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GM Vladimir Kramnik plays against Ponomariov, the winner of Dortmund 2010Ponomariov wins Dortmund

Ruslan Ponomariov won the tournament by a point from up and coming star Le Quang Liem.

Vladimir Kramnik got back to 50% and caught Mamedyarov by beating him in the final round.


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Final standings

N Name FED FIDE 1 2 3 4 5 6 PTS PFM
1 Ponomariov, Ruslan UKR 2734 . 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 6½ 2840
2 Le Quang Liem VIE 2681 1 ½ . ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 5½ 2776
3 Kramnik, Vladimir RUS 2790 0 ½ ½ ½ . ½ 1 1 0 ½ ½ 5 2718
4 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar AZE 2761 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 . 1 0 ½ 1 5 2724
5 Naiditsch, Arkadij GER 2684 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 1 . ½ 0 4 2668
6 Leko, Peter HUN 2734 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 . 4 2658
 

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Latest News
Kramnik wins the President's Cup in Baku
[5/4/2010 12:00:00 AM] The event took place in Baku, Azerbaijan. Kramnik made 5.5/7 to take first place.
Carlsen and Ivanchuk win the Melody Amber. Kramnik takes third place
[3/25/2010 12:00:00 AM] For Vladimir Kramnik it was a very good, solid result, along the same line of strong performances that he's been achieving during the last months
Kramnik takes second in Corus where he beats Carlsen in a brilliant game.
[1/31/2010 12:00:00 AM] Kramnik shared second place with Shirov at the super strong Corus event in Wijk aan Zee. It was an excellent performance by Vladimir, who scored a brilliant win with Black against the winner of the event, Magnus Carlsen
Kramnik finishes second at the strong London Classic
[12/15/2009 12:00:00 AM] Vladimir Kramnik made an excellent performance at the London Classic where he took second place after Magnus Carlsen.
Kramnik wins the Tal Memorial
[11/14/2009 12:00:00 AM] Vladimir Kramnik has just won the strongest event of 2009, the Tal Memorial after drawing against Ivanchuk in the last round.

Calendar
  • September 19th - October 4th 2010 World Chess Olympiad
    Venue: Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia
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  • December 7th - 16th 2010 London Classical Super Tournament
    Venue: London, England
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  • January 14th - 30th 2011 Corus Super Tournament
    Venue: Wijk aan Zee, Holland
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