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Dortmund Sparkassen Tournament

Fabiano Caruana5.5/7(+5 -1 =1)[games]
Wesley So4/7(+3 -2 =2)[games]
Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu4/7(+2 -1 =4)[games]
Vladimir Kramnik3.5/7(+3 -3 =1)[games]
Arkadij Naiditsch3/7(+2 -3 =2)[games]
Ian Nepomniachtchi3/7(+1 -2 =4)[games]
Yifan Hou2.5/7(+0 -2 =5)[games]
Georg Meier2.5/7(+0 -2 =5)[games]
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Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
Dortmund Sparkassen (2015)

The 43rd Dortmund Sparkassen Chess-Meeting took place in the Orchesterzentrum NRW in Dortmund, Germany 27 June - 5 July 2015. Rest days: June 29 and July 2. Chief organizer: Ralf Chadt-Rausch. Players received 100 minutes for 40 moves, then 50 more minutes for the next 20 moves, then 15 more minutes for the rest of the game, with a 30-second increment from move one. Fabiano Caruana won the event for the 3rd time with 5.5/7.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 Caruana 2805 * 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 5½ 2 So 2778 1 * 0 1 0 1 ½ ½ 4 3 Nisipeanu 2654 0 1 * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 4 4 Kramnik 2783 0 0 ½ * 0 1 1 1 3½ 5 Naiditsch 2722 0 1 0 1 * 0 ½ ½ 3 6 Nepomniachtchi 2720 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 * ½ ½ 3 7 Yifan Hou 2676 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ 2½ 8 Meier 2654 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * 2½

Category: XIX (2724). Chief arbiter: Andrzej Filipowicz

The Open A swiss was won on tiebreak by Glen de Schampheleire with 7/9.

Wikipedia article: Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting#2015
Sparkassen Open: http://www.scm-open.de/OpenA_Tabell...
Chess.com: https://www.chess.com/news/view/5-g...
ChessBase: https://en.chessbase.com/post/fabia...
Chess24: https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-t...
DSB: https://www.schachbund.de/scm-dortm...
TWIC: https://theweekinchess.com/chessnew...
FIDE: https://ratings.fide.com/tournament...

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 page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 28  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Kramnik vs Naiditsch 0-1572015Dortmund SparkassenD41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch
2. G Meier vs Y Hou ½-½592015Dortmund SparkassenE06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3
3. Nisipeanu vs So 1-0282015Dortmund SparkassenB23 Sicilian, Closed
4. Nepomniachtchi vs Caruana ½-½462015Dortmund SparkassenA07 King's Indian Attack
5. Nepomniachtchi vs G Meier ½-½252015Dortmund SparkassenC11 French
6. Y Hou vs Kramnik 0-1282015Dortmund SparkassenC65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense
7. Caruana vs So 0-1692015Dortmund SparkassenB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
8. Naiditsch vs Nisipeanu 0-1492015Dortmund SparkassenB12 Caro-Kann Defense
9. So vs Naiditsch 0-1362015Dortmund SparkassenD37 Queen's Gambit Declined
10. Kramnik vs Nepomniachtchi 1-0552015Dortmund SparkassenA04 Reti Opening
11. Nisipeanu vs Y Hou ½-½332015Dortmund SparkassenE16 Queen's Indian
12. G Meier vs Caruana 0-1512015Dortmund SparkassenA04 Reti Opening
13. Caruana vs Naiditsch 1-0412015Dortmund SparkassenE04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3
14. Nepomniachtchi vs Nisipeanu ½-½752015Dortmund SparkassenB12 Caro-Kann Defense
15. G Meier vs Kramnik 0-1542015Dortmund SparkassenC67 Ruy Lopez
16. Y Hou vs So ½-½402015Dortmund SparkassenB18 Caro-Kann, Classical
17. So vs Nepomniachtchi 1-0492015Dortmund SparkassenD70 Neo-Grunfeld Defense
18. Kramnik vs Caruana 0-1382015Dortmund SparkassenD78 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6
19. Naiditsch vs Y Hou  ½-½642015Dortmund SparkassenE48 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5
20. Nisipeanu vs G Meier ½-½422015Dortmund SparkassenE42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein)
21. Kramnik vs Nisipeanu ½-½832015Dortmund SparkassenA13 English
22. Caruana vs Y Hou 1-0392015Dortmund SparkassenD31 Queen's Gambit Declined
23. G Meier vs So ½-½432015Dortmund SparkassenD12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
24. Nepomniachtchi vs Naiditsch 1-0682015Dortmund SparkassenD36 Queen's Gambit Declined, Exchange, Positional line, 6.Qc2
25. Nisipeanu vs Caruana 0-1302015Dortmund SparkassenC52 Evans Gambit
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Jul-05-15
Premium Chessgames Member
  AylerKupp: <FSR> Well, I did say <might> ;-)

