[Event "43rd GM 2015"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2015.06.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,Alejandro"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2015.06.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Bd5 11. Qc2 Be4 12. Qd1 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Nbd2 Bc6
15. Ne5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nbd7 17. Rc1 Nxe5 18. Rxc5 Ned7 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Qc2 Rc8
21. Rxc8 Qxc8 22. Rc1 Qd7 23. Nf3 Rd8 24. Qb3 h6 25. Rc4 Qe7 26. e4 e5 27. Qc3
Re8 28. a5 Qe6 29. Rb4 Rc8 30. Qxe5 Qxe5 31. Nxe5 Rc5 32. f4 Rxa5 33. Kf3 b5
34. Rd4 g5 35. Rd6 Kg7 36. Nd3 Ra4 37. e5 Ne4 38. Rd7 gxf4 39. gxf4 Kg6 40. Ke3
f5 41. Rb7 Ra1 42. Rb6+ Kg7 43. b4 h5 44. Rb7+ Kg6 45. Rb6+ Kg7 46. h4 Ra3 47.
Rb7+ Kg6 48. Kd4 Ng3 49. Rd7 Ne2+ {Black is clearly in problems. White has a
protected passed pawn on e5 and his king is very active.} 50. Ke3 $2 {
Inexplicably going backwards. Much stronger was} (50. Kc5 {trying to take all
of Black's pawns on the queenside. The plan is simply Kb6 and Nc5.}) 50... Nc1
51. Kd2 Nxd3 52. Rxd3 Ra2+ 53. Ke3 Rb2 54. Rd6+ Kg7 55. Rxa6 $2 (55. Rf6 Rb3+
56. Kd2 Rxb4 57. Rxf5 {still gives White great winning chances because his
pawns are faster. If it is completely winning remains to be analyzed.}) 55...
Rb3+ 56. Ke2 Rxb4 {Now this is simply a draw. White must keep defending his f4
pawn.} 57. Ke3 Rb3+ 58. Ke2 Rb4 59. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "43rd GM 2015"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2015.06.27"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2015.06.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. a4 Bb7 14. Bd3
a5 15. Rfc1 e5 16. d5 Nc5 17. Qe3 f5 18. Bc4 Qd6 19. exf5 Rxf5 20. Ng5 Rf4 21.
Rab1 Qg6 22. Ba2 Qxg5 23. Rxb6 Raf8 24. f3 Nd3 25. Rd1 Nb4 26. Rxb7 Nxa2 27. d6
Nb4 28. Rb5 Nc6 29. d7 h6 30. Rbd5 Rd8 31. Qc3 Nd4 32. Kh1 Rh4 33. Qc7 Kh7 34.
h3 Nxf3 35. Qc2+ Kh8 36. Qf2 Nd4 37. Re1 Rf4 38. Qb2 Qf6 39. Qb1 Nf5 40. Kh2
Rb4 41. Qc1 Ne7 42. Rxa5 Rxd7 43. Raxe5 Ng6 44. Re6 Qf4+ 45. Qxf4 Nxf4 46. R6e4
Rxe4 47. Rxe4 Nd3 48. Re8+ Kh7 49. Ra8 Rd4 50. g4 Nc5 51. a5 Ra4 52. Kg3 Ra3+
53. Kg2 Ne4 54. a6 Nd6 55. h4 Nb5 56. g5 hxg5 57. hxg5 Nc7 0-1

[Event "43rd GM 2015"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2015.06.27"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2015.06.27"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 c6 5. O-O Nf6 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 Ne4 8. Nbd2
Bf5 9. c4 Nd7 10. Rc1 a5 11. Nh4 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Be6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Nf3 Nf6
15. Ne5 Ne4 16. Qe3 a4 17. Nd3 axb3 18. axb3 Qb6 19. Nc5 Ra2 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21.
Bc3 Qb5 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Rfe1 Qd5 24. Red1 Ra3 25. Qd2 Qxb3 26. Qg5 Ra2 27.
