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SEPTEMBER 2005

VOLUME 70 NO.6

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A SURPRISE WINNER IN DORTMUND!

by James Coleman

he Category 19 Dortmund

Sparkassen Chess Meeting

was held between July 8 th to

17 th and featured six of the

world’s top ten Grandmasters. Pre-

tournament favourites were Bulgarian

World Number Three Veselin Topalov

—fresh from his recent victory at the

M-Tel Masters, as well as two time

Dortmund Champion Peter Leko and

World Champion Vladimir Kramnik—

though the latter would be the first to

admit that his recent form has been poor

by his standards. Other competitors

included super-tournament regulars

Svidler, Adams and Van Wely as well as

some other players who are highly suc-

cessful in strong Open Tournaments

such as Peter Heine Nielsen and Emil

Sutovsky. The local favourite, nineteen

year old Arkadij Naiditsch was partici-

pating for the third year in the Super

Tournament.

With so many experienced Super

Grandmasters competing it was always

going to be difficult to pick a likely

winner, though there were several play-

ers that it was felt were playing “for the

experience” and were not quite yet

ready to win a tournament of this cali-

bre. And yet it turned out that it was one

of these players, teenager Arkadij

Naiditsch, the lowest rated player in the

tournament who re-wrote the record

books with a stunning tournament

victory scoring 5| points out of 9. So

surprising was this result I scanned the

record books to find something compa-

rable—one that comes to mind is Glenn

Flear’s historic tournament victory at

the Philips and Drew Tournament in

London 1986, when he was brought in

as a last minute reserve and topped a

field of World Class players. Though,

unlike the British GM, I don’t believe

that Naiditsch went out during one of

his games to get married—but that’s

another story...

As far as I know, it is also the first

time for over eighty years that a

German player has won an event of this

stature. Lasker’s victory in New York

1924 comes to mind but I dont recall

anything since.

Naiditsch made the best possible start

as Sutovsky fell victim to some prepa-

ration in a sharp Sveshnikov.

Sparkassen Chess Meeting, Dortmund

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1 A.Naiditsch Germany 2612 X 0 | | | | | 1 1 1 5|

2 V.Topalov Bulgaria 2788 1 X | 1 | 0 0 1 | | 5

3 E.Bacrot France 2729 | | X 0 | 1 1 | 1 0 5

4 L.Van Wely Holland 2655 | 0 1 X | | 1 0 1 | 5

5 P.Svidler Russia 2738 | | | | X | | 1 | | 5

6 V.Kramnik Russia 2744 | 1 0 | | X | | 0 1 4|

7 M.Adams England 2719 | 1 0 0 | | X | | 1 4|

8 P.Leko Hungary 2763 0 0 | 1 0 | | X | 1 4

9 E.Sutovsky Israel 2674 0 | 0 0 | 1 | | X | 3|

10 P.H.Nielsen Denmark 2668 0 | 1 | | 0 0 0 | X 3

This is one of many main lines in the

Sveshnikov. Here 10 Íxf6 is the main

move when Black should take with the

bishop with a more positional struggle.

10 ... Ìxe7 11 Íd3 Íb7 12 Íxf6

gxf6 13 Ëh5 d5 14 0-0-0! d4

14 ... f5?! 15 exd5 e4 16 d6!.

15 Ìb1 Ëa5 16 a3 b4

16 ... Îc8! was suggested by Shipov,

but I cannot immediately see why it’s

any better.

17 Ëh6 Ìg6 18 g3

Preparing to play f4 and open lines.

18 ... Îb8 19 f4

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19 ... b3!?

Tempting but it is uncertain if it’s

best. Black gets all sorts of sacrificial

possibilities which doubtless appealed

to Sutovsky who qualified for this tour-

nament by sacrificing lots of pieces and

winning the Aeroflot Open in Moscow.

If 19 ... Íc6 20 f5 bxa3 21 Ìxa3

Ëb4 22 fxg6 Ëxb2+ 23 Êd2 Ëxa3

24 g7± and White’s king will be

remarkably safe on e2.

Sutovsky suggested 19 ... bxa3!=.

