Dortmund: Fabiano Caruana is now 2801

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7/20/2014 – The final round of the Dortmund was the most decisive of them all. Ironically, the only game that ended in a draw was Caruana's versus Leko, which clinched second for the Hungarian. Snatching bronze was Georg Meier who beat Arkadij Naiditsch. Fabiano Caruana not only moves to world no.3, but also breaks new ground as he will appear on the next ratings list with 2801.

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The traditional Dortmund Sparkassen Tournament is now under way in Dortmund, Germany. The event is being held at the Orchestra Center and it features three of the top German players alongside five foreign grandmasters.

Round seven

Round 07 – July 20, 2014 15:00h
Leko, Peter ½-½ Caruana, Fabiano
Meier, Georg 1-0 Naiditsch, Arkadij
Adams, Michael 1-0 Baramidze, David
Ponomariov, Ruslan 1-0 Kramnik, Vladimir

Round seven games

[Event "42nd GM 2014"] [Site "Dortmund GER"] [Date "2014.07.20"] [Round "7.1"] [White "Leko, Peter"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2737"] [BlackElo "2789"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2014.07.12"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne8 10. d4 Bf6 11. Re1 d5 12. Ne2 Nd6 13. c3 Re8 14. Bf4 c6 15. Ng3 Rxe1 16. Qxe1 g6 17. Bh6 Nf5 18. Nxf5 Bxf5 19. Qd2 Qd7 20. Re1 Re8 21. Rxe8+ Qxe8 22. f3 Bg7 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. g4 Bd7 25. Qf4 Qe1 26. Qc7 Be6 27. Qxb7 Qe3+ 28. Kg2 Qd2+ 29. Kg1 Qe3+ 30. Kg2 Qd2+ 31. Kg1 1/2-1/2 [Event "42nd GM 2014"] [Site "Dortmund GER"] [Date "2014.07.20"] [Round "7.2"] [White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2723"] [BlackElo "2777"] [PlyCount "112"] [EventDate "2014.07.12"] 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. Nc3 Bb4 11. Bf4 Nce7 12. a3 Bd6 13. Qd2 c6 14. g3 f6 15. h4 Bxf4 16. Qxf4 Ng6 17. Qd2 Nd6 18. Bg2 Bf5 19. b3 Qd7 20. Re3 Be4 21. Rae1 Rae8 22. R3e2 Ne7 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Nh2 f5 25. c4 Rd8 26. f3 Qc7 27. Qc3 Rd7 28. fxe4 Nxe4 29. Bxe4 fxe4 30. Rxe4 Nf5 31. Kg2 Qd6 32. c5 Qg6 33. Rg4 Qh6 34. Nf3 Ne7 35. Ng5 Qg6 36. Qe3 Nd5 37. Qe4 Qh6 38. Qe2 Qf6 39. Re4 h6 40. Ne6 Rff7 41. Nf4 Nc7 42. Qe3 Qf5 43. a4 Rf8 44. Qe2 Rfd8 45. Qc4+ Kh7 46. Re5 Qf6 47. Qd3+ Kg8 48. R1e4 Rf8 49. Qe2 Rfd8 50. Re7 Rxe7 51. Rxe7 Nd5 52. Re8+ Kf7 53. Nxd5 Rxd5 54. Rb8 Qxd4 55. Qe8+ Kf6 56. Rxb7 Qxc5 1-0 [Event "42nd GM 2014"] [Site "Dortmund GER"] [Date "2014.07.20"] [Round "7.3"] [White "Meier, Georg"] [Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E98"] [WhiteElo "2632"] [BlackElo "2705"] [PlyCount "129"] [EventDate "2014.07.12"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Nd3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bd2 h5 13. Rc1 g5 14. c5 dxc5 15. b4 cxb4 16. Nb5 c6 17. d6 Nd5 18. Nxb4 Qb6+ 19. Kh1 Nxb4 20. Nc7 Rb8 21. Qb3+ Kh8 22. Bxb4 c5 23. Bc3 Qxb3 24. axb3 a6 25. g3 b5 26. Ne6 Re8 27. Nxg7 Kxg7 28. Rg1 Kh6 29. h4 g4 30. fxg4 Bb7 31. g5+ Kg6 32. Bf3 fxg3 33. Kg2 b4 34. Be1 a5 35. Kxg3 a4 36. bxa4 Ba6 37. Bg2 c4 38. Bh3 Nc5 39. Bf5+ Kg7 40. d7 Red8 41. Kf3 Nd3 42. Bg3 Rb7 43. Rgd1 Rbxd7 44. Bxd7 Rxd7 45. Ke3 Kg6 46. Be1 Rd4 47. Bxb4 Nxc1 48. Rxc1 Bb7 49. Be1 Rxe4+ 50. Kd2 Rd4+ 51. Kc3 Bd5 52. a5 Rd3+ 53. Kb4 e4 54. a6 e3 55. a7 Ba8 56. Ra1 e2 57. Bc3 Rd1 58. Ra6+ Kf5 59. Rf6+ Ke4 60. Rf8 Rb1+ 61. Kxc4 Rc1 62. Re8+ Kf3 63. g6 Bc6 64. g7 Rg1 65. g8=Q 1-0 [Event "42nd GM 2014"] [Site "Dortmund GER"] [Date "2014.07.20"] [Round "7.4"] [White "Adams, Michael"] [Black "Baramidze, David"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C95"] [WhiteElo "2743"] [BlackElo "2616"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2014.07.12"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. a4 c5 16. d5 c4 17. Bg5 h6 18. Be3 Nc5 19. Qd2 h5 20. Bxc5 dxc5 21. Reb1 Nd7 22. b3 Nb6 23. Qe2 cxb3 24. Bxb3 c4 25. Bd1 Bc8 26. axb5 a5 27. Nd2 Qc7 28. Ngf1 Bd7 29. Ne3 Rec8 30. Qf3 a4 31. Be2 Ra5 32. Ndxc4 Nxc4 33. Bxc4 Be8 34. b6 Qd6 35. Bd3 Rac5 36. Bc2 Rxc3 37. Bxa4 Bxa4 38. b7 Rb8 39. Rxa4 Qc7 40. Ra7 Kg7 41. Kh2 Be7 42. Ra8 Rxb7 43. Nf5+ 1-0

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