Kramnik, V – Naiditsch, A [D37]
Dortmund GER (10), 12.07.2009
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
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Carlsen, M – Bacrot, E [E32]
Dortmund GER (10), 12.07.2009
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 0–0 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 d5 7.e3 b6 8.Nf3 Bb7 9.b3 Nbd7 10.Be2 c5 11.0–0 Rc8 12.a4 dxc4 13.bxc4 Qc7 14.Rd1 Rfd8 15.Bb2 cxd4 16.exd4 Qf4 17.Qe3 Qxe3 18.fxe3 a5 19.Nd2 Ne4 20.Nxe4 Bxe4 21.Rdc1 Nc5 22.Ra3 Bc6 23.Bc3 Nxa4 24.Be1 Be8 25.Rb1 e5 26.Bh4 f6 27.dxe5 b5 28.cxb5 Nc3 29.Rb2 Nxe2+ 30.Rxe2 Rd1+ 31.Re1 Rcc1 32.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 33.Kf2 g5 34.Bg3 Bxb5 35.e4 fxe5 36.Rxa5 Rb1 37.Bxe5 Bc6 38.Bc3 Rb5 39.Rxb5 ½–½
　
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Leko,P – Jakovenko,D [C89]
Dortmund GER (10), 12.07.2009
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 Bd7 16.Qf1 Rae8 17.Qxh3 Rxe1+ 18.Qf1 Rfe8 19.Bd2 Rxf1+ 20.Kxf1 Nb6 21.Be3 Nd5 22.Bd2 Nb6 23.Be3 Nd5 24.a4 Nxe3+ 25.fxe3 Rxe3 26.axb5 axb5 27.Ra6 Bf8 28.Kf2 Re8 29.Nd2 c5 30.Nf3 c4 31.Bd1 f6 32.Nd2 Rd8 33.Bf3 Be8 34.Bc6 Rd6 35.Bxe8 Rxa6 36.Bxb5 Ra1 37.Bxc4+ Kh8 38.Ke2 g6 39.Bd5 Bh6 40.Nc4 Rc1 41.Kd3 Rd1+ 42.Ke2 Rc1 43.Kd3 Rd1+ 44.Ke4 ½–½
　
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Congratulations to Kramnik. +3 – impressive. He should play like that against Anand last year.
excellent games by Kramnik. congrats
Leko in his finest – draw in a playable position with chances. booooo!
typical Leko draw, btw. He could still play for a win
Something is very peculiar about Kramnik here. He must be getting covert computer assistance again. The playing style deviates from the usual Kramnik style. I would examine all the computer programs that were helped in development by Garry Kasparov. Nor should programs developed with the help of Topalov, Shirov or Judit Polgar be eliminated from consideration. If Topalov were playing in this tournament, Danialov would be the best person to lead this investigation, now it will be up to Leko’s or Carlsen’s manager.
“Something is very peculiar about Kramnik here. He must be getting covert computer assistance again. The playing style deviates from the usual Kramnik style. I would examine all the computer programs that were helped in development by Garry Kasparov. Nor should programs developed with the help of Topalov, Shirov or Judit Polgar be eliminated from consideration. If Topalov were playing in this tournament, Danialov would be the best person to lead this investigation, now it will be up to Leko’s or Carlsen’s manager.”
in bizarro world you’d be smart… just a passing thought 🙂
Kramnik’s style has always been to squeeze. When people falter against him they collapse quickly.
His play reminds me of Botvinnik in that it is logical, overwhelming to the opponent, yet it is hard to pin down why his moves are so good.
“Danialov would be the best person to lead this investigation” Is that because of his expertise in the ways to cheat in chess?
If Kramnik had computer assistance, why did he miss a simple forced win in his scond game against Jakovenko? [simple for Rybka and those using Rybka while watching the game].
And … at the Amber tournament, he played in a similar style. Can one have computer assistance in rapid and blindfold games?
Enough troll feeding … .
And just like that, Kramnik is back! This can only be good for chess. To those who think that the young ones such as Carlsen, Jakovenko, Karjakin, etc. are about to take over the chess world, think again. The ‘old’ ones like Kramnik, Ivanchuk, and Shirov, are not just gonna step aside. Carlsen, et al will have to push a little bit harder.