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TOURNAMENT STANDINGS
Dortmund Sparkassen Tournament
Vladimir Kramnik7/10(+5 -1 =4)[games]
Le Quang Liem5.5/10(+1 -0 =9)[games]
Ruslan Ponomariov5/10(+3 -3 =4)[games]
Anish Giri5/10(+2 -2 =6)[games]
Hikaru Nakamura4.5/10(+2 -3 =5)[games]
Georg Meier3/10(+0 -4 =6)[games]
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Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
Dortmund Sparkassen (2011)

The 39th Dortmund Sparkassen Chess-Meeting took place in the Dortmunder Schauspielhaus in Dortmund, Germany 21-31 July 2011. Rest day: July 26. Players received 100 minutes for 40 moves, then 50 more minutes for the next 20 moves, then 15 more minutes for the rest of the game, with a 30-second increment from move one. Games started at 3 pm, Round 10 at 1 pm local time. Vladimir Kramnik won the event for the 10th time with 7/10.

                       01 02 03 04 05 06
1 Kramnik        2781  ** ½½ 1½ 1½ 10 11  7
2 Le Quang Liem  2715  ½½ ** 1½ ½½ ½½ ½½  5½
3 Ponomariov     2764  0½ 0½ ** 10 11 ½½  5
4 Giri           2701  0½ ½½ 01 ** ½½ 1½  5
5 Nakamura       2770  01 ½½ 00 ½½ ** ½1  4½
6 Meier          2656  00 ½½ ½½ 0½ ½0 **  3
Category: XX (2731). Chief arbiter: Andrzej Filipowicz

The Helmut-Kohls-Turnier (Cat. VIII round robin) was won by Robin van Kampen with 6.5/9. The Open A swiss tournament was won by Mikhail Zaitsev with 7.5/9.

Wikipedia: Wikipedia article: Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting#2011
Dortmunder Schachfreunde: http://schachfreunde-brackel.de/sch...
ChessBase: https://en.chessbase.com/post/dortm...
TeleSchach: http://www.teleschach.de/schachtage...
TWIC: https://theweekinchess.com/chessnew...
DSB: https://www.schachbund.de/news/wlad...
FIDE: https://ratings.fide.com/tournament...
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Kx...

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 page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 30  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. G Meier vs Le Quang Liem  ½-½382011Dortmund SparkassenD81 Grunfeld, Russian Variation
2. Giri vs Nakamura ½-½542011Dortmund SparkassenD37 Queen's Gambit Declined
3. Kramnik vs Ponomariov 1-0422011Dortmund SparkassenE94 King's Indian, Orthodox
4. G Meier vs Kramnik 0-1322011Dortmund SparkassenE15 Queen's Indian
5. Le Quang Liem vs Nakamura ½-½222011Dortmund SparkassenE20 Nimzo-Indian
6. Ponomariov vs Giri 1-0342011Dortmund SparkassenD45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
7. Kramnik vs Le Quang Liem ½-½482011Dortmund SparkassenD18 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch
8. Nakamura vs Ponomariov 0-1412011Dortmund SparkassenE58 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 8...Bxc3
9. Giri vs G Meier 1-0752011Dortmund SparkassenE00 Queen's Pawn Game
10. Giri vs Le Quang Liem  ½-½472011Dortmund SparkassenE60 King's Indian Defense
11. Ponomariov vs G Meier ½-½902011Dortmund SparkassenE31 Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad, Main line
12. Nakamura vs Kramnik 0-1472011Dortmund SparkassenE21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights
13. Le Quang Liem vs Ponomariov 1-0712011Dortmund SparkassenD35 Queen's Gambit Declined
14. Kramnik vs Giri 1-0442011Dortmund SparkassenD85 Grunfeld
15. G Meier vs Nakamura ½-½1502011Dortmund SparkassenE99 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov
16. Le Quang Liem vs G Meier  ½-½382011Dortmund SparkassenD39 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation
17. Ponomariov vs Kramnik ½-½502011Dortmund SparkassenC65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense
18. Nakamura vs Giri ½-½722011Dortmund SparkassenE53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3
19. Kramnik vs G Meier 1-0492011Dortmund SparkassenA11 English, Caro-Kann Defensive System
20. Nakamura vs Le Quang Liem  ½-½562011Dortmund SparkassenD45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
21. Giri vs Ponomariov 1-0642011Dortmund SparkassenD37 Queen's Gambit Declined
22. Ponomariov vs Nakamura 1-0652011Dortmund SparkassenE97 King's Indian
23. Ponomariov vs Le Quang Liem ½-½492011Dortmund SparkassenB84 Sicilian, Scheveningen
24. G Meier vs Giri ½-½692011Dortmund SparkassenE04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3
25. Le Quang Liem vs Kramnik ½-½562011Dortmund SparkassenE10 Queen's Pawn Game
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Jul-31-11  positionalgenius: <SM> Yes, tournaments Like dortmund 2001 were "nothing but a joke". For kasparov fanboyism at its finest,You amaze me sir.
Jul-31-11  vanytchouck: About comparing Kasparov’s « Linareses » and Kramnik’s « Dortmunds » here are some figures that might help :

