Jermuk Grand Prix R5

Karjakin,S (2717) - Bacrot,E (2721) [C88] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.h3 Bb7 9.d3 d6 10.a3 Na5 11.Ba2 c5 12.Nbd2 Nc6 13.Nf1 Bc8 14.c3 Be615.Bxe6 fxe6 16.b4 d5 17.Ng3 dxe4 18.Nxe4 Nxe4 19.Rxe4 Qd5 20.Qe2 Rad8 21.Ne1 Qb3 22.Qa2 Qxa2 23.Rxa2 Rd5 24.Kf1 Nb8 25.Ke2 Nd726.Nf3 Rd8 27.Bd2 Bf6 28.g4 g6 29.c4 Rd6 30.Be3 Rc6 31.cxb5 axb5 32.bxc5 Nxc5 33.Rc2 Nxe4 34.Rxc6 Nd6 35.Ng5 Bxg5 36.Bxg5 Rd7 37.f3Kg7 38.Bd2 Kf6 39.Rb6 h5 40.Be1 hxg4 41.hxg4 Nc8 42.Rxb5 Ne7 43.a4 Nd5 44.Bd2 Rh7 45.a5 Rh2+ 46.Kd1 Rh1+ 47.Kc2 Ra1 48.Kb2 Ra449.Rb7 Nf4 50.Rb3 1-0

Gelfand,B (2755) - Akopian,V (2712) [D12] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.0-0 Bd6 9.g3 0-0 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.Qb3 Rb8 12.Rd1 Qe7 13.Qc2 a6 14.Bd2dxc4 15.Bxc4 b5 16.Bf1 c5 17.dxc5 Nxc5 18.Be1 Rfc8 19.Rac1 Na4 20.Qd3 Bb4 21.Nxa4 Rxc1 22.Rxc1 Bxe1 23.Rxe1 bxa4 24.Qxa6 Rxb225.Qxa4 Nd5 26.e4 Nf6 27.e5 Qc5 28.Re2 Rxe2 29.Bxe2 Qxe5 30.Bf3 g5 31.h3 g6 32.Qa7 Kg7 33.a4 Qa1+ 34.Kh2 e5 35.a5 e4 36.Bg2 g4 37.h4Qe5 38.a6 Qd6 39.Qb7 e3 40.a7 e2 41.a8Q e1Q 42.Qbc8 1-0

Kasimdzhanov,R (2672) - Aronian,L (2768) [D47] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bd6 9.0-0 0-0 10.Qc2 Bb7 11.a3 a6 12.b4 a5 13.Rb1 axb4 14.axb4 Qe715.e4 e5 16.Ne2 Bxb4 17.Ng3 g6 18.dxe5 Ng4 19.e6 fxe6 20.Bg5 Qc5 21.Qb3 Nde5 22.Qxe6+ Rf7 23.Nxe5 Nxe5 24.Be2 Qd6 25.Qb3 Bc5 26.Rbd1Ra3 27.Qc2 Bd4 28.Be3 Rxe3 29.fxe3 Bxe3+ 30.Kh1 Qe7 31.Rxf7 Nxf7 32.Qb3 Bb6 33.Bg4 Kh8 34.Rd7 Qc5 35.Qb1 Ne5 36.Rxb7 Nxg4 37.h3 Nf638.e5 Qxe5 39.Rxb6 Qxg3 40.Qa1 Qf4 41.Rb7 1-0

