GM Bacrot (2721) – GM Leko (2756) [A30]
Dortmund 09 (9), 11.07.2009
1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.g3 Qb6 6.Nc2 e6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.0–0 0–0 9.Nc3 d6 10.e4 a6 11.Kh1 Rb8 12.Bd2 Bd7 13.g4 h6 14.f4 Nh7 15.Rc1 Rfc8 16.b3 Qd8 17.Ne2 b5 Game drawn ½–½
[White “GM Naiditsch”]
[Black “GM Carlsen”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[ECO “B33”]
[WhiteElo “2697”]
[BlackElo “2772”]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 O-O 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5 15. Bc4 Bd7 16. O-O Ne7 17. Ra2 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Rc8 19. Qd3 Qb6 20. Rfa1 Kh8 21. Rxa5 f5 22. Qa6 Qxb2 23. R5a2 Qxc3 24. Qxd6 Bb5 25. Be6 Rfd8 26. Qa3 Qxa3 27. Nxa3 Rc1+ 28. Rxc1 Bxc1 29. h4 Bd3 30. exf5 Ra8 31. Nb1 Rxa2 32. Bxa2 {Game drawn} 1/2-1/2
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Round 9 results:
| Jakovenko, Dmitry | 1/2 | Kramnik, Vladimir |
| Bacrot, Etienne | 1/2 |
Leko, Peter |
| Naiditsch, Arkadij | 1/2 |
Carlsen, Magnus |
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Wow, what an exciting game that was.
Leko… Why he’s going to China not Aronian?
Why he’s going to China not ANAND?
Another drawish day!
Last round pairings (games will start 2 hours earlier!):
Vladimir Kramnik (5,5) – Arkadij Naiditsch (3)
Magnus Carlsen (5) – Etienne Bacrot (3,5)
Peter Leko (5) – Dmitry Jakovenko (5)
“Another drawish day” – yes, but Naiditsch-Leko and, especially, Jakovenko-Kramnik were fighting games. People just have to accept that a draw is a normal result between GM’s of roughly equal strength.