And, in case you haven't seen this article, you might be interested in it: http://en.chessbase.com/post/what-w...-.

And, in case the link doesn't work for you (it works for me in Word but not when I paste it into the Kibbitz Box), add the <http:> in front of the following: <//en.chessbase.com/post/what-was-the-strongest-tou- rnament-of-all-time-> after you paste it into your browser.

Jul-05-15  tappingfoot: <john barleycorn: <jphamlore: The end of the So - Kramnik game is showing once again why a 90-second increment from move 1 is needed for normal time control....> 120.5 second increments might be even better to deliver quality endgames.>

1205.0 second increments might be even the best.

Jul-05-15  mrgamebit: Are there any tie-break rules in effect here?
Jul-05-15  tappingfoot: American players won the top two slots!
Jul-05-15  john barleycorn: <tappingfoot> tell it to <jphamlore>.

We can also declare the end of time to be the end of the game....

Jul-05-15  solskytz: <Gphamlore> there is still Botvinnik to contend with

(the endgame expert regaining WC title despite advancing age)

Jul-05-15  Kasparov Fan: So fans are "so biased"
well he has to achieve a lot more before being compared to Kasparov. And yes one more thing I don't hate So but his fans biased views just make me angry and he couldn't beat Hou Yifan lost against naidistch do you think his worthy to be compared with Kasparov. In future maybe but now (laughs)
Jul-05-15  JAMESROOK: Watched the games on Saturday and Sunday. Fantastic - the Chinese girl was unlucky not to win today. Caruana played a beautiful game. Now watching Greek referending results. The Ches was better.
Jul-05-15
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: <AylerKupp> Thanks. Your links didn't work for me, but I did find the article using Google. http://bit.ly/1NJGJKW Very interesting article.
Jul-05-15  dunamisvpm: Mabuhay SuperGM Wes So!
Jul-05-15  choosea: >> "The hilarious part is ... Morphy would give queen odds to [ Hou Yifan 2.5/7 (+0 -2 =5)] .. "

>> "Morphy psyched out his opponent."

>> Paul Morphy vs Charles Maurian
"Against All Odds" (game of the day Jun-16-08)
New Orleans (1854) · Chess variants (000) · 1-0

Morphy vs Maurian, 1854

Jul-05-15  kia0708: Very interesting article.
However, I don't see Robert Fischer in these super-strong tournaments. :-(

I see Kasparov won most of them.

<I did find the article using Google. http://bit.ly/1NJGJKW Very interesting article.>

Jul-05-15  Sokrates: Yes, interesting article with some well-reasoned suggestions. It's not without reason that Kasparov and Karpov rank at the top of all-time-best lists. A curiosity that my favorite historic player, Keres, won a merit because of the AVRO (shared with Fine). And let's not forget Anand great results. Evidently too many strong players (and world champions!) didn't get a seat here, so let's not jump to conclusions.
Jul-05-15  choosea: >> "Cheating in chess refers to a deliberate violation of the rules of chess or other unethical behaviour ... The videotape revealed that Kasparov did let go of the piece ..."

>> "... "Kasparov touched a knight in our 1994 Linares game and didn't move...""

