Kramnik wins Sparkassen Chess 2011 title!!

Round 1:
Georg Meier	1/2	Quang Liem Le
Vladimir Kramnik	1-0	Ruslan Ponomariov
Anish Giri	1/2	Hikaru Nakamura

Round 2:
Quang Liem Le	1/2	Hikaru Nakamura
Ruslan Ponomariov	1-0	Anish Giri
Georg Meier	0-1	Vladimir Kramnik

Round 3:
Vladimir Kramnik	1/2	Quang Liem Le
Anish Giri	1-0	Georg Meier
Hikaru Nakamura	0-1	Ruslan Ponomariov

Round 4:
Anish Giri	1/2	Quang Liem Le
Hikaru Nakamura	0-1	Vladimir Kramnik
Ruslan Ponomariov	1/2	Georg Meier

Round 5:
Quang Liem Le	1-0	Ruslan Ponomariov
Georg Meier	1/2	Hikaru Nakamura
Vladimir Kramnik	1-0	Anish Giri

Round 6:
Quang Liem Le	1/2	Georg Meier
Ruslan Ponomariov	1/2	Vladimir Kramnik
Hikaru Nakamura	1/2	Anish Giri

Round 7:
Hikaru Nakamura	1/2	Quang Liem Le
Anish Giri	1-0	Ruslan Ponomariov
Vladimir Kramnik	1-0	Georg Meier

Round 8:
Quang Liem Le	1/2	Vladimir Kramnik
Georg Meier	1/2	Anish Giri
Ruslan Ponomariov	1-0	Hikaru Nakamura

Round 9:
Ruslan Ponomariov	1/2	Quang Liem Le
Hikaru Nakamura	1-0	Georg Meier
Anish Giri	1/2	Vladimir Kramnik

Round 10:
Quang Liem Le	1/2	Anish Giri
Vladimir Kramnik	0-1	Hikaru Nakamura
Georg Meier	1/2	Ruslan Ponomariov

FINAL STANDINGS
NAME                 W     D      L       TOTAL
Kramnik               5       4      1       7.0 points
Le Quang Liem    1       9      0       5.5 points
Giri A                   2       6      2       5.0 points
Ponomariov R      3       4      3       5.0 points
Nakamura H         2       5      3       4.5 points
Meier G.               0       6      4       3.0 points


[Round "10"]
[White "Kramnik, W."]
[Black "Nakamura, H."]
King's Indian Defense
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. c5 Nf4 11. a4 f5 12. Bc4 fxe4 13. Nxe4 h6 14. Re1 Bg4 15. Ra3
g5 16. h3 Bh5 17. Bxf4 Rxf4 18. g3 Rf8 19. a5 Kh8 20. Kg2 Rb8 21. Qd2 b6 22.
axb6 axb6 23. Nfxg5 hxg5 24. Qxg5 Bg6 25. cxd6 cxd6 26. Ra7 Rc8 27. Rxe7 Rxc4
28. f3 Rc2+ 29. Kg1 Rc8 30. Ra1 Rf7 31. Qxg6 Qxe7 32. Ng5 Kg8 33. Qh7+ Kf8 34.
Ne6+ Ke8 35. Qh5 Bf6 36. g4 Qb7 37. Rd1 Qa6 38. Qg6 Ke7 39. g5 Bh8 40. Re1 Qa3
41. Nd4 Qxb4 42. Nf5+ Kf8 43. Rd1 Rc2 44. Nd4 exd4 45. Qxc2 Qc3 46. Qe4 Qe3+
47. Qxe3 dxe3 48. Kg2 Bc3 49. Kf1 Rxf3+ 50. Ke2 Rxh3 0-1
[Round "10"]

[White "Le Quang, L."]
[Black "Giri, A."]
Queen's Indian Defense
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 c6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Rd1 b6 10. b3 Ba6 11. a4 c5 12. Na3 Bb7 13. Qb2 Rc8 14. Rac1 Ne4 15.
Be1 Bf6 16. e3 Qc7 17. Nd2 Nxd2 18. Qxd2 Qb8 19. cxd5 cxd4 20. exd4 Bxd5 21.
Bxd5 exd5 22. Nb5 a6 23. Nc3 Qb7 24. Qe3 Nb8 25. Qf3 Rcd8 26. b4 Bg5 27. Bd2
Bxd2 28. Rxd2 b5 29. axb5 axb5 30. Ra2 Na6 31. Ra5 Nc7 32. Qd3 Ra8 33. Rca1
Rxa5 34. Rxa5 Rb8 35. Ne2 Ne6 36. Nc3 Nc7 37. Ne2 Ne6 38. Nc3 Nc7 1/2-1/2