Rd2 Bf6 28. Qc5 Rxd2 29. Bxd2 Qd5 30. Be3 Rd8 31. Rb1 Rd7 32. Rb5 Kf7 33. Qb4
Qc6 34. Rb6 Qd5 35. Rb5 Qc6 36. Rb6 Qc2 37. Rxb7 Rxb7 38. Qxb7 Bxd4 39. Bxd4
Qd1+ 40. Kg2 Qxd4 41. e3 Qd5 42. Qb2 Qf5 43. Qh8 Qf3+ 44. Kg1 Qd1+ 45. Kg2 Qf3+
46. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "43rd GM 2015"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2015.06.27"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,Alejandro"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2015.06.27"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bxd7+ Qxd7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
d3 e6 9. f5 {White's intentions are not subtle. The position has been seen a
few times, but only once at the GM level.} Nge7 (9... exf5 10. exf5 O-O-O {is
a better approach, though not the most natural.}) 10. fxe6 fxe6 11. Ng5 $1 {
The start of a very aggressive plan.} Ne5 (11... Nd8 12. Qg4 h6 13. Nh3 {feels
like White is a bit better.}) 12. Nb5 $1 {A great move!} Qxb5 (12... O-O-O 13.
d4 $1 Qxb5 14. dxe5 Bxe5 (14... dxe5 15. Qg4 $16) 15. Nf7 {wins an exchange
for a pawn for White. Black doesn't have enough.}) 13. Nxe6 Kd7 14. Nxg7 {The
knight is trapped on g7, but White is up a pawn and has chances to attack the
black king.} h5 (14... Raf8 {was perhaps a bit more prudent.}) 15. a4 Qb6 16.
a5 Qb5 17. c4 {The Black queen gets kicked around a lot this game!} Qc6 18. b4
$5 (18. Bf4 $1 $18 Rhg8 19. d4 cxd4 20. Qxd4 {was extremely difficult to meet
for Black. The threat of Bxe5 is not easy to parry. White is winning.}) 18...
Rh7 19. bxc5 Rxg7 20. Rf6 {White's attack in this line is also decisive.} Nc8 (
20... Nf7 21. Bh6 {is very ugly, but it was necessary.}) 21. d4 $1 Ng4 (21...
Qxe4 22. dxe5 Qxe5 23. Rb1 Qxf6 24. Rxb7+ Ke8 25. Bb2 {and White wins material
with the lethal skewer.}) 22. Rf3 Qxe4 23. h3 {Simple and good. The knight on
g4 is trapped, without extra material Black's position simply collapses.} dxc5
24. dxc5+ Ke8 25. hxg4 Ne7 26. Qf1 Rg8 27. Bb2 hxg4 28. Re1 {The king will
perish on e8 shortly. A great game by NIsipeanu!} 1-0

[Event "43rd GM 2015"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2015.06.28"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,Alejandro"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2015.06.27"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O h6 7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. Nb3
g5 9. Ne1 Qc7 10. Nd3 b6 11. Be3 Bg7 12. Rc1 Rd8 13. Kh1 c5 14. dxc5 O-O 15.
cxb6 axb6 16. f4 gxf4 17. Nxf4 Nxe5 18. Nh5 Nc4 19. Bg1 Bxb2 20. Nd4 Bg6 21.
Nf6+ Kg7 22. Rb1 e5 23. Nb5 Qc6 24. a4 Nf5 25. Nh5+ Kh7 26. Qe1 Nce3 27. Rxb2
Nxf1 28. Qxf1 d4 29. Bf3 Qc5 30. Nf6+ Kg7 31. Ne4 Qe7 32. Rb3 Nh4 33. Qe1 f5
34. Nd2 Nxf3 35. Nxf3 Rfe8 36. Nh4 Kh7 37. Rh3 Qf6 38. Bf2 Bh5 39. Nf3 Bxf3 40.
Rxf3 e4 41. Rh3 d3 42. cxd3 exd3 43. Qd1 d2 44. Nc3 Re6 45. Qb1 Qxc3 $1 46.
Qxf5+ Kh8 47. Rxc3 Re1+ 48. Bg1 Rxg1+ 49. Kxg1 d1=Q+ {The rook falls no matter
what} (49... d1=Q+ 50. Kf2 (50. Qf1 Qd4+) 50... Qd2+) 0-1

[Event "43rd GM 2015"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2015.06.28"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,Alejandro"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2015.06.27"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Qe2 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. d3 h6 7. Nbd2 d6 8. O-O
Ne7 9. d4 a6 10. dxc5 axb5 11. cxd6 Qxd6 12. Qxb5 Ng6 13. Re1 b6 {Yifan's
opening was a little suspicious. She is up a pawn right now, but her
develoment is lacking. Black has at least enough compensation for the pawn,
but probably it is even sufficient for a small advantage.} 14. Nc4 Qe6 15. Ne3
Nxe4 $1 {A very strong move!} 16. Qd5 (16. Nd5 Nd6 17. Qd3 e4 $17) 16... Nc5 $1
{This is the beautiful point, otherwise White is even better.} (16... Qxd5 17.
