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Nepomniachtchi joins leaders
2 July 2008 20:17 PM | Last modified: 23:21
Today Ian Nepomniachtchi has joined tournament leaders Leko and Gustafsson. He beat Van Wely in a well-prepared Najdorf. Again, three games ended in a draw - but all of them exciting this time. Update: commentary.
(Please note that his is the last report not made from Dortmund, Germany. During the last three rounds, ChessVibes will be present at the Sparkassen Chess Meeting 2008 for new, on-the-sport video reporting!)
Here are the games of the fourth round:
(Select the games under the chess board)
For some instructive video analysis on Dortmund games, we gladly refer to a new blog we’ve discovered: Chessedelic.
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 4 Standings
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||||
| 1 | Gustafsson,J | 2603 | +211 | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 2.5/4 | 4.75 | |||
| 2 | Leko,P | 2741 | +86 | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 2.5/4 | 4.00 | |||
| 3 | Nepomniachtchi,I | 2634 | +152 | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 2.5/4 | 3.75 | |||
| 4 | Mamedyarov,S | 2752 | -101 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 2.0/4 | 4.75 | |||
| 5 | Naiditsch,A | 2624 | +70 | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | 1 | 2.0/4 | 4.25 | |||
| 6 | Kramnik,V | 2788 | -126 | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | 1 | 2.0/4 | 3.50 | |||
| 7 | Ivanchuk,V | 2740 | -164 | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | 1.5/4 | ||||
| 8 | Van Wely,L | 2677 | -142 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | 1.0/4 |
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I predict wins for Gustafsson and Leko in round 5, with Kramnik and Ivanchuk drawing their games.
You may be right, Ivanchuk is tired now and Kramnik doesn’t want to play his best opening play now, before his match with Anand, but we never know. These GM’s all play well, we might see surprises.
Mamedyarov – Kramnik that is going to be the game.