[Round "10"]

[White "Meier, G."]
[Black "Ponomariov, R."]
English Opening
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qb3 Bb7 8.
O-O Nbd7 9. d4 a6 10. Ne5 Qb6 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. Be3 c5 13. d5 exd5 14. Bxd5
Bxd5 15. Qxd5 Rd8 16. a4 Be7 17. axb5 axb5 18. Nc3 O-O 19. b4 Qf6 20. Nxb5 cxb4
21. Ra7 Nc5 22. Qf3 Qxf3 23. exf3 Rfe8 24. Nd4 Rd7 25. Rxd7 Nxd7 26. Nc6 Bf8
27. Rb1 Ne5 28. Nxe5 Rxe5 29. Kf1 f6 30. Ke2 Rd5 31. Ra1 Kf7 32. Ra6 h5 33. h3
Rd7 34. Rb6 Rc7 35. g4 Rc2+ 36. Kd3 Rc3+ 37. Ke4 Kg6 38. f4 hxg4 39. hxg4 Rc4+
40. Kd5 Rc7 41. Ke4 Rc4+ 42. Kd5 Rc7 43. Ke4 Rc4+ 44. Kd5 1/2-1/2
[Round "9"]

[White "Giri, A."]
[Black "Kramnik, W."]
Catalan Closed Variation
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Qc2 c6 9. Rd1 b6 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. e4
dxe4 15. Bxe4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 Nc5 17. Qf3 Qe8 18. Nc3 Na4 19. Nxa4 Qxa4 20. b3
Qa3 21. Rd7 Bc5 22. Qe2 a5 23. Rad1 a4 24. Bc1 Qb4 25. Bd2 Qa3 26. Bc1 Qb4 27.
Bd2 Qa3 28. Bc1 1/2-1/2
[Round "8"]

[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
Catalan
1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. e3 Rb8 8. Qe2
b5 9. b3 cxb3 10. axb3 Nb4 11. Ne5 Nd7 12. Nc6 Nxc6 13. Bxc6 Rb6 14. Qf3 Bb4
15. Bd2 Bxd2 16. Nxd2 O-O 17. Bxd7 Qxd7 18. Ne4 Qd5 19. Qf4 f6 20. Nc5 e5 21.
Qh4 exd4 22. exd4 g5 23. Qe4 Qxe4 24. Nxe4 Re8 25. f3 h6 26. Rfe1 Kf7 27. Kf2
f5 28. Nc5 Rd8 29. Ke3 Rbd6 30. Red1 f4+ 31. gxf4 gxf4+ 32. Kxf4 Rxd4+ 33. Rxd4
Rxd4+ 34. Ke5 Rd6 35. b4 Ke7 36. Rg1 Kf7 37. Rc1 Ke7 38. Rg1 Kf7 39. Rc1 Rc6
40. f4 Rf6 41. Ra1 Ke7 42. Rg1 Kf7 43. Ra1 Rd6 44. Rc1 Rd8 45. f5 c6 46. Ne6
Rd5+ 47. Ke4 Bxe6 48. fxe6+ Kxe6 49. Rxc6+ Rd6 50. Rc7 Kf6 51. h4 Kg6 52. Rc5
Rd1 53. Rc6+ Kh5 54. Rxa6 Rb1 55. Rb6 Rxb4+ 56. Kf3 Rb3+ 57. Ke2 Rb2+ 58. Ke3
Rb1 59. Ke2 b4 60. Kf2 b3 61. Kg3 Rb2 62. Kh3 Rb1 63. Kg3 b2 64. Rb5+ Kg6 65.
h5+ Kf6 66. Kg2 Ke6 67. Kh2 Kf6 68. Kg2 Ke6 69. Kh2 Kf6 1/2-1/2
[Round "9"]

[White "Nakamura, H."]
[Black "Meier, G."]
Reti Opening New York  System
1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 e5 3. d3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. a3 Bd6 6. Bg5 Be6 7. Nfd2 Be7 8. c4
dxc4 9. dxc4 Qd7 10. Nc3 Rd8 11. O-O h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nd5 Bg5 14. Ne4 Be7
15. Qa4 O-O 16. e3 f5 17. Nec3 Bd6 18. Rad1 Qf7 19. Qb5 e4 20. c5 Be5 21. Qxb7
Bxc3 22. Nxc3 Ne5 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Nb5 Bc4 25. Ra1 Bxb5 26. Qxb5 Rd2 27. b4
Nd3 28. Rf1 h5 29. c6 g6 30. h4 Kh7 31. Qb8 a6 32. a4 Ra2 33. b5 Rxa4 34. b6
1-0
[Round "8"]

