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https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2019...mniachtchi_Ian Lenier Dominguez had a big win over Nepo in rd 3 to take the clear lead at Dortmund. (I hope there isnt another thread on Dortmund)
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Dortmund Sparkassen 2019
July 16, 2019
Hans, there are just too many tournaments this summer!
I have given the nice draw between Radjabov and Wojtaszek in Games from Recent Events
https://forum.chesstalk.com/forum/ch...-events/page13
Round 1, July 13
Dominguez, Leinier – Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter
B46 Sicilian, Taimanov variation
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Qf3 Bb4 8.Nxc6 bxc6 9.Bd3 e5 10.Qg3 d6 11.O-O Nh5 12.Qf3 Nf6 13.Qg3 Nh5 14.Qf3 Nf6 15.Na4 Ba5 16.h3 O-O 17.Rad1 h6 18.Qg3 Nh5 19.Qf3 Nf6 20.Bc4 Bc7 21.Bc5 Re8 22.Rfe1 Rb8 23.Qa3 d5 24.exd5 cxd5 25.Bxd5 Nxd5 26.c4 Ba5 27.Rxd5 Qh4 28.Be7 Rxe7 29.Rxa5 Re6 30.Raxe5 Qxc4 31.Nc5 Rg6 32.Qf3 Qxa2 33.Re8+ Kh7 34.b3 Qd2 35.Qxf7 Rf6 36.Qg8+ Kg6 37.R8e2 Qf4 38.Nd3 1-0
Round 1, July 13
Rapport, Richard – Nepomniachtchi, Ian
A30 English, symmetrical
1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.g3 e5 6.Nb5 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Bc5 8.N1c3 O-O 9.Bg2 a6 10.Na3 d6 11.O-O h6 12.Nc2 Be6 13.b3 d5 14.cxd5 Nxd5 15.Nxd5 Bxd5 16.Bg5 hxg5 17.Qxd5 Qe7 18.Rfd1 Rad8 19.Qc4 b5 20.Qe4 Nd4 21.Nxd4 Bxd4 22.Rac1 b4 23.e3 Bc3 24.Rd3 g6 25.Rcd1 Rxd3 26.Qxd3 Kg7 27.a4 Qf6 28.Qd7 a5 29.Be4 Qe6 30.Qxe6 fxe6 31.g4 Kf6 32.Rd7 Rc8 33.Bd3 e4 34.Bxe4 Be5 35.Bd3 Rc7 36.Rd8 Rc1+ 37.Kg2 Rd1 38.Rd7 Rd2 39.h3 Bb8 40.Kf1 Bh2 41.Ke1 Rb2 42.Bc4 Bg1 43.Rd6 Bxf2+ 44.Kd1 Bg1 45.Rxe6+ Kg7 46.e4 Rh2 47.e5 Rxh3 48.Re7+ Kf8 49.Rf7+ Ke8 50.e6 Re3 51.Kd2 Kd8 52.Rf1 Rg3 53.Rf8+ Ke7 54.Rf7+ Kd6 55.Rd7+ Kc6 56.Bd5+ 1-0
Round 3, July 16
Dominguez, Leinier – Nepomniachtchi, Ian
B12 Caro-Kann
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.dxc5 e6 5.Bd3 Bxc5 6.Qg4 Ne7 7.b4 h5 8.Qf4 Bb6 9.Nf3 Nbc6 10.Nbd2 a5 11.b5 Nb4 12.Ba3 Nxd3+ 13.cxd3 Bd7 14.Qa4 Nf5 15.Rc1 g5 16.h3 Rc8 17.Rxc8 Qxc8 18.Ke2 Qb8 19.Nb3 Qa7 20.Rc1 g4 21.hxg4 hxg4 22.Qxg4 Bxf2 23.Nc5 Bg3 24.Rh1 Rf8 25.Rh5 1-0
Chessbomb kibitzers
- very enterprising line by LD (original?)
- Dominguez will enter top 10 after this game
- Nepo’s games are always 1-0 or 0-1
- Nepo needs a rest
- It’s over
- Congrats Leini
- LD just created new theory (for the databases)
- Dominguez up to #8 in the world ahead of Aronian, Grischuk, Mamedyarov, Anand, Kramnik and Nakamura
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You are right Wayne. Too many tournaments in the summer. Its peak organizing season. As a fan Im not complaining but I cant follow them all. You're doing a great job posting and Im glad your doing it. Not all the tournaments need posting, its sometimes hard to decide if they are important enough.Comment
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Dortmund Sparkassen 2019
July 16, 2019
Round 6
Round 6, July 20
Nepomniachtchi, Ian – Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter
C42 Petrov, Nimzowitsch Attack
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 O-O 8.Qd2 Qe8 9.h4 Qa4 10.h5 h6 11.Bd3 Re8 12.Kf1 Bf8 13.Nd4 Qd7 14.Rh3 Nc6 15.Rg3 Kh8 16.Nxc6 bxc6 17.Bd4 Re6 18.Qf4 Qe8 19.Re3 1-0
Chess24 - Ian Nepomniachtchi got back to 50% in #DortmundChess with a 19-move crush today, but it looks like Dominguez will survive a tough test to remain the sole leader going into tomorrow's final round!
