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The 44th Dortmund Sparkassen Chess-Meeting took place 9th to 17th July 2016. Players: Vladimir Kramnik, Fabiano Caruana, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu, Ruslan Ponomariov, Evgeniy Najer, Rainer Buhrmann and Leinier Dominguez-Perez, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave dominated to win with 5.5/7 and this result moved him to number two in the world.

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44th GM 2016 Dortmund GER (GER), 9-17 vii 2016											cat. XX (2732)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1.	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	g	FRA	2798	*	½	½	1	½	1	1	1	5½	2952
2.	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	g	CUB	2713	½	*	½	½	½	1	½	½	4	2784
3.	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2812	½	½	*	½	½	½	1	½	4	2770
4.	Caruana, Fabiano	g	USA	2810	0	½	½	*	½	½	1	1	4	2770
5.	Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	g	GER	2674	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	3½	2739
6.	Ponomariov, Ruslan	g	UKR	2706	0	0	½	½	½	*	1	1	3½	2735
7.	Najer, Evgeniy	g	RUS	2687	0	½	0	0	½	0	*	1	2	2580
8.	Buhmann, Rainer	g	GER	2653	0	½	½	0	½	0	0	*	1½	2512

Round 1 (July 9, 2016)
Dominguez Perez, Leinier	- Kramnik, Vladimir	½-½	54	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Caruana, Fabiano	- Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	0-1	42	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	- Ponomariov, Ruslan	½-½	51	E32	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Najer, Evgeniy	- Buhmann, Rainer	1-0	34	C11	French Defence
Round 2 (July 10, 2016)
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	- Kramnik, Vladimir	½-½	51	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Caruana, Fabiano	- Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	½-½	43	B12	Caro Kann Advanced
Ponomariov, Ruslan	- Najer, Evgeniy	1-0	45	D19	Slav Defence
Buhmann, Rainer	- Dominguez Perez, Leinier	½-½	77	E97	King's Indian Classical
Round 3 (July 12, 2016)
Dominguez Perez, Leinier	- Ponomariov, Ruslan	1-0	75	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Buhmann, Rainer	½-½	46	C11	French Defence
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	- Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	½-½	56	D85	Gruenfeld Defence
Najer, Evgeniy	- Caruana, Fabiano	0-1	46	B12	Caro Kann Advanced
Round 4 (July 13, 2016)
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	- Buhmann, Rainer	1-0	35	C95	Ruy Lopez Breyer
Caruana, Fabiano	- Dominguez Perez, Leinier	½-½	37	C42	Petroff's Defence
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	- Najer, Evgeniy	½-½	44	D02	Queen's Pawn Game
Ponomariov, Ruslan	- Kramnik, Vladimir	½-½	27	D41	Semi-Tarrasch Defence
Round 5 (July 15, 2016)
Dominguez Perez, Leinier	- Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	½-½	36	B12	Caro Kann Advanced
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Caruana, Fabiano	½-½	85	B48	Sicilian Paulsen
Najer, Evgeniy	- Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	0-1	36	B96	Sicilian Najdorf
Buhmann, Rainer	- Ponomariov, Ruslan	0-1	36	E17	Queens Indian
Round 6 (July 16, 2016)
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	- Ponomariov, Ruslan	1-0	52	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Caruana, Fabiano	- Buhmann, Rainer	1-0	30	A08	Barcza System
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	- Kramnik, Vladimir	½-½	146	E10	Blumenfeld Counter Gambit
Najer, Evgeniy	- Dominguez Perez, Leinier	½-½	54	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Round 7 (July 17, 2016)
Dominguez Perez, Leinier	- Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	½-½	45	D83	Gruenfeld 4.Bf4
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Najer, Evgeniy	1-0	40	A20	English Opening
Ponomariov, Ruslan	- Caruana, Fabiano	½-½	18	E10	Blumenfeld Counter Gambit
Buhmann, Rainer	- Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	½-½	27	D02	Queen's Pawn Game

