IM/WGM Yelena Dembo's Chess Academy

Friday Quiz

By Yelena Dembo | July 18, 2014 - 06:56 |July 18, 2014 Quiz

4 Comments

White to move

Dortmund 2014

By Yelena Dembo | July 17, 2014 - 07:19 |July 17, 2014 Dortmund 2014

Leave a comment

Caruana-Meier

(Photo taken from the official site)

Caruana won against Meier with a nice pawn storm on the king side in the French. He is leading with 3.5 points, Naiditsch is 2nd with 2.5, while Leko, Meier and Adams share 3rd with 2 points.

Results of the 4th round

Caruana 2.5 1-0 2 Meier
Adams 1.5 1/2 1 Ponomariov
Baramidze 1 1/2 1.5 Leko
Naiditsch 1.5 1/2 1 Kramnik

Games of the round

 [Event "42nd GM 2014"]  [Site "Dortmund GER"]  [Date "2014.07.16"]  [Round "4.1"]  [White "Caruana, Fabiano"]  [Black "Meier, Georg"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "C11"]  [WhiteElo "2789"]  [BlackElo "2632"]  [PlyCount "75"]  [EventDate "2014.07.12"]   1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4  Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. Qf2 Bxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Be3 Qa5 14. Kb1 b4 15.  Ne2 Qc7 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 a5 18. Bb5 Ba6 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. g4 a4 21. b3 Qc6  22. f5 Bb5 23. Rd2 axb3 24. cxb3 Ra3 25. Re1 Rfa8 26. Re3 Rc8 27. Qe1 Rc7 28.  Qd1 Ra8 29. Re1 Rac8 30. Qf3 Qa6 31. Red1 Qa3 32. Bb2 Qa6 33. Qe3 Kh8 34. f6  gxf6 35. exf6 Rg8 36. g5 h6 37. Rg1 Rcc8 38. g6 1-0

 [Event "42nd GM 2014"]  [Site "Dortmund GER"]  [Date "2014.07.16"]  [Round "4.2"]  [White "Adams, Michael"]  [Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "C65"]  [WhiteElo "2743"]  [BlackElo "2723"]  [PlyCount "108"]  [EventDate "2014.07.12"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. Be3 Bb6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8.  h3 O-O 9. Re1 h6 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Nf1 Rb8 12. b3 c5 13. Ng3 Nd7 14. c3 d5 15.  d4 cxd4 16. cxd4 Ba5 17. Bd2 Bxd2 18. Qxd2 dxe4 19. Rxe4 exd4 20. Rxd4 c5 21.  Rd3 Qc7 22. Nh5 Bf5 23. Qc3 f6 24. Re3 Bg6 25. Ng3 Nb6 26. Rae1 Nd5 27. Qc4 Bf7  28. Re4 Rb4 29. Qc1 Bg6 30. Rc4 Rc8 31. Nh4 Bd3 32. Ngf5 g6 33. Nxh6+ Kg7 34.  Ng4 g5 35. Qd2 Nf4 36. Rxb4 cxb4 37. Qxb4 Ne2+ 38. Rxe2 Bxe2 39. Nf5+ Kh8 40.  Ng3 a5 41. Qe4 Bxg4 42. Qxg4 Rd8 43. Qh5+ Qh7 44. Qf3 Qe7 45. Nf5 Qe1+ 46. Kh2  Kg8 47. Ne3 Qc3 48. g3 Rd2 49. Kg1 Rxa2 50. Qd5+ Kf8 51. Qd8+ Kf7 52. Qd7+ Kf8  53. Qd8+ Kf7 54. Qd7+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

