Dortmund, Rd.5: Vachier-Lagrave and Ponomariov win

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The stage

Fabiano Caruana vs Vladimir Kramnik

Vladimir Kramnik, the 14. World Champion

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave is famous for his good knowledge of the Najdorf. But Evgeniy Najer seemed to have his doubts and dared to play the Poisoned Pawn Variation of the Najdorf against the French Grandmaster. But Vachier-Lagrave could rely on his theoretical knowledge and won the game. With this victory he is now number two on the virtual ranking list.

The new number two

Evgeniy Najer lost the theoretical duel

Rainer Buhmann and Ruslan Ponomariov fought a sharp battle in the Queen's Indian Defense. The German sacrificed a pawn in the opening but Ponomariov defended well and had the upper hand. But with a few inaccuracies Ponomariov let Buhmann back into the game - however, the German Grandmaster failed to grab these opportunities and lost.

Missing a draw

Buhmann-Ponomariov

Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu drew against Leinier Dominguez and is still unbeaten.

Results of round five

	Title	Name	ELO	Res.	Title	Name	ELO
1	GM	Leinier Dominguez Perez	2732	½ - ½	GM	Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu	2669
2	GM	Rainer Buhmann	2651	0 - 1	GM	Ruslan Ponomariov	2715
3	GM	Evgeniy Najer	2681	0 - 1	GM	Maxime Vachier Lagrave	2788
4	GM	Vladimir Kramnik	2801	½ - ½	GM	Fabiano Caruana	2804

Games - Rounds 1 to 5

Standings after five rounds

Rg.	Title	Name	Nation	Elo	Perf.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Pkt.	Wtg.
1	GM	Maxime Vachier Lagrave		2788	+174				½	½	1	1	1	4.0 / 5
2	GM	Leinier Dominguez Perez		2732	+66			1	½	½	½		½	3.0 / 5	7.25
3	GM	Ruslan Ponomariov		2715	+62		0		½	½		1	1	3.0 / 5	5.00
4	GM	Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu		2669	+75	½	½	½			½	½		2.5 / 5	7.00
5	GM	Vladimir Kramnik		2801	-63	½	½	½			½		½	2.5 / 5	6.75
6	GM	Fabiano Caruana		2804	-69	0	½		½	½		1		2.5 / 5	5.50
7	GM	Evgeniy Najer		2681	-102	0		0	½		0		1	1.5 / 5
8	GM	Rainer Buhmann		2651	-148	0	½	0		½		0		1.0 / 5