
The 2015 Sparkassen Chess Meeting is taking place in Dortmund from the 27th of June to the 5th of July, 2015.
Round Six
Round 06 – July 04 2015, 15:00h |
Caruana, Fabiano |
2805 |
1-0
|
Hou, Yifan |
2676 |
Nepomniachtchi, Ian |
2720 |
1-0
|
Naiditsch, Arkadij |
2722 |
Meier, Georg |
2654 |
½-½
|
So, Wesley |
2778 |
Kramnik, Vladimir |
2783 |
|
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter |
2654 |
Caruana, Fabiano 1-0 Hou Yifan
Hou Yifan was a little overconfident with her pawn sacrifice, while Caruana's technique was spot on. Another excellent win from America's newest addition. Again, Sagar Shah analysis:

Streaky Fabi! This is his fourth win in a row!
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1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 Nf6 6.e3 c6!? 6...0-0 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Bd3 c5 9.Ne2 b6 10.0-0 Ba6 7.a4!? 7.Bd3 e5! 8.dxe5 dxc4 9.Bxc4 Qxd1+ 10.Kxd1 Ng4 11.Ke1 Nxe5 12.Be2 Bf5 7...0-0 8.Nf3 b6 9.cxd5 exd5 9...cxd5 10.Ba3 Re8 11.Bb5 Bd7 12.Bd3 Nc6 13.0-0 10.Bd3 Ba6 11.0-0 c5 12.Ne5 Re8 13.a5 Bxd3 14.Nxd3 Nc6?! 14...Nbd7= 15.axb6 axb6 16.Rxa8 Qxa8 17.dxc5 bxc5 18.Nxc5 Ne5?! 18...Ne4!? 19.Nxe4 19.Qxd5?! Re5! 20.Qxe4 Rxe4 21.Nxe4 Qa5 19...dxe4 20.c4 Ne5 21.Qd4 Qc6 22.Bb2 Qxc4 23.Rc1 Qxd4 24.Bxd4 Nd3 19.Nd3! Nc4 20.Nf4 20.Nb4 20...h6 21.Qd4 Re4 22.Qc5 Re5 23.f3! Qa2 24.Qd4 Qa4 25.h4! Qb5 26.g4 Nd7 27.Nd3 Re6 28.Kg2 Ndb6 29.Nf4 Re5 30.Nh5 Qb1 31.e4! 31.f4?! Qe4+ 32.Kf2 Qxd4 33.cxd4 Re6 31...dxe4 32.f4! Rxh5 33.gxh5 Qc2+ 34.Kh1 Qe2 35.Rg1 Qf3+ 36.Rg2 g6 37.hxg6 Qf1+ 38.Kh2 Qxc1 39.Qf6 1–0
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Caruana,F | 2805 | Hou Yifan | 2676 | 1–0 | 2015 | D31 | 43rd GM 2015 | 6 |
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Nepomniachtchi, Ian 1-0 Naiditsch, Arkadij
A positionally nice game from Nepo, clearly outplaying the German in this game:

Nepo, with a nice win, escapes from the basement
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1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.Qc2 Be7 7.e3 Nbd7 8.Bd3 0-0 9.Nge2 Re8 10.0-0 h6 11.Bf4 Nf8 12.a3 a5 13.f3 Nh5 14.Be5 f6 15.Bg3 Nxg3 16.Nxg3 Bd6 17.Rae1 Qc7 18.f4 Be6 19.Nf5 Bxf5 20.Bxf5 Re7 21.h4! Rae8 22.Rf3 b5 23.h5 b4 24.axb4 Bxb4 25.Re2 Qd6 26.Qd3 Rd8 27.Na4 c5 28.Nxc5 Bxc5 29.dxc5 Qxc5 30.Rc2! Qb6 31.Kh2 Ne6 32.Rg3 Kh8 33.Qa3 Qb4 34.Qxb4 axb4 35.Rc6 Nc7 36.Rf3 Nb5 37.Rc5 Nc7 38.Bg6 38.Rf1 Na6 39.Ra5± 38...Kg8 39.Rc6 Kf8 40.b3 Ne8?! 40...Rb8 41.Rb6 Rc7 42.Rxb4 Nd6 43.Rf1 Ke7 44.Rd1 Rc5 45.Rb6 Rb5 46.Rxb5 Nxb5 47.Kg3 Ke6 47...d4 48.Kf3± 48.Kg4 Nd6 49.e4! dxe4 50.Bxe4 Rb8 51.Bd5+ Kd7 52.Ra1 f5+ 53.Kh3 Ne8 54.Ra7+ Nc7 55.Bc4 Kd6 56.Ra5 Rf8 57.Kg3 Rf6 58.Kf3 Kc6 59.g3 Ne8 60.Re5 60.Ra6+ Kc5 61.Rxf6 Nxf6 60...Nd6 61.Bd3 Rf7 62.b4 Rb7 63.Rc5+ Kd7 64.b5 Ke6 65.Re5+ Kf6 66.Ke3 Ra7 67.Kd4 Ra3 68.Bc4 68.Bc4 Nxc4 69.Kxc4 Rxg3 70.b6 Rg1 71.b7 Rc1+ 72.Kd5 Rb1 73.Kc6+- 1–0
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Nepomniachtchi,I | 2720 | Naiditsch,A | 2722 | 1–0 | 2015 | D36 | 43rd GM 2015 | 6 |
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Meier, Georg ½-½ So, Wesley
A solid draw between these players. So's Slav defense held up easily against Meier's attempts for an advantage. The German went for a strategy of obtaining a quick pair of bishops, but at no point was So's position really in danger. With accurate simplifications the American obtained a relatively effortless draw.