 [Event "42nd GM 2014"]  [Site "Dortmund GER"]  [Date "2014.07.16"]  [Round "4.3"]  [White "Baramidze, David"]  [Black "Leko, Peter"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "E06"]  [WhiteElo "2616"]  [BlackElo "2737"]  [PlyCount "103"]  [EventDate "2014.07.12"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qa4 a6 8. Qxc4  b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Bd6 11. a3 Nbd7 12. b4 Ra7 13. Nc3 Qa8 14. Nh4 Bxg2 15.  Nxg2 c6 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Nb6 18. Rfc1 Rc8 19. Ra2 a5 20. bxa5 Nc4 21. Bb4  Bc7 22. Ne3 Nxe3 23. Qxe3 Bxa5 24. Bc5 Ra6 25. Rac2 h6 26. Qe4 Qb7 27. e3 Qd7  28. Bb4 Bd8 29. Rc3 Bf6 30. h4 Bd8 31. R1c2 Bf6 32. Rc1 Bd8 33. R1c2 Bf6 34.  Kg2 Bd8 35. Qe5 Bf6 36. Qc5 Rd8 37. Qh5 Rc8 38. Qc5 Rd8 39. Qh5 Rc8 40. Kh2 Rd8  41. Qf3 Rc8 42. Qh1 Qc7 43. Qe4 Qd7 44. Qh1 Qc7 45. Qe4 Qd7 46. h5 Bd8 47. Qh1  Bf6 48. Qc1 Rb6 49. Rc5 Be7 50. R5c3 Bf6 51. Rc5 Be7 52. R5c3 1/2-1/2

 [Event "42nd GM 2014"]  [Site "Dortmund GER"]  [Date "2014.07.16"]  [Round "4.4"]  [White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]  [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "C67"]  [WhiteElo "2705"]  [BlackElo "2777"]  [PlyCount "94"]  [EventDate "2014.07.12"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5  8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Bd7 13. g3 Rd8 14. Bg5  Nh6 15. Kg2 Bf5 16. Rxd8+ Bxd8 17. Bxd8 Kxd8 18. Rd1+ Ke7 19. Rd2 a5 20. Nd4  Bc8 21. f3 Rd8 22. g4 c5 23. Nb3 Rxd2+ 24. Nxd2 Ke6 25. Nc4 hxg4 26. hxg4 Bd7  27. a4 b6 28. Kg3 g5 29. b3 Bc6 30. f4 gxf4+ 31. Kxf4 Ng8 32. Ne4 Bxe4 33. Kxe4  Ne7 34. Nd2 Nd5 35. Nf3 Nc3+ 36. Kd3 Nd1 37. Ke2 Nc3+ 38. Kd3 Nd1 39. Ke2 Nc3+  40. Kd2 Nd5 41. c3 Nf4 42. Ke3 Nh3 43. c4 c6 44. Ke2 Nf4+ 45. Ke3 Nh3 46. Ke2  Nf4+ 47. Ke3 Nh3 1/2-1/2

Today is a rest day.

Pairings of the 5th round

Kramnik – Caruana
Leko – Naiditsch
Ponomariov – Baramidze
Meier – Adams

Official Site.

15th European Individual Women’s Chess Championship

By Yelena Dembo | July 17, 2014 - 07:10 |July 17, 2014 15th European Individual Women's Chess Championship

Leave a comment

Gunina-Kosintseva

(Photo taken from chessbase.com)

Gunina drew again but is still 1 point ahead before the last round.

Top 10 results of the 10th round

1 GM Gunina Valentina 2501 8 ½ – ½ 7 GM Kosintseva Tatiana 2476
2 GM Zhukova Natalia 2451 7 ½ – ½ 7 IM Melia Salome 2454
3 IM Muzychuk Mariya 2521 6½ 1 – 0 6½ WGM Szczepkowska-Horowska Karina 2369
4 GM Danielian Elina 2458 6½ ½ – ½ 6½ GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2488
5 IM Batsiashvili Nino 2417 6½ ½ – ½ 6½ IM Khurtsidze Nino 2460
6 GM Dzagnidze Nana 2541 6 1 – 0 6 IM Paehtz Elisabeth 2456
7 WGM Girya Olga 2493 6 0 – 1 6 WGM Kashlinskaya Alina 2441
8 IM Foisor Cristina-Adela 2383 6 ½ – ½ 6 IM Javakhishvili Lela 2474
9 IM Mkrtchian Lilit 2446 6 ½ – ½ 6 GM Socko Monika 2462
10 GM Hoang Thanh Trang 2490 5½ 1 – 0 5½ IM Gaponenko Inna 2380