Nxd5 $14) 17. b4 (17. Qxa8 Bb7 18. Qa3 Bxf3 $1 {The lines are complicated
still, but Black's attack is too strong. Taking the bishop loses to:} (18...
Ra8 19. Qb4 Ra4 20. Qb5 Ba6 21. Qxa4 Nxa4 {is also quite strong.}) 19. gxf3 Nh4
20. Kh1 Nd3 {and White cannot hope to keep her position together.}) 17... Bb7
18. Qxe6 Nxe6 19. Nf5 Rfd8 20. a4 Rd3 21. Be3 Rxc3 {Black is up a pawn with
the better position. The rest is easy.} 22. a5 Rb3 23. axb6 cxb6 24. Rxa8+ Bxa8
25. Bxb6 Bxf3 26. gxf3 Ng5 27. Kh1 Nxf3 28. Re4 Nf4 0-1

[Event "43rd GM 2015"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2015.06.28"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2015.06.27"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 b5 8. g4
b4 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. exd5 h5 11. gxh5 Rxh5 12. a3 bxa3 13. Rxa3 Nd7 14. Bg2 Nf6
15. O-O Rb8 16. f4 Be7 17. c4 Qb6+ 18. Rf2 Rh4 19. Rc3 Bd7 20. b3 Bxh3 21. Bxh3
Ne4 22. Qe1 Nxc3 23. Qxc3 Qxb3 24. Qxb3 Rxb3 25. Bc8 e4 26. Bxa6 Bd8 27. c5
dxc5 28. Rg2 g6 29. Rg3 Rxg3+ 30. Nxg3 Rg4 31. Kh2 f5 32. Ne2 Rh4+ 33. Kg2 Bc7
34. Bc8 Kd8 35. Be6 Ke7 36. Be3 Bd6 37. Bf2 Rh8 38. Be1 c4 39. Bc3 Ra8 40. Be5
Ra2 41. Kf1 Rd2 42. Bc3 Rd3 43. Ba5 Ba3 44. Bg8 Bd6 45. Be6 Bc5 46. Ke1 Rb3 47.
Kd2 Rb2+ 48. Kd1 Bb4 49. Bxb4+ Rxb4 50. Kc2 Rb3 51. Nc3 e3 52. Bg8 Rb6 53. Ne2
Ra6 54. d6+ Rxd6 55. Bxc4 Kf6 56. Bd3 g5 57. fxg5+ Kxg5 58. Ng3 Rc6+ 59. Kd1 f4
60. Nf1 Rb6 61. Nh2 Kh4 62. Ke1 Kg3 63. Nf1+ Kf3 64. Nh2+ Kg2 65. Nf1 Re6 66.
Bc4 Re5 67. Ba6 Ra5 68. Bb7+ Kg1 69. Nxe3 Re5 0-1

[Event "43rd GM 2015"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2015.06.28"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2015.06.27"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. dxc5
Nxc5 9. Qd2 a6 10. O-O-O Qa5 11. Kb1 b5 12. Bd3 Bd7 13. Bxc5 Bxc5 14. f5 Bb4
15. Qg5 Bxc3 16. Qxg7 O-O-O 17. bxc3 d4 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. cxd4 Qb4+ 20. Kc1
Rhg8 21. Qxf7 Rxg2 22. fxe6 Qa3+ 23. Kb1 Qb4+ 24. Kc1 Qa3+ 25. Kb1 Qb4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "43rd GM 2015"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2015.06.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nisipeanu, LD."]
[Black "Hou Yifan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,Alejandro"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2015.06.26"]
[SourceDate "2015.02.07"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 a5 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O O-O 8. Bf4
Be7 9. Nc3 Na6 10. d5 Bb4 11. Nb5 $6 {White's sacrifice does not yield good
results. Yifan seizes over the initiative with a good follow up:} exd5 12. Nh4
c6 $1 13. Nd6 Bxd6 14. Bxd6 Re8 {Despite the weaknesses on the dark squares,
it will soon become clear that Black's pieces enter the fray very quickly.} 15.
cxd5 Ne4 16. dxc6 (16. Bxe4 Rxe4 17. f3 Re8 {is close to equal, but Nisipeanu
had to already be thinking about that.}) 16... dxc6 17. Bf4 Qf6 {g5 is a
threat.} 18. Be3 c5 {Black is doing quite well despite the pair of bishops.
