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Dortmund 2015

By Yelena Dembo | July 4, 2015 - 09:31 |July 4, 2015 Dortmund 2015

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Kramnik-Caruana

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Caruana joined Nisipeanu in the lead after beating Kramnik. They are on 3.5 points out of 5.

Results of the 5th round

Kramnik 3 0-1 2.5 Caruana
Nisipeanu 3 1/2 1 Meier
So 1.5 1-0 1.5 Nepomniachtchi
Naiditsch 2 1/2 1.5 Hou Yifan

Standings after 5 rounds

Nisipeanu, Caruana 3.5
Kramnik 3
Naiditsch, So 2.5
Hou 2
Nepomniatschi, Meier 1.5

Games of the round

 [Event "43rd GM 2015"]  [Site "Dortmund GER"]  [Date "2015.07.03"]  [Round "5.1"]  [White "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"]  [Black "Meier, Georg"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "E42"]  [WhiteElo "2654"]  [BlackElo "2654"]  [PlyCount "83"]  [EventDate "2015.06.27"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.  Nxc3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nc6 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O h6 12. Ba2 Ne7 13. Qf3 Ned5 14. Rac1  b6 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Qxd5 17. Qg3 Bb7 18. Bxh6 Qxg2+ 19. Qxg2 Bxg2 20.  Bxg7 Bxf1 21. Bxf8 Ba6 22. Bd6 Rc8 23. Bc7 Bb7 24. Kf1 Kh7 25. Ke2 Kg6 26. Ke3  Kh5 27. Kf4 f6 28. Rc3 Bd5 29. Bd6 Rxc3 30. bxc3 b5 31. Be7 Kg6 32. h4 Bb3 33.  h5+ Kf7 34. Bd8 Bd1 35. h6 Bc2 36. f3 a6 37. Ke3 Kg6 38. Kf4 Kf7 39. Kg4 Kg6  40. Kf4 Kf7 41. Ke3 Kg6 42. Kf4 1/2-1/2

 [Event "43rd GM 2015"]  [Site "Dortmund GER"]  [Date "2015.07.03"]  [Round "5.2"]  [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]  [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO "D78"]  [WhiteElo "2783"]  [BlackElo "2805"]  [PlyCount "76"]  [EventDate "2015.06.27"]   1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. Nbd2 a5 8. b3 a4  9. Ba3 axb3 10. axb3 Bf5 11. Nh4 Be6 12. Re1 Ne4 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Qxd4  15. Qc2 Bf5 16. Nxf5 gxf5 17. Ng5 Qg4 18. f4 Bxa1 19. Rxa1 h6 20. Nf3 Nd7 21.  Rd1 Rxa3 22. Rxd7 Qh3 23. Qc3 e6 24. Rxb7 Rfa8 25. Kf2 Ra1 26. Ke3 Rf1 27. Qf6  Rf8 28. Rd7 Rb1 29. Rb7 c5 30. Rb5 Rf1 31. Nd2 Rc1 32. Qb2 Rd1 33. Qc2 Rh1 34.  Nf3 Qg2 35. Qc3 Rf1 36. Qf6 Rf2 37. Kd3 Rxe2 38. Ng5 Rd2+ 0-1

 [Event "43rd GM 2015"]  [Site "Dortmund GER"]  [Date "2015.07.03"]  [Round "5.3"]  [White "So, Wesley"]  [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "E60"]  [WhiteElo "2778"]  [BlackElo "2720"]  [PlyCount "97"]  [EventDate "2015.06.27"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 e6 4. e4 c5 5. d5 d6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Nge2 exd5 8. cxd5  O-O 9. Ng3 a6 10. a4 h5 11. Be2 Qe8 12. Bf4 Qe7 13. Bg5 Qe8 14. Qd2 Nbd7 15.  Bh6 Qe5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Bd3 Rb8 18. Rd1 Re8 19. Be2 h4 20. Nf1 h3 21. g4 b5  22. axb5 axb5 23. Ng3 b4 24. Na4 Ra8 25. b3 Ba6 26. Bxa6 Rxa6 27. O-O Rea8 28.  f4 Qe7 29. Qe2 Nh7 30. Rf3 Qh4 31. Kh1 c4 32. Qxc4 Qxg4 33. Qd3 Kf8 34. Rg1  Rxa4 35. bxa4 Nc5 36. Qe3 Rxa4 37. Nf5 gxf5 38. Rxg4 fxg4 39. Rf1 Nf6 40. e5  Nfe4 41. f5 Ra2 42. e6 g3 43. hxg3 Ke8 44. g4 h2 45. Qh3 f6 46. g5 Nxg5 47.  Qh8+ Ke7 48. Qg7+ Ke8 49. Qxf6 1-0

