Dortmund 06: Caruana grabs sole lead

USA’s GM Fabiano Caruana (2805) defended accurately and eventually beat Chinese GM Hou Yifan (2676) to take the lead going into the last round.

Co-leader GM Dieter Nisipeanu (2654) of Germany could only hold Russian GM Vladimir Kramnik (2783). He needs to beat Caruana in the final round to win the tournament while a draw would suffice for the American.

Standings after Round 6:

Rank Name Score Elo
1 Caruana, Fabiano 4.5/6 2805
2 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter 4.0/6 2654
3 Kramnik, Vladimir 3.5/6 2783
4 So, Wesley 3.0/6 2778
5 Naiditsch, Arkadij 2.5/6 2722
6 Nepomniachtchi, Ian 2.5/6 2720
7 Hou, Yifan 2.0/6 2676
8 Meier, Georg 2.0/6 2654

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