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The 2015 Sparkassen Chess Meeting is taking place in Dortmund from the 27th of June to the 5th of July, 2015.
Round Two
| Round 02 – June 28 2015, 15:00h | ||||
| Caruana, Fabiano | 2805 |
0-1
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So, Wesley | 2778 |
| Naiditsch, Arkadij | 2722 |
0-1
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Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter | 2654 |
| Hou, Yifan | 2676 |
0-1
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Kramnik, Vladimir | 2783 |
| Nepomniachtchi, Ian | 2720 |
½-½
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Meier, Georg | 2654 |
Caruana, Fabiano 0-1 So, Wesley
It's a hard game to explain, as despite the massive ratings from both players, the game was certainly not of the highest quality. Caruana surprised his opponent in the h3 Najdorf with an early a3 break on the queenside. Caruana had a good position from the opening, but he had to play actively to try to pressure his opponent. He was even winning at some point with a quick c5 break that he missed.
Not exactly the level of play expected from two top-10 players
Instead of that Caruana fell into a passive and weak position. The only reason he came back into the game were So's mistakes, eventually reaching an endgame that seemed very hard to win. Caruana helped out a little, and eventually So did take the full point in a rook + 2p vs knight and bishop endgame.
Naiditsch, Arkadij 0-1 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter
A massively complicated game. Naiditsch near time trouble started to underestimate his opponent's initiative, and Nisipeanu finished off things in style:
[Event "43rd GM 2015"] [Site "Dortmund GER"] [Date "2015.06.28"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"] [Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2722"] [BlackElo "2654"] [Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,Alejandro"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "3rr3/7k/1p3q1p/1N2pp1b/P2p3N/7R/2P2BPP/4Q2K w - - 0 39"] [PlyCount "22"] [EventDate "2015.06.27"] 39. Nf3 Bxf3 $1 40. Rxf3 e4 $1 41. Rh3 d3 42. cxd3 exd3 43. Qd1 d2 44. Nc3 Re6 45. Qb1 Qxc3 $1 46. Qxf5+ Kh8 47. Rxc3 Re1+ 48. Bg1 Rxg1+ 49. Kxg1 d1=Q+ {The rook falls no matter what} (49... d1=Q+ 50. Kf2 (50. Qf1 Qd4+) 50... Qd2+) 0-1
"Nisi" crashes through to take an early lead
Hou Yifan 0-1 Kramnik, Vladimir
A fabulous combination by Kramnik, simply punishing Hou Yifan's dubious opening choice.
[Event "43rd GM 2015"] [Site "Dortmund GER"] [Date "2015.06.28"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Hou, Yifan"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2676"] [BlackElo "2783"] [Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,Alejandro"] [PlyCount "56"] [EventDate "2015.06.27"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Qe2 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. d3 h6 7. Nbd2 d6 8. O-O Ne7 9. d4 a6 10. dxc5 axb5 11. cxd6 Qxd6 12. Qxb5 Ng6 13. Re1 b6 {Yifan's opening was a little suspicious. She is up a pawn right now, but her develoment is lacking. Black has at least enough compensation for the pawn, but probably it is even sufficient for a small advantage.} 14. Nc4 Qe6 15. Ne3 Nxe4 $1 {A very strong move!} 16. Qd5 (16. Nd5 Nd6 17. Qd3 e4 $17) 16... Nc5 $1 {This is the beautiful point, otherwise White is even better.} (16... Qxd5 17. Nxd5 $14) 17. b4 (17. Qxa8 Bb7 18. Qa3 Bxf3 $1 {The lines are complicated still, but Black's attack is too strong. Taking the bishop loses to:} (18... Ra8 19. Qb4 Ra4 20. Qb5 Ba6 21. Qxa4 Nxa4 {is also quite strong.}) 19. gxf3 Nh4 20. Kh1 Nd3 {and White cannot hope to keep her position together.}) 17... Bb7 18. Qxe6 Nxe6 19. Nf5 Rfd8 20. a4 Rd3 21. Be3 Rxc3 {Black is up a pawn with the better position. The rest is easy.} 22. a5 Rb3 23. axb6 cxb6 24. Rxa8+ Bxa8 25. Bxb6 Bxf3 26. gxf3 Ng5 27. Kh1 Nxf3 28. Re4 Nf4 0-1
Big Vlad showed no mercy today. Opening the game is legendary GM Vlastimil Hort.
Nepomniachtchi, Ian ½-½ Meier, Georg
Meier's French held on very strong today. Despite White's very aggressive intentions, it was Black's attack on the queenside that seemed more threatening. Meier forced a repetition in a position where playing on would not have been entirely crazy.
Two draws to start for both players
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| Round 01 – June 27 2015, 15:00h | ||||
| Nepomniachtchi, Ian | 2720 |
½-½
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Caruana, Fabiano | 2805 |
| Meier, Georg | 2654 |
½-½
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Hou, Yifan | 2676 |
| Kramnik, Vladimir | 2783 |
0-1
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Naiditsch, Arkadij | 2722 |
| Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter | 2654 |
1-0
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So, Wesley | 2778 |
| Round 02 – June 28 2015, 15:00h | ||||
| Caruana, Fabiano | 2805 |
0-1
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So, Wesley | 2778 |
| Naiditsch, Arkadij | 2722 |
0-1
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Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter | 2654 |
| Hou, Yifan | 2676 |
0-1
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Kramnik, Vladimir | 2783 |
| Nepomniachtchi, Ian | 2720 |
½-½
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Meier, Georg | 2654 |
| Round 03 – June 30 2015, 15:00h | ||||
| Meier, Georg | 2654 | - | Caruana, Fabiano | 2805 |
| Kramnik, Vladimir | 2783 | - | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | 2720 |
| Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter | 2654 | - | Hou, Yifan | 2676 |
| So, Wesley | 2778 | - | Naiditsch, Arkadij | 2722 |
| Round 04 – July 01 2015, 15:00h | ||||
| Caruana, Fabiano | 2805 | - | Naiditsch, Arkadij | 2722 |
| Hou, Yifan | 2676 | - | So, Wesley | 2778 |
| Nepomniachtchi, Ian | 2720 | - | Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter | 2654 |
| Meier, Georg | 2654 | - | Kramnik, Vladimir | 2783 |
| Round 05 – July 02 2015, 15:00h | ||||
| Kramnik, Vladimir | 2783 | - | Caruana, Fabiano | 2805 |
| Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter | 2654 | - | Meier, Georg | 2654 |
| So, Wesley | 2778 | - | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | 2720 |
| Naiditsch, Arkadij | 2722 | - | Hou, Yifan | 2676 |
| Round 06 – July 03 2015, 15:00h | ||||
| Caruana, Fabiano | 2805 | - | Hou, Yifan | 2676 |
| Nepomniachtchi, Ian | 2720 | - | Naiditsch, Arkadij | 2722 |
| Meier, Georg | 2654 | - | So, Wesley | 2778 |
| Kramnik, Vladimir | 2783 | - | Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter | 2654 |
| Round 07 – July 04 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 |
Pictures: Dagobert Kohlmeyer
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