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Dortmund Sparkassen (2006) The 34th Dortmund Sparkassen Chess-Meeting took place in the Dortmunder Schauspielhaus in Dortmund, Germany 29 July - 6 August 2006. Rest days: July 31 and August 3. Games started at 3 pm, Round 7 at 1 pm local time. Time control: "Standard" (FIDE). World champion Vladimir Kramnik won the event for the 7th time, this time on SB tiebreak ahead of Peter Svidler, both with 4.5/7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 Kramnik 2743 * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 4½ 2 Svidler 2742 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 4½ 3 Adams 2732 ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 4 4 Leko 2738 0 ½ ½ * ½ 1 1 ½ 4 5 Gelfand 2729 ½ ½ 0 ½ * ½ 1 1 4 6 Naiditsch 2665 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ * ½ 1 3½ 7 Aronian 2761 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ * ½ 2½ 8 Jobava 2651 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ * 2 Category: XIX (2720). Chief arbiter: Andrzej Filipowicz The match Krush - Paehtz (2006) was won by the former with 3.5 to 2.5. The Open A swiss was won by Olaf Heinzel with 7.5/9. Official site: http://web.archive.org/web/20060902... Wikipedia: Wikipedia article: Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting#2006 ChessBase: https://en.chessbase.com/post/dortm... TeleSchach: http://teleschach.com/aktuelles/dtm... TWIC: https://theweekinchess.com/html/twi... FIDE: https://ratings.fide.com/tournament... USCF: http://www.uschess.org/content/view... Previous: Dortmund Sparkassen (2005). Next: Dortmund Sparkassen (2007)  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 28  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Gelfand vs Kramnik ½-½ 19 2006 Dortmund Sparkassen D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 2. Leko vs Naiditsch 1-0 34 2006 Dortmund Sparkassen E00 Queen's Pawn Game 3. Adams vs Aronian ½-½ 58 2006 Dortmund Sparkassen C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 4. Jobava vs Svidler 0-1 56 2006 Dortmund Sparkassen D80 Grunfeld 5. Aronian vs Kramnik ½-½ 43 2006 Dortmund Sparkassen D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted 6. Adams vs Jobava ½-½ 23 2006 Dortmund Sparkassen E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System 7. Svidler vs Leko ½-½ 23 2006 Dortmund Sparkassen B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 8. Naiditsch vs Gelfand   ½-½ 27 2006 Dortmund Sparkassen B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 9. Jobava vs Aronian   ½-½ 21 2006 Dortmund Sparkassen A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 10. Leko vs Adams ½-½ 25 2006 Dortmund Sparkassen E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 11. Gelfand vs Svidler   ½-½ 29 2006 Dortmund Sparkassen D85 Grunfeld 12. Kramnik vs Naiditsch ½-½ 44 2006 Dortmund Sparkassen E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 13. Adams vs Gelfand 1-0 117 2006 Dortmund Sparkassen B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 14. Aronian vs Naiditsch ½-½ 45 2006 Dortmund Sparkassen E20 Nimzo-Indian 15. Jobava vs Leko   ½-½ 22 2006 Dortmund Sparkassen E12 Queen's Indian 16. Svidler vs Kramnik ½-½ 39 2006 Dortmund Sparkassen C42 Petrov Defense 17. Kramnik vs Adams ½-½ 41 2006 Dortmund Sparkassen C42 Petrov Defense 18. Gelfand vs Jobava 1-0 113 2006 Dortmund Sparkassen B39 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Breyer Variation 19. Leko vs Aronian 1-0 63 2006 Dortmund Sparkassen C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation 20. Naiditsch vs Svidler ½-½ 59 2006 Dortmund Sparkassen C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed 21. Leko vs Gelfand ½-½ 24 2006 Dortmund Sparkassen B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen 22. Aronian vs Svidler 0-1 47 2006 Dortmund Sparkassen D80 Grunfeld 23. Jobava vs Kramnik 0-1 15 2006 Dortmund Sparkassen E12 Queen's Indian 24. Adams vs Naiditsch ½-½ 32 2006 Dortmund Sparkassen C55 Two Knights Defense 25. Kramnik vs Leko 1-0 48 2006 Dortmund Sparkassen E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 28    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 50 OF 51 ·  Later Kibitzing> Aug-07-06    chancho: <PinkPanther: By the way, why isn't anybody talking about Svidler's play?