Dortmund, Runde 2: Nisipeanu führt

[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"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "3rr3/7k/1p3q1p/1N2pp1b/P2p3N/7R/2P2BPP/4Q2K w - - 0 39"] [PlyCount "22"] [EventDate "2015.06.27"] 39. Nf3 Bxf3 $1 40. Rxf3 e4 $1 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