>> Judit Polgar vs Garry Kasparov
"J'adoube!" (game of the day Dec-09-14)
Linares (1994) · Sicilian Defense: Najdorf. Amsterdam Variation (B82) · 0-1

Judit Polgar vs Kasparov, 1994

Jul-05-15  choosea: > "(For example, if Nisipeanu loses to Caruana, So wins against Kramnik, and Hou Yifan draws with Nepomniachtchi, the BLACK-WHITE-DRAW ticket will pay.)"

> Black-White-Draw 1,275 18:1 18.69 A winning 10 chessbuck ticket pays out 186 chessbucks.

Jul-05-15  choosea: > "Instead of coming to me, you oughta be going to Gamblers Anonymous."

:OP(((((((

Jul-05-15
Premium Chessgames Member
  HeMateMe: Looks like the Fabster has opened up some distance here...
Jul-05-15  ChemMac: Just looking at my previous post. From this, it would seem that Caruana and Nisipeanu performed well above their ratings; So was right on, and all the rest were exactly 0.5 below.

Predicted; Result
Fabiano Caruana::4.0;5.5
Wesley So.::4.0;4.0
Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu::3.0;4.0
Vladimir Kramnik::4.0;3.5
Arkadij Naiditsch::3.5:3.0
Ian Nepomniachtchi::3.5:3.0
Georg Meier::3.0:2.5
Hou Yifan::3.0;2.5

Jul-05-15  devere: George Meier finished tied for last place. But if he had won every winning position, and drawn the game he gifted to Kramnik, he would have finished in first place. It must be frustrating to have the ability to compete with the best players, but not be able to consistently utilize that ability to best advantage.
Jul-05-15  shintaro go: All 2650 players and up have the ability to compete with the top players. As you said, it's all about converting winning positions or not losing drawn games.
Jul-05-15  iking: Penguincw: Final game on the day (Naiditsch-Meier) is drawn after 77 moves and nearly 7 hours of play.

77 moves in 7 hours, in the 7th round and in the 7th month?

boeing 777?

Jul-05-15
Premium Chessgames Member
  AylerKupp: <<fgh> Don't stop there! It was also played during round 7 and in the 7th month of this year!>

And today my car reached 111,111 miles. I didn't check the time but I think that it was 11:11 AM. I'm sure that it was not a coincidence.

Jul-05-15
Premium Chessgames Member
  AylerKupp: <ChemMac> Their TPRs indicate the same thing, as well as how much above and below their ratings they performed. I'm not sure what the official way is to calculate TPRs (if there is one) but this is what I got for each player, with their pre-tournament ratings first, TPR in angle brackets, and the difference between their pre-tournament rating and their TPR based on an older copy of the FIDE handbook (which may no longer be applicable):

Caruana 2805 <2932> +127

Hou 2676 <2621> -55

Kramnik 2783 <2716> -67

Meier 2654 <2624> -30

Naiditch 2722 <2667> -55

Nepomniachtchi 2720 <2668> -52

Nisipeau 2654 <2784> +130

So 2778 <2766> -12

Therefore, based on their pre-tournament ratings, Caruana and Nisipeau performed much better than expected, So about as expected, and the rest somewhat less than expected.

Does anyone know the current <official> way, if any, that FIDE calculates TPRs? I used the formula RP = RC + D(P) where:

RP = Tournament Performance Rating (TPR)

RC = The average rating of the opponents

P = A percentage score; the Number of points scored / Number of games played

D(P) = The rating difference indicated by P from the FIDE Performance Rating Table as given in the FIDE Handbook.

Jul-05-15  Wavy: Congrats to Fabiano!

Wesley beat the top guns but lost to lower ranked players. Maybe he should avoid lower rated players and just play against the top guns.

Jul-05-15  Wavy: Can someone explain how the math in chess works? Take for example Fabiano's score, +5-1=1. What kind of math concept was used to arrive at that answer? For Hou, 0-2=5! I must be absent in class when this was taught or I was sleeping in class when this was taught.
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