Let’s see. 20 Ìxa3 Ëb4 (b2 is very

weak) 21 Ìc4 Íxe4 (At first sight this

loses but if it does not work there is

nothing else) 22 Íxe4 Ëxc4 23 f5

A) 23 ... Îxb2! secures the draw:

24 Êxb2 (24 fxg6 Ëb4! 25 gxf7+ Êe7

and wins) 24 ... Ëb4+ 25 Êc1 Ëa3+

26 Êd2 Ìf4!! (A fantastic resource and

the only move. Black blocks the

queen’s defence of e3, leaving White

with nothing better than to defend

against the mate and allow a perpetual)

27 Îhe1 Ëc3+ 28 Êc1 with a draw.

B) 23 ... Êe7 would be an ambitious

attempt to win: 24 fxg6 (24 Íd3 Ëb4

25 b3 Ëc3 26 Îde1 might be less risky

though Black still has a very large

initiative) 24 ... hxg6 25 Ëd2

(Fantastic, White has to trap his own

king to save the queen!) 25 ... Ëa2 26

Ëe1 Îxb2 with three pawns for a piece

and a raging attack.

20 c4! dxc3 21 Ìxc3 Îc8 22 f5

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22 ... Ìe7?

This loses, the immediate sacrifice

was much more promising: 22 ... Îxc3+

23 bxc3 Ëxa3+ 24 Êd2 Ìe7 25 Ëxf6

0-0! and White has at least a draw but

Black is just about on the board .

23 Ëxf6 Îxc3+ 24 Êb1! Îg8

25 bxc3 Ëxa3 26 Ëb6

Remarkably Black has nothing.

26 ... Ëa2+ 27 Êc1 Êf8 28 f6 1-0

Arkadij Naiditsch White

Emil Sutovsky Black

Sicilian Defence

Michael Adams White

Veselin Topalov Black

Petroff Defence

1 e4 c5 2 Ìf3 Ìc6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Ìxd4

Ìf6 5 Ìc3 e5 6 Ìdb5 d6 7 Íg5 a6

8 Ìa3 b5 9 Ìd5 Íe7 10 Ìxe7

1 e4 e5 2 Ìf3 Ìf6 3 d4

4 CHESS September 2005

PHOTO: JOHN HENDERSON

Did Arkadij Naiditsch achieve the best German

result since Emanuel Lasker’s win

at New York 1924?

Squeeze.

19 ... Ëf7 20 Íf4

Trying to exchange the good bishop

by 20 Îxb7 Íh2+ 21 Êxh2 Ëxb7 22

Îe6 gives some compensation but there

is no need to sacrifice at this stage.

Adams has a stable advantage with f5

weak and the black bishops passive in

comparison to White’s.

20 ... Ía5! 21 Îec1 Íh5 22 Ëg3 b5

23 cxb6 Íxb6 24 c3

24 Íxh6?? f4 25 Ëg5 Íd8 26 Ëe5

gxh6.

24 ... Êh7 25 Íe5 Ëg6 26 Ëf4

Adams avoids a queen exchange as

his king is the safer.

26 ... Îae8 27 Îe1 Êg8 28 f3!

Threat g4.

28 ... Ëf7

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29 Íd6

The killer move because the e7

square and the f5 pawn cannot both be

held.

29 ... Îxe1+ 30 Îxe1 Îe8

30 ... Îd8 31 Íb4 Íg6 32 Îe7.

31 Îxe8+ Ëxe8 32 Íe5

32 Ëxf5? Ëe1+ 33 Êh2 Ëxh4+ gets

the queens off and Black escapes. Now

there is no counterplay.

32 ... Íg6 33 Íxf5

33 h5 was a tempting alternative.

Perhaps Adams felt the position after

33 ... Íxh5 34 Ëxf5 Íg6 35 Ëxg6

Ëxe5 was a little bit loose, though after

36 Êf2 he has a good position as c6

cannot be satisfactorily defended.

33 ... Ëf7 34 Íc8 Ëxf4 35 Íxf4

Ía5

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36 Íb8

This wins because an outside passed

pawn is created. Black could have pre-

vented it but then would have been

totally tied down.

36 ... a6

36 ... Íb6 37 Íb7 Íe8 38 Êf2 Êf7

39 Êe3 and Black is completely passive

A less common move order than

3 Ìxe5 d6 4 Ìf3 Ìxe4.

