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39th Dortmund Chess Meeting 2011 (Games and Results)

39th Dortmund Chess Meeting 2011

Vladimir Kramnik won his 10th Dortmund Title. Photo © Georgios Souleidis.

Vladimir Kramnik won his 10th Dortmund Title. Photo © Georgios Souleidis. | http://www.sparkassen-chess-meeting.de/2011/

The 39th Dortmund Chess Meeting took place 21st-31st July 2011 in the theater at Hiltropwall. Vladimir Kramnik was the convincing winner of the main GM group with 7/10 only spoiled with a final round loss to Nakamura. He was a point and a half clear of Le Quang Liem. Young Dutchman Robin van Kampen won the Helmut-Kohls-Turnier. Mikhail Zaitsev won the A-Group.

Nakamura gets small compensation with final round win against Dortmund winner Kramnik (10)

Vladimir Kramnik slightly took the shine off his fantastic performance at the 39th Dortmund tournament by losing to Hikaru Nakamura in the final round. Kramnik had already secured first place and his 10th Dortmund title so the result was not of much relevance. Kramnik made a rather speculative but not unsound sacrifice of a piece against Nakamura but this is not in his style and he quickly went astray. Although Nakamura was far from clinical in finishing the game off he brought the point home securely enough in the end. Le Quang Liem - Anish Giri and Georg Meier - Ruslan Ponomariov were fairly uninteresting draws. Le Quang Liem was in clear second place on 5.5/10. Young Dutchman Robin van Kampen won the Helmut-Kohls-Turnier. Mikhail Zaitsev by far and away the highest rated player won the Open on 7.5/9 half a point clear of Glenn De Schampheleire.

39th Dortmund Chess Meeting 2011 (10)

Winner Vladimir Kramnik during his final round game against Hikaru Nakamura which he eventually went on to lose. Photo © Fred Lucas.

Winner Vladimir Kramnik during his final round game against Hikaru Nakamura which he eventually went on to lose. Photo © Fred Lucas. | http://www.fredlucas.eu/

39th Chess Meeting 2011 (Dortmund GER)
Thu 21st Jul 2011 - Sun 31st Jul 2011 - Official Site

39th GM (6 players 10 Rds DRR Indiv TC:100:50:15+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: GM

Helmut Kohls Turnier (10 players 9 Rds SRR Indiv ) - Games in PGN: Helmut Kohl

Sparkassen Open A (159 players 9 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:120m+30m) - Games in PGN: Open A

39th GM (6 players 10 Rds DRR Indiv TC: 100:50:15+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: GM

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39th GM Dortmund (GER), 21-31 vii 2011 cat. XX (2731)
1 2 3 4 5 6
1. Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2781 * * ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 0 1 1 7 2870
2. Le, Quang Liem g VIE 2715 ½ ½ * * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 2770
3. Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2764 0 ½ 0 ½ * * 1 0 1 1 ½ ½ 5 2724
4. Giri, Anish g NED 2701 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 * * ½ ½ 1 ½ 5 2737
5. Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2770 0 1 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ * * ½ 1 2687
6. Meier, Georg g GER 2656 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 * * 3 2597