In order to « properly compare » tournaments through ages, i’ve try two calculus.

« Vanyt 1 » ;-) wich is (MA/AT – 1)*1000 where :

* MA is the maximum average elo possible on the rating list at the moment of the tournament ;

* AT is the average elo of the tournament.

With 92 super tournaments from 1983 (Niksic) to 2011 (Dortmund 2011), here is the top 10 :

# 1. Las Palmas (1996) => 0.91
# 2. Linares 1998 => 2.34
# 3. Linares 1999 => 2.88
# 4. Linares 1993 => 3.2
# 5. Tal Memorial 2009 => 3.26
# 6. Reggio Emilia 1991/92 => 3.36
# 7. Linares 2000 => 3.75
# 8. Linares 1991 => 3.76
# 9. Mexico 2007 (WC) => 4.27
# 10. San Luis 2005 (F.I.D.E. WC) => 4.51

And here is the top 10 if you only take the "Linareses" won by Kasparov dans the "Dortmunds" won by Kramnik :

#3. Linares 1999 (Kasparov) => 2.88
#4. Linares 1993 (Kasparov) => 3.2
#12. Linares 1992 (Kasparov) => 4.7
#23. Linares 2005 (Kasparov & Topalov) => 6.82
#26. Dortmund 2001 (Kramnik & Topalov) => 7.32
#28. Linares 1997 (Kasparov) => 7.56
#45. Dortmund 2009 (Kramnik) => 11.84
#47. Linares 2002 (Kasparov) => 11.96
#49. Linares 1990 (Kasparov) => 12.52
#51. Dortmund 2007 (Kramnik) => 12.88

I didn't count the Linares 2000 as it can't be used "against" Kramnik who was tied first with Kasparov !

As expected (at least by me), Linares won are a kind of greater than the Dortmund but we mustn't forget that Anand and Topalov (among other super GMs like Karpov, Ivantchouk, Carlsen) were usual Kramnik's opponents at Dortmund.

Jul-31-11  vanytchouck: With « Vanyt 2 » (the other attempt), it’s roughly the same.

« Vanyt 2 » is AR/BA where :

* AR is the average of the rank of the contenders ;
* BA is the best average possible.

The top 10 according to « Vanyt 2 » is :

# 1. Las Palmas => 1.05
# 2. Linares 1998 => 1.16
# 3. Reggio Emilia 1991/92 => 1.22
# 4. Tal Memorial 2009 => 1.3
# 5. Dortmund 2001 => 1.31
# 6. Linares 1999 => 1.36
# 7. Dos Hermanas 1996 => 1.47
# 8. Linares 1995 => 1.64
# 9. Wijk Aan Zee 2008 => 1.66
# 10. Mexico 2007 (WC) => 1.67

And the « top 10 » of the tournaments wich are interesting us is :

# 5. Dortmund 2001 => 1.31
# 6. Linares 1999 => 1.36
# 13.Linares 1993 => 1.74
# 18.Linares 1997 => 1.78
# 30.Linares 2005 => 2.14
# 33.Linares 1992 => 2.25
# 39.Dortmund 1998 => 2.7
# 49.Linares 2002 => 3.14
# 55.Dortmund 2009 => 3.52
# 56.Linares 1990 => 3.63

This index is slightly more favourable to Vladimir, but it still give the clear edge to Kasparov.

