page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 30  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Naiditsch vs Bacrot ½-½ 42 2009 Dortmund C89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall 2. Carlsen vs Jakovenko 1-0 49 2009 Dortmund C67 Ruy Lopez 3. Leko vs Kramnik ½-½ 24 2009 Dortmund E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 4. Jakovenko vs Naiditsch 1-0 62 2009 Dortmund B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 5. Leko vs Carlsen ½-½ 25 2009 Dortmund A32 English, Symmetrical Variation 6. Kramnik vs Bacrot ½-½ 30 2009 Dortmund E15 Queen's Indian 7. Bacrot vs Jakovenko ½-½ 22 2009 Dortmund C67 Ruy Lopez 8. Carlsen vs Kramnik ½-½ 19 2009 Dortmund E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 9. Naiditsch vs Leko ½-½ 29 2009 Dortmund B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange 10. Jakovenko vs Leko ½-½ 22 2009 Dortmund E49 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Botvinnik System 11. Bacrot vs Carlsen ½-½ 46 2009 Dortmund D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 12. Naiditsch vs Kramnik 0-1 27 2009 Dortmund C42 Petrov Defense 13. Kramnik vs Jakovenko ½-½ 19 2009 Dortmund D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation 14. Leko vs Bacrot 1-0 39 2009 Dortmund E15 Queen's Indian 15. Carlsen vs Naiditsch 1-0 60 2009 Dortmund C67 Ruy Lopez 16. Jakovenko vs Carlsen ½-½ 45 2009 Dortmund B33 Sicilian 17. Bacrot vs Naiditsch ½-½ 24 2009 Dortmund E17 Queen's Indian 18. Kramnik vs Leko ½-½ 25 2009 Dortmund E55 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation 19. Naiditsch vs Jakovenko ½-½ 70 2009 Dortmund B35 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Modern Variation with Bc4 20. Carlsen vs Leko ½-½ 22 2009 Dortmund C88 Ruy Lopez 21. Bacrot vs Kramnik ½-½ 38 2009 Dortmund C42 Petrov Defense 22. Leko vs Naiditsch ½-½ 27 2009 Dortmund D39 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation 23. Jakovenko vs Bacrot 1-0 81 2009 Dortmund C89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall 24. Kramnik vs Carlsen 1-0 36 2009 Dortmund D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 25. Jakovenko vs Kramnik ½-½ 54 2009 Dortmund C42 Petrov Defense  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 30    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 50 OF 78 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jul-10-09    HFBA: <With rain in the forecast for the rest of the tournament, expect Carlsen to coast to victory, without much resistance from his competitors.> http://chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp... Jul-10-09    KKDEREK: Damn blunder. The game was a draw Jul-10-09    Magnusch: Everyone sees the win for Kramnik, except me.. :( Maybe I have the pieces wrong placed. Jul-10-09    visayanbraindoctor: Just came from work. Kramnik is attacking!? Looks decisive too. Jul-10-09    YouRang: Carlsen will resign any moment now. Jul-10-09    DCP23: <HFBA> Ho-ho-ho! Oh, yes... Underestimating Kramnik cost many top players dearly already. But they never learn. Jul-10-09    visayanbraindoctor: Kramnik - Carlsen 30...Nxb4 31.Rxe6+ click for larger view Kramnik on a King hunt. Jul-10-09    siamesedream: Kramnik - Carlsen 1-0. Jul-10-09    returnoftheking: Carlsen just does not like to defend. At any rate this keeps the tournament interesting. Jul-10-09    YouRang: Brilliant attack by Kramnik. Jul-10-09    Gambitor: Whitout counting repetitions, Kramnik get a winning position in 23 moves! Jul-10-09    visayanbraindoctor: 31. Rxe6+ fxe6 32. Qxe6+ Kd8 33. Qf6+ Kc8 34. Qxf5+ Kd8 35. Qf6+ Kc8 36. axb4 click for larger view And it's over. Kramnik - Carlsen 1-0 Jul-10-09    The Rocket: Carlsen demolished by vladimir. Jul-10-09    OneArmedScissor: Kramnik makes it look easy Jul-10-09    KKDEREK: What do you guys talking about? Carlsen blundered bad. Jul-10-09    acirce: Very well done. It was anything but obvious why ..Qc7 lost. Jul-10-09    newton296: this game is a reminder that kramnik and anand are still the top guys . kramnik just took carlsen into the jungle with the pawn sac f5! and the sweet Rd6! I bet carlsen couldnt find his way out now even if you gave him a compass . he is in the jungle for good ! Jul-10-09    KKDEREK: Still, great finish by Kramnik, He will probably take over Dortmund Jul-10-09    Magnusch: Playchess has 36.axb4 as the last move. Could that be correct? I think 36.Be6+ and then mate in two!? Why didn't Kramnik play that?? Jul-10-09    newton296: carlsen resigned Jul-10-09    siamesedream: Leko - Naiditsch 1/2. Jul-10-09    YouRang: <KKDEREK: What do you guys talking about? Carlsen blundered bad.> I suppose that all losses are due to some 'bad' move. But Carlsen's bad move certainly wasn't an easy move to calculate. The point is, Kramnik gained a very aggressive position which gave Carlsen excellent opportunities to miscalculate. He finally did, and Kramnik seized the moment sharply. That's a brilliant attack. :-) Jul-10-09    Dionyseus: <acirce> <Very well done. It was anything but obvious why ..Qc7 lost. > Should be obvious for a player near 2800. With 25...Qc5 white doesn't have anything, black can shuffle his king from f8 to g8 with no problems because if the white knight tries anything the black queen can capture the bishop. Jul-10-09    returnoftheking: The previous game Carlsen lost was also in a similar sharp position and by Queen moves to c7. Jul-10-09    Gambitor: It seems that after 25.Rd6 the only move was 25...Qc5, which leads to a draw. Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 78) < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 50 OF 78 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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