Chessable Houska's Caro

43rd Dortmund Sparkassen Chess-Meeting 2015 (6)

Caruana leads Dortmund alone with a round to go

Fabiano Caruana won a pawn early on against Hou Yifan and although there were some technical problems he overcame them to win in 39 moves.

Vladimir Kramnik blundered on the last move before second time on move 60 to allow Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu to escape with a draw.

Ian Nepomniachtchi won an exchange Queen's Gambit against Arkadij Naiditsch.

Georg Meier had the better side of a draw against Wesley So.

Round 6 Standings: Caruana 4.5/6pts, Nisipeanu 4pts, Kramnik 3.5pts, So 3pts, Nepomniachtchi, Naiditsch 2.5pts, Hou Yifan, Meier 2pts.

Round 7 Pairings 5th July 2015 12pm UK time two hours earlier than the previous rounds: Nisipeanu-Caruana, So-Kramnik, Naiditsch-Meier, Hou Yifan-Nepomnniachtchi

43rd GM 2015 Dortmund GER (GER), 26 vi-5 vii 2015 cat. XIX (2724)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1. Caruana, Fabiano g USA 2805 * . 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 2915
2. Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter g GER 2654 . * ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 4 2847
3. Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2783 0 ½ * . 1 0 1 1 2762
4. So, Wesley g USA 2778 1 0 . * 1 0 ½ ½ 3 2705
5. Nepomniachtchi, Ian g RUS 2720 ½ ½ 0 0 * 1 . ½ 2675
6. Naiditsch, Arkadij g GER 2722 0 0 1 1 0 * ½ . 2679
7. Hou, Yifan g CHN 2676 0 ½ 0 ½ . ½ * ½ 2 2607
8. Meier, Georg g GER 2654 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ . ½ * 2 2611
Round 6 (July 4, 2015)
Caruana, Fabiano - Hou, Yifan 1-0 39 D31 Semi-Slav Defence
Kramnik, Vladimir - Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter ½-½ 83 A13 Reti Opening
Nepomniachtchi, Ian - Naiditsch, Arkadij 1-0 68 D36 QGD Exchange
Meier, Georg - So, Wesley ½-½ 43 D11 Slav Defence

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