Jul-31-11  jussu: Told you ;)
Jul-31-11  geeker: Kramnik is certainly not playing it safe vs. Naka in R10!
Jul-31-11  geeker: But it now looks like the complications will fizzle out into liquidation and a drawish endgame...
Jul-31-11  bartonlaos: "If you don't use it, you lose it."

Following Bazna, Nakamura spent a little less than month away from his training regimen for the WSOP, leaving about 4 days to get back into shape for Dortmund.

Jul-31-11  Layson: Seems to me like Nakamura was practically daring Kramnik to sack on g5. Its the kind of juicy tempting sack that anybody with an attacker's instinct make without thinking in a blitz game. Hardly the context here, but still.

Chalk one up for resourceful defence on the king side in a KID.

Jul-31-11  shach matov: <Nakamura spent a little less than month away from his training regimen for the WSOP, leaving about 4 days to get back into shape for Dortmund>

and after such a long leave he is murdering Kramnik right now. somebody call the police, there is a crime going on in Dortmund!

Jul-31-11  hchrist: Krammnik is winning. Pawn strucuture will rock...
Jul-31-11  geeker: Maybe 32. N:d6 would have led to liquidation, but 32. Ng5 caused the evaluation to go sharply negative. OMG!! Now Vlad's wonderful TPR will be spoiled!!!
Jul-31-11  shach matov: Complete domination by Naka... Kramnik after one of his best tourneys in a long time, will not sleep very well tonight. A crushing loss against Naka is like an icing made of manure for a otherwise nice cake.
Jul-31-11  zoren: whats Nakamura's performance now?
Jul-31-11  bronkenstein: Bravo Vlad! Just keep on playing like that , back in the 90s =).

If the next candidates final happens to be DRR 3-1-0 , this approach will truly shine there.

Jul-31-11  JoergWalter: it is a nice consolation to have beaten the winner in a otherwise disappointing tournament. thanks to both players for an exciting game.
Jul-31-11  sandtime: If 3points for a win 1 point for a draw, then would Pono come out ahead of liem and Giri or cant I add?
Jul-31-11  JoergWalter: <sandtime> your arithmetic is flawless.
Jul-31-11  themaverick: shach matov: Complete domination by Naka...
lolx
Krmnik could have easily drawn at move 32 by N*d6 btw
Jul-31-11  Nina Myers: <shach matov: Complete domination by Naka... lolx > This 7 year old boy surely lives in his own world.
Jul-31-11  frogbert: hm, why does kramnik feel obliged to make unsound piece sacrifices against nakamura, i wonder? 2nd time in less than a year! maybe he wanted too much to arrive at a 2800+ official rating again?

anyway, kudos to naka for fending off the attack and making a good finish in dortmund. :o)

Jul-31-11  DrMAL: Giri turned 17 a few weeks ago, fabulous performance by him. Naka burned up my Chessbucks on here (sob) but he had a good finish. Amazing play (sans last game) by Kramnik!
Jul-31-11  nimh: My guess is that Kramnik was desperate to prove to Naka that he can beat him in whatever type of game. If he persists, sooner or later this will succeed, but he'd have a minus score with Naka then. Naturally, being already the winner of the tournament made the decision easier.
Jul-31-11  redwhitechess: Le Quang Liem is the only undefeated! and true spirit of Dortmund (a usual drawish tournament, not this year....LOL)
Jul-31-11  AuN1: kramnik kind of embarrassed himself today. it is hard to root for him when he plays that recklessly and carelessly.
Jul-31-11  positionalgenius: <Aun1> Go ahead and go back to topalov then, please.
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