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Dortmund Chess Tournament
(June 23 - July 1 // Dortmund, GERMANY)

Final standings

1.- Kramnik     5 / 7
2-4 Anand, Leko, Alekseev     4
5.- Mamedyarov     3.5
6.- Carlsen     3
7.- Gelfand     2.5
8.- Naiditsch     2

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Round 7 (July 1)

Carlsen, M - Anand, V     1/2     QGD Slav     39 moves
Leko, P - Mamedyarov, S     1/2    Sicilian Taimanov     107 moves
Naiditsch, A - Gelfand, B     1/2     Sicilian Najdorf     44 moves
Alekseev, E - Kramnik, V     1/2     Petroff defense     31 moves

Round 6 (June 30)

Anand, V - Alekseev, E     1/2     Petroff defense     43 moves
Kramnik, V - Naiditsch, A     1-0     Catalan opening     47 moves
Gelfand, B - Leko, P     0-1     QGD semi-Slav     65 moves
Mamedyarov, S - Carlsen, M     1/2     QGD Ragozin     26 moves

Round 5 (June 29)

Mamedyarov, S - Anand, V     1/2     Queen´s Indian     69 moves
Carlsen, M - Gelfand, B     1/2     QGD Slav     27 moves
Leko, P - Kramnik, V     1/2     Petroff defense     38 moves
Naiditsch, A - Alekseev, E     1/2     Nimzo-Indian     50 moves

Round 4 (June 27)

Anand, V - Naiditsch, A     1-0     Ruy Lopez     57 moves
Alekseev, E - Leko, P     1/2     QGD Slav     34 moves
Kramnik, V - Carlsen, M     1-0     Catalan opening     30 moves
Gelfand, B - Mamedyarov, S     1/2     Modern defense     32 moves

Round 3 (June 26)

Gelfand, B - Anand, V     1/2     QGD semi-Slav     21 moves
Mamedyarov, S - Kramnik, V     1/2     Queen´s Indian     21 moves
Carlsen, M - Alekseev, E     1/2     Queen´s Indian     59 moves
Leko, P - Naiditsch, A     1/2     Sicilian defense     38 moves

Round 2 (June 24)

Anand, V - Leko, P     1/2     Ruy Lopez     29 moves
Naiditsch, A - Carlsen, M     1/2     Ruy Lopez     35 moves
Alekseev, E - Mamedyarov, S     1-0     Sicilian Taimanov     45 moves
Kramnik, V - Gelfand, B     1-0     QGD semi-Slav     62 moves

Round 1 (June 23)

Gelfand, B - Alekseev, E     1/2     English opening     23 moves
Kramnik, V - Anand, V     1/2     Slav defense     35 moves
Carlsen, M - Leko, P     1/2     Ruy Lopez     29 moves
Mamedyarov, S - Naiditsch, A     1-0     Two knights defense     44 moves

Participants

Player	ELO rating
Viswanathan Anand	2786
Vladimir Kramnik	2772
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov	2757
Peter Leko	2738
Magnus Carlsen	2693
Evgeny Alekseev	2679
Arkadij Naiditsch	2654