21 July 2018

Ian Nepomniachtchi Becomes Sole Leader in Dortmund

In round 5 he defeats Vladimir Kramnik

Photo: Georgios Souleidis/Official website
Photo: Georgios Souleidis/Official website

Round 5 of the Sparkassen Chess-Meeting took place in Dortmund on July 20th. Ian Nepomniachtchi defeated Vladimir Kramnik, while the games Duda - Meier, Giri - Wojtaszek, and Kovalev - Nisipeanu were drawn.



Standings after round 5:

1. Ian Nepomniachtchi - 3.5
2-3. Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Vladislav Kovalev - 3
4-6. Vladimir Kramnik, Anish Giri, Georg Meier - 2.5
7. Radoslaw Wojtaszek - 2
8. Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu - 1.

Round 6 pairings:

Meier - Nisipeanu, Wojtaszek - Kovalev, Kramnik - Giri, Duda - Nepomniachtchi.

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