Top 15 players after 10 rounds (of 11)

1 GM Gunina Valentina RUS 2501 8.5
2 GM Zhukova Natalia UKR 2451 7.5
3 IM Melia Salome GEO 2454 7.5
4 IM Muzychuk Mariya UKR 2521 7.5
5 GM Kosintseva Tatiana RUS 2476 7.5
6 IM Batsiashvili Nino GEO 2417 7.0
7 GM Dzagnidze Nana GEO 2541 7.0
8 GM Stefanova Antoaneta BUL 2488 7.0
9 WGM Kashlinskaya Alina RUS 2441 7.0
10 IM Khurtsidze Nino GEO 2460 7.0
11 GM Danielian Elina ARM 2458 7.0
12 IM Javakhishvili Lela GEO 2474 6.5
13 IM Foisor Cristina-Adela ROU 2383 6.5
14 IM Mkrtchian Lilit ARM 2446 6.5
15 WGM Szczepkowska-Horowska Karina POL 2369 6.5

Top 5 games of the round

 [Event "15th ch-EUR w 2014"]  [Site "Plovdiv BUL"]  [Date "2014.07.16"]  [Round "10.1"]  [White "Gunina, Valentina"]  [Black "Kosintseva, Tatiana"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "E60"]  [WhiteElo "2501"]  [BlackElo "2476"]  [PlyCount "147"]  [EventDate "2014.07.06"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c5 5. d5 b5 6. cxb5 a6 7. bxa6 d6 8. Nc3  O-O 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. O-O Nb6 11. e4 Bxa6 12. Re1 Nfd7 13. Qc2 Nc4 14. Bf4 Qa5  15. Rac1 Rfb8 16. b3 Nce5 17. Red1 Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 c4 19. Ne2 Nc5 20. Rb1 Nd3  21. Bd2 Qa3 22. Be3 Nb2 23. Bc1 cxb3 24. axb3 Rxb3 25. Nd4 Bxd4 26. Rxd4 Rc8  27. Qd2 Rd3 28. Rxd3 Qxd3 29. Qxd3 Nxd3 30. Be3 Ne5 31. Bg2 Kg7 32. f4 Nd3 33.  Rb6 Bc4 34. Rc6 Rxc6 35. dxc6 Nb4 36. c7 Ba6 37. Bf1 Bc8 38. Bb5 Kf6 39. Kf2 e5  40. Bb6 exf4 41. gxf4 Ke7 42. Ba5 Na6 43. Ke3 Nc5 44. Bb4 Na6 45. Bxa6 Bxa6 46.  e5 Kd7 47. exd6 Bc4 48. Kd4 Be6 49. Ke5 h5 50. h4 Bf5 51. Kf6 Ke8 52. Bc3 Be6  53. Kg7 Bd7 54. Bf6 Be6 55. Be7 Bd7 56. Kf6 Be6 57. Ke5 Kd7 58. Kd4 Kc6 59. Ke4  Kd7 60. Ke5 Kc6 61. Kf6 Kd7 62. Kg7 Ke8 63. Bf6 Bd7 64. Bd4 Be6 65. Bc5 Bd7 66.  Ba3 Be6 67. Kf6 Bf5 68. Ke5 Kd7 69. Kd5 Be6+ 70. Kc5 Bf5 71. Kb6 Kc8 72. Bb2  Bg4 73. Kc6 Bd7+ 74. Kd5 1/2-1/2

