7/12/2014 – The Dortmund Sparkassen chess meeting has begun in Dortmund, Germany. With five chess super-stars and three powerful German players the tournament usually provides an interesting mix of top level chess and clashes between the locals and the foreigners, with the super GMs winning most of those points. However, as Meier proved today, that is not always the case.
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The traditional Dortmund Sparkassen Super-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 of the World super-elite.
The players of this year are no strangers to Dortmund. Russian powerhouse Vladimir Kramnik has won Dortmund no less than ten times! Peter Leko is the second seed and has won Dortmund three times, in 1999, 2002 and 2008. Meanwhile Ruslan Ponomariov has the 2010 edition of Dortmund under his belt.
The first seed of the tournament however is Fabiano Caruana. Thte list of foreign players is rounded off by Michael Adams who, despite his 42 years, showed the World that he is in top form by having a fantastic 2013.
The German players are headed by Arkadij Naiditsch, who surprised the world by winning the 2005 edition of Dortmund. Georg Meier will be playing his fourth edition of Dortmund and he is trying to gain more successes in his home land; he recently won the Bundesliga with OSG Baden-Baden. Last but not least David Baramidze will try to show the World that he belongs in these types of events.
The festival of course also includes a series of side events including a strong open tournament.
Round One
Round 01 – June 19 2014, 15:00h
David Baramidze
2616
0-1
Caruana, Fabiano
2789
Vladimir Kramnik
2777
0-1
Georg Meier
2518
Arkadij Naiditsch
2705
½-½
Michael Adams
2743
Peter Leko
2737
½-½
Ruslan Ponomariov
2723
Baramidze-Caruana was as long game, but the German player could not hold at the end
Vladimir Kramnik was very surprised by his opponent...
Georg Meier, with a big win!
The first round started with a great upset as Georg Meier had no problems dispatching Vladimir Kramnik... and with the black pieces! Meier's game was truly the highlight of today's round:
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1.e4
1,184,215
54%
2421
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1.d4
958,932
55%
2434
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1.Nf3
286,327
56%
2441
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1.c4
184,722
56%
2443
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1.g3
19,884
56%
2427
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1.b3
14,598
54%
2428
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1.f4
5,953
48%
2377
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1.Nc3
3,906
50%
2384
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1.b4
1,790
48%
2378
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1.a3
1,250
54%
2406
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1.e3
1,081
49%
2409
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1.d3
969
50%
2378
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1.g4
670
46%
2361
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1.h4
466
54%
2382
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1.c3
439
51%
2425
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1.h3
289
56%
2420
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1.a4
118
60%
2461
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1.f3
100
47%
2427
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1.Nh3
92
67%
2511
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1.Na3
47
62%
2476
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Please, wait...
1.c4c52.Nf3Nf63.g3Nc64.Bg2d5So far a Standard opening. White usually takes on d5 and plays a reverse English. Kramnik, however, sometimes likes to choose a less known path against weaker players.5.0-0not the first time that Kramnik plays this, actually he has tried it against strong players.d46.a3?!However this is just strange.6.e3is a reverse Benoni - almost.e57.exd4cxd48.d3led to a true reverse Benoni in the game Kramnik-Caruana last year in Zurich. You can find the annotations to that game by Andreikin in the Megabase.6...e57.d3a58.e4?!White is simply not challenging Black's space advantage. This reverse type of King's Indian is dubious at best. Black, unlike the normal KID, has not committed his king to the kingside and this is surprisingly important.Be79.Ne1Moving White's knight and play f4 is probably White's only idea.9.Nh4g6Leaves White without moves since f4 isn't desirable.10.f4exf411.gxf411.Bxf4Nd712.Nf3g5!?11...Nxe49...h5!?An interesting approach. Black had several ways of playing that would have caused White a headache, but this one is rather logical. The point is that White can only attack on the kingside, but if it for some reason blows up it is only White's king that is on that side of the board.10.f4h411.f5Surely not something Kramnik wanted to do, but what else? Black already holds a strong advantage only 10 moves into the game.hxg312.hxg3g6!Exact response!13.Nd213.fxg6fxg6opens up too many lines against White's own king. Black only has to 0-0-0 and bring his pieces to the kingside. Notice how useless White's army is. 14.Bg5Ng4-+13...gxf514.exf5Rg815.Qf3Bd7Simple moves are good enough here.16.Rf2Qb6!Certainly logical! The Black king runs to the queenside and then the attack will unfold naturally.16...Ng417.Rf1Rg5 and it's hard for White to keep the f5 pawn alive. However I like Meier's approach better.17.Re20-0-018.Ne4Qb3Surprisingly, the kingside is not the only place that White has problems.19.Nf2a420.Bh6Bf821.Bxf8Rdxf822.g4Rg723.Ne4Nxe424.Qxe4Rfg825.Bf3f626.Rg2Black's domination is now obvious.Nd827.Qe2Bc628.Bxc6bxc629.Qe4Kc730.Nf3Nf731.Rf1Nd6With the fall of the pawn on g4 the game is over.32.Qe2Rxg433.Rff2Nxf5White is two pawns down and has the worst position. The German player mops up easily now.34.Nd2Rxg2+35.Rxg2Rxg2+36.Kxg2Qxb237.Kf3Nd638.Qh2Qxa339.Ke2Qb240.Qh7+Kb641.Qe7Nb7A surprisingly easy game for Meier!0–1
Mean while Caruana was the only other winner of the today. He beat Baramidze in a very long game. White made some mistakes in an equal bishop endgame that ended up costing him the full point.
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