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43rd Dortmund Sparkassen Chess-Meeting 2015 (7)

Fabiano Caruana wins the Dortmund Sparkassen tournament 2015

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.

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 * 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 2942
2. So, Wesley g USA 2778 1 * 0 1 1 0 ½ ½ 4 2766
3. Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter g GER 2654 0 1 * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 4 2784
4. Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2783 0 0 ½ * 1 0 1 1 2715
5. Nepomniachtchi, Ian g RUS 2720 ½ 0 ½ 0 * 1 ½ ½ 3 2674
6. Naiditsch, Arkadij g GER 2722 0 1 0 1 0 * ½ ½ 3 2674
7. Hou, Yifan g CHN 2676 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ 2628
8. Meier, Georg g GER 2654 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * 2632
Round 7 (July 5, 2015)
So, Wesley - Kramnik, Vladimir 1-0 76 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter - Caruana, Fabiano 0-1 30 C52 Evans Gambit
Naiditsch, Arkadij - Meier, Georg ½-½ 77 E20 Nimzo Indian
Hou, Yifan - Nepomniachtchi, Ian ½-½ 63 B92 Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2

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