Kamsky,G (2717) - Inarkiev,E (2675) [C42] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Be7 7.0-0 Nc6 8.Nc3 Nxc3 9.bxc3 Bg4 10.h3 Bh5 11.Rb1 Rb8 12.g4 Bg6 13.Ne5 Bxd314.Nxd3 0-0 15.Qf3 Na5 16.Bf4 Rc8 17.Rfe1 c6 18.Re2 Bg5 19.Bxg5 Qxg5 20.Rbe1 f5 21.Qg3 f4 22.Qf3 Qd8 23.Nc5 Rf7 24.Ne6 Qh4 25.Re5 Nc426.Rh5 Qe7 27.Rf5 Re8 28.Qxf4 Rf6 29.Rxf6 Qxf6 30.Qxf6 gxf6 31.f4 Na3 32.f5 Nxc2 33.Re2 Na3 34.Kf2 Nb5 35.Re3 Nd6 36.Kf3 Kf7 37.Kf4 h638.h4 Rh8 39.Re1 b6 40.a4 a5 41.Re2 Re8 42.Rb2 Nc4 43.Rh2 Rh8 44.Re2 Nd6 45.Re1 Re8 46.Rb1 b5 47.Ra1 bxa4 48.Rxa4 Ra8 49.Nc5 Ra750.Ra1 Nb5 51.g5 hxg5+ 52.hxg5 fxg5+ 53.Kxg5 Nxc3 54.Rh1 Kg8 55.f6 Rh7 56.Re1 Ne4+ 57.Kg6 Ra7 58.Nxe4 dxe4 59.Rxe4 Kf8 60.Rh4 Kg861.Rh1 Rb7 62.d5 c5 63.d6 c4 64.Rd1 Rd7 65.Rb1 Rd8 66.Rb7 c3 67.Rg7+ Kf8 68.Rh7 1-0

Cheparinov,I (2678) - Ivanchuk,V (2703) [E21] 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Ne4 7.Bd2 Nxd2 8.Qxd2 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Qb6 10.e3 Ne5 11.b3 Qa5 12.Rc1 a6 13.0-0 0-0 14.f4Ng4 15.Qd3 Be7 16.h3 Nf6 17.g4 Rb8 18.g5 Ne8 19.Ne4 Qd8 20.Rcd1 Nc7 21.c5 b6 22.c6 a5 23.Rf3 Ba6 24.Qd2 Bb4 25.Qc1 d5 26.Ng3 Qd627.Nh5 Qc5 28.Qb2 Bc3 29.Qf2 Bxd4 30.exd4 Qxc6 31.Rg3 Kh8 32.Qe3 Qd6 33.Rc1 Rfc8 34.Rg4 Ne8 35.Re1 g6 36.Nf6 Nxf6 37.gxf6 Rc2 38.Rh4Rbc8 39.Qg3 Qb4 40.f5 Qxe1+ 41.Qxe1 Rc1 42.Qxc1 Rxc1+ 0-1

Standings:

Ivanchuk and Leko at +2

Kazimdzhanov, Aronian and Gelfand at +1

Kasparov Modern Chess 3 / Looking for a Chess Life

The third book of Kasparov's Modern Chess Series, covering the third and fourth matches with Karpov, is out.



This reminds me that I am STILL looking for Chess Life's December 1986 issue, which contains analysis of games 6-12 from the third match.

Jermuk Grand Prix R4

Leko,P (2756) - Karjakin,Sergey (2717) [E15] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.0-0 d5 9.Qc2 Nbd7 10.Rd1 0-0 11.a4 Ne4 12.Be1 f5 13.a5 Bd6 14.Nc3 Qe715.Ra2 Rfc8 16.axb6 axb6 17.Rda1 Bb7 18.Rxa8 Rxa8 19.Rxa8+ Bxa8 20.cxd5 Nxc3 21.dxe6 Nxe2+ 22.Qxe2 Nf8 23.Qa6 Bb7 24.Qxb6 Nxe625.b4 h6 26.Bc3 Qc7 27.Qa5 Qxa5 28.bxa5 Kf7 29.Ne5+ Bxe5 30.dxe5 Nc7 31.f4 Ke6 32.Bb4 Kd7 33.Bf1 1-0

