Tag: Dortmund2015

GM Fabiano Caruana (2805) of USA won his fifth straight game to clinch the Dortmund title in style with a total tally of 5.5/7.

In a bid to wrest his lost lead and win the title at any cost, German GM Dieter Nisipeanu (2654) chose to play the Evans Gambit, an opening where white sacrifices a pawn early in the game to gain attacking chances. The strategy soon backfired when Caruana, far from being surprised in the opening, smartly managed his pieces to trade the right ones, sacrificed a pawn back to develop all his pieces and proceeded to soundly outplay Nisipeanu to win the tournament in style.

GM Wesley So (2778) of USA meanwhile managed to beat GM Vladimir Kramnik with the white pieces and jump to tie for the second spot with Nisipeanu at 4.0/7.

Final Standings:

Rank	Name	Score	Elo
1	Caruana, Fabiano	5.5/7	2805
2	So, Wesley	4.0/7	2778
3	Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	4.0/7	2654
4	Kramnik, Vladimir	3.5/7	2783
5	Naiditsch, Arkadij	3.0/7	2722
6	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	3.0/7	2720
7	Hou, Yifan	2.5/7	2676
8	Meier, Georg	2.5/7	2654

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

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

Former World Champion GM Vladimir Kramnik of Russia won his third straight game to enter into joint lead with GM Dieter Nisipeanu of Germany, who could only draw his game with GM Ian Nepomniachtchi. Both stand at 3.0/4.

GM Fabiano Caruana of USA meanwhile accounted for German GM Arkadij Naiditsch to stay in pursuit with 2.5/4.

Standings after Round 4:

Rank	Name	Score	Elo
1	Kramnik, Vladimir	3.0/4	2783
2	Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	3.0/4	2654
3	Caruana, Fabiano	2.5/4	2805
4	Naiditsch, Arkadij	2.0/4	2722
5	So, Wesley	1.5/4	2778
6	Hou, Yifan	1.5/4	2676
7	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	1.5/4	2720
8	Meier, Georg	1.0/4	2654

Russian GM Vladimir Kramnik (2783) lost his advantage in the middle-game against GM Ian Nepomniachtchi (2720) and was well on his way to draw the game when he set up a fantastically complex trap, and his opponent walked right into it. He is now tied for second with GM Arkadij Naiditsch (2733) of Germany who accounted for an out of sorts GM Wesley So (2778).

GM Nisipeanu meanwhile was under some pressure from GM Hou Yifan, however, he held on to a draw to maintain his lead atop the table with 2.5/3.

Rank	Name	Score	Elo
1	Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	2.5/3	2654
2	Naiditsch, Arkadij	2.0/3	2722
3	Kramnik, Vladimir	2.0/3	2783
4	Caruana, Fabiano	1.5/3	2805
5	So, Wesley	1.0/3	2778
6	Hou, Yifan	1.0/3	2676
7	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	1.0/3	2720
8	Meier, Georg	1.0/3	2654

Bottom seed German GM Dieter-Liviu Nisipeanu (2654) turned out to be the surprise leader at the end of two rounds at the Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting.

The eight player field has the likes of Caruana, Kramnik, Wesley So, Hou Yifan in the line up. Kramnik and So both lost their Round one games but came back strongly in Round two to beat Hou Yifan and Caruana respectively.

Standings after Round 2:

Rank	Name	Score	Elo
1	Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	2.0/2	2654
2	Kramnik, Vladimir	1.0/2	2783
3	So, Wesley	1.0/2	2778
4	Naiditsch, Arkadij	1.0/2	2722
5	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	1.0/2	2720
6	Meier, Georg	1.0/2	2654
7	Caruana, Fabiano	0.5/2	2805
8	Hou, Yifan	0.5/2	2676