3 ... Ìxe4 4 Íd3 d5

4 ... Ìc6!? 5 Íxe4 d5 is Murey’s

incredible idea which succeeded at first

but White has a few paths to an advan-

tage, one of which is 6 Ìxe5 Ìxe5

7 dxe5 dxe4 8 Ëxd8+ Êxd8 and White

is slightly better in the ending.

5 Ìxe5 Ìd7

5 ... Íd6 Is another popular main

line, the two lines often transpose as is

the case in this game after Black’s

seventh move.

6 Ìxd7 Íxd7 7 0-0 Íd6 8 Ìc3

8 Îe1 allows an immediate draw: 8 ...

Íxh2+ 9 Êxh2 Ëh4+.

8 ... Ìxc3 9 bxc3 0-0

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On the face of it Black stands well

with a slight lead in development and

better pawns. White’s next move is

what changes the assessment.

10 Ëh5

Hitting d5 and f5 and forcing a weak-

ness though the exchange of knights

reduces the value of the outpost of e5.

Theory considers this position to be

slightly better for White.

10 ... f5

The Íd7 is now condemned to a

passive existence.

11 Îe1 c6

11 ... Ëf6 intending Îae8 is more

consistent. 12 Ëf3 Êh8 13 Ëxd5

(13 Íf4 is better.) 13 ... Íc6 is a risky

pawn grab for White.

12 Íg5 Ëc7 13 c4 Íe8

13 ... Íb4 14 Îe2 Íc3 15 Îd1 Íxd4

16 cxd5 cxd5 17 Ëf3 Ëa5 18 c4! with

the intiaitive and if 18 ... Íc6 19 Íe7.

14 Ëh3 h6

14 ... dxc4 was previously played,

intending to avoid the kind of clamp

that White effects in this game.

15 Íd2 Ëf7 16 c5 Íc7 17 Îab1

Ëd7

Alternatives are 17 ... Îb8!? and 17 ...

b6, met by 18 cxb6 axb6 19 Íb4.

18 Ëf3 Íg6 19 h4!

September 2005 CHESS 5

PHOTO: JOS SUTMULLER

4 ... d6

4 ... Íc5 is the

other main line and

my usual choice

though it’s purely

a matter of taste,

5 c3 (5 Íxc6 dxc6 6

Ìxe5?? Ëd4) 5 ... 0-0

6 0-0 d6 7 h3 Ìe7

8 d4 Íb6 9 Îe1 Ìg6

and White was

no more than

fractionally better in

Velikhanli-

J.Coleman, Abu

Dhabi Open 2004, as

well as several other

games. Black has

never lost this posi-

tion according to my

database.

5 0-0 g6 6 d4

I think a natural

question would be to

wonder why White

appears to lose a

pave the way for the advance of the

f-pawn.

10 Íe3

A queenside pawn advance is another

way to handle the position 10 a4 0-0

11 a5 a6 12 c4 h6 13 Îa3 f5 14 b4 was

Morozevich-K.Georgiev, Mallorca

2004. The position bears quite a resem-

blance to a King’s Indian.

10 ... f5

This may be the place to look for

improvements, as Kramnik’s position

soon becomes quite loose. Perhaps he

should simply have castled here.

11 Ìg5 Ìf8 12 exf5 gxf5 13 f4 Ëd7

14 c4 Ìeg6 15 Ìc3 h6 16 Ìf3 e4

17 Ìd4 h5 18 Ìcb5 Êf7

White was threatening to play Ìxf5

and Ìxc7+

19 Ìe6 Ìxe6 20 dxe6+ Êxe6 21

Ëd5+

21 Ìxc7+ Ëxc7 22 Ëd5+ Êe7

23 Ëxf5 Ìf8 24 Ëxe4+ Êd8 25 Íxa7

is a typically bizarre variation suggest-

ed by Fritz which it understandably

rates as clearly better for White.

21 ... Êe7 22 c5 c6 23 cxd6+

23 Ëxd6+ Ëxd6 24 Ìxd6 was the

safe way for White to play. After 24 ...

Êe6 the ending looks approximately

equal.

23 ... Êf8 24 Ëb3 cxb5 25 Îac1

Intending c7.

25 ... Ëf7 26 Ëxb5 a6 27 Ëb6

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27 ... Êg8

Kramnik is a master of defence but

this position proves too much even for

him. 27 ... Íf6 is a suggestion by the

computer, when after 28 Îc7 Ëe6 29

Îd1 Îd8 the position is quite scary for

Black although he does still have that

extra piece.

