43rd Dortmund Sparkassen Chess-Meeting 2015

Mark Crowther - Friday 26th June 2015

The 43rd Dortmund Sparkassen Chess-Meeting takes place 27th June (Round 1) to 5th July 2015. Fabiano Caruana, Vladimir Kramnik, Wesley So, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Hou Yifan, Arkadij Naiditsch, Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu and Georg Meier play this 8 player, 7 round all-play-all.

Fabiano Caruana wins the Dortmund Sparkassen tournament 2015 (7)

Fabiano Caruana won the 43rd Dortmund Sparkassen Chess-Meeting after winning a sharp Evans Gambit as black against Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu who needed a win to take the tournament himself. Caruana scored 5.5/7 including winning his final 5 games.

Wesley So caught Nisipeanu on 4 points after a marathon win against Vladimir Kramnik in a Berlin Defence.

Naiditch-Meier and Hou Yifan-Nepomniachtchi were both drawn.

Caruana 5.5pts, So, Nisipeanu 4pts, Kramnik 3.5pts, Nepomniachtchi, Naiditsch 3pts, Hou Yifan, Meier 2.5pts.

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Mark Crowther (Sun Jul 5 23:58:00 2015)

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Caruana leads Dortmund alone with a round to go

Mark Crowther | Sat Jul 4 21:24:00 2015

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Caruana and Nisipeanu lead on 3.5/5 with two rounds to go in Dortmund

Mark Crowther | Fri Jul 3 20:34:00 2015

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