Round 1 (July 21, 2011)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Ponomariov, Ruslan 1-0 42 E94 King's Indian Classical
Giri, Anish - Nakamura, Hikaru ½-½ 54 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Meier, Georg - Le, Quang Liem ½-½ 38 D81 Gruenfeld Botvinnik
Round 2 (July 22, 2011)
Le, Quang Liem - Nakamura, Hikaru ½-½ 22 E20 Nimzo Indian
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Giri, Anish 1-0 34 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Meier, Georg - Kramnik, Vladimir 0-1 32 E15 Queens Indian
Round 3 (July 23, 2011)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Le, Quang Liem ½-½ 48 D19 Slav Defence
Giri, Anish - Meier, Georg 1-0 75 E00 Catalan
Nakamura, Hikaru - Ponomariov, Ruslan 0-1 41 E58 Nimzo Indian
Round 4 (July 24, 2011)
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Meier, Georg ½-½ 90 E31 Nimzo Indian Leningrad
Giri, Anish - Le, Quang Liem ½-½ 47 E60 King's Indian without Nc3
Nakamura, Hikaru - Kramnik, Vladimir 0-1 47 E21 Nimzo Indian 4.Nf3
Round 5 (July 25, 2011)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Giri, Anish 1-0 43 D85 Gruenfeld Defence
Le, Quang Liem - Ponomariov, Ruslan 1-0 71 D35 QGD Exchange
Meier, Georg - Nakamura, Hikaru ½-½ 150 E98 King's Indian Classical
Round 6 (July 27, 2011)
Le, Quang Liem - Meier, Georg ½-½ 38 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Kramnik, Vladimir ½-½ 50 C65 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Nakamura, Hikaru - Giri, Anish ½-½ 72 E53 Nimzo Indian
Round 7 (July 28, 2011)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Meier, Georg 1-0 49 A15 English counter King's Fianchetto
Giri, Anish - Ponomariov, Ruslan 1-0 64 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Nakamura, Hikaru - Le, Quang Liem ½-½ 56 D45 Anti-Meran Variations
Round 8 (July 29, 2011)
Le, Quang Liem - Kramnik, Vladimir ½-½ 56 E10 Blumenfeld Counter Gambit
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Nakamura, Hikaru 1-0 65 E97 King's Indian Classical
Meier, Georg - Giri, Anish ½-½ 69 E04 Catalan
Round 9 (July 30, 2011)
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Le, Quang Liem ½-½ 49 B84 Sicilian Scheveningen
Giri, Anish - Kramnik, Vladimir ½-½ 28 E10 Blumenfeld Counter Gambit
Nakamura, Hikaru - Meier, Georg 1-0 34 A00 Irregular Openings
Round 10 (July 31, 2011)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Nakamura, Hikaru 0-1 50 E97 King's Indian Classical
Le, Quang Liem - Giri, Anish ½-½ 38 E00 Catalan
Meier, Georg - Ponomariov, Ruslan ½-½ 44 A13 Reti Opening

Helmut Kohls Turnier (10 players 9 Rds SRR Indiv ) - Games in PGN: Helmut Kohl

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Helmut-Kohls-Turnier Dortmund GER Thu 21st Jul 2011 - Sun 31st Jul 2011
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtg+-=PtsTB1TB2
1.van Kampen, RobinIMNED25194056.527.254
2.Saltaev, MihailGMUZB24733066.025.503
3.Bluebaum, MatthiasFMGER23294146.023.504
4.Kraemer, MartinIMGER25063245.020.503
5.Savchenko, ViacheslavIMUKR24374325.019.004
6.Schmittdiel, EckhardGMGER24840273.517.000
7.Michalczak, ThomasFMGER23251353.514.501
8.Lauber, ArndIMGER24781353.514.251
9.Kotainy, JensFMGER24331353.514.001
10.Nalbandian, TigranGMARM24561532.510.001
10 players

Sparkassen Open A (159 players 9 Rds Swiss Indiv TC: 120m+30m) - Games in PGN: Open A