Her pieces are simply better placed.} 19. Qd7 Bc6 20. Qg4 Nb4 21. Rad1 (21. a3
Nc2 22. Rad1 g6 $1 {and b2 is still weak, while f5 is taken away from the
white knight.}) 21... Qe6 $2 (21... Qxb2 $1 {The time to  be brave and take
the pawn was now. Nisipeanu's initiative on the kingside simply does not
compensate.}) 22. Nf5 g6 23. Nh6+ Kg7 24. Qh4 {White has sufficient
counterplay now.} Nc2 25. Ng4 Nxe3 26. fxe3 $1 {Otherwise Black is better
again. The inclusion of the rook on the f-file is more important than the
structure.} (26. Nxe3 h5 {with a little more pleasant position for Black.})
26... h5 27. Bxe4 Qxe4 {White is getting mated, but he has a perpetual just on
time.} (27... Bxe4 28. Nf6 {doesn't help Black much.}) 28. Qf6+ Kg8 29. Qxf7+
Kh8 30. Qf6+ Kg8 31. Qf7+ Kh8 32. Qf6+ Kg8 33. Qf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "43rd GM 2015"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2015.06.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, V."]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, I."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,Alejandro"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2015.06.26"]
[SourceDate "2015.02.07"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 d5 7. Nc3 dxc4 8.
Qa4+ Nbd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Rd1 Nb6 11. Qa3 Qd6 12. Qxd6 exd6 13. a4 a6 14. Bf4
Ne8 15. Rac1 a5 16. Ndb5 Bd7 17. Bxd6 Nxd6 18. Rxd6 Bc6 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Rxc6
Rab8 21. Rc5 Rfd8 22. Na7 Rd2 23. Rb5 Nd7 24. Rxb8+ Nxb8 25. Ncb5 Nd7 26. Rxc4
Bxb2 27. Kf1 Nb6 28. Re4 f5 29. Re8+ Kf7 30. Rb8 Nxa4 31. Nc6 Nc3 32. Nxa5 Rd1+
33. Kg2 Nxe2 34. Nc4 Ba1 35. Nbd6+ Kg7 36. Rb7+ Kg8 37. Re7 Nc3 38. h4 Nd5 39.
Rd7 h5 40. Ra7 Bd4 41. Ra8+ Kg7 42. Rd8 Ba1 43. Nb6 Nc3 44. Nbc8 Kf6 $2 (44...
Nd5 $11) 45. Rd7 $1 Nd5 46. Nb6 $1 Be5 $2 (46... Nxb6 47. Ne8+ {is, of course,
impossible.}) (46... Nc3 $1 {is still far from easy, but this is clearly just
a computer move.}) 47. Nb7 {Suddenly Black is in danger of losing his knight.
His saving resource fails:} Nc3 48. Nd8 $1 {A mate threat out of nowhere! The
rooks cant be traded because of the deadly fork.} g5 49. Rxd1 Nxd1 50. Nd7+ Ke7
51. Nxe5 Kxd8 (51... gxh4 52. Nec6+ Kd7 53. gxh4 $18) 52. hxg5 Ke7 53. f4 {The
endgame is easily winning.} Nc3 54. Kh3 Ne4 55. Kh4 1-0

[Event "43rd GM 2015"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2015.06.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, W."]