Aronian,L (2768) - Kamsky,G (2717) [A10] 1.c4 g6 2.e4 e5 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nf3 Bb4+ 5.Nc3 exd4 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 0-0 8.e5 Re8 9.Be2 Ne4 10.Qxd4 f5 11.Qd5+ Kg7 12.h4 d6 13.Ng5 Qe714.Nxe4 fxe4 15.exd6 cxd6 16.h5 Qe5 17.hxg6 hxg6 18.Bh6+ Kf6 19.Qd2 e3 20.Bxe3 Nc6 21.0-0-0 Be6 22.Rh7 Re7 23.Rxe7 Kxe7 24.Bf4 Qa525.Bxd6+ Kf7 26.Qb2 Kg8 27.c5 Qa4 28.Bd3 Bf5 29.Bb5 Qe4 30.f3 Qe3+ 31.Qd2 Re8 32.Qxe3 Rxe3 33.Kd2 Re8 34.g4 Be6 35.Re1 Kf7 36.Rh1Rg8 37.Bd3 Kf6 38.Rh7 Rg7 39.g5+ Kf7 40.Rh8 Bd5 41.c4 1-0

Ivanchuk,V (2703) - Alekseev,Evgeny (2714) [A13] 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 d4 5.0-0 c5 6.e3 Nc6 7.exd4 cxd4 8.d3 Be7 9.Re1 0-0 10.Na3 Ne8 11.Nc2 f6 12.Bd2 a5 13.a3 a4 14.Nb4 Nc715.Rb1 Bd7 16.Nh4 Na5 17.f4 g6 18.f5 gxf5 19.g4 f4 20.Bxf4 Na6 21.Nd5 exd5 22.Bxd5+ Kg7 23.Kh1 Re8 24.g5 Kh8 25.Qh5 Rg8 26.Bxg8 Kxg827.g6 Bc6+ 28.Re4 Bxe4+ 29.dxe4 hxg6 30.Qxg6+ Kh8 31.Qh5+ 1-0

Standings:

Aronian and Leko at +2

Ivanchuk and Cheparinov at +1

Jermuk Grand Prix R3

Alekseev-Inarkiev [E99]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1 Nd7 10.f3 f5 11.g4Nf6 12.Nd3 c6 13.Be3 Kh8 14.Kh1 Bd7 [14...f4 15.Bf2 c5 16.b4 b6 17.a4]

15.Rg1 [15.c5! cxd5 16.cxd6 d4 17.dxe7 Qxe7 18.g5 Nxe4 19.fxe4 dxe3]

15...Be8 [15...f4 16.Bf2 c5 17.b4; 15...Qc7 16.Rc1]

16.Qd2 [16.g5 Nh5 17.c5 cxd5 18.cxd6 Qxd6 19.Bc5 Qe6 20.Nxd5 fxe4 21.fxe4 Nxd5 22.Bg4 Qg8]

16...fxe4 17.fxe4 b5 18.b3 [18.g5 Nxe4 19.Nxe4 bxc4 20.Ndc5 dxc5 21.d6 Nf5 22.Bxc4]

18...Rc8 [18...bxc4 19.bxc4 cxd5 20.cxd5 Rc8]

19.g5 Nxe4 [19...Nh5]

20.Nxe4 cxd5 [20...bxc4 21.Ndc5dxc5 22.d6 Nf5 23.Bxc4]

21.cxd5 Nxd5 22.Rgc1 [22.Raf1]

22...Bc6 23.Rxc6 [23.Rxc6 Rxc6 24.Nxe5 Nxe3 25.Nxc6 Qe8 26.Qxe3 Bxa1 27.Nb4 unclear; 23.Kg1Nxe3 24.Qxe3 Bxe4 25.Rxc8 Qxc8 26.Qxe4 Qd8 27.Rf1 Qxg5+ 28.Kh1+/=]

23...Rxc6 24.Bg1 [24.Nxe5 Nxe3 25.Nxc6 Qe8 26.Qxe3 Bxa1 27.Nb4]

24...Qa8!? 25.Bf1 [25.Rf1 Rcc8 26.Rxf8+ Rxf8 27.Ndf2 Nf4 28.Bf3 Ne6 29.Bg2 d5 30.Nf6 Nxg531.Bxd5Qd8 32.Qxg5 Rxf6 33.Be4]

25...Rfc8 26.Nb4 Nxb4 27.Qxb4 Rc2 28.Bg2 [28.Qe1 d5 29.Bd3 dxe4 30.Bxe4 R8c6-/+]

