Dortmund 9-17 July 2016

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Dortmund 9-17 July 2016

Post by Mick Norris » Sat Jul 09, 2016 8:38 am

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MVL, Caruana, Kramnik going for an 11th title

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Players receive 100 minutes for 40 moves, then 50 minutes for 20 moves, then 15 minutes for the rest of the game plus 30 seconds per move starting from move one

Round 1 at 2:15 pm today I think, coverage on chess24live

Nisipeanu - Ponomariov
Najer - Buhmann
Caruana - MVL
Dominguez - Kramnik
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Re: Dortmund 9-17 July 2016

Post by Mick Norris » Sun Jul 10, 2016 8:42 am

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pairings

MVL - Kramnik today
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Re: Dortmund 9-17 July 2016

Post by Mick Norris » Sun Jul 10, 2016 9:59 pm

chess.com round 1 report

Round 2 (July 10, 2016)
Ponomariov, Ruslan - Najer, Evgeniy 1-0 45 D19 Slav Defence
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime - Kramnik, Vladimir ½-½ 51 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Caruana, Fabiano - Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter ½-½ 43 B12 Caro Kann Advanced
Buhmann, Rainer - Dominguez Perez, Leinier ½-½ 77 E97 King's Indian Classical

MVL & Pono +1
Caruana & Buhmann -1
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Re: Dortmund 9-17 July 2016

Post by Mick Norris » Tue Jul 12, 2016 7:58 am

Round 2 report

Who doesn't like a rook endgame masterclass? :lol:
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Re: Dortmund 9-17 July 2016

Post by Mick Norris » Wed Jul 13, 2016 5:33 pm

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Amazing game from Vlad
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Re: Dortmund 9-17 July 2016

Post by Matt Mackenzie » Wed Jul 13, 2016 6:12 pm

Yes, even though he "only" drew it.
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Re: Dortmund 9-17 July 2016

Post by Mick Norris » Thu Jul 14, 2016 9:11 am

round 4 report

Rest day today before the final 3 rounds
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