GM Gustafsson (2603) – GM Leko (2741) [E15]
Dortmund – Round 6, 05.07.2008
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qa4 Bb7 6.Bg2 c5 7.dxc5 bxc5 8.0–0 Be7 9.Nc3 0–0 10.Rd1 Qb6 11.Bf4 Rd8 12.Rd2 d6 13.Rad1 Ne8 14.e4 Bc6 15.Qc2 Qb7 16.Qb3 Qxb3 17.axb3 f6 18.Ne1 Nd7 19.Ra1 Rdb8 20.Ra3 Rb7 21.e5 Nxe5 22.Bxe5 Bxg2 23.Bxd6 Nxd6 24.Kxg2 Nf5 25.Ra6 Nd4 26.Nf3 Nxb3 27.Rd3 e5 28.Rd5 Rd8 29.Rxd8+ Bxd8 30.Rd6 Be7 31.Ra6 Nd4 32.Nxd4 cxd4 33.Nb5 d3 34.Kf1 Bc5 35.Rc6 d2 36.Ke2 Rd7 37.Nc3 Bd4 38.Kxd2 Bxf2+ 39.Nd5 a5 40.b3 Kf7 41.g4 Rb7 42.Ke2 Bd4 43.h4 e4 44.h5 Rxb3 45.Rc7+ Ke6 Black wins 0–1
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It is amazing that with one round to go, only one player has a negative score which is Van Wely. All seven other players have either even or plus scores.
Standings after 6 rounds:
1. Leko, Peter g HUN 2741 4
2-3. Nepomniachtchi, Ian g RUS 2634 3½
2-3. Gustafsson, Jan g GER 2603 3½
4-7. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2752 3
4-7. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2740 3
4-7. Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2788 3
4-7. Naiditsch, Arkadij g GER 2624 3
8. Van Wely, Loek g NED 2677 1
Who draws Van Wely loses the tournament.
You do love your cat.. 🙂
Go Hungary!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Look at the Drawnik, so low in the field, it only goes to show he never should have been world champion. Anand could give him rook odds and still beat this poser. All he can do is draw if he is lucky and lose if he is not. No threat to Anand, who no doubt will prove himself to be a better world champion than Garry Kasparov in the long run.
Leko, of all people!
Well, good for him, even if I do like Ivanchuk better. Leko is overdue for winning a big tournament.
(P.S. I like the cat!)
Lucky Leko the cat!
Anand prove himself a better world champion than Kasparov in the long run.
WHOEHAHAHAHA. This is a joke right? If you don’t want to see the supremacy over 2 decades from Garry, just look at the head-to-head between him and Vishy. And Garry is still alive, and kicking if he wants.