> Svidler played well. But people are talking more about Kramnik, because he won a tournament and now has Topalov coming up. It's similar to when Kasparov won Linares in 2005 and then announced his retirement. People were talking more about him than Topalov, who tied for first with Garry. Aug-07-06    suenteus po 147: <chancho> Agreed. Svidler's play in his two wins was impressive and great news for Grunfeld fans, and he played an excellent tournament. But yeah, he doesn't have the match with Topalov coming up either. Although it should be noted that this is the second time that Svidler tied with Kramnik for first at Dortmund. The first time was here: Game Collection: Dortmund 1998 Aug-07-06    acirce: I am pretty sure Kramnik is not back to his absolute best form. Actually he will probably never be. The most important thing is that at least all those blunders and mysterious ugly losses in 2005 seem to be a thing of the past and that he is back to his solid self. What he has shown is enough for me to doubtlessly consider him the favorite in Elista. I think it's actually either 16 games without a loss if you want to count from his comeback (9 in the Olympiad, 7 in Dortmund), or 21 if you want to count the last five rounds of the Russian Championships. Of course it's very far from his record yet! Aug-07-06    colp99: Does anyone know how much rating points Kramnik will recieve? Aug-07-06    chancho: <acirce> You're right, it's not 18, It's 20 straight. He drew the last 4 rounds. http://www.chess.gr/tourn/2005/Russ... Aug-07-06    acirce: <chancho> Last 5 rounds, that page is missing one. http://www.chessbase.com/eventartic... Aug-07-06    chancho: <acirce> He lost to Bareev in round 6. <7, 8, 9, 10,> he drew. Aug-07-06    acirce: <chancho> And round 11, see my link. That game is Khalifman vs Kramnik, 2005 Aug-07-06    chancho: <acirce> Ok, it's 21 straight. Aug-07-06    doremi: Quoted from FIDE web site: "Dortmunder Sparkassen Chess Meeting 2006, a category XIX Round Robin supertournament was held July 29 to August 6, 2006 in Dortmund, Germany. GMs averaging 2720 ELO Vladimir Kramnik, Peter Leko, Peter Svidler, Michael Adams, Boris Gelfand, Arkadij Naiditsch, Baadur Jobava, Levon Aronian were playing. Vladimir Kramnik of Russia, Classical Chess World Champion won the GM Supertournament" Note that FIDE acknowledges Kramnik as the "Classical Chess World Champion" Aug-07-06    square dance: <I am pretty sure Kramnik is not back to his absolute best form. Actually he will probably never be.> i started following live tournaments with wijk aan zee 2004 and this is the best stretch ive seen kramnik play. since he's been back he's only been worse 3 times out of 16 games, iirc, against bu, kamsky, and naiditsch, which is pretty impressive. i cant really say if he's back to his absolute best, but i think he's playing better than ive ever seen him play, which puts him in pre 2004 form. Aug-07-06    ronaldducalang: who won this tourney? Aug-07-06    s4life: some russians Aug-07-06    chessmoron: Why is Kramnik the winner? Is it suppose to be Svidler? He won 2 games when he's in black position. Aug-07-06    chancho: They both tied for first. Kramnik won on tiebreaks. Aug-07-06    chessmoron: Explain to me the rules of tiebreaks at Dortmund. Is it suppose to be the most wins in the black position wins? Aug-07-06    chancho: <chessmoron> I don't know how they worked it out. Kramnik won on tiebreaks though. http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/ Aug-07-06    jamesmaskell: As I understand it its based on results with each colour in mind. It has to be. Its certainly the most logical one. Aug-07-06    Marmot PFL: Sonneborn-Berger tiebreak used, means Kramnik's win over Leko counts for more than Svidler's over Aronian, because Leko had better score. Aug-07-06    jamesmaskell: Spank you <Marmot PFL>. Aug-07-06    Sneaky: <Sonneborn-Berger tiebreak used, means Kramnik's win over Leko counts for more than Svidler's over Aronian, because Leko had better score.> But one of Kramnik's wins was a 15 move giveaway against the lowest scoring participant! Oh well, I'm sure they did the math right. That's what I hate about Sonnenborn-Berger (and most of the tiebreak systems) ... they punish people on the basis of things that they have absolutely no control over. Aug-07-06    Knight13: I always pray in the tournaments to NOT pair me up against the lowest opponents... And I end up playing them. I pray to not play against the person that's too hard, and they pair me against them. So I guess next time I should pray the other way around! I hate this kind of pairings... I get them a lot! It's like the TD wants to! Aug-07-06    samikd: <Note that FIDE acknowledges Kramnik as the "Classical Chess World Champion"> Yeah but they also call Topalov 'the world champion'. I don't know what the hell the difference is between a world champion and a classical chess world champion. I dont even understand the meaning of the world classical here. All these classifications seem artificial and ridiculous to me Aug-07-06    doremi: IMHO, it would be more descriptive to talk about match world champion (Kramnik) and tournament world champion (Topalov) Aug-07-06    Knight13: More like Kramnik's the "unofficial" world champion and Topalov's the "official" world champion. Topalov fought his way on da top, and Kramnik sleeps all year and calls himself "world champion." 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