2015 Dortmund Sparkassen Tournament - Round 5

GM Caruana, Fabiano FIDE 2797 (USA)

GM Kramnik, Vladimir FIDE 2783 (RUS)

GM So, Wesley FIDE 2780 (USA)

GM Nepomniachtschi, Ian FIDE 2709 (RUS)

GM Naiditsch, Arkadij FIDE 2690 (GER)

GM Hou, Yifan FIDE 2676 (CHN)

GM Meier, Georg FIDE 2654 (GER) 

GM Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter FIDE 2654 (GER)

Kramnik - Caruana, that's gonna be awesome!

Caruana - Kramnik would be even better. To determine who is the king of Berlin. 

Going into Round 5 here are the standings:

GM Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter FIDE 2654 (GER)  and GM Kramnik, Vladimir FIDE 2783 (RUS) are 1st and 2nd with 3 points apiece. 

GM Caruana, Fabiano FIDE 2797 (USA) with 2.5 points and in 3rd place. 

GM Naiditsch, Arkadij FIDE 2690 (GER) with 2 points and in 4th. 

GM Nepomniachtschi, Ian FIDE 2709 (RUS), GM So, Wesley FIDE 2780 (USA) and GM Hou, Yifan FIDE 2676 (CHN) have 1.5 points and share 5-7th place.

GM Meier, Georg FIDE 2654 (GER) with 1 point is in last place (8th)

Pairings for Round 5: 

Kramnik-Caruana,

Nisipeanu-Meier,

So-Nepomniachtchi,

Naiditsch-Hou Yifan

No! Kramnik lost?

He did not see Bf5 and a number of moves. It's unfortunate. He is one of my favorite players.