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“Gusti” grabs sole lead in Dortmund - update with video

4 July 2008 19:56 PM CET | Last modified: 2:04 | By Peter Doggers  | Filed under: Reports | Tags:

Surprise, surprise! Last seeded, Jan “Gusti” Gustafsson grabbed sole lead today in Dortmund by beating Van Wely with Black in just 18 moves. Video interview added. Ivanchuk beat Naiditsch and Mamedyarov-Kramnik and Leko-Nepomniachtchi were drawn.

Firstly, here are the games of the fifth round with some notes. Below you’ll find a video report of the first day in Dortmund, including an interview with the leader of the tournament, Jan Gustafsson, taken right after his win against Van Wely.



Sparkassen Chess Meeting 2008

Round 1: Saturday, June 28, 15:00 CET Round 2: Sunday, June 29, 15:00 CET
Gustafsson – Kramnik ½-½ Kramnik – Van Wely 1-0
Naiditsch – Nepomniachtchi ½-½ Leko – Ivanchuk 1-0
Mamedyarov – Leko ½-½ Nepomniachtchi – Mamedyarov ½-½
Ivanchuk – Van Wely ½-½ Gustafsson – Naiditsch 1-0
   
Round 3: Tuesday, July 01, 15:00 CET Round 4: Wednesday, July 02, 15:00 CET
Naiditsch – Kramnik 1-0 Kramnik – Leko ½-½
Mamedyarov – Gustafsson ½-½ Nepomniachtchi – Van Wely 1-0
Ivanchuk – Nepomniachtchi ½-½ Gustafsson – Ivanchuk ½-½
Van Wely – Leko ½-½ Naiditsch – Mamedyarov ½-½
   
Round 5: Friday, July 04, 15:00 CET Round 6: Saturday, July 05, 15:00 CET
Mamedyarov – Kramnik ½-½ Kramnik – Nepomniachtchi ½-½
Ivanchuk – Naiditsch 1-0 Gustafsson – Leko 0-1
Van Wely – Gustafsson 0-1 Naiditsch – Van Wely 1-0
Leko – Nepomniachtchi ½-½ Mamedyarov – Ivanchuk ½-½
   
Round 7: Sunday, July 06, 13:00 CET  
Ivanchuk – Kramnik 1-0  
Van Wely – Mamedyarov 0-1  
Leko – Naiditsch ½-½  
Nepomniachtchi – Gustafsson ½-½  


Sparkassen Chess Meeting 2008 Round 5 Standings

        1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8    
1 Gustafsson,J 2603 +260 *     ½ ½ ½ 1 1 3.5/5  
2 Leko,P 2741 +47   * ½ ½ 1 ½   ½ 3.0/5 7.00
3 Nepomniachtchi,I 2634 +143   ½ * ½ ½   ½ 1 3.0/5 6.00
4 Mamedyarov,S 2752 -74 ½ ½ ½ *   ½ ½   2.5/5 7.00
5 Ivanchuk,V 2740 -84 ½ 0 ½   *   1 ½ 2.5/5 5.75
6 Kramnik,V 2788 -108 ½ ½   ½   * 0 1 2.5/5 5.50
7 Naiditsch,A 2624 +8 0   ½ ½ 0 1 *   2.0/5  
8 Van Wely,L 2677 -216 0 ½ 0   ½ 0   * 1.0/5  

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7 Responses to ““Gusti” grabs sole lead in Dortmund - update with video”

  1. semipatz on 4 July 2008 21:04 PM

    What’s going on? Didn’t they shut the door? It’s getting Gusti in the playing hall!

  2. MamedyarovFan on 5 July 2008 9:50 AM

    It is great that Peter has arrived in Dortmund because we have been starving for his outstanding videos have started. Please get an interview with Mamedyarov. I heard that he really entertained at the blitz on Thursday. Gustaffson is a really good speaker. Thanks Peter.

  3. Waldemar on 5 July 2008 10:26 AM

    Thanks for the video Peter!
    Strong combination of content, form, imagery and sound.
    Indeed Gustafsson is talkative, how nice to see and hear that.
    Good luck with the rest of the rounds.

  4. semipatz on 5 July 2008 19:33 PM

    I like Gusti. He seems like someone who’d be fun to hang out with–intelligent, articulate, playful, and a nice guy.

  5. semipatz on 5 July 2008 20:22 PM

    Unfortunately, he just lost the lead.

  6. frongel on 5 July 2008 23:33 PM

    Every two words is an “OK” these days. They are all copying the eastern europeans. Bad English!
    Horrible.

  7. Lajos Arpad on 6 July 2008 21:09 PM

    @semipatz: Fortunately (Lékó won).

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