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Dortmund Sparkassen (2012) The 40th Dortmund Sparkassen Chess-Meeting took place in the Dortmunder Schauspielhaus in Dortmund, Germany 13-22 July 2012. Rest day: July 18. Chief organizer: Ralf Chadt-Rausch. Players received 100 minutes for 40 moves, then 50 more minutes for the next 20 moves, then 15 more minutes for the rest of the game, with a 30-second increment from move one. Games started at 3 pm, Round 9 at 1 pm local time. Fabiano Caruana won on tiebreak (more wins) ahead of Sergey Karjakin, both with 6/9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 Caruana 2775 * ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 6 2 Karjakin 2779 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 6 3 Ponomariov 2726 1 ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 5½ 4 Kramnik 2799 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 5 5 Naiditsch 2700 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 5 6 Leko 2730 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 5 7 Meier 2644 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ 4 8 Fridman 2655 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 3½ 9 Bartel 2674 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 ½ * ½ 2 10 Gustafsson 2629 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * 1½ Category: XIX (2711). Chief arbiter: Andrzej Filipowicz The Helmut-Kohls-Turnier (Cat. IX round robin) was won by Andrey Orlov with 7/9. The Open A swiss tournament was won by Mikhail Zaitsev ahead of Julian Scheider, both with 7.5/9. Wikipedia: Wikipedia article: Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting#2012 Dortmunder Schachschule: http://www.dortmunder-schachschule.... ChessBase: https://en.chessbase.com/post/dortm... TeleSchach: http://teleschach.de/schachtage/dtm... TWIC: https://theweekinchess.com/chessnew... DSB: https://www.schachbund.de/news/fabi... FIDE: https://ratings.fide.com/tournament... Dylan McClain in New York Times, 28 July 2012: https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/29/... Previous: Dortmund Sparkassen (2011). Next: Dortmund Sparkassen (2013)  page 2 of 2; games 26-45 of 45  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 26. Ponomariov vs M Bartel 0-1 51 2012 Dortmund Sparkassen C78 Ruy Lopez 27. Leko vs Karjakin ½-½ 33 2012 Dortmund Sparkassen E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 28. Fridman vs Kramnik ½-½ 39 2012 Dortmund Sparkassen D93 Grunfeld, with Bf4 & e3 29. J Gustafsson vs Naiditsch 0-1 25 2012 Dortmund Sparkassen E94 King's Indian, Orthodox 30. Caruana vs G Meier ½-½ 58 2012 Dortmund Sparkassen C11 French 31. Naiditsch vs Ponomariov   ½-½ 42 2012 Dortmund Sparkassen C78 Ruy Lopez 32. Kramnik vs Leko ½-½ 134 2012 Dortmund Sparkassen E01 Catalan, Closed 33. G Meier vs J Gustafsson ½-½ 53 2012 Dortmund Sparkassen B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange 34. M Bartel vs Fridman ½-½ 53 2012 Dortmund Sparkassen A13 English 35. Karjakin vs Caruana ½-½ 41 2012 Dortmund Sparkassen B42 Sicilian, Kan 36. Caruana vs Kramnik 1-0 53 2012 Dortmund Sparkassen C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 37. Fridman vs Naiditsch ½-½ 45 2012 Dortmund Sparkassen E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 38. Leko vs M Bartel 1-0 33 2012 Dortmund Sparkassen C18 French, Winawer 39. J Gustafsson vs Ponomariov 0-1 70 2012 Dortmund Sparkassen D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 40. G Meier vs Karjakin ½-½ 56 2012 Dortmund Sparkassen D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 41. Karjakin vs J Gustafsson 1-0 35 2012 Dortmund Sparkassen B18 Caro-Kann, Classical 42. Naiditsch vs Leko ½-½ 38 2012 Dortmund Sparkassen B12 Caro-Kann Defense 43. Kramnik vs G Meier 1-0 33 2012 Dortmund Sparkassen D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 44. M Bartel vs Caruana 0-1 27 2012 Dortmund Sparkassen D85 Grunfeld 45. Ponomariov vs Fridman   ½-½ 33 2012 Dortmund Sparkassen D37 Queen's Gambit Declined  page 2 of 2; games 26-45 of 45    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 12 OF 14 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jul-22-12    PinnedPiece: <JB: not a single one of the bottom five has defeated one of the top five yet..> There was a surprise upset with Bartel beating Ponomariov in rd 6... Jul-22-12    zluria: Welp, it looks like Caruana has won his game. Bartel sure looked out of his depth here. Anyway, that means he has at least equal first. Does anyone know what the tiebreaks are? Jul-22-12    zluria: <Jim Bartle> Wrong, Bartel beat Ponomariov. It was his only win. Jul-22-12    PhilFeeley: So Caruana has won. He'll at least tie for first. Kramnik won't win this year. Jul-22-12    Peligroso Patzer: <PhilFeeley: So Caruana has won. He'll at least tie for first. ***> On page 5 of this thread can be found this comment (posted after Caruana’s second-round loss to Ponimariov): <Peligroso Patzer: Caruana seems to be off-form in this event. He was a bit lucky to escape with half-a-point yesterday; not so lucky today.