM Bartel Mateusz 2626
2662 GM Kasimdzhanov Rustam ½ - ½ GM Meier Georg 2628
2599 GM Heimann Andreas ½ - ½ GM Keymer Vincent 2591

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.

38...Kg7 39.Kf2 Kf6 40.h4 Rb6 40...g5!? 41.hxg5+ Kxg5

41.Ke3 Kf7 42.Ne6 Rbxe6 42...Rb7? 43.Nd8+

43.dxe6+ Kxe6 44.Rc6+ Kf7

 

45.Kf4 After Black returned the exchange White has the better rook endgame. But is that enough for a win?

45...Kg7 46.e5 Rf7+ 47.Ke4 Rd7 48.f4 Re7 49.Rc5 Kf8 50.Rc3 Kf7 51.Rc4 Kf8 52.Ra4 Kf7 53.Ra8 Re8 54.Ra7 The pawn endgame is a draw. 54.Rxe8 Kxe8 55.Kd5 Kd7 56.Kc5 Ke8 57.Kc6 Kd8

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.

Kramnik and Anand discuss the game

Games NC World Masters

 
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1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 d5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.dxc5 Bxc5 7.a3 Nc6 8.b4 Ba7 8...Bd6 9.Bb2 0-0 10.Qc2 Qe7 11.Rd1 Rd8 12.Be2 dxc4 13.Bxc4 b5 14.Bd3 Bb7 15.Ne4 Nxe4 16.Bxe4 Rac8 17.Qb1 f5 18.Bd3 a5 19.bxa5 Nxa5 0-1 (27) Anand,V (2773)-Kramnik,V (2793) London 2013 CBM 158 [Ramirez Alvarez,A] 9.Bb2
9...h5N D40: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 e3. 9...0-0= remains equal. Predecessor: 9...0-0 10.Qc2 Bd7 11.Rd1 Rc8 12.g4 Nxg4 13.Rg1 Nge5 14.Be2 Nxf3+ 15.Bxf3 Ne5 16.Be2 dxc4 17.Ne4 c3 18.Bxc3 1-0 (50) Duda,J (2743)-So,W (2770) Chess.com INT 2020 10.Qc2 h4 11.Rd1 Kf8 White is better. 12.Rg1 Ne7 13.g4 hxg3! 14.hxg3 Bd7 15.g4 Qc7 16.g5 Ne8 17.Qd3 Bc6 next ...dxc4 is good for Black. 18.cxd5 exd5 19.Ne2 Bb5 20.Qb1 Ng6 21.Nc3 21.Rxd5 Bc6= 21...Bxf1 22.Rxf1 Rd8 22...Qc6 23.Rxd5 Rxd5 24.Nxd5 Qd7 25.Nc3       Rh3 25...Nh4 26.Ne5 Qe6 26.Qe4± Nd6
27.Qd5 Kg8?
27...Bb8± 28.Ne4!+- Rxf3 28...Qf5 29.Qxf5 29.Nxd6 Qh3 aiming for ...Bxe3! 30.Nc4 30.Nxb7? Bxe3 31.Qc4
31...Qd7!-+
30.Qxb7 Rxe3+ 31.fxe3 Qxe3+ 32.Kd1 Qd3+ 33.Ke1 Qe3+ 34.Kd1 Qd3+ 35.Ke1 Qe3+= 30...Qg2 31.Qd8+ Kh7 32.Qa8       White attacks with force. Nf4 32...Rf4 33.exf4 33.Qxa7? Rxc4 34.Qd4 Rxd4-+ 33...Nxf4 34.Qxa7 Qe4+ 35.Ne3 Qb1+ 36.Nd1 Qe4+ 37.Qe3 37.Ne3 Qb1+ 38.Nd1 Qe4+ 39.Qe3 Ng2+       Pin 40.Kd2 Nxe3± 37...Ng2+       Pin 38.Kd2 Nxe3 39.Nxe3 Qf3 33.Qxa7 Not 33.g6+ Qxg6 34.Rh1+ Nh3 33...Nd3+ 34.Ke2 Strongly threatening Qd4. Nxf2
35.Rg1‼       Qxg1 36.Qd4 Don't play 36.Kxf3 Nh3+- 36...Qxg5 37.Kxf3 Nh3 38.Nd6 Ng1+ 38...Qg6 39.Ke2 39.Nxb7 Qf5+ 40.Kg3 Qf2+ 41.Kxh3 Qf3+ 42.Kh4 f6± 39...Ng1+ 40.Kf2 Nh3+ 41.Ke2 Ng1+ 42.Kf2 Nh3+ 43.Ke1 Ng5 39.Kf2 Nh3+ 40.Ke1 Qg3+ 41.Kd1 f6 42.Qe4+ Kh8 White must now prevent ...Nf2+. 43.Qe8+ Kh7 44.Qh5+ Kg8 45.Qf7+ Kh8 46.Qh5+ Kg8 47.Qd5+ Kh8 48.Nxb7 Qxe3 49.Nc5 Nf2+ 50.Kc2 Qe2+ 51.Kb3 a5 52.bxa5 Qb5+ 53.Ka2 Qxa5
54.Bxf6!       Qe1 54...gxf6 55.Qh5+ 55.Bb2 Nd1 56.Qa8+ Kh7 57.Qe4+ Qxe4 58.Nxe4 Kg6 59.Bd4 White mates. Kf5 60.Nc5 g5 61.a4       g4 62.a5 g3 63.a6 g2 64.Kb3 Kf4 65.a7 Ne3 66.Ne6+ Weighted Error Value: White=0.23/Black=0.33
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Anand,V2753Kramnik,V27531–02021D40NC World Masters 20211
Kramnik,V2753Anand,V2753½–½2021B44NC World Masters 20212
Anand,V2753Kramnik,V2753½–½2021A30NC World Masters 20213.1
Kramnik,V2753Anand,V2753½–½2021D32NC World Masters 20214.1