Not too many complications here today
Kramnik, Vladimir ½-½ Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter
Nisipeanu was trying to hold on to his lead, but Big Vlad was hungry for a victory after yesterday's loss to Caruana. He came close to it, but he was unable to convert his chances in the rook endgame up a pawn. Sagar Shah with more analysis!

The longest game of the round, but Kramnik couldn't topple his opponent
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1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.b3 c5 5.Bb2 Nc6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bb5 Bd6 8.d4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 0-0 10.0-0 10.Nxc6?! bxc6 11.Bxc6 Bg4! 12.f3 Rc8 13.Ba4 Qe7! 14.0-0 14.Kf2 Ne4+! 15.Ke2 Qg5-+ 14...Qxe3+ 15.Kh1 Qh6!-+ 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.Nxc6 Qc7! 12.Nd4 Ba6 10...Qc7 11.h3 Bh2+ 12.Kh1 Be5 13.Qc2 Bd7 14.Nf3 Bxb2 15.Qxb2 Rac8 16.Rc1 Qd6 17.Nc3 Ne5?! 17...Rfe8 18.Rd1 Bf5= 18.Be2 18.Nxe5 Qxe5 19.Bxd7 Nxd7 20.Rc2 d4? 21.exd4 Qxd4 22.Rd1+- 18...Nxf3 18...Ng6 19.Bxf3 Qe5 20.Qd2 Be6 21.Nb5 Bd7 21...Ne4! 22.Bxe4 dxe4 23.Nd4 23.Nxa7? Ra8-+ 23...Bd7 22.Qd4 Qxd4 23.Nxd4 a5 24.g4! h6 25.Kg2 Rxc1 26.Rxc1 Rc8 27.Rb1 Ra8 28.Ne2! g5 29.Nc3 Be6 30.Rd1 Rd8 31.e4! d4 32.Kg3! 32.Nb5 d3 33.e5 Nd5= 32...Rc8 33.Nb5 Nd7 33...Rc2 34.Nxd4 Rxa2 35.Nxe6 fxe6 36.Rd8+ Kf7 37.Rb8 Nd7 38.Rxb7 Ke8 34.Nxd4 Ne5 35.Be2 Rc3+ 36.f3 Kg7 37.Rd2 Kf6 38.Nf5 Bxf5 39.exf5 Ke7 40.Rd5! Nc6 41.Bb5 b6 42.h4 f6 43.Bxc6 Rxc6 44.hxg5 hxg5 45.a4 Rc3 46.Rb5 Rc6 47.f4 Rc3+ 48.Kf2 gxf4 49.Rxb6 Kf7 50.b4 50.Rb5 Kg7 51.Rxa5 Rxb3 52.Ra6 Ra3 53.a5 Kf7 54.Ra7+ Ke8 55.Ra8+! Kf7 56.a6 Ra2+ 57.Kf3 Ra4 58.a7 Kg7 59.g5! fxg5 60.f6+ Kf7 60...Kxf6 61.Rf8++- 61.Rh8!+- 50...Rc2+ 51.Kf3 Rc3+ 52.Kf2 Rc2+ 53.Ke1 Rc1+ 54.Kd2 f3 55.Ke3 55.Kxc1? f2 55...Rc3+ 56.Kf2 axb4 57.Rxb4 Kg7 58.Kg3? 58.Rb8!? Rc4 58...Kh6 59.Rg8+- 59.Ra8 Rxg4 60.Kxf3 Rg1 61.a5 Rf1+ 62.Ke4 Re1+ 63.Kd5 Kh6 64.a6 Ra1 58...Ra3 59.Rb7+ Kh6 60.Ra7 f2+ 61.Kxf2 Kg5 62.Ke2 Kxg4 63.Ra5 Kf4 64.Kd2 Ke4 65.Kc2 Kd4 66.Ra6 Rc3+ 67.Kb2 Rc4 68.Ra5 Rb4+ 69.Ka3 Kc4 70.Ra6 Rb3+ 71.Ka2 Rb4 72.Ra8 Kc5 73.Ka3 Rf4 74.Rb8 Rf1 75.Rb5+ Kc4 76.Kb2 Rf2+ 77.Kb1 Kc3 78.a5 Kc4 79.Rb7 Rxf5 80.a6 Ra5 81.a7 Kc5 82.Rf7 Kb6 83.Kc2 ½–½