[Black "Naiditsch, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,Alejandro"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2015.06.26"]
[SourceDate "2015.02.07"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 b6 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. Qc2 c5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. O-O a6 12. Rfd1 Re8 13. Rac1 Bd6 14. Bf5 Rc8
15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Qd3 Rc7 17. Na4 Qe7 18. Qc3 d4 19. exd4 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 cxd4
21. Ra1 $2 {A move that is too mysterious to understand. So clearly is being
ambitious and wants to take on d4, but he grossly underestimates Black's
initiative.} (21. Rxc7 Qe1+ {is not playable either.}) (21. g3 Rxc1 22. Bxc1
Ne5 23. Qg2 $11 {is still rather unclear.}) 21... Ne5 22. Qh3 g6 $1 23. Bd3 Nd5
$1 {Black's knights start swarming the position. So regrets having such
inactive pieces, like the knight on a4 and the rook on a1. Naiditschs's attack
strikes at the right time.} 24. Bxd4 $2 {A clear oversight.} (24. Bf1 {is
passive, ugly, but holds for now.}) 24... Nxd3 $2 (24... Nf4 {seems to simply
win material.} 25. Qh6 Qf6 $1 {A very difficult move to find, but one that
would have ended the game immediately. The point is that Bf8 is a very
difficult move to defend against!} (25... Nfxd3 $4 26. Rxd3 $14) 26. Bxe5 (26.
h4 Bf8 27. Qg5 Qxg5 28. hxg5 Nexd3 {is over.}) 26... Rxe5 $19 {Bf8, Rh5... too
many threats.}) 25. Qxd3 Nf4 {Black's attack is strong regardless.} 26. Qxa6 $2
{Grabbing this pawn seems suicidal, though. A hard move to understand.} (26.
Qf3 Ne2+ 27. Kf1 Nxd4 28. Rxd4 Be5 29. Re4 {is ugly for White, but was best
case scenario.}) 26... Qg5 27. g3 Ne2+ 28. Kf1 Qg4 29. Be3 Rxe3 {Other moves
also won.} 30. Qa8+ Kg7 31. Rxd6 Re4 {White's king is simply getting mated
here. Qh3 is a big threat.} 32. Kg2 Nf4+ 33. Kg1 Nh3+ 34. Kg2 Rc2 35. Rf1 Nf4+
36. Kg1 Qf3 {A very bad game from So, who completely underestimated his
opponent's chances.} 0-1

[Event "43rd GM 2015"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2015.06.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Meier, Geo"]
[Black "Caruana, F."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,Alejandro"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2015.06.26"]
[SourceDate "2015.02.07"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. Be2 Nd7 5. c4 e5 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. h4 h6 8. g4 Nb6
9. g5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Bg4 11. d5 f6 12. Be3 Bh6 13. Qd3 Bh5 14. O-O-O Kf7 15.
Rdg1 Qd7 16. Bxh6 Rxh6 17. Bf1 Rah8 18. Bh3 Qd8 19. Ne1 c6 20. b3 Nd7 21. Qe3
cxd5 22. cxd5 Nc5 23. b4 Nd7 24. Qxa7 Qc7 25. Qe3 Nb6 26. Kb1 Kg7 27. Nb5 Qd8
28. f3 Rf8 29. Rg2 f5 30. Rc2 Na8 31. Qa7 fxe4 32. fxe4 Rf4 {White has more
material, the better position... just look at that knight on a8! Black's rook
on h6 is not very happy.} 33. Bg2 (33. Qxb7 {was way easier. The discomfort
caused by the queen on the 7th means that the rook will have to return soon to
defend.} Rxe4 34. Nd3 $1 {Locks the rook out of f4 and the game seems to be
over.}) 33... Bd1 34. Rd2 Bg4 35. Qxb7 Rf7 36. Qa6 Nb6 37. Nd3 {Black has some
counterplay, but two pawns are two pawns.} Nc4 38. Rc2 $2 (38. Rf2 $18) 38...
Bc8 39. Qa8 Ne3 40. Re2 Nxg2 41. Rxg2 Qb6 {Things are far from easy now.} 42.
a4 $2 {Weakening even further} Qe3 43. Rd1 Rf1 $2 (43... Qxe4 {keeps the
pressure and picks off a very important pawn.}) 44. Rxf1 Qxd3+ 45. Rc2 Qxf1+
46. Kb2 {Unfortunately for Caruana, he wins a piece but his initative
evaporates. White now has some counterchances.} Qe1 47. Qa7 $2 (47. Nc3 $1 {Is
not a human move at all, however the point is simple. Once White solidifies
the queenside from mating patterns, he is able to play Qb8,xd6 and create
counterplay. I don't blame Meier for missing this, though, it is too computer
like.}) 47... Qxb4+ 48. Ka2 Kf6 49. Rf2+ Nf5 {A nice detail.} 50. exf5 Bxf5 {
Material is somehow equal, but White's king is much weaker than Black's} 51.
