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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 Four
Round 04 – July 01 2015, 15:00h | ||||
Caruana, Fabiano | 2805 |
1-0
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Naiditsch, Arkadij | 2722 |
Hou, Yifan | 2676 |
½-½
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So, Wesley | 2778 |
Nepomniachtchi, Ian | 2720 |
½-½
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Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter | 2654 |
Meier, Georg | 2654 |
0-1
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Kramnik, Vladimir | 2783 |
Caruana, Fabiano 1-0 Naiditsch, Arkadij
Caruana played an excellent game today, giving a masterful lesson to Naiditsch in the Catalan style positions:
Caruana's Catalan was impressive today
Hou Yifan ½-½ So, Wesley
The Chinese player found some pressure in the main line Caro-Kann, but So found a fantastic resource to push back Yifan's initiative:
Yifan put some pressure, but So was too resourceful
Nepomniachtchi, Ian ½-½ Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter
An interesting game, with another fighting Caro-Kann structure. Black saw himself having some problems as he lacked space, but he was able to break both on a5 and f6. The position was messy, tactics were abundant, but with strong play Nepomniachtchi put pressure and won a pawn. Nisipeanu was clever in which pieces to trade, and he managed to get a 3v2 rook endgame on the kingside. Despite the Russian's best effort, Nisipeanu held without problems in a long draw.
3v2 rook endgame is not a win, but you can definitely make your opponent suffer!
Meier, Georg 0-1 Kramnik, Vladimir
This really has to feel like Deja Vu for Meier. Very similar to his game against Caruana, he obtained a strong advantage today with white against Kramnik. It wasn't as decisive as his game against the American, but still the advantage was sizeable. He allowed complications he shouldn't have gotten into, and Kramnik regained about equality. Applying pressure up the exchange, which was compensated by two pawns, Big Vlad tried to find an opening. Meier eventually collapsed, blundered and Kramnik scooped up the win.
Meier's positions have been good enough for 2 or 3 points
Pictures: Dagobert Kohlmeyer
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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 |
0-1
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Caruana, Fabiano | 2805 |
Kramnik, Vladimir | 2783 |
1-0
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Nepomniachtchi, Ian | 2720 |
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter | 2654 |
½-½
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Hou, Yifan | 2676 |
So, Wesley | 2778 |
0-1
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Naiditsch, Arkadij | 2722 |
Round 04 – July 01 2015, 15:00h | ||||
Caruana, Fabiano | 2805 |
1-0
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Naiditsch, Arkadij | 2722 |
Hou, Yifan | 2676 |
½-½
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So, Wesley | 2778 |
Nepomniachtchi, Ian | 2720 |
½-½
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Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter | 2654 |
Meier, Georg | 2654 |
0-1
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Kramnik, Vladimir | 2783 |
Round 05 – July 03 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 04 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 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 |
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