28...d5 [28...Rxg2 29.Kxg2 Rc2+ 30.Kh3 d5 31.Ng3 d4 32.Rf1]

29.Nf2 [29.Ng3 e4 30.Rf1 Rf8 31.Rxf8+ Bxf8 32.Qxb5 Bg7]

29...e4 [29...Rf8 30.Qxb5 e4 31.Rd1]

30.Rd1 Rc1 [30...Qc6 31.Ng4 a5 32.Qxa5 Rxg2 33.Kxg2 e3 34.Bxe3 d4+ 35.Kg3 dxe3 36.Rd8+; 30...e3 31.Bxd5 Qb8 32.Ng4 e2 33.Re1]

31.Qd2 R8c2? [31...Rxd1 32.Nxd1 Qb8=/+]

32.Qxc1 Rxc1 33.Rxc1 (unclear) 33...h6 34.gxh6 Bxh6 35.Rc7 Qd8 36.Rxa7 Be3 37.Rb7 Qf8?? [37...b4=/+]

38.Nxe4! Qc8 [38...Bxg1 39.Ng5+-]

39.Rf7 Qe6 [39...Bxg1 40.Nf6; 39...Qe8 40.Rh7+; 39...Qc1 40.Rf1 Qc2 41.Bxe3 dxe4+/-; 39...dxe4]

40.Rf6 [40.Bxe3! dxe4 41.Rf4+-]

40...Qg4 41.Bxe3 dxe4+/- 42.Rf8+ Kg7 43.Re8 Qe2 44.Rxe4 Qxa2 45.b4 Qb1+ 46.Bg1 g5 47.h3 Qd1 48.Re5 Kf6 49.Rxb5 g4 50.Rd5 Qe1 51.Rd4 gxh3 52.Bxh3 Qg3 53.Bg4 Qb3 54.Kg2 Qb2+ 55.Bf2 Qb3 56.Bd7 Qg8+ 57.Bg4 Qg5 58.Kf3 Qb5 59.Ke3 Qa6 60.Be2 Qa3+ 61.Bd3 Qc1+ 62.Ke2 Qb2+63.Kf3 Qb3 64.b5 Qd1+ 65.Kg2 Ke5 66.b6 Qb3 67.Re4+ Kd6 68.Be2 Qg8+ 69.Rg4 Qb3 70.Bf3 Ke5 71.b7 Kf6 72.Bg3 1-0

Standings:

Aronian, Cheparinov, Leko at +1

Jermuk Grand Prix R2

Jakovenko,D (2760) - Kamsky,G (2717) [D15] 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.d4 d5 4.Nc3 a6 5.e3 g6 6.Bd3 Bg7 7.0-0 0-0 8.Qb3 e6 9.e4 dxe4 10.Bxe4 Nbd7 11.Be3 Qc7 12.c5 Ng4 13.Bg5 e5 14.Be7 exd415.Na4 Qf4 16.Rfe1 Re8 17.Bd6 Be5 18.Bc2 Re6 19.h3 Nxf2 20.Nxe5 Nxe5 21.Rf1 Nf3+ 22.Qxf3 Qxf3 23.gxf3 Nxh3+ 24.Kh1 Re2 25.Bd1 Nf2+26.Rxf2 Rxf2 27.Kg1 Rd2 28.Nb6 Ra7 29.Nc4 1-0

