Dortmund 05: Caruana beats Kramnik; enters joint lead

USA’s GM Fabiano Caruana defeated Russia’s GM Vladimir Kramnik (2783) with the black pieces to join the lead with GM Dieter Nisipeanu (2654) at 3.5/5.

GM Nisipeanu of Germany meanwhile drew with compatriot GM Georg Meier and is all set to have a title clash in the seventh round with GM Caruana.

Standings after Round 5:

Rank Name Score Elo
1 Caruana, Fabiano 3.5/5 2805
2 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter 3.5/5 2654
3 Kramnik, Vladimir 3.0/5 2783
4 Naiditsch, Arkadij 2.5/5 2722
5 So, Wesley 2.5/5 2778
6 Hou, Yifan 2.0/5 2676
7 Nepomniachtchi, Ian 1.5/5 2720
8 Meier, Georg 1.5/5 2654

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