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Nepomniachtchi joins leaders

2 July 2008 20:17 PM CET | Last modified: 23:21 | By Peter Doggers  | Filed under: Reports | Tags:

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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3 Responses to “Nepomniachtchi joins leaders”

  1. The_Anonymous_Person on 4 July 2008 0:50 AM

    I predict wins for Gustafsson and Leko in round 5, with Kramnik and Ivanchuk drawing their games.

  2. Lajos Arpad on 4 July 2008 13:12 PM

    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.

  3. VB on 4 July 2008 14:03 PM

    Mamedyarov – Kramnik that is going to be the game.

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