Qa8 Rxh4 0-1

[Event "43rd GM 2015"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2015.07.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, I."]
[Black "Nisipeanu, LD."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2015.06.26"]
[SourceDate "2015.02.07"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. Bg5 Qb6 8. Nd2
Ne7 9. Ngf3 Qa6 10. c4 Nf5 11. O-O Nd7 12. Qc3 Be7 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. c5 b6 15.
a4 bxc5 16. dxc5 Qc8 17. b4 a5 18. bxa5 Qc7 19. Nb3 Ng6 20. Rfe1 O-O 21. Rac1
f6 22. Nbd4 Nf4 23. Qc2 Nxe5 24. g3 Nfd3 25. Nxe5 Nxe1 26. Rxe1 fxe5 27. Nxe6
Qxa5 28. Rxe5 Qxa4 29. Qxa4 Rxa4 30. Nxf8 Kxf8 31. Re6 Ra1+ 32. Kg2 d4 33. Rxc6
d3 34. Rd6 Rc1 35. c6 d2 36. Rxd2 Rxc6 37. Rd5 g6 38. Rd7 Rc3 39. Kf1 Rc2 40.
Ke1 Ra2 41. Rd2 Ra3 42. Ke2 Kf7 43. Rd3 Ra2+ 44. Ke3 Kf6 45. Rd4 Rb2 46. Rf4+
Kg7 47. Ra4 Kf6 48. f3 Rb3+ 49. Kf4 Rc3 50. Ra6+ Kg7 51. Rd6 Ra3 52. Ke4 Rb3
53. Rd3 Rb5 54. Rd7+ Kf6 55. g4 hxg4 56. fxg4 Rb4+ 57. Rd4 Rb7 58. Rd6+ Kg7 59.
Ke5 Rf7 60. Re6 Rf1 61. Re7+ Kg8 62. g5 Rf5+ 63. Ke6 Rf4 64. Rd7 Rxh4 65. Kf6
Ra4 66. Rg7+ Kh8 67. Re7 Kg8 68. Re6 Kh7 69. Re7+ Kg8 70. Re3 Kh7 71. Re7+ Kg8
72. Rg7+ Kh8 73. Rxg6 Ra6+ 74. Kf5 Ra5+ 75. Kf6 Ra6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "43rd GM 2015"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2015.07.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hou Yifan"]
[Black "So, W."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,Alejandro"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2015.06.26"]
[SourceDate "2015.02.07"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 Qb6 14. Ne4 Rd8
15. c4 O-O 16. Qe2 c5 17. Bc3 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Qc6 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. g4 Bxd4 21.
Nxd4 Qc5 22. Nf3 Nf6 23. Ne5 Rd4 24. Rxd4 Qxd4 25. Rd1 Qf4 26. Re1 Qd4 27. Rd1
Qf4 28. f3 {White has a bit of pressure in the position. She has a powerful
knight on e5 and control over the d-file, for this reason she declines the
draw. It is not so fun to make moves for Black, despite the well placed queen
on f4.} a6 29. a3 Ra8 {A mysterious rook move like no other, but I suppose it
is Wesley's way to pass} 30. Rd6 Re8 31. Ka2 $6 {It is fair to say that
finding a way to continue was already something that was not easy, but this
gives So a surprising resource to push back all of White's control.} (31. Rb6
$14 {White is a bit better, but breaking through is another matter entirely.})
31... Nxg4 $1 {Nicely calculated. So gets rid of the pressure completely.} 32.
fxg4 f6 {the pin on the f4-d6 diagonal means that White must give her material
back.} 33. Rd7 fxe5 34. Rxb7 {It seems that White is better, but in fact
Black's activity is just enough.} Qd4 $6 {A slip that went unpunished.} (34...
Rc8 $1 {immediately was much better, avoiding the following complications.})
35. g5 $6 (35. Qc2 $1 Qxg4 (35... Rc8 36. g5 hxg5 37. h6 Qxc4+ 38. Qxc4 Rxc4
39. Rxg7+ Kh8 40. Rxg5 {looks like a difficult endgame for Black.}) (35... e4
$1 {Is best, but not easy to find.} 36. Qa4 $1 Rc8 37. Qxa6 Qxc4+ 38. Qxc4 Rxc4
39. Re7 Rc6 {the endgame is unclear to me, but White is the one pressing for a
win.}) 36. Qa4 $14) 35... hxg5 $1 {This is forced, and safe.} 36. h6 gxh6 37.