Aronian,L (2768) - Alekseev,Evgeny (2714) [D30] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 0-0 7.0-0 c6 8.Bf4 Nbd7 9.Qc2 b6 10.Rd1 Bb7 11.Nc3 dxc4 12.Nd2 Nd5 13.Nxc4 Nxf4 14.gxf4 Rc8 15.a3 Rc7 16.e3 Nf6 17.b4 Nd5 18.Rac1 Re8 19.Ne5 Bd6 20.Qa4 Qa8 21.Ne4 Be7 22.Rc2 Rec8 23.Rdc1 a5 24.bxa5 c5 25.Ng5 Bxg5 26.fxg5 f6 27.Nd3 Qa6 28.Bxd5 exd5 29.Qb3 Qxa5 30.dxc5 bxc5 31.Nxc5 Rxc5 32.Rxc5 Rxc5 33.Rxc5 Qxc5 34.Qxb7 Qxa3 35.Qxd5+ Kf8 36.h4Qb4 37.e4 Qb2 38.Qc5+ Kf7 39.Kg2 Qa1 40.h5 fxg5 41.Qxg5 h6 42.Qd5+ Kf6 43.Qd7 Qb2 44.Kf3 Qa1 45.Qc6+ Ke7 46.Kf4 Qg1 47.Qc5+ Ke648.Qd5+ Ke7 49.Kf3 Qh1+ 50.Ke2 Qb1 51.Qf5 Qc2+ 52.Kf3 Qd3+ 53.Kg2 Qe2 54.Qf3 Qd2 55.Qa3+ Kf7 56.Qb3+ Ke7 57.Qb7+ Kf8 58.Qc8+ Ke759.Qc5+ Ke6 60.Qf5+ Ke7 61.Qe5+ Kf8 62.Qc5+ Ke8 63.Qd5 Qb2 64.e5 Ke7 65.Qd6+ Ke8 66.Qc6+ Kd8 67.Qe6 Qb7+ 68.Kg3 Qh1 69.Qg8+ Ke7 70.Qxg7+ Ke6 71.Qf6+ Kd7 72.Qf7+ 1-0

Standings:

Cheparinov, Aronian, Leko at +1

Jermuk Grand Prix R1

The 5th Grand Prix Tournament started today in Jermuk, Armenia. To be honest, I didn't think it would ever get off the ground. Also, according to the FIDE Grand Prix website, the 6th tournament will be taking place after all.

The players:

1. Aronian Levon ARM 2768
2. Jakovenko Dmitry RUS 2760
3. Leko Peter HUN 2756
4. Gelfand Boris ISR 2755
5. Bacrot Etienne FRA 2721
6. Kamsky Gata USA 2717
7. Karjakin Sergey UKR 2717
8. Eljanov Pavel UKR 2716
9. Alekseev Evgeny RUS 2714
10. Akopian Vladimir ARM 2712
11. Ivanchuk Vasily UKR 2703
12. Cheparinov Ivan BUL 2678
13. Inarkiev Ernesto RUS 2675
14. Kasimdzhanov Rustam UZB 2672

Inarkiev-Leko
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.h3 Bb7 9.d3 d6 10.a3 Qd7 11.Nc3 Rfe8 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Nd5 Be7 15.c3 Nd8 16.d4 exd4 17.Nxd4 Bf8 18.Re3 Bxd5 19.Bxd5 c6 20.Ba2 g6 21.f4 c5 22.Nc2 c4 23.Kh1 d5! 24.exd5 Nb7 25.Qf3 Bc5 26.Re5 Bd6 27.Rxe8+ Rxe8 28.Nd4 Nc5 29.Rf1 Ne4 30.Rd1 Qe7 31.g3 Bc5 32.Kg2 Nd6 33.Rf1 Bxd4 34.cxd4 Nf5 35.Kh2 Qe2+ 36.Qf2 Qxf2+ 37.Rxf2 Re1 38.Rd2 Kf8 39.g4 Ne3 40.Kg3 Ra1 41.Kf3 Nxd5 42.Ke4 Nf6+ 43.Ke5 Re1+ 0-1

Cheparinov-Jakovenko

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Qe7 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Ne6 11. Bd2 Rd8 12. Bd3 Nf8 13. Nh4 c5 14. Qf3 h6 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. exf5 Qc7 17. Qg3 Kh8 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. c4 Re8 20. Bc3 N8d7 21. Re3 Re7 22. Qh4 Rae8 23. g4 e4 24. g5 exd3 25. Rxe7 Rxe7 26. gxf6 Nxf6 27. Bxf6 gxf6 28. Qxh6+ Kg8 29. Qxf6 Qe5 30. Qxe5 Rxe5 31. cxd3 Re2 32. a4 Rb2 33. Kg2 Rb3 34. Rd1 Ra3 35. Kf3 Kg7 36. Ke3 Rxa4 37. Rb1 b6 38. h4 Kf6 39. h5 Kg5 40. Rg1+ Kh6 41. f6 Ra2 42. Rg7 Kxh5 43. f4 1-0

