Naiditsch won with 5½/9. All 45 games of this 10-player single round robin are here, and the standings and crosstable are worked out from them.
The field and format
Played in Dortmund, Germany (8–17 July 2005), the event used a single round-robin. Each of the 10 players completed 9 games; the resulting 45-game total is exactly the full set of pairings.
The finish
Naiditsch won with 5½/9.
Top scores: Naiditsch 5½/9 (+3 −1 =5). The next score line was Bacrot 5/9 (+3 −2 =4), Topalov 5/9 (+3 −2 =4), and Van Wely 5/9 (+3 −2 =4).
Final standings
| # | Player | Score | Record | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Naiditsch, Arkadij | 5½/9 | +3 -1 =5 | games |
| =2 | Bacrot, Etienne | 5/9 | +3 -2 =4 | games |
| =2 | Topalov, Veselin | 5/9 | +3 -2 =4 | games |
| =2 | Van Wely, Loek | 5/9 | +3 -2 =4 | games |
| =2 | Svidler, Peter | 5/9 | +1 -0 =8 | games |
| =6 | Adams, Michael | 4½/9 | +2 -2 =5 | games |
| =6 | Kramnik, Vladimir | 4½/9 | +2 -2 =5 | games |
| 8 | Leko, Peter | 4/9 | +2 -3 =4 | games |
| 9 | Sutovsky, Emil | 3½/9 | +1 -3 =5 | games |
| 10 | Nielsen, Peter Heine | 3/9 | +1 -4 =4 | games |
Cross Table
| Rank | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Naiditsch, Arkadij | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2 | Bacrot, Etienne | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | |
| 3 | Topalov, Veselin | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | |
| 4 | Van Wely, Loek | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | |
| 5 | Svidler, Peter | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | |
| 6 | Adams, Michael | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | |
| 7 | Kramnik, Vladimir | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | |
| 8 | Leko, Peter | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | |
| 9 | Sutovsky, Emil | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | |
| 10 | Nielsen, Peter Heine | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ |
Each cell shows the row player's recorded results against the column player. ● = same player.