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The 42nd Dortmund Sparkassen Chess-Meeting took place 12th to 20th July 2014. Players: Caruana, Kramnik, Adams, Leko, Ponomariov, Naiditsch and Georg Meier. Games and results. Fabiano Caruana dominated the event scoring to 5.5/7. He will move to number 3 in the world and take his rating over 2800. Peter Leko and Georg Meier finished tied for second on 4/7. Vladimir Kramnik's poor post-Candidates form continued with a horrible 2.5/7 score.

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42nd GM 2014 Dortmund GER (GER), 12-20 vii 2014											cat. XIX (2715)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1.	Caruana, Fabiano	g	ITA	2789	*	½	1	½	1	1	½	1	5½	2934
2.	Leko, Peter	g	HUN	2737	½	*	½	1	½	½	½	½	4	2762
3.	Meier, Georg	g	GER	2632	0	½	*	1	½	½	1	½	4	2777
4.	Naiditsch, Arkadij	g	GER	2705	½	0	0	*	½	1	½	1	3½	2716
5.	Adams, Michael	g	ENG	2743	0	½	½	½	*	½	½	1	3½	2711
6.	Ponomariov, Ruslan	g	UKR	2723	0	½	½	0	½	*	1	½	3	2664
7.	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2777	½	½	0	½	½	0	*	½	2½	2604
8.	Baramidze, David	g	GER	2616	0	½	½	0	0	½	½	*	2	2571

Round 1 (July 12, 2014)
Leko, Peter	- Ponomariov, Ruslan	½-½	43	A88	Dutch Leningrad
Naiditsch, Arkadij	- Adams, Michael	½-½	49	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Meier, Georg	0-1	41	A30	English Symmetrical
Baramidze, David	- Caruana, Fabiano	0-1	75	A81	Dutch Leningrad
Round 2 (July 13, 2014)
Caruana, Fabiano	- Ponomariov, Ruslan	1-0	41	C42	Petroff's Defence
Meier, Georg	- Leko, Peter	½-½	27	E06	Catalan
Adams, Michael	- Kramnik, Vladimir	½-½	68	A45	Trompowsky
Baramidze, David	- Naiditsch, Arkadij	0-1	50	E04	Catalan
Round 3 (July 15, 2014)
Leko, Peter	- Adams, Michael	½-½	33	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Naiditsch, Arkadij	- Caruana, Fabiano	½-½	38	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Ponomariov, Ruslan	- Meier, Georg	½-½	38	C11	French Defence
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Baramidze, David	½-½	53	E07	Catalan
Round 4 (July 16, 2014)
Caruana, Fabiano	- Meier, Georg	1-0	38	C11	French Defence
Naiditsch, Arkadij	- Kramnik, Vladimir	½-½	47	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Adams, Michael	- Ponomariov, Ruslan	½-½	54	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Baramidze, David	- Leko, Peter	½-½	52	E06	Catalan
Round 5 (July 18, 2014)
Leko, Peter	- Naiditsch, Arkadij	1-0	50	D36	QGD Exchange
Meier, Georg	- Adams, Michael	½-½	60	D11	Slav Defence
Ponomariov, Ruslan	- Baramidze, David	½-½	65	C95	Ruy Lopez Breyer
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Caruana, Fabiano	½-½	48	E60	King's Indian without Nc3
Round 6 (July 19, 2014)
Caruana, Fabiano	- Adams, Michael	1-0	48	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Naiditsch, Arkadij	- Ponomariov, Ruslan	1-0	49	C95	Ruy Lopez Breyer
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Leko, Peter	½-½	41	E14	Queens Indian
Baramidze, David	- Meier, Georg	½-½	38	E01	Catalan
Round 7 (July 20, 2014)
Leko, Peter	- Caruana, Fabiano	½-½	31	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Meier, Georg	- Naiditsch, Arkadij	1-0	65	E98	King's Indian Classical
Adams, Michael	- Baramidze, David	1-0	43	C95	Ruy Lopez Breyer
Ponomariov, Ruslan	- Kramnik, Vladimir	1-0	56	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin

Helmut-Kohls-Turnier 2014 Dortmund GER Sat 12th Jul 2014 - Sun 20th Jul 2014 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	Rtg	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pts
1	Nalbandian, Tigran	GM	2449	*	½	1	1	1	1	½	1	1	1	8.0
2	Zaitsev, Mikhail	IM	2489	½	*	1	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	8.0
3	Kartsev, Soel		2252	0	0	*	0	½	1	1	1	1	1	5.5
4	Stricker, Florian		1924	0	0	1	*	½	1	1	½	0	1	5.0
5	Webb, Laurence	FM	2252	0	½	½	½	*	0	1	½	1	½	4.5
6	Baerwolf, Steven		1975	0	0	0	0	1	*	½	½	½	1	3.5
7	Boehm, Juergen		2200	½	0	0	0	0	½	*	½	1	½	3.0
8	Kropp, Andreas		2058	0	0	0	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	3.0
9	Begna, Bozidar		2064	0	0	0	1	0	½	0	½	*	1	3.0
10	Schiefelbusch, Dirk		2151	0	0	0	0	½	0	½	½	0	*	1.5
10 players

Sparkassen Open A 2014 Dortmund GER Sat 12th Jul 2014 - Sun 20th Jul 2014 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	Name	Rtg	Pts	TB1
1	Hausrath, Daniel	2521	7.5	47.5
2	Podzielny, Karl-Heinz	2448	7.5	47.0
3	Henrichs, Thomas	2493	7.0	47.5
4	Jesse, Ingemars	2316	6.5	46.5
5	Naundorf, Maik	2152	6.0	44.0
6	Schroeder, Kevin	2178	6.0	42.5
7	Rott, Georg	2160	6.0	42.0
8	Gelashvili, George		5.5	47.0
9	Torres-Kuckel, Rafael	2262	5.5	45.5
10	Pauly, Carlo	2141	5.5	45.0
11	Hobusch, Jan	2130	5.5	42.5
12	Ozerov, Ilja	2064	5.5	41.0
13	Steinle, Carsten	2186	5.5	35.0
14	Zolfagharian, Kevin	2067	5.0	43.0
15	Schmitz, Philipp	2194	5.0	42.5
16	Wagner, Alexej	2284	5.0	42.0
16	Rueberg, Jobst	2173	5.0	42.0
18	Happe, Ulrich	2058	5.0	39.5
19	Tayyar, Alptug		5.0	37.5
20	Imcke, Patrick	2016	5.0	37.5
21	Geerling, Anton		5.0	36.5
22	Arndt, Olaf	1993	5.0	31.5
23	Arold, Gerhard		5.0	31.5
24	Hahn, Matthias	2085	4.5	38.5
25	Sicars, Thorsten	2112	4.5	37.5
26	Michalczak, Thomas	2319	4.5	37.0
27	Ciornei, Dragos	2142	4.5	36.5
28	Siemes, Robert	2051	4.5	35.0
29	Schulze, Marc	1980	4.5	34.5
30	Schuelke, Tilman	1972	4.5	31.5
31	Sherif, Amina	1754	4.5	29.0
32	Koenig, Christian	2134	4.0	39.0
33	Baumann, Stephan		4.0	36.0
34	Butschek, Marc	2000	4.0	36.0
35	Heldt, Maximilian	2091	4.0	34.5
36	Niekrens, Stefan	2001	4.0	34.5
37	Rempe, Moritz	1865	4.0	32.5
38	Zimmermann, Dirk	2030	3.5	37.0
39	Garbuz, Vitaliy		3.5	35.5
40	Hartung, Thomas	1976	3.5	33.5
41	Terhuven, Patrick	2081	3.5	33.0
42	Steinberg, Christian		3.5	31.0
43	Elefteriadis, Paul-Gabriel	1904	3.5	30.5
44	Oberste, Norbert	1762	3.5	26.5
45	Barten, Ralf	2049	3.0	38.0
46	Barth, Hans-Joachim	1872	3.0	35.0
47	Hoffmann, Philipp	1901	3.0	33.0
48	Wisler, Lars	1897	3.0	33.0
49	Pfleger, Sascha	2096	2.5	36.5
50	Zachos, Ingo	2112	2.5	36.0
55 players

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