Round 6, July 20
Dominguez, Leinier – Kulaots, Kaido
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e6 7.Be3 b5 8.Qd2 Nbd7 9.g4 h6 10.a3 Bb7 11.O-O-O Rc8 12.Kb1 d5 13.exd5 Nxd5 14.Nxd5 Bxd5 15.a4 Bc5 16.axb5 O-O 17.Be2 axb5 18.Nxb5 Qb6 19.Bxc5 Rxc5 20.c4 Bxc4 21.Bxc4 Rxc4 22.Qxd7 Rb4 23.Rd6 Qxb5 24.Qxb5 Rxb5 25.Rhd1 g5 26.Rd8 Rb3 27.Kc2 Rxf3 28.b4 Ra3 29.b5 Ra5 30.Rxf8+ Kxf8 31.Rb1 Ke7 32.b6 Ra8 33.Kd3 Kd6 34.Ke4 Rb8 35.b7 Kc6 36.Rc1+ Kxb7 37.Rf1 Kc6 38.Rxf7 Kd6 39.Rf6 Rb4+ 40.Kf3 Rb3+ 41.Kg2 Rb2+ 42.Kg3 Rb3+ 43.Kg2 Rb2+ 44.Kg3 Rb3+ 1/2-1/2
Position after Black’s 16…..O-O
Here it looked as if White was lost.
Chessbomb kibitzers
- Black is definitely. It is only a matter of if Black can figure out the best way to execute it. Even a sub par execution is still a nice plus.
- Gary Kasparov would kill for this black position. And he would win it quickly.
- No shame losing to the world's strongest amateur
- He's an amateur because he has a real job - not a professional
- Well in that case both McShane and Malakhov are higher rated amateurs.
- I was talking about McShane
- Luke is a banker or barrister? I know V Malakhov is a physicist by training.
- this is a mess for white, now. amazing how one innocuous (?) looking move (17.Be2) ruined everything
- this looks fairly drawish imo. Leinier is a known R+p endgame technician so i betting he can save this one
- I don't see how you can say this is drawish... we are a long long long way from a R+p endgame.
- come oon, even I understand immediately, that queen trade is all white needed. very poor decision
- Wow, Kulaots blew it!
- I expect Leinier to win here, but Kaido is kind of a wild card, it seems
- was 28...b4 the last shout of a dying swan?
- I don't know why but when I read "Kaldo Kulaots" I always think of "Lando Calrissian"
- In his place I would have taken the draw and be ahead 0.5 for last round. He already dodged a bullet , so no need to tempt it
- Well, what I am seeing is pretty much a draw once white pawn reaches b7 which I expect to happen. With repetition.
- 28...f5 to make this game more entertaining!
- So they agreed to a draw
Standings after Round Six
1 Dominguez 4
2-4 Rapport, Radjabov, Wojtaszek 3.5
5 Nepo 3
6 Fridman 2.5
7-9 Kulaots, Nisipeanu 2
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Recall that Kulaots with a rating of 2542 won the Aeroflot Open in February, 2019
See:
https://forum.chesstalk.com/forum/ch...pen-2019/page2
Laurent Fressinet and Jan Gustafsson were commentating on Dortmund and someone chatted in a question about Baadur Jobava’s present rating.
It is 2594 – a long way down from 2714 at the end of 2017. Jan said that he thinks he has had some family troubles, but did not elaborate, of course.
