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Leko On Top
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Leko On Top
By Arvind Aaron
Peter Leko of Hungary wrested sole lead from fellow 1979-born Jan
Gustfasson of Germany in the Sparkassen Chess Meeting at Dortmund, Germany
on July 5.
Leko had won a similar 8-player all-play-all in 1999 as a teenager. He
leads with four points from six rounds. One round remains to be played on
July 7.
On Saturday, Leko accepted a central pawn on move 21 with the black pieces
in a queen's Indian defence and defended the queenless middlegame to cash
a 45-move win.
Sunday's pairings are great. All four players who are gaining Elo are
facing each other and the losers are taking on each other. Leko v Naiditch
and Nepomniachtchi v Gustafsson will be the key games to decide the title.
The results (round six): J. Gustafsson (Ger) 3.5 lost to Peter Leko (Hun)
4, S. Mamedyarov (Aze) 3 drew with V. Ivanchuk (Ukr) 3, V. Kramnik (Rus) 3
drew with Ian Nepomniachtchi (Rus) 3.5, A. Naiditch (Ger) 3 bt Loek Van
Wely (Ned) 1.
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07th July,
2008
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