> To the extent there was at least implicit in that comment a prediction how Caruana would fare when the final standings were reckoned, it calls to mind the famous admonition of Sam Goldwyn: “Be very cautious when making predictions, especially about the future.” Taking that advice to heart, I hereby wish to go on-record with a fearless prediction of Magnus Carlsen to be the winner of the 2012 Tal Memorial. I will even be so bold as to predict Carlsen’s final tournament score to be 5.5/9, half-a-point ahead of Caruana and Radjabov. Clearly, I possess the gift of clairvoyance, especially as regards the past. Jul-22-12    zluria: So... Karjakin has a good position versus Gustafsson, simply because White's attack is crashing down while Black's hasn't even gotten going yet. If Car-Jack wins, does he beat Caruana on tiebreaks? How does this work? Jul-22-12    fisayo123: Seems like after Karjakin's inevitable victory, Caruana would win on number of victories as the tie-break unless Ponomariov wins his game. Jul-22-12    Peligroso Patzer: <fisayo123>: What is your source for the applicable tie-break criteria? (I could not find the official regulations for this event on the offical website: http://translate.google.com/transla...). Jul-22-12    fisayo123: Here it is: http://www.sparkassen-chess-meeting... Jul-22-12    mrbasso: These tiebreak rules in Round-robin tournaments are all complete nonsense anyway. There is nothing better than to Blitz it out. Jul-22-12    Isbjorn: Meier made a mistake in a worse position and is now losing. Nice for Kramnik to finish with a win. Jul-22-12    Peligroso Patzer: Thank you, <fisayo123>. From the table you linked, I infer that the first tie-break criterion is number of games with black, then number of wins, and third Sonneborn-Berger score. Both Ponomariov and Naiditsch had five (5) games each with Black, so if either of them could win today, he would apparently prevail over Caruana. Jul-22-12    Peligroso Patzer: <mrbasso: These tiebreak rules in Round-robin tournaments are all complete nonsense anyway. <There is nothing better than to Blitz it out.>> Anything is better than resorting to the abomination of blitz for any purpose. Jul-22-12    Peligroso Patzer: <Peligroso Patzer: Thank you, <fisayo123>. From the table you linked, I infer that the first tie-break criterion is number of games with black, then number of wins, and third Sonneborn-Berger score. *** > I had initially overlooked the note beneath the standings table you linked, which note provides a basis stronger than inference for the stated conclusion on tie-break rules: "<Bei Gleichstand zählt 1. die Anzahl an Schwarzpartien, 2. die Anzahl an gewonnenen Partien und 3. die Sonneborn-Berger-Wertung.>" Jul-22-12    mrbasso: The better blitz player is the better chessplayer! Ask Grischuk... Jul-22-12    PhilFeeley: It's rare these days for a high level tournament game to go all the way to mate. Thanks to Kramnik & Meier for an entertaining game! Jul-22-12    Calar: So in likely case that only Karjakin and Caruana finish on 6 points each, Caruana would win 1st place due to 2nd tie-break criterion? Jul-22-12    parmetd: I disagree Peligroso, blitz is better than Armmageddn. That is the worst tie break! Jul-22-12    fisayo123: Same thing Peligroso. Jul-22-12    mrbasso: well, another bad day for the German players. cg to Caruana and Karjakin. Jul-22-12    Peligroso Patzer: I concede your well-taken point, <parmetd>. BTW, I do not in the least dispute <mrbasso>'s characterization of round-robin tie-break rules as “complete nonsense”, but seldom can I muster the self-discipline to forgo any opportunity to vituperate blitz, which I do genuinely deplore. Jul-22-12    jamesmaskell: Does look like it <Calar>, Caruana and Karjakin both had same number of black games but Caruana has scored one more win. Jul-22-12    fisayo123: Congratulations to wonder-kid Fabiano Caruana on his first Super-Tournament victory! He has had an unbelievable year having played over 100 games and tied for second in Corus and Tal memorial. He is one of the very few teenagers to have won a super-tournament of this kind. Hardwork does pay off and there are few who work harder than Fabiano! Jul-22-12    Naniwazu: Caruana won! Cash in ticket for 500 chessbucks! Jul-22-12    csmath: <super-tournament> Nothing to subtract from Caruana but calling a tournament with Bartel, Gustafsson, Fridman, and Mejer a supertournament is a little bit preposterous. This is just a strong tournament with few elite players. Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 14) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 12 OF 14 ·  Later Kibitzing> NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. Becoming a member is free, anonymous, and takes less than 1 minute! If you already have a username, then simply login login under your username now to join the discussion. Please observe our posting guidelines: No obscene, racist, sexist, or profane language. No spamming, advertising, duplicate, or gibberish posts. No vitriolic or systematic personal attacks against other members. Nothing in violation of United States law. 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