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Sparkassen Open A Dortmund GER Thu 21st Jul 2011 - Sun 31st Jul 2011
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameRtgGms+-=PtsTB1
1Zaitsev, Mikhail249996037.549.5
2De Schampheleire, Glenn226396127.046.5
3Bomans, Arno219894056.550.0
4Sundorf, Jannik212195136.548.5
5Jesse, Ingemars227095136.546.5
6Ciornei, Dragos218294056.546.5
7Albers, Damian209196216.540.5
8Steinmetzer, Thomas208394056.538.5
9Mundorf, Johannes202494146.051.0
10Quast, Marcel217395226.050.5
11Richters, Marc196995226.046.0
12Savchenko, Aleksij225794146.044.5
13Rott, Georg222396306.043.0
14Tran, Duc Cuong197494146.043.0
15Kartsev, Soel218295226.042.5
16Boehm, Juergen222094146.042.0
17Kusnetsov, Mark218494146.039.0
18Kartsev, Alexandr219694235.545.5
19Conrad, Joachim207995315.541.0
20Neuer, Thomas209694235.541.0
20Sievert, Jan-Thorwald94235.541.0
22Hobusch, Jan193495315.539.5
23Butschek, Marc189195315.539.0
24Chapman, Alan204395315.538.5
25Wittenberg, Andreas216695315.538.0
26Koke, Christoph213193155.538.0
26Eigemann, Frederik197693155.538.0
28Strathoff, Jens209894235.534.0
29Schorra, Helmut211095315.533.5
30Luncescu, Christian216394325.043.5
31Pueschel, Werner216394325.042.0
32Kirsanova, Ekaterina215794325.040.5
33Roth, Thorsten94325.040.0
34Virnyi, Julius208194325.039.0
35Aulich, Marcell208684225.038.5
36Begna, Bozidar210294325.038.0
37Happe, Reinhold93245.038.0
38Andersen, Knut209395405.037.0
39Mulder, Bart-Piet226093245.037.0
40Hillebrand, Carsten214593245.028.5
41Steinle, Carsten214694414.543.0
42Evers, Leo210194414.542.5
43Linker, Walter211293334.542.0
44Schiefelbusch, Dirk212893334.541.5
45Beutelhoff, Josef212893334.540.5
46Baumhackel, Mario215791174.540.0
47Peter, Sebastian197493334.537.5
48Bramkamp, Rainer211592254.537.5
49Weber, Martin203393334.537.0
50Happe, Ulrich92254.537.0
51Schmidt, Kai-Uwe205094414.536.5
52Kropp, Andreas J.212693334.536.5
53Sehn, Norbert208392254.535.0
54Freise, Eckhard203293424.039.0
55Simon, Thomas196392344.039.0
56Eckert, Marius189493424.038.0
56Reisberg, Andre93424.038.0
58Zimmermann, Dirk207592344.038.0
59Schuetzhold, Frank190891264.038.0
60Maniocha, Marek205294504.037.5
61Henkemeier, Michael191792344.036.5
62Henkemeier, Markus189593424.036.0
63Zwielich, Frank205692344.035.5
64Mazarov, Juergen217291264.035.5
65Fichtner, Ewald203893424.035.0
66Losch, Heinz-Juergen92344.035.0
67Fischoeder, Heiko198993424.032.5
68Elefteriadis, Paul-Gabriel190592344.030.0
69Moeller, Jeremy186392344.029.5
70Meyer, Michael208393424.028.0
71Henrotte, Nils195191353.537.5
72Barth, Hans-Joachim91353.536.5
73Andrae, Philipp93513.536.0
74Hagedorn, Alfons195892433.536.0
75Schmitz, Tim193491353.535.0
76Mackowiak, Sascha196492433.534.0
77Merkel, Markus219791353.533.5
78Ditmas, Hugh191291353.532.0
79Bosshard, Rolf184293513.531.0
80Baerwolf, Steven181891353.531.0
81Raskin, Vitali93513.529.5
82Brehm, Stefan176093513.528.5
83Strohmann, Marcel91353.527.0
84Fluechter, Gregor183252123.039.5
85Shishkov, Mark195493603.036.0
86Puetter, Pascal196591443.036.0
87Blumenthal, Ralf92523.035.0
88Morgenroth, Hubertus182992523.033.5
89Schaller, Fabian194490363.028.5
90Schwiddessen, Jan91532.537.5
91Simanowski, Mio183391532.535.5
92Niediek, Cedric182091532.532.0
93Heimer, Hans-Joachim92612.531.0
94Oberste, Norbert186591532.530.0
95Ehrlacher, Markus192891532.529.0
96Reinhardt, Raphael-Timon92612.528.5
97Hobusch, Alexander213331111.533.0
98Topp, Michael210251311.530.5
99Deinert, Wolfgang184390721.029.0
100Kelm, Marcel197210100.027.5
100 players

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