Fabiano Caruana win Sparkasssen Chess-Meeting 2012

Rank		Name		Points		Tiebreak
1		Caruana F		6		4
2		Karjakin S		6		3
3		Ponomariov R		5.5		3		24.5
4		Kramnik V		5.5		3		20.5
5		Leko P		5.5		2		21.5
6		Naiditsch A		5.5		2		21.5
7		Meier G		4
8		Fridman D		3.5
9		Bartel M		2
10		Gustafsson J		1.5

ROUND 9
Board		White		ELO		Black		ELO		Results
1		Karjakin,Sergey		2779		Gustafsson,Jan		2629		1 - 0
2		Kramnik,Vladimir		2799		Meier,Georg		2644		1 - 0
3		Bartel,Mateusz		2674		Caruana,Fabiano		2775		0 - 1
4		Naiditsch,Arkadi		2700		Leko,Peter		2730		½ - ½
5		Ponomariov,Rusla		2726		Fridman,Daniel		2655		½ - ½
Round 8
Board		White		ELO		Black		ELO		Results
1		Gustafsson,Jan		2629		Ponomariov,Rusla		2726		0 - 1
2		Fridman,Daniel		2655		Naiditsch,Arkadi		2700		½ - ½
3		Leko,Peter		2730		Bartel,Mateusz		2674		1 - 0
4		Caruana,Fabiano		2775		Kramnik,Vladimir		2799		1 - 0
5		Meier,Georg		2644		Karjakin,Sergey		2779		½ - ½
Round 7
Board		White		ELO		Black		ELO		Results
1		Meier,Georg		2644		Gustafsson,Jan		2629		½ - ½
2		Karjakin,Sergey		2779		Caruana,Fabiano		2775		½ - ½
3		Kramnik,Vladimir		2799		Leko,Peter		2730		½ - ½
4		Bartel,Mateusz		2674		Fridman,Daniel		2655		½ - ½
5		Naiditsch,Arkadi		2700		Ponomariov,Rusla		2726		½ - ½
Round 6
Board		White		ELO		Black		ELO		Results
1		Gustafsson,Jan		2629		Naiditsch,Arkadi		2700		0 - 1
2		Ponomariov,Rusla		2726		Bartel,Mateusz		2674		0 - 1
3		Fridman,Daniel		2655		Kramnik,Vladimir		2799		½ - ½
4		Leko,Peter		2730		Karjakin,Sergey		2779		½ - ½
5		Caruana,Fabiano		2775		Meier,Georg		2644		½ - ½
Round 5
Board		White		ELO		Black		ELO		Results
1		Caruana,Fabiano		2775		Gustafsson,Jan		2629		1 - 0
2		Meier,Georg		2644		Leko,Peter		2730		½ - ½
3		Karjakin,Sergey		2779		Fridman,Daniel		2655		1 - 0
4		Kramnik,Vladimir		2799		Ponomariov,Rusla		2726		½ - ½
5		Bartel,Mateusz		2674		Naiditsch,Arkadi		2700		0 - 1
Round 4
Board		White		ELO		Black		ELO		Results
1		Gustafsson,Jan		2629		Bartel,Mateusz		2674		½ - ½
2		Naiditsch,Arkadi		2700		Kramnik,Vladimir		2799		½ - ½
3		Ponomariov,Rusla		2726		Karjakin,Sergey		2779		½ - ½
4		Fridman,Daniel		2655		Meier,Georg		2644		½ - ½
5		Leko,Peter		2730		Caruana,Fabiano		2775		½ - ½
Round 3
Board		White		ELO		Black		ELO		Results
1		Leko,Peter		2730		Gustafsson,Jan		2629		1 - 0
2		Caruana,Fabiano		2775		Fridman,Daniel		2655		1 - 0
3		Meier,Georg		2644		Ponomariov,Ruslan		2726		0 - 1
4		Karjakin,Sergey		2779		Naiditsch,Arkadi		2700		½ - ½
5		Kramnik,Vladimir		2799		Bartel,Mateusz		2674		1 - 0
Round 2
Board		White		ELO		Black		ELO		Results
1		Gustafsson,Jan		2629		Kramnik,Vladimir		2799		0 - 1
2		Bartel,Mateusz		2674		Karjakin,Sergey		2779		0 - 1
3		Naiditsch,Arkadi		2700		Meier,Georg		2644		½ - ½
4		Ponomariov,Ruslan		2726		Caruana,Fabiano		2775		1 - 0
5		Fridman,Daniel		2655		Leko,Peter		2730		½ - ½
Round 1
Board		White		ELO		Black		ELO		Results
1		Fridman,Daniel		2655		Gustafsson,Jan		2629		½ - ½
2		Leko,Peter		2730		Ponomariov,Ruslan		2726		½ - ½
3		Caruana,Fabiano		2775		Naiditsch,Arkadi		2700		½ - ½
4		Meier,Georg		2644		Bartel,Mateusz		2674		1 - 0
5		Karjakin,Sergey		2779		Kramnik,Vladimir		2799		½ - ½