 [Event "15th ch-EUR w 2014"]  [Site "Plovdiv BUL"]  [Date "2014.07.16"]  [Round "10.2"]  [White "Zhukova, Natalia"]  [Black "Melia, Salome"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "D56"]  [WhiteElo "2451"]  [BlackElo "2454"]  [PlyCount "46"]  [EventDate "2014.07.06"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7  Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. g4 Rd8 11. Rg1 c5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. g5 Nxg5 14. Nxg5 hxg5  15. Qh5 f6 16. Bd3 Nc6 17. Qh7+ Kf8 18. Qh8+ Kf7 19. Qh5+ Kf8 20. Qh8+ Kf7 21.  Qh5+ Kf8 22. Qh8+ Kf7 23. Qh5+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

 [Event "15th ch-EUR w 2014"]  [Site "Plovdiv BUL"]  [Date "2014.07.16"]  [Round "10.3"]  [White "Muzychuk, Mariya"]  [Black "Szczepkowska-Horowska, Karina"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "A45"]  [WhiteElo "2521"]  [BlackElo "2369"]  [PlyCount "111"]  [EventDate "2014.07.06"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Nf6 5. dxc5 b6 6. e4 bxc5 7. Nc3 Nc6 8.  Bc4 e5 9. Be3 Be7 10. Nge2 O-O 11. Nd5 Nd4 12. c3 Nxe2 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. Qxe2  d6 15. O-O-O Ne8 16. h4 Be6 17. h5 f5 18. exf5 Rxf5 19. Qd3 Rf8 20. Rhe1 Qf7  21. Bxe6 Qxe6 22. Qa6 Qf7 23. h6 g6 24. Bg5 Rb8 25. f4 Rb6 26. Qa4 Nc7 27. fxe5  Rfb8 28. b3 d5 29. Qf4 Qxf4+ 30. Bxf4 Ne6 31. Be3 Rd8 32. b4 Ra6 33. Kb2 d4 34.  cxd4 cxd4 35. Bd2 Rb6 36. Rc1 d3 37. Rc4 Rf8 38. Re3 Rb5 39. Rxd3 Rxe5 40. Re3  Rd5 41. Bc3 Rf2+ 42. Kb3 Kf7 43. Rc6 Nd4+ 44. Bxd4 Rxd4 45. Rc7+ Kf6 46. Rxa7  Rxg2 47. Rxh7 Rh4 48. Rh8 Rgh2 49. Rf8+ Kg5 50. Rg3+ Rg4 51. Rxg4+ Kxg4 52. Rh8  g5 53. h7 Rh5 54. a4 Kh4 55. a5 g4 56. a6 1-0

 [Event "15th ch-EUR w 2014"]  [Site "Plovdiv BUL"]  [Date "2014.07.16"]  [Round "10.4"]  [White "Danielian, Elina"]  [Black "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "B06"]  [WhiteElo "2458"]  [BlackElo "2488"]  [PlyCount "147"]  [EventDate "2014.07.06"]   1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Be3 c6 4. Qd2 d5 5. e5 c5 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Bb5 cxd4 8. Qxd4  a6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Nf3 Nh6 11. Qc5 Bd7 12. O-O Nf5 13. Na4 Rb8 14. Rfe1 O-O  15. Qa3 Nxe3 16. Rxe3 Bh6 17. Ree1 Qa5 18. b3 Rfe8 19. c3 Bg4 20. Nd4 Qc7 21.  h3 Bc8 22. Qc5 Bd7 23. b4 Bf4 24. Nf3 Bh6 25. Qd4 Bf5 26. Nc5 Ra8 27. a4 a5 28.  g4 Bc8 29. Kg2 Ba6 30. e6 f6 31. h4 Qf4 32. b5 cxb5 33. Nxa6 Rxa6 34. axb5 Rb6  35. Rxa5 Reb8 36. Ra7 Kf8 37. g5 Qxd4 38. cxd4 Bg7 39. Rb1 Rxe6 40. Rd7 Rd6 41.  Rxd6 exd6 42. Kf1 Ke7 43. Ke2 Kd7 44. Kd3 Ra8 45. Rb3 Kc7 46. Rc3+ Kb7 47. Rc6  Ra3+ 48. Ke2 fxg5 49. Rxd6 Ra2+ 50. Kf1 Ra1+ 51. Kg2 g4 52. Nh2 Bxd4 53. Rxd5  Bf6 54. Rd7+ Kc8 55. Rxh7 Ra4 56. Rh6 Bd8 57. Nf1 Rb4 58. Ne3 Rxb5 59. Nxg4 Rh5  60. Kh3 Kd7 61. f4 Rxh6 62. Nxh6 Ke6 63. Kg3 Bc7 64. Kf3 Bd8 65. Kg4 Kf6 66.  Kg3 Bc7 67. Ng4+ Kf5 68. Ne3+ Ke4 69. Ng2 Kf5 70. Kf3 Bb6 71. Ne1 Bd8 72. Ng2  Bb6 73. Kg3 Bc7 74. Ne3+ 1/2-1/2