Dortmund R10

Kramnik wins for the 9th time

Kramnik,V (2759) - Naiditsch,A (2697) [D37]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bg5 c5 7.Bxc4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 Qa5 10.Bb5+ Bd7 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Bxd7+ Nxd7 13.0-0 a6 14.Rb1 Qc7 15.Qh5 Nc5 16.Rb4 Qe5 17.Qh6 Rc8 18.Nf3 Qxc3 19.Rd4 Ke7 20.e5 Nd7 21.Qh4 Rhg8 22.Kh1 b5 23.h3 Rc4 24.Rxd7+ Kxd7 25.Qxf6 Qd3 26.Qxf7+ Kc6 27.Qxe6+ Kb7 28.Re1 Rg6 29.Qf7+ Rc7 30.Qf4 Rc4 31.Qf8 Rc8 32.Qe7+ Rc7 33.Qh4 Qc4 34.Nd4 Qxa2 35.Qe4+ Kb6 36.Qe3 Kb7 37.Qf3+ Kb6 38.Nb3 Rc2? 39.Qe3+ Kb7 40.e6 Rxf2 41.Qe4+ Kb6 42.Qd4+ 1-0

(Round 9 - all games drawn)

Standings:
1. Kramnik at +3 with 6.5/10
2-4. Leko, Carlsen, Jakovenko at +1 with 5.5/10

Dortmund R8

Kramnik,V (2759) - Carlsen,M (2772) [D37]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 0-0 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.a3 Nc6 9.Qc2 Qa5 10.Rd1 Be7 11.Be2 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Nh5 13.0-0 Nxf4 14.exf4 g6 15.g3 Rd8 16.Rxd8+ Qxd8 17.Rd1 Bd7 18.f5 gxf5 19.Qd2 Qb6 20.Qh6 Be8 21.Ng5 Bxg5 22.Qxg5+ Kf8 23.Qh6+ Kg8 24.Qg5+ Kf8 25.Rd6 Qc7 26.Qh6+ Ke7 27.Qh4+ Kf8 28.Qh6+ Ke7 29.Nb5 Qa5 30.b4 Nxb4 31.Rxe6+ fxe6 32.Qxe6+ Kd8 33.Qf6+ Kc8 34.Qxf5+ Kd8 35.Qf6+ Kc8 36.axb4 1-0

Jakovenko,D (2760) - Bacrot,E (2721) [C89]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Qe2 Bg4 16.Qf1 Qh5 17.Be3 Rae8 18.Nd2 Re6 19.f3 Nxe3 20.Qf2 Nd5 21.fxg4 Qxg4 22.Qf3 Qg5 23.Rxe6 fxe6 24.Ne4 Qg6 25.Qd3 h5 26.Bc2 Bf4 27.Re1 h4 28.Nf2 Qxd3 29.Nxd3 Be3+ 30.Kg2 Bd2 31.Re2 Ne3+ 32.Kh3 hxg3 33.Kxg3 Nf1+ 34.Kh3 Rf6 35.Ne5 Bc1 36.Ng4 Rf3+ 37.Kg2 Rf4 38.Bb3 Rxg4+ 39.Kxf1 Rg6 40.Bxe6+ Kf8 41.b4 Rf6+ 42.Kg2 Rg6+ 43.Kf3 Rf6+ 44.Kg3 Bf4+ 45.Kg4 Bc7 46.Bd7 Rd6 47.Bf5 a5 48.a3 Rf6 49.h4 g6 50.Be4 axb4 51.axb4 Kg7 52.Bg2 Kh6 53.Re8 Bf4 54.Re2 Bc1 55.Bf3 Kg7 56.Kg3 Kf7 57.Kg2 Bf4 58.Kf2 Re6 59.Be4 Rf6 60.Kg2 Bh6 61.Ra2 Ke7 62.Bf3 Kd7 63.Ra6 Ke7 64.Ra7+ Kd8 65.Ra6 Ke7 66.Ra2 Kd7 67.Re2 Kd6 68.Bg4 Kd5 69.Re5+ Kc4 70.Rc5+ Kd3 71.d5 Bf8 72.Rxc6 Rxc6 73.dxc6 Bd6 74.Kf3 Kxc3 75.Ke4 Kxb4 76.Kd5 Bg3 77.Bf3 Ka5 78.Ke6 b4 79.Be4 Kb5 80.Kd7 Kc5 81.Bxg6 1-0