Qh5 (37. Qc2 e4 {is insufficient.}) 37... Qxc4+ {Now the game finishes in a
draw. Black is getting mated, but he has a perpetual.} 38. Ka1 (38. Kb1 $4 Qe4+
39. Ka2 Rf8 {allows Black to cover everything.} (39... Qxb7 $1 $19 {is also
good.})) 38... Qc1+ 39. Ka2 Qc4+ 40. Ka1 Qc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "43rd GM 2015"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2015.07.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, F."]
[Black "Naiditsch, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,Alejandro"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2015.06.26"]
[SourceDate "2015.02.07"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Qa4 Bd7 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Rc8 12. Bf4 Bc5 13. Qd3 Qb6 14. Nd2 O-O
15. Ne4 Nd5 (15... Nxe4 16. Bxe4 {double attacks h7 and d7.}) 16. Ng5 $5 (16.
Nxc5 Qxc5 17. Be5 {seemed more natural, simply obtaining the pair of bishops.
Caruana is more ambitious.}) 16... g6 17. Be5 $5 Be7 (17... f6 18. Bxd5 fxg5 $1
(18... exd5 19. Qxd5+ Kh8 20. Qxd7 $18) 19. Bf3 {looks visually ugly for Black,
but he does get the open f-file and some pressure on f2. Perhaps this was
Naiditsch's best move.}) 18. Nf3 Bc6 19. Qd2 {White retains some pressure
thanks to the darksquare weaknesses on the kingside. If f6 is played, the
kingside is weakened in the longterm.} f6 20. Bd4 Qb7 21. Rac1 Rfd8 22. Bh3 Bd7
23. Rxc8 Bxc8 24. Rc1 Bd7 25. Bc5 $1 {Nice timing for this. White retains most
of his attacking material while getting rid of the important e7 defender.} Bxc5
26. Rxc5 Rc8 27. b4 $1 Rxc5 28. bxc5 Qc7 29. e4 Ne7 30. Qd4 {Superb. White's
domination came almost out of nowhere. The passed pawn is now strong, while
the pressure on f6 is annoying. White's pieces are placed in great positions.}
Kg7 31. e5 $1 f5 32. Bg2 h6 33. Qd6 $16 {The two passed pawns are too strong
now, and Black has no choice but give them to Caruana.} Qxd6 34. exd6 Nc6 35.
Ne1 (35. Nd2 {was also good.}) 35... a5 $6 (35... Kf6 {resists longer, but
still looks too strong for White.}) 36. Nd3 b4 37. h4 Nd4 38. Kh2 Bb5 39. Ne5
Kf6 40. c6 {Finally the killing blow.} Bxc6 41. Nxc6 1-0

[Event "43rd GM 2015"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2015.07.01"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2015.06.27"]
[SourceDate "2015.02.07"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
Nf3 d5 9. d4 O-O 10. c3 Bd6 11. Bd3 Nce7 12. Nbd2 c6 13. Nf1 g6 14. h3 Kh8 15.
Bd2 f6 16. Qc2 Bd7 17. b3 Rc8 18. Re2 b6 19. g4 Ng7 20. Rae1 c5 21. dxc5 bxc5
22. Qc1 Bc6 23. Bf4 Ng8 24. Bg3 d4 25. N1h2 Bxg3 26. fxg3 g5 27. Be4 Bxe4 28.
Rxe4 Qd6 29. Kg2 f5 30. Re5 h6 31. Qd2 Rcd8 32. Qd3 f4 33. Nf1 Qc6 34. cxd4
cxd4 35. R1e4 fxg3 36. Nxg3 Nf6 37. Rxd4 Ne6 38. Rxe6 Rxd4 39. Qxd4 Qxe6 40.
Qxa7 Rc8 41. Nf5 Qe2+ 42. Qf2 Qd3 43. Qd4 Rc2+ 44. Kg1 Rc1+ 45. Kg2 Qc2+ 46.
Kg3 Qc7+ 47. Kg2 Rc2+ 48. Kg1 Rc6 49. Kf2 Kh7 50. Ke2 Rc2+ 51. Ke3 Rxa2 52. Qc4
Qb7 53. Qe6 Nd5+ 54. Kd4 Qb4+ 0-1