 [Event "15th ch-EUR w 2014"]  [Site "Plovdiv BUL"]  [Date "2014.07.16"]  [Round "10.5"]  [White "Batsiashvili, Nino"]  [Black "Khurtsidze, Nino"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "E11"]  [WhiteElo "2417"]  [BlackElo "2460"]  [PlyCount "130"]  [EventDate "2014.07.06"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Nc3 d6 6. g3 Nbd7 7. Bg2 e5 8. O-O  O-O 9. Rc1 Re8 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Rxc3 Ne4 12. Rd3 exd4 13. Rxd4 a4 14. Be3 Ndc5  15. Qc2 Bd7 16. Rdd1 Qc8 17. Nd4 Bh3 18. Bf4 h6 19. f3 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Ng5 21. e4  Qh3+ 22. Kh1 Nge6 23. Be3 Nxd4 24. Bxd4 b6 25. Rfe1 Nb3 26. Bc3 Re7 27. Qd3  Rae8 28. Qd5 Nc5 29. Rf1 Kh7 30. g4 Kg8 31. g5 Ne6 32. gxh6 Nf4 33. Qg5 Ne6 34.  Qf5 Qxh6 35. Rg1 f6 36. Rg4 Kf7 37. Rdg1 Rh8 38. R4g2 Rh7 39. Bd2 Qh5 40. Qxh5+  Rxh5 41. Be3 f5 42. exf5 Rxf5 43. Rg3 Re8 44. Bd2 Rh8 45. Bc3 Rh7 46. Bd2 Rh4  47. Rg4 Rxg4 48. fxg4 Rc5 49. Rc1 Re5 50. Re1 Rxe1+ 51. Bxe1 Kf6 52. Kg2 Ke5  53. Kf3 Nd4+ 54. Kg3 Ke4 55. h4 b5 56. cxb5 Nxb5 57. Bc3 Nxc3 58. bxc3 d5 59.  h5 c5 60. g5 Kf5 61. h6 gxh6 62. gxh6 Kg6 63. Kf4 Kxh6 64. Ke5 d4 65. cxd4 cxd4  1/2-1/2

Top 10 pairings of the last round

1 IM Muzychuk Mariya 2521 7½ – 8½ GM Gunina Valentina 2501
2 GM Kosintseva Tatiana 2476 7½ – 7½ GM Zhukova Natalia 2451
3 IM Melia Salome 2454 7½ – 7 GM Danielian Elina 2458
4 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2488 7 – 7 GM Dzagnidze Nana 2541
5 WGM Kashlinskaya Alina 2441 7 – 7 IM Batsiashvili Nino 2417
6 IM Khurtsidze Nino 2460 7 – 6½ IM Mkrtchian Lilit 2446
7 GM Socko Monika 2462 6½ – 6½ GM Hoang Thanh Trang 2490
8 IM Javakhishvili Lela 2474 6½ – 6½ WGM Daulyte Deimante 2405
9 WGM Szczepkowska-Horowska Karina 2369 6½ – 6½ IM Foisor Cristina-Adela 2383
10 IM Bodnaruk Anastasia 2429 6½ – 6 WGM Girya Olga 2493

Official Site.