Standings Deutschland Grand Prix

Rk.NameRtg.Nt.Pts.n
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
TBPerf.
1
GM
GM
2671

1
GM
2599
1

2
GM
2591
1

3
GM
2628
½

4
GM
2626
1

5
GM
2608
½

Ø 2610
4/5
2671
4.0
5
3.00
2850
2
GM
GM
2607

1
GM
2591
1

2
GM
2628
½

3
GM
2626
1

4
GM
2608
½

5
GM
2631
½

Ø 2617
3.5/5
2607
3.5
5
3.00
2766
3
GM
GM
2608

1
GM
2626
1

2
GM
2658
½

3
GM
2631
½

4
GM
2607
½

5
GM
2671
½

Ø 2639
3/5
2608
3.0
5
3.00
2711
4
GM

1
GM
2628
½

2
GM
2626
½

3
GM
2608
½

4
GM
2658
½

5
GM
2607
½

Ø 2625
2.5/5
2631
2.5
5
3.00
2625
5
GM
GM
2591

1
GM
2607
0

2
GM
2671
0


4
GM
2599
½

5
GM
2658
1

Ø 2639
2.5/5
2591
2.5
5
2.00
2639
6
GM
GM
2628

1
GM
2631
½

2
GM
2607
½

3
GM
2671
½


5
GM
2599
½

Ø 2634
2.5/5
2628
2.5
5
2.00
2634
7
GM
GM
2658


2
GM
2608
½

3
GM
2599
½

4
GM
2631
½

5
GM
2591
0

Ø 2618
2/5
2658
2.0
5
3.00
2546
8
GM

1
GM
2658
½

2
GM
2599
½

3
GM
2591
0

4
GM
2628
½

5
GM
2626
½

Ø 2620
2/5
2662
2.0
5
2.00
2548
9
GM
GM
2599

1
GM
2671
0


3
GM
2658
½

4
GM
2591
½

5
GM
2628
½

Ø 2642
2/5
2599
2.0
5
2.00
2570
10
GM
GM
2626

1
GM
2608
0

2
GM
2631
½

3
GM
2607
0

4
GM
2671
0


Ø 2636
1/5
2626
1.0
5
2.00
2396
TBs: Games with black, Wins

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1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.0-0 0-0 5.d4 d5 6.c4 c6 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.Ne5 e6 9.Nc3       Nfd7 D79: Fianchetto Grünfeld: Symmetrical Variation (6 0-0 c6 7 cxd5 cxd5). 10.e4 Nxe5 11.dxe5 d4 The position is equal. 12.Nb5
12...Nc6N Predecessor: 12...d3 13.Nd6 Bxe5 14.Nxc8 Nc6 15.f4 Bg7 16.Nxa7 Qd4+ 17.Kh1 Rxa7 18.Rf3 d2 19.Qxd2 Qxd2 20.Bxd2 Bxb2 0-1 (73) Carlstedt,J (2413)-Khachiyan,M (2530) Chess.com INT 2017 13.f4! Qb6 14.Nd6 Rd8 15.Rf3 Bf8 16.Rb3 Qc7 17.Bd2 Bxd6 18.exd6 Qxd6 19.e5 Qe7 20.Rc1 a5       21.a3 21.Bxc6 bxc6 22.Qc2 Ra6 21...a4 22.Rb6 Qe8 23.Rc4 Bd7 24.Rxb7 Ne7 25.Rcc7
Threatens to win with Rxd7! Reject 25.Rxd4 Bc6 25...Rac8 26.Bb4 Rxc7 27.Rxc7 Nd5 28.Bxd5 exd5 29.Qxd4 Rc8 30.Rxc8 Qxc8 31.Bc3
And now e6 would win. 31...Qc4 32.Qxc4 dxc4±       Endgame KB-KB 33.Kf2 h5 34.Ke3 Kf8 35.Kd4 Ke7 36.Kxc4 Be6+ 37.Kb4 Bb3 38.h3 Ke6 39.g4 hxg4! 40.hxg4 Bd1 41.Kb5 Bb3 42.Kc5 Bd1 43.Kb5 Bb3 44.Kc5 Bd1 45.Kb4 Bb3 46.Kb5 Bd1 Weighted Error Value: White=0.08/Black=0.05
½–½
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Kasimdzhanov,R2662Kamsky,G2658½–½2021D79Deutschland Grand Prix 20211.1
Keymer,V2591Kollars,D26070–12021D37Deutschland Grand Prix 20211.2
Heimann,A2599Eljanov,P26710–12021C77Deutschland Grand Prix 20211.3
Meier,G2628Ponomariov,R2631½–½2021C68Deutschland Grand Prix 20211.4
Bartel,M2626Fridman,D26080–12021B12Deutschland Grand Prix 20211.5
Kamsky,G2658Fridman,D2608½–½2021E06Deutschland Grand Prix 20212.1