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Lenier Dominguez wins Dortmund. It caught me by surprise because its only 7 rounds. Why 7 rounds? (why not 9?)Comment
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Dortmund 2019
July 21, 2019
Round Seven
The final round games:
Round 7, July 21
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter – Rapport, Richard
C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Be7 5.O-O Nf6 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.a3 a5 9.Nc3 Rb8 10.a4 b4 11.Nd5 Nxd5 12.Bxd5 Bd7 13.Ng5 Bxg5 14.Qh5 Qf6 15.Bxg5 Qg6 16.Qxg6 hxg6 17.c3 Ne7 18.Bc4 f6 19.Be3 g5 20.d4 Ng6 21.d5 bxc3 22.b3 c5 23.dxc6 Bxc6 24.f3 Nf4 25.Rfd1 Ke7 26.Rac1 Rhc8 27.Rxc3 d5 28.exd5 Bxd5 29.Bxf4 Bxc4 30.Bxe5 Rxb3 31.Bd4 Rb4 32.Rdc1 Ke6 33.Bf2 Rxa4 34.Bb6 Rb8 35.Bc7 Rbb4 36.Bxa5 Rxa5 37.Rxc4 Rxc4 38.Rxc4 Ke5 1/2-1/2
Round 7, July 21
Kulaots, Kaido – Radjabov, Teimour
C18 French, Winawer, Advance
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Qg4 Qc7 8.Qxg7 Rg8 9.Qxh7 cxd4 10.Ne2 Nbc6 11.h4 Bd7 12.f4 dxc3 13.h5 O-O-O 14.Qd3 d4 15.h6 Rg6 16.h7 Rh8 17.Nxd4 Nxd4 18.Qxd4 Bc6 19.Bd3 Rxg2 20.Be3 Rg7 21.Rh3 Nf5 22.Bxf5 exf5 23.Qxa7 Rgxh7 24.Rxh7 Rxh7 25.O-O-O b6 26.Qa6+ Bb7 27.Qb5 Bc6 28.Qb3 Kb7 29.Qxc3 Rh1 30.Rxh1 Bxh1 31.Qb3 Be4 32.a4 Ka6 33.Qb5+ Kb7 34.c4 Qc6 35.Kb2 Qxb5+ 36.axb5 Bd3 37.Kc3 Be2 38.Kb4 Bf1 39.c5 bxc5+ 40.Kxc5 Be2 1/2-1/2
Round 7, July 21
Fridman, Daniel – Nepomniachtchi, Ian
D82 Grunfeld
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 c5 6.dxc5 Qa5 7.Rc1 Ne4 8.cxd5 Nxc3 9.Qd2 Qxa2 10.bxc3 Qa5 11.Nf3 Nd7 12.Bc4 Nxc5 13.O-O O-O 14.Be5 Bxe5 15.Nxe5 f6 16.Ra1 Qb6 17.Nf3 Kh8 18.Qd4 Qc7 19.e4 b5 20.d6 Qxd6 21.Bxb5 Bb7 22.Qxd6 exd6 23.Nd2 Nxe4 24.Nxe4 Bxe4 25.Rfe1 Bf5 26.Ra6 Rfd8 27.Re7 Rdb8 28.c4 Rb6 29.Rxb6 axb6 30.h3 Ra1+ 31.Kh2 Ra2 32.Kg1 Rb2 33.Re8+ Kg7 34.Rd8 Rd2 35.Rb8 h5 36.Rxb6 h4 37.Rb7+ Kh6 38.Re7 Rd1+ 39.Kh2 Rd4 40.Re1 Kg5 41.Rc1 Rd2 42.Bc6 Bc2 43.f3 f5 44.Be8 Kf6 45.Bc6 Ke5 46.Be8 g5 47.Re1+ Kf4 48.Bf7 Bd3 49.Bd5 Rc2 50.Ra1 Ke3 51.Ra6 Bf1 52.f4 g4 53.hxg4 fxg4 54.Kg1 g3 55.Ra1 Bd3 56.Rd1 Kxf4 57.Re1 Re2 58.Rc1 Ke3 59.Bf3 Rb2 0-1
Position after Black’s 45….Ke5
Round 7, July 21
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw – Dominguez, Leinier
D35 QGD, Exchange variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 c5 7.Rb1 Be7 8.Nf3 O-O 9.Bc4 Qc7 10.Qe2 a6 11.Bd3 b5 12.O-O Nd7 13.a4 bxa4 14.d5 exd5 15.exd5 Nf6 16.c4 Bg4 17.h3 Bh5 18.g4 Bg6 19.Bxg6 hxg6 20.Re1 Bd6 21.Qc2 Qd7 22.Ne5 Bxe5 23.Rxe5 Rab8 24.Rxb8 Rxb8 25.Re3 Qb7 26.Ba3 Qb1+ 27.Qxb1 Rxb1+ 28.Kg2 Nd7 29.Re7 Rb3 30.Rxd7 Rxa3 31.Rc7 Rc3 32.Rc8+ Kh7 33.Rxc5 a3 34.Ra5 Rxc4 35.Kf3 Rd4 36.Ke3 Rd1 37.Ke2 Rd4 38.Ke3 Rd1 39.Rxa3 Rxd5 40.Rxa6 1/2-1/2
Final Standings
1 Dominguez 4.5
2-5 Nepo, Wojtaszek, Rapport, Radjabov 4
6-8 Nisipeanu, Kulaots, Fridman 2.5
Dominguez wins with Nepo not far behind
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