Thursday Quiz

By Yelena Dembo | July 17, 2014 - 06:58 |July 17, 2014 Quiz

4 Comments

Black to move

Dortmund 2014

By Yelena Dembo | July 16, 2014 - 06:58 |July 16, 2014 Dortmund 2014

Leave a comment

Naiditsch-Caruana

(Photo taken from the official site)

All games were drawn today! Pay special attention to Kramnik-Baramidze when you study these games. Caruana remained in the lead (2.5 points), Meier is 2nd with 2, while Leko, Adams and Naiditsch share 3rd with 1.5 points.

Results of the 3rd round

Naiditsch 1 1/2 2 Caruana
Ponomariov 0.5 1/2 1.5 Meier
Leko 1 1/2 1 Adams
Kramnik 0.5 1/2 0.5 Baramidze

Games of the round

 [Event "42nd GM 2014"]  [Site "Dortmund GER"]  [Date "2014.07.15"]  [Round "3.1"]  [White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]  [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "C67"]  [WhiteElo "2705"]  [BlackElo "2789"]  [PlyCount "76"]  [EventDate "2014.07.12"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5  8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Bd7 10. Rd1 Be7 11. Nc3 Kc8 12. Bf4 b6 13. Rd2 Nh4 14. Nxh4  Bxh4 15. Ne4 h6 16. g4 Be7 17. Ng3 g6 18. Ne4 Be6 19. Nf6 a5 20. a3 a4 21. Re1  h5 22. Kg2 hxg4 23. hxg4 Ra5 24. Kg3 Rb5 25. c3 Rd8 26. Rxd8+ Kxd8 27. Bc1 Bxf6  28. exf6 Rd5 29. Re4 b5 30. Rd4 Rxd4 31. cxd4 Kd7 32. Bf4 Bb3 33. Kf3 Bd1+ 34.  Ke4 Bxg4 35. Ke5 Be6 36. Bd2 Bd5 37. f4 Be6 38. Bb4 Bd5 1/2-1/2

 [Event "42nd GM 2014"]  [Site "Dortmund GER"]  [Date "2014.07.15"]  [Round "3.2"]  [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]  [Black "Baramidze, David"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "E07"]  [WhiteElo "2777"]  [BlackElo "2616"]  [PlyCount "105"]  [EventDate "2014.07.12"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. Qd3 c6 8. O-O  b6 9. b3 a5 10. e4 Ba6 11. e5 Ne8 12. h4 h6 13. Rd1 b5 14. cxb5 cxb5 15. Ne2 b4  16. Qe3 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 a4 18. Be3 Qa5 19. Rac1 Nc7 20. Nh2 Rfc8 21. Qg4 Kf8 22.  f4 Qb6 23. Nf3 Nb5 24. Rxc8+ Rxc8 25. f5 axb3 26. axb3 Rc3 27. f6 Rxe3 28.  Qxg7+ Ke8 29. fxe7 Rxf3 30. Bxf3 Nxd4 31. Kg2 Nf5 32. Qh8+ Kxe7 33. Rc1 Qd8 34.  Rc8 Qxh8 35. Rxh8 Nxe5 36. Bh5 Kf6 37. Rb8 Nc6 38. Rb7 Nfe7 39. Kf2 e5 40. g4  Ke6 41. g5 hxg5 42. hxg5 e4 43. Ke3 Kf5 44. Bxf7 Kxg5 45. Bxd5 Nxd5+ 46. Kxe4  Nde7 47. Rb6 Kf6 48. Kd3 Ke6 49. Kc4 Kd6 50. Kb5 Kd5 51. Ka4 Kd4 52. Rxb4+ Nxb4  53. Kxb4 1/2-1/2