[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
Queen's Indian Classical Variation
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 c5 7. Bd3 cxd4 8. exd4
Nc6 9. O-O b6 10. Nbd2 Bb7 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Qe2 Re8 13. Rfd1 Bf8 14. Nf1 g6 15.
Ne3 Bg7 16. c5 Nd7 17. Bb5 a6 18. Bxc6 Bxc6 19. b4 Ba4 20. Re1 Nb8 21. Ne5 bxc5
22. dxc5 f6 23. Nf3 Nc6 24. Qd3 Rb8 25. Qa3 Bb5 26. Qb3 a5 27. a4 Bc4 28. Nxc4
Rxb4 29. Qa2 dxc4 30. Bc3 Rb3 31. Nd2 Nb4 32. Bxb4 Rxb4 33. Nxc4 Qd5 34. Red1
Qc6 35. Nxa5 Qxa4 36. Qxa4 Rxa4 37. Nb7 Bh6 38. Rc2 Bf4 39. g3 Bc7 40. Rd7 Rc8
41. Rcd2 e5 42. Re7 Rd4 43. Ra2 e4 44. Ra7 Bb8 45. Ra8 Rf8 46. Na5 Ra4 47. Kg2
f5 48. c6 Bd6 49. Rxf8+ Kxf8 50. c7 Bxc7 51. Rxc7 Rxa5 52. Rxh7 Ra2 53. Kg1
Ra1+ 54. Kg2 Ra2 55. Kg1 Ra1+ 56. Kg2 Ra2 1/2-1/2
[Round "9"]

[White "Ponomariov, R."]
[Black "Le Quang, L."]
Sicilian Scheveningen
1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. f4
O-O 9. a4 Qc7 10. Kh1 Nc6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Bf3 Na5 13. Bf2 Nd7 14. Bg3 Bf6 15.
Re1 Rb8 16. Qd3 Nc5 17. Qd1 Nd7 18. Qd3 Nc6 19. Nb3 b6 20. Rad1 Be7 21. Qc4 Nc5
22. f5 Ne5 23. Bxe5 dxe5 24. fxe6 Nxe6 25. Be2 Qb7 26. Nd5 Bg5 27. a5 b5 28.
Qc3 Nf4 29. Nc5 Qc6 30. Bf3 b4 31. Nxb4 Qb5 32. Nbd3 Nxd3 33. Nxd3 Be6 34. Nc5
Qxb2 35. Qxb2 Rxb2 36. Nxe6 Rxe6 37. Rb1 Rxb1 38. Rxb1 g6 39. Be2 Bd2 40. Rb6
Bxa5 41. Rxe6 fxe6 42. Bxa6 Bc3 43. g3 Kf7 44. Kg2 g5 45. Kf3 h5 46. g4 h4 47.
Ke2 Ke7 48. Kd3 Bd4 49. h3 1/2-1/2
[Round "8"]

[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
King's Indian Classical
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Bg5 Qxd1 10. Rfxd1 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nd4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5
f5 15. Kf1 Rf7 16. Rac1 fxe4 17. Bxe4 Bf8 18. Rd3 Bd6 19. Be3 Nf5 20. Bd2 a5
21. Rf3 b6 22. g4 Ne7 23. Rfc3 Rd8 24. Bg5 Rd7 25. h4 Rf8 26. Bh6 Rf7 27. Ke2
Kh8 28. Bg5 Rf8 29. f3 Ng8 30. Rh1 Nf6 31. Bxf6+ Rxf6 32. g5 Rf4 33. h5 Kg8 34.
hxg6 hxg6 35. Rh6 Rg7 36. Bxg6 Rb4 37. b3 a4 38. Rc1 axb3 39. axb3 Rxb3 40.
Rch1 Kf8 41. Rh8+ Rg8 42. Be4 Rb2+ 43. Kf1 Be7 44. g6 Bf6 45. R8h7 Bg7 46. R1h5
Ke7 47. Rxe5+ Kd6 48. Re6+ Kc5 49. Re7 Ra8 50. Rxc7+ Kd6 51. Rc1 Bd4 52. f4 Bc5
53. Rc2 Rb1+ 54. Kg2 Rg1+ 55. Kh2 Rg4 56. Bf5 Rxf4 57. Be6 Rf6 58. g7 Rxe6 59.
dxe6 Rg8 60. Re2 Ke7 61. Re4 b5 62. Kh3 b4 63. Rh5 Bd6 64. Rb5 Kf6 65. e7 1-0