Kollars,D2607Meier,G2628½–½2021C07Deutschland Grand Prix 20212.2
Ponomariov,R2631Bartel,M2626½–½2021C50Deutschland Grand Prix 20212.3
Eljanov,P2671Keymer,V25911–02021B23Deutschland Grand Prix 20212.4
Kasimdzhanov,R2662Heimann,A2599½–½2021A08Deutschland Grand Prix 20212.5
Heimann,A2599Kamsky,G2658½–½2021D15Deutschland Grand Prix 20213.1
Keymer,V2591Kasimdzhanov,R26621–02021D12Deutschland Grand Prix 20213.2
Meier,G2628Eljanov,P2671½–½2021C68Deutschland Grand Prix 20213.3
Bartel,M2626Kollars,D26070–12021A06Deutschland Grand Prix 20213.4
Fridman,D2608Ponomariov,R2631½–½2021D02Deutschland Grand Prix 20213.5
Kamsky,G2658Ponomariov,R2631½–½2021C67Deutschland Grand Prix 20214.1
Kollars,D2607Fridman,D2608½–½2021B12Deutschland Grand Prix 20214.2
Eljanov,P2671Bartel,M26261–02021C50Deutschland Grand Prix 20214.3
Kasimdzhanov,R2662Meier,G2628½–½2021C01Deutschland Grand Prix 20214.4
Heimann,A2599Keymer,V2591½–½2021E42Deutschland Grand Prix 20214.5
Keymer,V2591Kamsky,G26581–02021E15Deutschland Grand Prix 20215.1
Meier,G2628Heimann,A2599½–½2021C68Deutschland Grand Prix 20215.2
Bartel,M2626Kasimdzhanov,R2662½–½2021C77Deutschland Grand Prix 20215.3
Fridman,D2608Eljanov,P2671½–½2021E17Deutschland Grand Prix 20215.4
Ponomariov,R2631Kollars,D2607½–½2021C50Deutschland Grand Prix 20215.5
Kamsky,G2658Kollars,D2607½–½2021E04Deutschland Grand Prix 20216.1
Eljanov,P2671Ponomariov,R2631½–½2021C84Deutschland Grand Prix 20216.2
Kasimdzhanov,R2662Fridman,D2608½–½2021B12Deutschland Grand Prix 20216.3
Heimann,A2599Bartel,M26260–12021E04Deutschland Grand Prix 20216.4
Keymer,V2591Meier,G2628½–½2021D37Deutschland Grand Prix 20216.5
Meier,G2628Kamsky,G2658½–½2021D79Deutschland Grand Prix 20217.1
Bartel,M2626Keymer,V25910–12021E10Deutschland Grand Prix 20217.2
Fridman,D2608Heimann,A25991–02021A46Deutschland Grand Prix 20217.3
Ponomariov,R2631Kasimdzhanov,R2662½–½2021C49Deutschland Grand Prix 20217.4
Kollars,D2607Eljanov,P26711–02021C47Deutschland Grand Prix 20217.5
Kamsky,G2658Eljanov,P2671½–½2021A46Deutschland Grand Prix 20218.1
Kasimdzhanov,R2662Kollars,D26071–02021C45Deutschland Grand Prix 20218.2
Heimann,A2599Ponomariov,R2631½–½2021C88Deutschland Grand Prix 20218.3
Keymer,V2591Fridman,D2608½–½2021A06Deutschland Grand Prix 20218.4
Meier,G2628Bartel,M2626½–½2021D79Deutschland Grand Prix 20218.5
Bartel,M2626Kamsky,G2658½–½2021C95Deutschland Grand Prix 20219.1
Fridman,D2608Meier,G2628½–½2021D37Deutschland Grand Prix 20219.2
Ponomariov,R2631Keymer,V2591½–½2021B10Deutschland Grand Prix 20219.3
Kollars,D2607Heimann,A2599½–½2021C65Deutschland Grand Prix 20219.4
Eljanov,P2671Kasimdzhanov,R26621–02021A06Deutschland Grand Prix 20219.5

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