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Dominguez Leads Dortmund After 4 Rounds
The current U.S. number-three, Leinier Dominguez Perez, has a narrow lead with a 3/4 score after four rounds in the 47th Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting. He is closely followed by three players with 2.5/4: Teimour Radjabov, Radoslaw Wojtaszek and Richard Rapport.
The Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting is a traditional super-tournament held annually in Dortmund, Germany. This year it is an eight-player round robin, filled with an interesting mix of some of the world's top grandmasters.
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Dominguez seized the lead in round three when he defeated the previous year's champion, Ian Nepomniachtchi, in an exceptionally played Caro-Kann, annotated here by GM Dejan Bojkov:
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Combined with a first-round win over Nisipeanu and two draws against Rapport and Radjabov, the win puts Dominguez on plus-two with three rounds to go.
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Other highlights include Wojtaszek's convincing victory over GM Daniel Fridman:
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47th Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting | Round 4 Standings
# | Fed | Name | Rtg | Perf | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Pts | SB |
1 | Dominguez Perez, Leinier | 2760 | 2928 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 3.0 | ||||||
2 | Radjabov, Teimour | 2759 | 2821 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 2.5 | 5.5 | |||||
3 | Rapport, Richard | 2735 | 2828 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 2.5 | 5 | |||||
4 | Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | 2737 | 2778 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 2.5 | 4 | |||||
5 | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | 2775 | 2611 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1.5 | 2.25 | |||||
6 | Fridman, Daniel | 2638 | 2589 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.5 | 2.25 | |||||
7 | Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter | 2672 | 2592 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1.5 | 2 | |||||
8 | Kulaots, Kaido | 2560 | 2512 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1.0 |
With three rounds to play, everything is still up for grabs in the coming days.
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