 [Event "43rd GM 2015"]  [Site "Dortmund GER"]  [Date "2015.07.03"]  [Round "5.4"]  [White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]  [Black "Hou, Yifan"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "E48"]  [WhiteElo "2722"]  [BlackElo "2676"]  [PlyCount "127"]  [EventDate "2015.06.27"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nge2 Bd6 8.  O-O Re8 9. Bd2 a5 10. Rc1 b6 11. Ng3 Ba6 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. Qa4 Nb4 14. Nf5 Bf8  15. a3 c5 16. Ng3 g6 17. Nce2 Na6 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Qd1 h5 20. Nd4 h4 21. Nge2  h3 22. g3 Nfe4 23. Be1 a4 24. Nf4 Qd7 25. Bb4 Rac8 26. Nde2 Rcd8 27. Nc3 Qf5  28. Nb5 Ng5 29. Nd4 Qd7 30. Rc2 Nge4 31. Re1 Bg7 32. Ree2 Rc8 33. f3 Ng5 34.  Kf2 Kh7 35. Qf1 Nb3 36. Rxc8 Rxc8 37. Bc3 Rc4 38. Nxb3 Bxc3 39. Nd2 Bxd2 40.  Rxd2 Qc6 41. Nxh3 Ne6 42. Nf4 Nxf4 43. gxf4 Rc1 44. Qg2 Qc4 45. Kg3 Kg7 46. f5  Re1 47. Qf2 Rf1 48. Qe2 Qc1 49. Rc2 Rg1+ 50. Kf4 g5+ 51. Ke5 Re1 52. f6+ Kh6  53. Rxc1 Rxe2 54. Rc3 Rxb2 55. Kxd5 Kg6 56. Rc6 Rb3 57. Ke4 b5 58. Rb6 Rxa3 59.  Rxb5 Kxf6 60. Rb6+ Kg7 61. Ra6 Ra2 62. Kf5 Ra3 63. Kxg5 Rxe3 64. Rxa4 1/2-1/2

Pairings of the 6th round

Caruana – Hou Yifan
Nepomniachtchi – Naiditsch
Meier – So
Kramnik – Nisipeanu

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Dortmund 2015

By Yelena Dembo | July 2, 2015 - 10:09 |July 2, 2015 Dortmund 2015

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Meier-Kramnik

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Kramnik won the 3rd game in a row and is sharing 1st-2nd places with Nisipeanu. They have 3 points out of 4. Today is the 2nd rest day.

Results of the 4th round

Nepomniachtchi 1 1/2 2.5 Nisipeanu
Caruana 1.5 1-0 2 Naiditsch
Meier 1 0-1 2 Kramnik
Hou Yifan 1 1/2 1 So

Standings after 4 rounds

Nisipeanu, Kramnik 3
Caruana 2.5
Naiditsch 2
Nepomniatschi, So, Hou 1.5
Meier 1

Games of the round

 [Event "43rd GM 2015"]  [Site "Dortmund GER"]  [Date "2015.07.01"]  [Round "4.1"]  [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]  [Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "B12"]  [WhiteElo "2720"]  [BlackElo "2654"]  [PlyCount "150"]  [EventDate "2015.06.27"]   1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. Bg5 Qb6 8. Nd2  Ne7 9. Ngf3 Qa6 10. c4 Nf5 11. O-O Nd7 12. Qc3 Be7 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. c5 b6 15.  a4 bxc5 16. dxc5 Qc8 17. b4 a5 18. bxa5 Qc7 19. Nb3 Ng6 20. Rfe1 O-O 21. Rac1  f6 22. Nbd4 Nf4 23. Qc2 Nxe5 24. g3 Nfd3 25. Nxe5 Nxe1 26. Rxe1 fxe5 27. Nxe6  Qxa5 28. Rxe5 Qxa4 29. Qxa4 Rxa4 30. Nxf8 Kxf8 31. Re6 Ra1+ 32. Kg2 d4 33. Rxc6  d3 34. Rd6 Rc1 35. c6 d2 36. Rxd2 Rxc6 37. Rd5 g6 38. Rd7 Rc3 39. Kf1 Rc2 40.  Ke1 Ra2 41. Rd2 Ra3 42. Ke2 Kf7 43. Rd3 Ra2+ 44. Ke3 Kf6 45. Rd4 Rb2 46. Rf4+  Kg7 47. Ra4 Kf6 48. f3 Rb3+ 49. Kf4 Rc3 50. Ra6+ Kg7 51. Rd6 Ra3 52. Ke4 Rb3  53. Rd3 Rb5 54. Rd7+ Kf6 55. g4 hxg4 56. fxg4 Rb4+ 57. Rd4 Rb7 58. Rd6+ Kg7 59.  Ke5 Rf7 60. Re6 Rf1 61. Re7+ Kg8 62. g5 Rf5+ 63. Ke6 Rf4 64. Rd7 Rxh4 65. Kf6  Ra4 66. Rg7+ Kh8 67. Re7 Kg8 68. Re6 Kh7 69. Re7+ Kg8 70. Re3 Kh7 71. Re7+ Kg8  72. Rg7+ Kh8 73. Rxg6 Ra6+ 74. Kf5 Ra5+ 75. Kf6 Ra6+ 1/2-1/2