28 Îed1 Êh7 29 Îc7 Ëf8 30 Íd4

Îg8 31 Ëxb7 e3

There is nothing to be done. 31 ...

Ìxf4 32 Îf7 wins.

32 Îf7 Îb8 33 Ëd7 Îd8 34 Ëxf5

Ëxf7 35 Ëxf7 Îxd6 36 Êf1 Ìxf4

37 Ëf5+

Sutovsky plans to give back some

material to liquidate into a winning end-

ing. The rest is simply a mopping up

job.

37 ... Îg6 38 Ëxf4 Îf8 39 Ëxf8

Íxf8 40 Íxe3 Îe6 41 Êf2 Êg6

42 Îd5 Íe7 43 Íc5 Íf6 44 b3 Íe5

45 g3 h4 46 gxh4 Íxh2 47 h5+ Êh7

48 Êf3 Íe5 49 Îd7+ Êh6 50 Êg4

Íg7 51 Îd6 1-0

Emil Sutovsky seems quietly confident

and a kingside pawn advance

will decide.

37 Íxa6 Íb1 38 a3 Íxc3

39 Ía7 Íc2 40 h5 Êf7

41 Êf2 Íb2 42 Íc5 Íc1 43 Êe1

Íf4 44 Íe2 Íb3 45 g4 Ía4

46 Íd1 Íg3+ 47 Êe2 Íb5+

48 Êe3 Íc7 49 a4 Íc4 50

Íb4

Adams methodically pushes

the pawn home

50 ... Íh2 51 Êf2 g6

52 hxg6+ Êxg6 53 Íe2 Íg1+

54 Êxg1 Íxe2 55 Êf2

The winning plan is f4 f5

Êg3 Êf4 and pawn a5. Black

will be unable to prevent a fur-

ther king march and playing

....h5 allows gxh5 with a sec-

ond outside passed pawn

1-0

White

Vladimir Kramnik

Black

Ruy Lopez

...but what do you think of your

position, Vlad?

1 e4 e5 2 Ìf3 Ìc6 3 Íb5

Ìf6 4 d3

4 0-0 Ìxe4 5 d4 Ìd6 6 Íxc6 dxc6 7

dxe5 Ìf5 8 Ëxd8+ Êxd8 is the tabiya

position of the infamous “Berlin Wall”

which Kramnik used to such good

effect to frustrate Kasparov in their

World Title Match in Autumn 2000. I

have played this line myself as Black

many times in tournament games as

well as hundreds of Internet Blitz

games and, although White is definitely

slightly better, the positions are not to

everyone’s taste. Sutovsky’s move is a

popular way to avoid the ending and it

contains a fair amount of poision if not

handled correctly by Black.

tempo with d2-d3 and then almost

immediately d3-d4 ? The answer is

simply one of circumstances—had

White played d2-d4 on move 4, Black

would have been well placed to react to

it—but now, with the moves d7-d6 and

g7-g6 inserted, the central break is

justified, even a tempo down. In effect

White is allowing Black to play one of

the less highly regarded Lopez

defences, a tempo ahead.

6 ... Íd7 7 Îe1 Íg7 8 d5 Ìe7

9 Íxd7+ Ìxd7

9 ... Ëxd7 wouldn’t make sense—

Black recaptures with the knight to

6 CHESS September 2005

Emil Sutovsky

FIND THE

WINNING MOVES

L.Van Wely-T.Miller

Round One

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White to move

S.Kudrin-T.Lunna

Round One

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White to move

D.Fridman-A.Del Mundo

Round Fou r

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White to move

Y.Shulman-D.Zimbeck

Round One

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White to move

A.Simutowe-P.Atoofi

Round Six

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White to move

R.Vasquez-J.Friedel

Round Four

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Black to move

D.Schneider-L.Van Wely

Round Six

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Black to move

T.Ishhanov -V.Georgiev

Round Six

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Black to move

This month all the puzzles are

taken from the big money

Minneapolis HB Global CC

tournament held in the USA

in May and won by

Vladimir Akobian

Solutions are on page 40.

T.Ishhanov-M.Khachiyan

Round Four

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White to move

D.Fridman-L.Milman

Round Eight

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White to move

V.Akobian-B.Lugo

Round Nine

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White to move

September 2005 CHESS 7

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