Dortmund, Rd. 3: Kramnik in the style of Tal. Leinier Dominguez won.

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13 July 2016

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Round three of the Sparkassen Chess-Meeting in Dortmund was a delight for spectators. This was to a huge part due to Vladimir Kramnik, ten times winner in Dortmund, who really seems to be inspired by the flair of this tournament. The former World Champion played with White against Rainer Buhmann and initiated a brilliant sacrificial attack in the spirit of Mikhail Tal. But Buhmann defended well and saved a draw!

Whatever the players did during the rest day in Dortmund - it seemed to have recharged their batteries. Which led to hard fought and exciting games in round three.

The most spectacular game was played by Vladimir Kramnik and Rainer Buhmann. The former World Champion seemed to be well prepared against Buhmann's French Defense and entered a sharp line in which he sacrificed two pieces for a strong attack. To keep the fire of the attack going Kramnik continued to sacrifice material to mate Black's king. But Buhmann refused to get mated and the game finally ended in a draw.

Against Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu opted for a popular line that led to a position in which White has an exchange for a pawn but has hardly any winning chances and is not at all in danger to lose.

Fabiano Caruana played with Black against Evgeny Najer and showed the attacking potential of the Caro-Kann.

Leinier Dominguez was the second winner of the round after defeating Ruslan Ponomariov in an ending after 75 moves and almost seven hours of play.

Results of round 3

Brd	Title	Name	ELO	Res.	Title	Name	ELO
1	GM	Evgeniy Najer	2681	0 - 1	GM	Fabiano Caruana	2804
2	GM	Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu	2674	½ - ½	GM	Maxime Vachier Lagrave	2788
3	GM	Leinier Dominguez Perez	2732	1 - 0	GM	Ruslan Ponomariov	2715
4	GM	Vladimir Kramnik	2801	½ - ½	GM	Rainer Buhmann	2651

Games of rounds 1 to 3

Nisipeanu,L	2674	Ponomariov,R	2706	½–½	E32
Najer,E	2687	Buhmann,R	2653	1–0	C11
Caruana,F	2810	Vachier Lagrave,M	2798	0–1	B90
Dominguez Perez,L	2713	Kramnik,V	2812	½–½	C67
Buhmann,R	2653	Dominguez Perez,L	2713	½–½	E97
Caruana,F	2810	Nisipeanu,L	2674	½–½	B12
Ponomariov,R	2706	Najer,E	2687	1–0	D19
Vachier Lagrave,M	2798	Kramnik,V	2812	½–½	C67
Najer,E	2687	Caruana,F	2810	0–1	B12
Nisipeanu,L	2674	Vachier Lagrave,M	2798	½–½	D85
Dominguez Perez,L	2713	Ponomariov,R	2706	1–0	B90
Kramnik,V	2812	Buhmann,R	2653	½–½	C11