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Helmut-Kohls-Turnier 2016 Dortmund GER Sat 9th Jul 2016 - Sun 17th Jul 2016 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	Name	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pts	TB1
1	Gerlagh, Joris	X	½	0	½	1	1	½	½	1	1	6	25
2	Borchert, Rene	½	X	½	½	1	½	½	1	0	1	5.5	24
3	Baerwolf, Steven	1	½	X	0	0	½	½	½	1	1	5	22
4	Baltic, Fatih	½	½	1	X	0	1	½	½	0	½	4.5	21
5	van Meegen, Ruud	0	0	1	1	X	1	½	0	1	0	4.5	19.5
6	Ramsdal, Jens Albert	0	½	½	0	0	X	½	1	1	1	4.5	18.25
7	Fluechter, Gregor	½	½	½	½	½	½	X	½	0	½	4	18.75
8	Koellner, Ruben Gideon	½	0	½	½	1	0	½	X	½	½	4	17.75
9	Thogersen, Rasmus	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	½	X	0	3.5	16
10	Pajeken, Jakob Leon	0	0	0	½	1	0	½	½	1	X	3.5	14.25
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44th Sparkassen Open Dortmund GER Sat 9th Jul 2016 - Sun 17th Jul 2016 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	Team	Rtg	Pts	TB1
1	Hausrath, Daniel	2483	7	47
2	Pap, Misa	2496	7	46
3	Dann, Matthias	2482	6.5	47
4	Sorokin, Aleksey	2413	6.5	46
5	Schmittdiel, Eckhard	2449	6.5	39.5
6	Lupor, Stefan	2310	6	46
7	Zatonskih, Vitalij	2329	6	44.5
8	Schulze, Marc	2099	6	42.5
9	Podzielny, Karl-Heinz	2400	6	40
10	Eckardt, Joshua	2133	6	39.5
11	Pajeken, Wolfgang	2271	5.5	45
12	Wiebe, Patrick	2187	5.5	44
13	Mundorf, Johannes	2240	5.5	43.5
14	Hecht, Carsten	2242	5.5	40
15	Meyers, Mark	2074	5.5	40
16	Boehm, Juergen	2176	5.5	38
17	Kruse, Janik	2148	5.5	38
18	Heinert, Eugen	2171	5.5	35
19	Torres-Kuckel, Rafael	2210	5.5	34
20	Ries, Benjamin	2173	5	44.5
21	Stein, Robert	2169	5	44
22	Borchert, Louis	1878	5	37.5
23	Liard, Thibaud	2183	5	37
24	Kueppers, Timo	1967	5	36.5
25	Heldt, Maximilian	1975	5	35
26	Jelica, Mara	2129	5	30.5
27	Zolfagharian, Kevin	2130	4.5	44.5
28	Korten, Lando	2000	4.5	44.5
29	Wickenfeld, Stefan	2231	4.5	41.5
30	Winkel, Peter	2038	4.5	41.5
31	Ciornei, Dragos, Dr.	2183	4.5	41
32	Koellner, Christof	2133	4.5	38.5
33	Savchenko, Daniel	1942	4.5	38
34	Voicu-Jagodzinsky, Carmen	2263	4.5	37
35	Kuechle, Wolfgang, Dr.	2030	4.5	37
36	Wicht, Juergen	2221	4.5	34.5
37	Steinle, Carsten	2141	4	42.5
38	Lewin, Tammo	2041	4	39
39	Dette, Jan	2015	4	37
40	Knudsen, Simon	1873	4	37
41	Stemmler, Fabian	1931	4	36
42	Rott, Georg	2139	4	35.5
43	Hartung, Thomas, Dr.	2018	4	35.5
44	Knudsen, Martin	2018	4	35
45	Wastian, Jan	1877	4	35
46	Schmidt, Alexander	0	4	35
47	Schuelke, Tilman	1923	4	34.5
48	Maniocha, Marek	1982	4	29.5
49	Schmitz, Edgar	1981	3.5	38.5
50	Austrup, David	2001	3.5	36.5
64 players

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