9 July 2016
Evgeniy Najer Starts With A Win In Dortmund
Vladimir Kramnik drew with Lenier Dominguez.
In the first round of the traditional Sparkassen Chess Meeting supertournament in Dortmund, Evgeniy Najer defeated Reiner Buhmann, Fabiano Caruana lost to Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Nisipeanu drew Ponomariov, and Dominguez drew Kramnik.
Standings after the first round:
Vachier-Lagrave, Najer 1
Kramnik, Ponomariov, Dominguez, Nisipeanu 0.5
Buhmann, Caruana 0
Round 2 games: Vachier-Lagrave-Kramnik, Buhmann-Dominguez, Ponomariov-Najer, Caruana-Nisipeanu.