TWIC is 31. First issue 17th September 1994.43rd Dortmund Sparkassen Chess-Meeting 2015 (5)
Caruana and Nisipeanu lead on 3.5/5 with two rounds to go in Dortmund
Mark Crowther - Friday 3rd July 2015
Fabiano Caruana defeated Vladimir Kramnik in an interesting struggle in the fifth round of the Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting. Kramnik's 13.Bxe4 was probably based on a miscalculation with his follow up 15.Qc2 being met by the strong 15...Bf5! Caruana was better from then on and got a mating attack on the run up to the first time control.
Wesley So won a fluctuating struggle in a Benoni structure against Ian Nepomniachtchi, 31...Nb6 would most likely have kept the balance for black but 31...c4?! followed by 34...Rxa4? lost the game for the Russian.
Georg Meier managed a solid draw against Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu and Arkadij Naiditsch drew against Hou Yifan.
Round 5 standings: Caruana, Nisipeanu 3.5pts/5, Kramnik 3pts, Naiditsch, So 2.5pts, Hou Yifan 2pts, Nepomniachtchi, Meier 1.5pts.
Round 6 Satuday 4th July 2015. Caruana-Hou Yifan, Nepomniachtchi-Naiditsch, Meier-So, KRamnik-Nisipeanu
| 43rd GM 2015 Dortmund GER (GER), 26 vi-5 vii 2015 | cat. XIX (2724) | |||||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |||||||
| 1. | Caruana, Fabiano | g | USA | 2805 | * | . | 1 | 1 | 0 | . | ½ | 1 | 3½ | 2880 |
| 2. | Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter | g | GER | 2654 | . | * | . | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 3½ | 2859 |
| 3. | Kramnik, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2783 | 0 | . | * | 0 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2787 |
| 4. | Naiditsch, Arkadij | g | GER | 2722 | 0 | 0 | 1 | * | 1 | ½ | . | . | 2½ | 2739 |
| 5. | So, Wesley | g | USA | 2778 | 1 | 0 | . | 0 | * | ½ | 1 | . | 2½ | 2715 |
| 6. | Hou, Yifan | g | CHN | 2676 | . | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | . | ½ | 2 | 2646 |
| 7. | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | g | RUS | 2720 | ½ | ½ | 0 | . | 0 | . | * | ½ | 1½ | 2585 |
| 8. | Meier, Georg | g | GER | 2654 | 0 | ½ | 0 | . | . | ½ | ½ | * | 1½ | 2578 |
| Round 5 (July 3, 2015) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter | - Meier, Georg | ½-½ | 42 | E42 | Nimzo Indian Rubinstein | |
| Kramnik, Vladimir | - Caruana, Fabiano | 0-1 | 38 | D78 | Gruenfeld 3.g3 | |
| Naiditsch, Arkadij | - Hou, Yifan | ½-½ | 64 | E48 | Nimzo Indian | |
| So, Wesley | - Nepomniachtchi, Ian | 1-0 | 49 | E60 | King's Indian without Nc3 | |
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