[Round "9"]
[White "Bartel, Mat"]
[Black "Caruana, F."]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Qd2 Qxd2+ 12. Bxd2 e6 13. O-O b6 14. Rbc1
Bb7 15. Rc7 Bxe4 16. Ng5 Bd5 17. Bb4 Rd8 18. Bb5 a6 19. Nxf7 axb5 20. Nxd8 Na6
21. Rxg7+ Kxg7 22. Be7 b4 23. Rc1 Bxa2 24. Rc6 b5 25. h4 b3 26. Ba3 Nb4 27.
Nxe6+ Kg8 0-1


[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Gustafsson, J."]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 O-O 14. Ne4 Nxe4
15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qe2 Qd5 17. Be3 Ng4 18. Bc1 Nf6 19. Ne5 Qe4 20. Qf1 c5 21. f3
Qh7 22. dxc5 Bxc5 23. Nd7 Nxd7 24. Rxd7 Rac8 25. g4 Bb6 26. Rh2 f5 27. Qe2 fxg4
28. Qxe6+ Kh8 29. Qxg4 Rce8 30. Rg2 Rg8 31. Bd2 Re5 32. a4 Ba5 33. Qd4 Rxh5 34.
Bxa5 Rxa5 35. Rgxg7 1-0




[Round "9"]
[White "Kramnik, V."]
[Black "Meier, Geo"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Nc6 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bc4 cxd4 8.
exd4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bf6 11. Bb3 Nde7 12. Bf4 Bxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bc4
Nec6 15. Rc1 Qf6 16. Bc7 e5 17. Nd5 Qg5 18. f4 exf4 19. Bxf4 Qh4 20. Bg3 Qd8
21. Nc7 Rb8 22. Nb5 Ra8 23. Bd6 Re8 24. Bxf7+ Kxf7 25. Qh5+ g6 26. Qxh7+ Kf6
27. Nxd4 Nxd4 28. Qh4+ Kf7 29. Rc7+ Bd7 30. Qh7+ Kf6 31. Rf1+ Ke6 32. Qxg6+ Kd5
33. Rc5# 1-0


