Dortmund Sparkassen Chess: Liem holds Kramnik to draw in opening round

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Hello Everyone,

The 38th edition of the Annual Sparkassen Chess-Meeting is taking place in Dortmund, Germany, from July 15-25, 2010. It is a six-player round robin, in which each player has to play two games against each other, one with white and one with black pieces. What makes the tournament more exciting is that draw offers are not allowed unless given by the arbiter. There would be a total of 10 rounds.

Here is the list of players with title, country, year of birth, rating.

1. Kramnik, Vladimir GM RUS 1975 2790

2. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar GM AZE 1985 2760

3. Ponomariov, Ruslan GM UKR 1983 2737

4. Leko, Peter GM HUN 1979 2735

5. Naiditsch, Arkadij GM GER 1985 2691

6. Le, Quang Liem GM VIE 1991 2689

Results of Round 1

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1. Ruslan Ponomariov-Peter Leko 1-0

2. Vladimir Kramnik-Le Quang Liem ½-½

3. Arkadij Naiditsch-Shak. Mamedyarov 0-1

Here is the nice Scotch game between Ponomariov and Leko. You can run it in our pgnplayer or watch it in flash below. Check the official website for more details.

PGN: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Ba6 9. Nd2 g6 10. Nf3 Qb4+ 11. Kd1 Rb8 12. Qc2 Ne7 13. b3 Bg7 14. Bd2 Qb6 15. c5 Qb7 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 17. Qc4 Qxc4 18. bxc4 h6 19. h4 d5 20. cxd6 cxd6 21. Bc3 d5 22. Kc2 c5 23. Rab1 O-O 24. Rxb8 Rxb8 25. cxd5 Nxd5 26. Rd1 Nb4+ 27. Bxb4 cxb4 28. Kb3 Bf8 29. Rd7 a5 30. Nd2 Rc8 31. Ne4 Bg7 32. Rd5 Re8 33. f4 f6 34. Nd6 Rd8 35. Rxa5 fxe5 36. fxe5 Bxe5 37. Rxe5 Rxd6 38. Kxb4 Rd2 39. a4 Rxg2 40. a5 Ra2 41. Kb5 Kf7 42. a6 Kf6 43. Re4 g5 44. Ra4 Rb2+ 45. Ka5 Rb8 46. h5 Rg8 47. a7 g4 48. Kb6 Kg5 49. a8=Q Rxa8 50. Rxa8 Kxh5 51. Kc5 Kg5 52. Kd4 Kf4 53. Kd3 Kf3 54. Rf8+ Kg2 55. Ke2 g3 56. Rh8 Kg1 57. Kf3 1-0

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