Dortmund: Guter Start für deutsche Spieler

[Event "43rd GM 2015"] [Site "Dortmund GER"] [Date "2015.06.27"] [Runde "1.1"] [White "Meier, Georg"] [Black "Hou, Yifan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E06"] [WhiteElo "2654"] [BlackElo "2676"] [Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,Alejandro"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/1R6/p5k1/1p2Pp1p/1P1K1P1P/r2N2n1/8/8 w - - 0 49"] [PlyCount "21"] [EventDate "2015.06.27"] 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"] [Runde "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 aRunde 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