Dortmund

Britain’s top grandmaster Mickey Adams has won clear first prize in the tournament at Dortmund, ahead of former world champion Vladimir Kramnik. The full final scores (out of 9) were as follows: Adams 7; Kramnik 6½; Leko and Naiditsch 4½; Andreikin, Meier, Wang Hao and Caruana 4; Khenkin 3½; Fridman 3.
 
The last time a British grandmaster won outright at Dortmund was in 1980, when I took first prize, but the field then was far less impressive than the elite group over whom Adams triumphed. This week, some key extracts.
 
Adams-Andreikin: Dortmund 2013
 
Although this position features opposite-coloured bishops White’s active pieces and passed g-pawn create too many problems for Black. 53 Rf1+ Ke7 54 Rf4 Bd3 55 Bg7 Ke6 56 Rf6+ Ke7 57 Rb6 Kf7 58 Bc3 Bc2 59 g5 Rd1 60 g6+ A key tactical point. If 60 … Bxg6 then 61 Rf6+ wins. 60 … Ke7 61 g7 Rg1 62 Rb7+ Ke6 63 Rb8 Bh7 64 Kh3 Kd5 Black resigns
 
Naiditsch-Adams: Dortmund 2013
 
The position would be balanced after a simple move like 17 Re1.