Arkady Naiditch Jolts Kramnik
By Arvind Aaron

Arkady Naiditch, the home grown grandmaster from Dortmund had the day of his life when he rocked Vladimir Kramnik's main opening preparation for the Bonn Match against Vishy Anand by defeating his Petroff's defence in round three of the Dortmund Tournament on July 1.

The Sparkassen Chess Meeting has seen the most interesting game of the 8-player all-play-all. Naiditch pinned Kramnik's king in the centre of the board and won a queen for rook and minor piece before taking his first point.

The latest win should help Vishy Anand, the Indian world champion who is preparing for his Bonn match in October and also for the Bilbao Tournament slated from early September. It appears Naiditch has made a major dent in a main opening repertoire of most.

Peter Leko of Hungary, the 1999 winner and Gusafsson of Germany are leading this Category 18 tournament with two points from three rounds. Four more rounds remain to be played.

Round three results: Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Aze) 1.5 drew with Jan Gustafsson (Ger) 2, Arkady Naiditch (Ger) 1.5 bt Vladimir Kramnik (Rus) 1.5, Loek Van Wely (Ned) 1 drew with Peter Leko (Hun) 2, Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukr) 1 drew with Ian Nepomniachtchi (Rus) 1.5.

Arkady Naiditch-Vladimir Kramnik, round three, Petroff's Defence C42: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.Re1 Bg4 9. c4 Nf6 10. Nc3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nxd4 12. Qd1 Ne6 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Bb5+ c6 15. Nxd5 cxb5 16. Bf4 Nxf4 17. Rxe7+ Kf8 18. Re5 Qd6 19. Qd2 Ng6 20.Ree1 f6 21. Rad1 Kf7 22. Qe3 Rhe8 23. Ne7 Qxe7 24. Qb3+ Kf8 25. Rxe7 Rxe7 26.Qxb5 Rae8 27. g3 Ne5 28. Kg2 Nc6 29. b4 a6 30. Qb6 h6 31. a4 Ne5 32. Qc5 Kg8 33. b5 axb5 34. axb5 Nf7 35. h4 Kh8 36. Rd2 Kg8 37. Kh3 Kh8 38. f4 Kg8 39. h5 Kh8 40. Qf5 Nd8 41. Rd7 Ne6 42. Qd5 1-0

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