Standings:
Kramnik at +2
Carlsen, Leko, Jakovenko at +1

(Rounds 6 & 7 - all games drawn)

Dortmund R5

Carlsen,M (2772) - Naiditsch,A (2697) [C67]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0 Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Nc3 h6 10.h3 Ne7 11.Bf4 Ng6 12.Bg3 Ke8 13.Rad1 Bb4 14.Ne2 h5 15.Ned4 h4 16.Bh2 Nf8 17.Bf4 Bd7 18.Bg5 Be7 19.Rfe1 c5 20.e6 fxe6 21.Bxe7 Kxe7 22.Nf5+ Kf6 23.Ne3 Be8 24.Ng4+ Ke7 25.Nge5 Bg6 26.Rd5 b6 27.Rd2 Bf5 28.Ng5 Kf6 29.f4 Ng6 30.Nd7+ Ke7 31.Nxe6 Bxe6 32.f5 Nf4 33.fxe6 Rhd8 34.Rf2 g5 35.Kh2 a5 36.a4 Rg8 37.Ne5 Rae8 38.Nf3 Nxe6 39.Re5 Kd6 40.Rd2+ Kc6 41.Rde2 Kd6 42.Nxg5 Ng7 43.Rxe8 Rxe8 44.Rxe8 Nxe8 45.Nf3 c4 46.Nxh4 c3 47.b3 Kc5 48.Nf5 Kb4 49.g4 Ka3 50.Kg3 Kb2 51.Ne3 Kc1 52.Kf3 Kd2 53.h4 Ng7 54.h5 Ne6 55.h6 c6 56.Ke4 b5 57.Ke5 Ng5 58.Kf5 Nf7 59.h7 Kxe3 60.g5 1-0

Leko,P (2756) - Bacrot,E (2721) [E15]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.Bg2 c5 7.d5 exd5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.0-0 Be7 10.Rd1 Nc6 11.Qa4 Nf6 12.Nh4 Qc8 13.Nf5 Nd4 14.Bxb7 Qxb7 15.Nxd4 cxd4 16.Rxd4 Bc5 17.Rd3 b5 18.Qf4 0-0 19.b4 Bb6 20.Bb2 Rfe8 21.e3 Rac8 22.Nd2 Bd8 23.Rd1 Rc2 24.Bxf6 Bxf6 25.a3 Ra2 26.Nf3 Qa6 27.g4 h6 28.h4 Rxa3 29.Rd6 Qa4 30.g5 hxg5 31.hxg5 Ra1 32.Rxa1 Bxa1 33.Rxd7 Rf8 34.Qd6 g6 35.Nh2 Bc3 36.Ng4 Bg7 37.Nf6+ Bxf6 38.gxf6 Rc8 39.Rxf7 1-0

Standings:
Carlsen at +2
Kramnik and Leko at +1

Dortmund R4

Naiditsch,A (2697) - Kramnik,V (2759) [C42]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.0-0 0-0 8.c4 c6 9.Re1 Bf5 10.c5 Bc7 11.Nc3 Nd7 12.Qc2 Re8 13.Be3 h6 14.b4 Ndf6 15.h3 Qd7 16.Ne2 Bxh3 17.Ne5 Bxe5 18.dxe5 Rxe5 19.f3 Rae8 20.Bf4 Rh5 21.fxe4 dxe4 22.Bc4 Bxg2 23.Ng3 Bf3 24.Qb3 Rh4 25.Bd6 Qh3 26.Bxf7+ Kh7 27.Qb2 Ng4 0-1