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Kramnik,V | 2783 | Nisipeanu,L | 2654 | ½–½ | 2015 | A13 | 43rd GM 2015 | 6 |
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Schedule
Round 01 – June 27 2015, 15:00h |
Nepomniachtchi, Ian |
2720 |
½-½
|
Caruana, Fabiano |
2805 |
Meier, Georg |
2654 |
½-½
|
Hou, Yifan |
2676 |
Kramnik, Vladimir |
2783 |
0-1
|
Naiditsch, Arkadij |
2722 |
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter |
2654 |
1-0
|
So, Wesley |
2778 |
Round 02 – June 28 2015, 15:00h |
Caruana, Fabiano |
2805 |
0-1
|
So, Wesley |
2778 |
Naiditsch, Arkadij |
2722 |
0-1
|
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter |
2654 |
Hou, Yifan |
2676 |
0-1
|
Kramnik, Vladimir |
2783 |
Nepomniachtchi, Ian |
2720 |
½-½
|
Meier, Georg |
2654 |
Round 03 – June 30 2015, 15:00h |
Meier, Georg |
2654 |
0-1
|
Caruana, Fabiano |
2805 |
Kramnik, Vladimir |
2783 |
1-0
|
Nepomniachtchi, Ian |
2720 |
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter |
2654 |
½-½
|
Hou, Yifan |
2676 |
So, Wesley |
2778 |
0-1
|
Naiditsch, Arkadij |
2722 |
Round 04 – July 01 2015, 15:00h |
Caruana, Fabiano |
2805 |
1-0
|
Naiditsch, Arkadij |
2722 |
Hou, Yifan |
2676 |
½-½
|
So, Wesley |
2778 |
Nepomniachtchi, Ian |
2720 |
½-½
|
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter |
2654 |
Meier, Georg |
2654 |
0-1
|
Kramnik, Vladimir |
2783 |
Round 05 – July 03 2015, 15:00h |
Kramnik, Vladimir |
2783 |
0-1
|
Caruana, Fabiano |
2805 |
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter |
2654 |
½-½
|
Meier, Georg |
2654 |
So, Wesley |
2778 |
1-0
|
Nepomniachtchi, Ian |
2720 |
Naiditsch, Arkadij |
2722 |
|
Hou, Yifan |
2676 |
Round 06 – July 04 2015, 15:00h |
Caruana, Fabiano |
2805 |
1-0
|
Hou, Yifan |
2676 |
Nepomniachtchi, Ian |
2720 |
1-0
|
Naiditsch, Arkadij |
2722 |
Meier, Georg |
2654 |
½-½
|
So, Wesley |
2778 |
Kramnik, Vladimir |
2783 |
|
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter |
2654 |
Round 07 – July 05 2015, 15:00h |
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter |
2654 |
- |
Caruana, Fabiano |
2805 |
So, Wesley |
2778 |
- |
Kramnik, Vladimir |
2783 |
Naiditsch, Arkadij |
2722 |
- |
Meier, Georg |
2654 |
Hou, Yifan |
2676 |
- |
Nepomniachtchi, Ian |
2720 |