 [Event "42nd GM 2014"]  [Site "Dortmund GER"]  [Date "2014.07.15"]  [Round "3.3"]  [White "Leko, Peter"]  [Black "Adams, Michael"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "C67"]  [WhiteElo "2737"]  [BlackElo "2743"]  [PlyCount "66"]  [EventDate "2014.07.12"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5  8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Bd7 10. Rd1 Be7 11. g4 Nh4 12. Nxh4 Bxh4 13. Nd2 Kc8 14.  Nf3 Be7 15. Bg5 Bc5 16. Rd3 Be6 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. Rxe3 Kd7 19. Rd1+ Ke7 20. Nd4  Rad8 21. Red3 g6 22. Nxe6 Rxd3 23. Rxd3 Kxe6 24. f4 h5 25. Kg2 hxg4 26. hxg4 a5  27. Kg3 Rh1 28. Rd8 g5 29. fxg5 Rg1+ 30. Kf3 Rf1+ 31. Kg3 Rg1+ 32. Kf3 Rf1+ 33.  Kg3 Rg1+ 1/2-1/2

 [Event "42nd GM 2014"]  [Site "Dortmund GER"]  [Date "2014.07.15"]  [Round "3.4"]  [White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]  [Black "Meier, Georg"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "C11"]  [WhiteElo "2723"]  [BlackElo "2632"]  [PlyCount "76"]  [EventDate "2014.07.12"]   1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Nxf6+ Bxf6  8. Qd2 Bxg5 9. Nxg5 Nf6 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Be2 b6 12. Bf3 Rb8 13. Kb1 h6 14. Ne4  Bb7 15. Rhe1 Bxe4 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. Rxe4 Qd5 18. Qf4 Rbd8 19. Rd3 Rd7 20. h4  Rfd8 21. b3 Qf5 22. Qxf5 exf5 23. Rf4 g6 24. c4 Kg7 25. Kc2 Kf6 26. g4 c5 27.  d5 Re7 28. Re3 Rxe3 29. fxe3 Ke5 30. Kd3 Rg8 31. Ke2 f6 32. Kf3 fxg4+ 33. Rxg4  f5 34. Rg1 a5 35. Rg2 Rg7 36. Rg1 Rg8 37. Rg2 Rg7 38. Rg1 Rg8 1/2-1/2

Pairings of the 4th round

Caruana – Meier
Adams – Ponomariov
Baramidze – Leko
Naiditsch – Kramnik

Official Site.

IM/WGM Yelena Dembo's Chess Academy

Friday Quiz

Dortmund 2014

15th European Individual Women’s Chess Championship

Thursday Quiz

Dortmund 2014

Looking for lessons?

Game analysis with verbal comments and suggestions on what to improve and how

Just US$ 5 for monthly subscription to weekly e-mails with middlegame/endgame material

Don’t know how to study chess or what to study to improve?

Just US$ 5 for monthly subscription to fresh opening ideas & updated theoretical lines sent weekly by e-mail!

Want to learn to play the middlegame or endgame well?

Special price for middlegame books with very interesting verbal explanations

Recent Posts

Archives

Looking for lessons?

Game analysis with verbal comments and suggestions on what to improve and how

Just US$ 5 for monthly subscription to weekly e-mails with middlegame/endgame material

Don’t know how to study chess or what to study to improve?

Just US$ 5 for monthly subscription to fresh opening ideas & updated theoretical lines sent weekly by e-mail!

Want to learn to play the middlegame or endgame well?

Special price for middlegame books with very interesting verbal explanations

Recent Posts

Archives

Categories