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Dutch Club Team Championship 2006-07, R605.03.2007 The Dutch Club Competition Premier League Round 6 took place on 3 March 2007. Share Dimension Groningen (top 100 players Kramnik, Nisipeanu, Naiditsch, I.Sokolov, defeated HSG (Van Wely, Nijboer, Seirawan, Nikolic) 6½ -3½. Thanks to the appearance of the world champion the match attracted a lot of media attention. Share Dimension Groningen leads with 11 match points, followed by HSG on 10 match points. The final 3 rounds are on 24 March, 21 April and 13 May. Next round (R7) Share Dimension Groningen will play SO Rotterdam (third on 8 match points) and HSG will play ESGOO (fourth on 7 match points). In this report we provide results, standings and photos (Share Dimension Groningen – HSG).
Share Dimension Groningen 6.5 – 3.5 HSG
Kramnik ½ Smeets
Nisipeanu ½ Van Wely
Naiditsch ½ L’Ami
Sokolov 1-0 Seirawan
Baramidze 1-0 Nikolic
Khenkin 1-0 Ljubojevic
Werle 1-0 Nijboer
Visser ½ Janssen
Brenninkmeijer 0-1 Stellwagen
Spoelman ½ Rogers
Pay Kramnik $15,000 so he can come to make a quick draw! Money well spent!
kramnik is bad for chess. eventhough he’s getting paid a lot, he doesn’t try against weeeak Grandmasters. wuss
krammik unbeatable
Kramnik passed up Linares for this?
At least he will keep his rating points!
I love Yasser’s books and Inside Chess Magazine he had. I am glad he is playing again.
actually kramnik will lose about 3 points for that draw .. that will move him to 2769 (I dont know if the dutch league will count towards the April list). If it does not, he will be 2769 in the July list and 2772 in the April list. I dont think Kramnik is going to play any other rated chess till Dortmund.
Anand must be at about 2786 (not excluding his Bundesliga games where he has banked another 5 points for the July list). Topalov should be at about 2779. Of course Anand and Topalov ratings will change before April depending on the outcome of the last four linares games.
Provocative posting.
But any GM, let alone an old Women world champion, would know the fact that Kramnik will not reveal any new opening preperations before Mexico City.
krammik has stated that he will win in mexico