14 July 2019

Traditional Super Tournament Sparkassen Chess Meeting Takes Place in Dortmund

There are four leaders after two rounds.

Photo: Official website
Photo: Official website

A traditional super tournament Sparkassen Chess Meeting 2019 is taking place in Dortmund featuring eight grandmasters. The second round was played on July 14. The Russian Ian Nepomniachtchi gave himself a birthday present by outplaying Kaido Kulaots (Estonia). Radoslaw Wojtaszek (Poland) defeated Daniel Fridman (Germany), while Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan) bested Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (Germany). The game Rapport - Dominguez ended in a draw. 



Standings after Round 2: 

1-4. Radoslaw Wojtaszek, Leinier Dominguez, Teimour Radjabov, Richard Rapport - 1.5 
5-6. Ian Nepomniachtchi, Daniel Fridman - 1 
7-8. Kaido Kulaots, Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu - 0. 

Round 3 pairings:

Dominguez - Nepomniachtchi, Radjabov - Rapport, Fridman - Nisipeanu, Kulaots - Wojtaszek. 

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