GM Mamedyarov (2752) – GM Ivanchuk (2740) [E25]
Dortmund, Round 6, 05.07.2008
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.e3 0–0 9.Bd3 b6 10.Ne2 Ba6 11.0–0 Re8 12.Ng3 Bxd3 13.Qxd3 Nc6 14.Ra2 Qd7 15.Re2 Re6 16.Bb2 Rd8 17.Rd1 Ne7 18.e4 Qa4 19.Bc1 Rc8 20.Rde1 g6 21.dxc5 Rxc5 22.Be3 Rc8 23.Bd4 dxe4 24.Nxe4 Nxe4 25.Rxe4 Rxe4 26.Qxe4 Nf5 27.Bxb6 Qxe4 28.fxe4 axb6 29.exf5 Game drawn ½–½
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GM Naiditsch (2624) – GM van Wely (2677) [B86]
Dortmund, Round 6, 05.07.2008
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 Nbd7 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bh4 Nc5 10.Qe2 Be7 11.0–0–0 0–0 12.Bg3 Qc7 13.e5 dxe5 14.Bxe5 Qa5 15.Kb1 Bd7 16.f4 b5 17.g4 b4 18.g5 bxc3 19.gxf6 gxf6 20.Nf5 exf5 21.Bxc3 Qd8 22.Qh5 Kh7 23.Rhg1 Qe8 24.Rg3 Rg8 25.Bxf7 Rxg3 26.hxg3 White wins 1–0
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Why is Van Wely here?
For those who wants to see blood, ergo: for everyone!
At least he held for more than 20 moves. And also it shows the tournament organizers are serious about reducing the number of draws.
They can reduce the draw rate even more if they invite the first comentator instead of Van Wely next year.
While Van Wely is yet to prove himself inspite of being given enough chances in elite tournaments, it is worth noting that as Kramnik’s second he is perhaps playing some of the weaker variatians so as to not let out stuff they’ve analyzed before the match with Anand. Kramnik hasn’t been doing too well either and I suspect this to be the reason.
Go Chucky!
Go Chucky!