Adams vs. Kramnik for 1st place at Dortmund in R9 |
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Saturday, 03 August 2013 | ||||
With a hard-fought win against Fabiano Caruana, Vladimir Kramnik is trailing Michael Adams by 0.5 points going into the final round Vladimir Kramnik succeeded in converting his edge against Fabiano Caruana, although the Italian player was close to saving the game on a couple of occasions. Wang Hao got a dubious position out of the opening vs. Igor Khenkin and lost. Georg Meier didn't pose any problems in front of Michael Adams, the game was drawn. Daniel Fridman and Dmitry Andreikin struggled for 80 moves to split a point. Arkadij Naiditsch fell victim to the powerful passed pawn of Peter Leko. The ultimate showdown will happen tomorrow. Michael Adams vs. Vladimir Kramnik. Can Vladimir beat his own record and win Dortmund for the 11th time in his career? View the games Standings and odds for Round 9 (August 4, 15:00 local time): Based on Peter Zhdanov's ChessBet model Standings after Round 8: 1. Adams - 6.5/8 2. Kramnik - 6 3-4. Leko, Meier - 4, 5-7. Khenkin, Andreikin, Naiditsch - 3.5 8-10. Wang Hao, Caruana, Fridman - 3
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