The Chess Mind

Author: Dennis Monokroussos.
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Dortmund, Round 2: See Round 1
Round 2 looked an awful lot like round 1. Two games were drawn - quickly - while Jakovenko's game resulted in a fairly long and interesting White win. The big difference: Jakovenko had White this time, and so Naiditsch fell into last place. Carlsen, who drew with Leko, remains in first.

Round 2 Results:
Leko - Carlsen ½-½
Kramnik - Bacrot ½-½
Jakovenko - Naiditsch 1-0

Standings after Round 2:
1. Carlsen 1½
2-5. Leko, Kramnik, Bacrot, Jakovenko 1
6. Naiditsch ½

Tournament site here, games with my comments here.
Posted by Dennis Monokroussos on Friday July 3, 2009 at 4:58pm
KWRegan (mail) (www):
One might add why Jakovenko didn't play 52.Rd8 threatening mate before Black queened. Some cute geometry there...
7.4.2009 1:50pm
Dennis Monokroussos:
Very good idea, Ken. I've updated the annotations to take that into account.
7.5.2009 3:46am

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