Standings after 3 rounds:1. Gustafsson, Jan g GER 2603 22. Leko, Peter g HUN 2741 2 3. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2752 1½4. Naiditsch, Arkadij g GER 2624 1½5. Nepomniachtchi, Ian g RUS 2634 1½6. Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS...
Naiditsch ko’d Kramnik
GM Naiditsch (2624) – GM Kramnik (2788) [C42]01.07.2008 / Dortmund – Round 3 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.0–0 Be7 8.Re1 Bg4 9.c4 Nf6 10.Nc3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Nxd4 12.Qd1 Ne6 13.cxd5 Nxd5...
Two early draws in Dortmund
GM Ivanchuk (2740) – GM Nepomniachtchi (2634) [B86]01.07.2008 / Dortmund – Round 3 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.0–0 Be7 8.Bb3 Qc7 9.f4 Nc6 10.Kh1 Na5 11.f5 Nxb3 12.axb3 Bd7 13.Rf3 Rc8...
Dortmund resumes
Round 3 Pairings:Naiditsch – KramnikIvanchuk – Nepomniachtchivan Wely – LekoMamedyarov – Gustafsson Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
And the players rest
Standings after 2 rounds: 1-3. Kramnik, Leko, Gustafsson 1½4-5. Mamedyarov, Nepomniachtchi 16-8. Ivanchuk, van Wely, Naiditsch ½ I am not sure why there is a need to have a rest day after 2 rounds for a 7 round tournament....
Leko 1-0 Ivanchuk
GM Leko (2741) – GM Ivanchuk (2740) [B46]29.06.2008 / Dortmund – Round 2 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d5 8.0–0 Nf6 9.Qf3 Be7 10.Qg3 Nh5 11.Qf3 Nf6 12.e5 Nd7 13.Qg3 g6...
Kramnik in good form
GM Kramnik (2788) – GM Van Wely (2677) [D11]29.06.2008 / Dortmund – Round 2 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.b3 Nbd7 6.Bb2 b6 7.Bd3 Bb7 8.0–0 Bd6 9.Nbd2 0–0 10.Ne5 Qe7 11.Qf3 Rfd8 12.Qh3 h6 13.f4...
Gustafsson leads Dortmund
Yes, Gustafsson, the lowest rated player at the Dortmund super-tournament, is the current leader. He scored the first victory in the event in 23 moves! GM Gustafsson (2603) – GM Naiditsch (2624) [D37]29.06.2008 / Dortmund – Round 2 1.d4...
Dortmund Round 2
Round 2 pairings: Leko-IvanchukKramnik-Van WelyNepomniachtchi- MamedyarovGustafsson- Naiditsch Standings after 1 round: 1-8 Kramnik, Ivanchuk, Leko, Mamedyarov, Naiditsch, Nepomniachtchi, Van Wely, Gustafsson 1/2 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
All draws in Dortmund
GM Naiditsch (2624) – GM Nepomiachtchi (2634) [B86]28.06.2008 / Dortmund – Round 1 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 Nbd7 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.0–0 g5 11.Nde2 Rg8 12.f4 gxf4 13.Nxf4 Qg5...