[Round "8"]
[White "Gustafsson, J."]
[Black "Ponomariov, R."]
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 e5 10. Bb3 h6 11. h3 Re8 12. Bd2 e4 13. Nh4 Bb8 14. Nf5 Nb6 15.
Ng3 Bxg3 16. fxg3 Be6 17. g4 Bc4 18. Bxc4 Nxc4 19. Ne2 Nd6 20. Nc3 Rc8 21. Be1
Nd5 22. Nxd5 cxd5 23. Qe2 Re7 24. Bh4 f6 25. Rac1 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Rc7 27. Qe1
Rxc1 28. Qxc1 Qc8 29. Qxc8+ Nxc8 30. Kf1 Kf7 31. Ke2 Kg6 32. Bg3 h5 33. gxh5+
Kxh5 34. Bc7 Ne7 35. Bd6 Nc6 36. b3 g5 37. g3 f5 38. Kd2 f4 39. gxf4 gxf4 40.
Bxf4 Kh4 41. Bd6 Kxh3 42. Ke2 Kg2 43. Bc5 a6 44. Bd6 Nd8 45. Be5 Nf7 46. Bf4
Nd8 47. Be5 Kg1 48. Ke1 Nc6 49. Bd6 Na7 50. a4 Nc6 51. b4 Kg2 52. Ke2 Na7 53.
Bc5 Nc8 54. a5 Kg3 55. Bf8 Na7 56. Bd6+ Kg2 57. Bc5 Nb5 58. Bf8 Na3 59. Be7 Nc4
60. Bc5 Nb2 61. Be7 Nd3 62. Bd6 Nf2 63. Bf4 Nh1 64. Kd2 Kf3 65. b5 axb5 66. Kc3
Nf2 67. Bg5 Nd1+ 68. Kb4 Nxe3 69. Kxb5 Nc4 70. Kc5 e3 0-1


[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, F."]
[Black "Kramnik, V."]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Nbd2 Ne7 8. d4
exd4 9. cxd4 Bb6 10. b3 d5 11. e5 Ne4 12. Bd3 Bf5 13. Qe2 Nc6 14. Bb2 Nxd2 15.
Qxd2 Be4 16. Be2 f6 17. b4 fxe5 18. dxe5 Kh8 19. b5 Ne7 20. Ng5 Ng6 21. g3 Qe7
22. e6 Rf5 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Qd7 Raf8 25. Qxe7 Nxe7 26. Ba3 Re8 27. Rad1 h5 28.
Rd7 Nd5 29. Rf7 Nf6 30. Bc4 Bc5 31. Bb2 Re7 32. Bd4 Bd6 33. Re1 b6 34. Rf8+ Kh7
35. Rxe4 Rxf2 36. Kxf2 Nxe4+ 37. Kg2 Nc5 38. Ra8 Nxe6 39. Bd3+ Kh6 40. h4 g6
41. Rh8+ Rh7 42. Rg8 Rg7 43. Bxg7+ Kh7 44. Re8 Nxg7 45. Re3 Kh6 46. a4 Kh7 47.
Kh3 Kh6 48. Bc2 Kh7 49. g4 hxg4+ 50. Kxg4 Kh6 51. Re2 Bb4 52. Re5 Nh5 53. Re6
1-0


[Round "8"]
[White "Leko, P."]
[Black "Bartel, Mat"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 dxc3 11. f4 Nbc6 12. h4 Bd7 13. h5 O-O-O 14. Qd3
Nf5 15. h6 Rg6 16. h7 Rh8 17. Be3 d4 18. Bf2 Qa5 19. Rh3 f6 20. Nxd4 fxe5 21.
Nxf5 exf5 22. Rd1 Rg7 23. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 24. Rxc3 exf4 25. Bxa7 Rhxh7 26. Bc5 Be8
27. Bd6 Rh4 28. Kf2 Rd7 29. Rdd3 Bh5 30. Rc4 Rg4 31. Bxf4 Re7 32. g3 Rg8 33.
Ra4 1-0


[Round "6"]
[White "Gustafsson, J."]
[Black "Naiditsch, A."]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Be3
Ng4 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. Re1 exd4 11. Nxd4 Qe5 12. Nf3 Qc5 13. Bh4 Be6 14. Nd2 h5 15.
Nb3 Qb6 16. Bxg4 Bxg4 17. Qd3 Nb4 18. Qb1 a5 19. Nd2 Qd4 20. Bg5 Qd3 21. Nd5
Qxb1 22. Raxb1 Nxd5 23. cxd5 a4 24. Rec1 Rfc8 25. Be3 Be2 0-1