Standings:
Carlsen, Kramnik at +1

(Round 3 - all games drawn)

Dortmund R2

Jakovenko,D (2760) - Naiditsch,A (2697) [B90]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Qd2 Nbd7 9.f4 exf4 10.Bxf4 Ne5 11.0-0-0 Be7 12.Nd4 0-0 13.Nf5 Bxf5 14.exf5 b5 15.Kb1 b4 16.Nd5 Nxd5 17.Qxd5 Qc7 18.g4 Rfc8 19.Bd3 Nxd3 20.Qxd3 Qc4 21.Rhf1 h6 22.h3 d5 23.Be5 Rc6 24.b3 Qxd3 25.Rxd3 Rac8 26.Rf2 Bh4 27.Rg2 f6 28.Bb2 Rc5 29.Re2 Bg5 30.a3 bxa3 31.Bxa3 Rc3 32.Bb2 Rxd3 33.cxd3 Kf7 34.Re6 a5 35.Rd6 Re8 36.Rd7+ Kg8 37.Bc3 Re3 38.Rxd5 Rxh3 39.Bxa5 Rh4 40.b4 Rxg4 41.b5 Be3 42.Kc2 Rg2+ 43.Kb3 Rg1 44.Ka2 Rg2+ 45.Ka3 Bc1+ 46.Kb3 h5 47.b6 h4 48.Bc3 h3 49.b7 Bf4 50.Be5 h2 51.b8Q+ Kh7 52.Bxf4 h1Q 53.Rd8 Qd1+ 54.Kc4 Rc2+ 55.Kd4 Qa1+ 56.Kd5 Qa5+ 57.Ke4 Qe1+ 58.Be3 Qh1+ 59.Kd4 Qa1+ 60.Kd5 Qa5+ 61.Ke4 Qa4+ 62.d4 1-0

Standings
Carlsen at +1

Dortmund R1

The Players
Magnus Carlsen
Vladimir Kramnik
Dimitri Jakovenko
Peter Leko
Etienne Bacrot
Arkadij Naiditsch

Carlsen,M - Jakovenko,D [C67]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0 Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Nc3 Ke8 10.h3 h5 11.Ne2 Be7 12.Bg5 Be6 13.Nf4 Bd5 14.Bxe7 Kxe7 15.Ng5 Nd4 16.Rad1 Ne6 17.Ngxe6 Bxe6 18.h4 a5 19.a3 a4 20.Rfe1 g6 21.f3 Ra5 22.c3 Rb5 23.Re2 Ra8 24.Rd4 Raa5 25.Kf2 Rxe5 26.Rxe5 Rxe5 27.Rxa4 Rb5 28.b4 c5 29.Ra7 cxb4 30.cxb4 Kd7 31.Ne2 Rb6 32.Ke3 Bc4 33.Nd4 Kd6 34.Ra5 Ra6 35.Rxa6+ bxa6 36.g4 hxg4 37.fxg4 Ke5 38.Nc6+ Kf6 39.Kf4 Ke6 40.h5 gxh5 41.gxh5 Bd3 42.Ke3 Bf1 43.h6 Kf6 44.Ne5 Bb5 45.Kd4 Ba4 46.h7 Kg7 47.Nxf7 Kxh7 48.Ng5+ Kg6 49.Ne6 1-0

Chess Ratings July 1

1 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2813 10 1975
2 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2788 2 1969
3 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2772 12 1990
4 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2768 13 1982
5 Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2760 15 1983
6 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2759 0 1975
7 Leko, Peter g HUN 2756 13 1979
8 Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2756 0 1987
9 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2755 27 1968
10 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2751 0 1977
11 Gashimov, Vugar g AZE 2740 9 1986
12 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2739 36 1976
13 Wang, Yue g CHN 2736 10 1987
14 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2733 20 1983