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Three Tied for Lead in Dortmund Drawfest

Michael Adams won a 117 move, seven and a half hour battle over Boris Gelfand to join Peter Leko and Peter Svidler in first place at the 2006 Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting. All three have 2.5 points after four rounds, a half point in front of Vladimir Kramnik and Levon Aronian.

The biggest story in Dortmand has been the lack of fighting play. Of the 16 games played so far, a mere three have been decisive. Nobody in the field has participated in more than one decisive game, leaving the three players tied for last - Gelfand, Baadur Jobava and Arkadij Naiditsch - only one point behind the leaders.

With three rounds remaining in the tournament, first place is still up for grabs. The most important game still to be played could be the final round clash between coleaders Svidler and Adams on Sunday. A win for either player could be enough to take the crown, as it seems unlikely that any player will score higher than +2.

We will provide complete coverage of the conclusion of Dortmund 2006 in our next issue. For now, here is Adams' marathon victory over Gelfand.

White: Adams, M (2732)
Black: Gelfand, B (2729)
Dortmund 2006, Round 4
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Be6 12. a5 Rc8 13. Bd3 Bc4 14. Rfd1 Qc7 15. h3 Rfe8 16. Bxc4 Qxc4 17. Ra4 Qc6 18. Rb4 Qc7 19. Rb6 Nd7 20. Nd5 Qb8 21. Rb4 Ne5 22. Ra4 Rc4 23. Rxc4 Nxc4 24. Qc3 Bxd4 25. Rxd4 Ne5 26. Rb4 Nc6 27. Rb6 Qc8 28. b4 Qd7 29. b5 axb5 30. a6 b4 31. Qa1 bxa6 32. Qxa6 Nd4 33. Rxb4 Ne6 34. Rb7 Qc8 35. Qb5 Kf8 36. Qb2 Ng7 37. Nxe7 Qc4 38. Qf6 Qxe4 39. Nf5 Qe1+ 40. Kh2 Qe5+ 41. Qxe5 dxe5 42. Nd6 Rd8 43. Nxf7 Rc8 44. Ng5 h5 45. Nh7+ Kg8 46. Nf6+ Kf8 47. Nh7+ Kg8 48. Nf6+ Kf8 49. Nd7+ Kg8 50. Rb2 Kf7 51. Nxe5+ Kf6 52. Nf3 Ne6 53. Rb6 Ke7 54. Ne5 g5 55. c4 h4 56. Rb7+ Kf6 57. Ng4+ Kg6 58. Rb6 Kf7 59. Rb7+ Kg6 60. Ne3 Ra8 61. Rb6 Kf7 62. g3 Ra2 63. Kg2 hxg3 64. Kxg3 Nc5 65. Kf3 Nd3 66. Ng4 Ke7 67. Rb3 Nc5 68. Re3+ Kf7 69. Ne5+ Kf6 70. Ng4+ Kg6 71. Re5 Ra3+ 72. Ne3 Nd3 73. Rd5 Rc3 74. Rd4 Ra3 75. h4 gxh4 76. Rxh4 Ra2 77. Rh2 Kf6 78. Ke4 Nc5+ 79. Kd5 Nb3 80. f3 Ra5+ 81. Ke4 Nc5+ 82. Kf4 Ne6+ 83. Kg3 Ra3 84. Re2 Kg5 85. Nc2 Ra6 86. Nb4 Rb6 87. Nd5 Rd6 88. Re5+ Kh6 89. Nf4 Nc7 90. c5 Rc6 91. Kg4 Kg7 92. Kf5 Kf7 93. Ke4 Ra6 94. Rf5+ Ke8 95. Ke5 Rc6 96. Nd3 Ke7 97. Rh5 Re6+ 98. Kd4 Rf6 99. f4 Ra6 100. Rh7+ Kd8 101. f5 Ne8 102. Nb4 Ra1 103. Nc6+ Kc8 104. Rh8 Kd7 105. Ne5+ Ke7 106. Ng6+ Kd8 107. Kd5 Re1 108. c6 Rd1+ 109. Ke5 Kc7 110. Rxe8 Re1+ 111. Kd5 Rxe8 112. f6 Rd8+ 113. Kc5 Rd1 114. f7 Rc1+ 115. Kd5 Rd1+ 116. Ke6 Rf1 117. Ne7 1-0