Round 4 results:
Kramnik 1-0 Carlsen
Anand 1-0 Naiditsch
Alekseev ½-½ Leko
Gelfand ½-½ Mamedyarov
Kramnik, V (2772) – Carlsen, M (2693) [E06]
Dortmund GER (4), 27.06.2007
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.d4 Be7 5.Bg2 0-0 6.0-0 dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4 b5 9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bd2 Nc6 11.e3 Nb4 12.Bxb4 Bxb4 13.a3 Be7 14.Nbd2 Rc8 15.b4 a5 16.Ne5 Nd5 17.Nb3 axb4 18.Na5 Ba8 19.Nac6 Bxc6 20.Nxc6 Qd7 21.Bxd5 exd5 22.axb4 Rfe8 23.Ra5 Bf8 24.Ne5 Qe6 25.Rxb5 Rb8 26.Rxb8 Rxb8 27.Qxc7 Bd6 28.Qa5 Bxb4 29.Rb1 Qd6 30.Qa4 1-0
Gelfand, B (2733) – Mamedyarov, S (2757) [A04]
Dortmund GER (4), 27.06.2007
1.Nf3 g6 2.e4 d6 3.c4 Bg7 4.d4 Bg4 5.Be2 Nc6 6.Be3 e5 7.d5 Bxf3 8.Bxf3 Nd4 9.0-0 c5 10.dxc6 bxc6 11.Bxd4 exd4 12.Nd2 Ne7 13.c5 dxc5 14.Rc1 d3 15.Nb3 Bxb2 16.Rc4 0-0 17.Nxc5 Bd4 18.Nxd3 Qd6 19.Qc2 Rfd8 20.Rd1 Rab8 21.g3 h5 22.Kg2 h4 23.Bg4 Kg7 24.f4 hxg3 25.hxg3 Rb5 26.a4 Rbb8 27.Nc5 Rb2 28.Qxb2 Bxb2 29.Rxd6 Rxd6 30.Be2 Rd2 31.Kf3 Ba3 32.Nd3 a5 1/2-1/2
Alekseev, Evgeny (2679) – Leko, P (2738) [D11]
Dortmund GER (4), 27.06.2007
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qb3 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Bf5 6.Nc3 e6 7.g3 Nbd7 8.Bg2 Be7 9.0-0 0-0 10.Re1 Ne4 11.Qb3 Qb6 12.Nh4 Qxb3 13.axb3 Bb4 14.Nxf5 exf5 15.Bxe4 fxe4 16.Bd2 Rfe8 17.Nxe4 Rxe4 18.Bxb4 Rxd4 19.Bc3 Rd6 20.Red1 Rxd1+ 21.Rxd1 Nc5 22.b4 Na4 23.Bd4 Rd8 24.e3 Nxb2 25.Ra1 Nd3 26.Rxa7 Nxb4 27.Rxb7 Nd5 28.Kg2 h6 29.f4 Rc8 30.e4 Nf6 31.e5 c5 32.Bb2 Nd5 33.Kf3 f5 34.exf6 1/2-1/2
Anand, V (2786) – Naiditsch, A (2654) [C78]
Dortmund GER (4), 27.06.2007
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Bc5 6.c3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.d4 Bb6 9.a4 Bg4 10.h3 Bh5 11.axb5 axb5 12.Rxa8 Qxa8 13.d5 Na5 14.Bc2 c6 15.dxc6 Qxc6 16.Re1 h6 17.Qe2 0-0 18.Na3 Nc4 19.Nxc4 bxc4 20.g4 Bg6 21.Nh4 d5 22.exd5 Nxd5 23.Be4 Qc5 24.Bxd5 Qxd5 25.Qxe5 Qxe5 26.Rxe5 Bd3 27.Nf5 Ra8 28.Kg2 Ra5 29.Re8+ Kh7 30.Nd6 f6 31.Be3 Ra6 32.Nb5 Bxe3 33.Rxe3 Rb6 34.Nd4 Rxb2 35.Re7 h5 36.Ne6 hxg4 37.Rxg7+ Kh6 38.hxg4 Re2 39.Re7 Be4+ 40.Kg3 Rc2 41.Nf8 Bd3 42.f4 Rc1 43.Rf7 Rg1+ 44.Kh3 Rh1+ 45.Kg2 Be4+ 46.Kf2 Rh3 47.Ne6 Rf3+ 48.Ke2 Kg6 49.Rg7+ Kh6 50.f5 Rxc3 51.Rg6+ Kh7 52.Rxf6 Bf3+ 53.Kf2 Bxg4 54.Ng5+ Kg8 55.Rg6+ Kf8 56.Nh7+ Kf7 57.Rxg4 1-0
Standings after 4 rounds:
1. Kramnik 3.0
2-3 Anand, Alekseev 2.5
4-5 Leko, Mamedyarov 2.0
6-7 Gelfand, Carlsen 1.5
8. Naiditsch 1.0
Kramnik rules!
What a spanking the kid got today!
One gets the impression he never had a chance the whole game!
don’t forget that carlsen and gelfand suffer from fatigue after their tough matches in elista
“don’t forget that carlsen and gelfand suffer from fatigue after their tough matches in elista”
Rubbish – they have had plenty of time off in between.
Magnus is still a young kid. He is not yet World Champion. Give the kid a break. Obviously anyone in his position needs time and games to solidify his playing style.
Magnus is good. He is very good for his age. He is not yet the World Champion and Kramnik just gave him a top lesson in chess. We should all hope that Kramnik has a few tricks to teach Magnus.
The big question is who will win Mexico. I would like to see Anand win Mexico and then play Kramnik in a match. Or Kramnik wins Mexico and tells Topalov to drop dead. haha. NO WAY should fide force Kramnik to play Topalov. The behavior of Danailov and Topalov at the last match bars them from another match. Their behavior was terrible.
Better would be a match with Anand or Radjabov or Magnus or Mamedyrov or Aronian or plenty of other good players with class. Topalov and especially Danailov have no class and are damaging to chess.
I think if someone goes to the bathroom 20 times in a five hour game, you have a right to be suspicious. The medical condition that was making him urinate at such frequency seems to have disapeared in all tournaments since Elista, could it be a miracle cure?
“I think if someone goes to the bathroom 20 times in a five hour game, you have a right to be suspicious.”
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=3912
How many times did Kramnik get the chance to play against a world champion when he was Carlsen’s age? How many top level players had Kramnik beaten when he was Carlsen’s age?
Before Carlsen turned 16, he notched up wins over older world class player like Morozevich, Topalov, Ivanchuk, Aronian, Andersson, Jussupow, Nunn, Van Wely, Anand (2-0 in a blitz match), Azmai, Lautier, Beliavsky, Naiditsch, etc. And a draw with Kasparov 3 years ago!!
What Kramnik has over Carlsen is experience. What Carlsen has over Kramnik is youth, and talent, ….and time! One game is not enough to judge two players. Kramnik won his first ever game against Aronian on Board 1 at the Olympiad, but the latter came back to shock him in their speed play encounter and secure a plus score against him.
Kramnik is certainly rock solid now. But the Carlsen kid has a lot more potential and a much more fascinating style.
Susan Is there a reason why you dont put the moveable piece boards with the game scores like you used to? I really enjoyed playing through the games. Thanks John
carlsen more talent than krammik? you must be joking. Karjakin and Radja both better juniors than carlsen. youth has it’s advantages and it’s distractions as well. We shall see.