 [Event "43rd GM 2015"]  [Site "Dortmund GER"]  [Date "2015.07.01"]  [Round "4.2"]  [White "Meier, Georg"]  [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO "C67"]  [WhiteElo "2654"]  [BlackElo "2783"]  [PlyCount "108"]  [EventDate "2015.06.27"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.  Nf3 d5 9. d4 O-O 10. c3 Bd6 11. Bd3 Nce7 12. Nbd2 c6 13. Nf1 g6 14. h3 Kh8 15.  Bd2 f6 16. Qc2 Bd7 17. b3 Rc8 18. Re2 b6 19. g4 Ng7 20. Rae1 c5 21. dxc5 bxc5  22. Qc1 Bc6 23. Bf4 Ng8 24. Bg3 d4 25. N1h2 Bxg3 26. fxg3 g5 27. Be4 Bxe4 28.  Rxe4 Qd6 29. Kg2 f5 30. Re5 h6 31. Qd2 Rcd8 32. Qd3 f4 33. Nf1 Qc6 34. cxd4  cxd4 35. R1e4 fxg3 36. Nxg3 Nf6 37. Rxd4 Ne6 38. Rxe6 Rxd4 39. Qxd4 Qxe6 40.  Qxa7 Rc8 41. Nf5 Qe2+ 42. Qf2 Qd3 43. Qd4 Rc2+ 44. Kg1 Rc1+ 45. Kg2 Qc2+ 46.  Kg3 Qc7+ 47. Kg2 Rc2+ 48. Kg1 Rc6 49. Kf2 Kh7 50. Ke2 Rc2+ 51. Ke3 Rxa2 52. Qc4  Qb7 53. Qe6 Nd5+ 54. Kd4 Qb4+ 0-1

 [Event "43rd GM 2015"]  [Site "Dortmund GER"]  [Date "2015.07.01"]  [Round "4.3"]  [White "Hou, Yifan"]  [Black "So, Wesley"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "B19"]  [WhiteElo "2676"]  [BlackElo "2778"]  [PlyCount "80"]  [EventDate "2015.06.27"]   1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5  Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 Qb6 14. Ne4 Rd8  15. c4 O-O 16. Qe2 c5 17. Bc3 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Qc6 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. g4 Bxd4 21.  Nxd4 Qc5 22. Nf3 Nf6 23. Ne5 Rd4 24. Rxd4 Qxd4 25. Rd1 Qf4 26. Re1 Qd4 27. Rd1  Qf4 28. f3 a6 29. a3 Ra8 30. Rd6 Re8 31. Ka2 Nxg4 32. fxg4 f6 33. Rd7 fxe5 34.  Rxb7 Qd4 35. g5 hxg5 36. h6 gxh6 37. Qh5 Qxc4+ 38. Ka1 Qc1+ 39. Ka2 Qc4+ 40.  Ka1 Qc1+ 1/2-1/2

 [Event "43rd GM 2015"]  [Site "Dortmund GER"]  [Date "2015.07.01"]  [Round "4.4"]  [White "Caruana, Fabiano"]  [Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "E04"]  [WhiteElo "2805"]  [BlackElo "2722"]  [PlyCount "81"]  [EventDate "2015.06.27"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Qa4 Bd7 8. Qxc4  b5 9. Qc3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Rc8 12. Bf4 Bc5 13. Qd3 Qb6 14. Nd2 O-O  15. Ne4 Nd5 16. Ng5 g6 17. Be5 Be7 18. Nf3 Bc6 19. Qd2 f6 20. Bd4 Qb7 21. Rac1  Rfd8 22. Bh3 Bd7 23. Rxc8 Bxc8 24. Rc1 Bd7 25. Bc5 Bxc5 26. Rxc5 Rc8 27. b4  Rxc5 28. bxc5 Qc7 29. e4 Ne7 30. Qd4 Kg7 31. e5 f5 32. Bg2 h6 33. Qd6 Qxd6 34.  exd6 Nc6 35. Ne1 a5 36. Nd3 b4 37. h4 Nd4 38. Kh2 Bb5 39. Ne5 Kf6 40. c6 Bxc6  41. Nxc6 1-0

Pairings of the 5th round

Kramnik – Caruana
Nisipeanu – Meier
So – Nepomniachtchi
Naiditsch – Hou Yifan

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