Kramnik Marches On In Dortmund
Vladimir Kramnik continues to march inexorably towards his 10th Dortmund title, today beating Georg Meier to stretch his lead to 2 full points, with just 3 rounds remaining.
In contrast Ruslan Ponomariov's uneven tournament continued with a loss to Anish Giri, who leaps above him in the standings.
Le Quang Liem had a strong position against Hikaru Nakamura, but failed to capitalise on it. A fortunate escape for Nakamura, who has dropped to #11 on the live ranking list, just below his compatriot Gata Kamsky.
The standings after round seven:
| Kramnik, Vladimir | RUS | 2781 | 6 |
| Le, Quang Liem | VIE | 2715 | 4 |
| Giri, Anish | NED | 2701 | 3½ |
| Ponomariov, Ruslan | UKR | 2764 | 3 |
| Nakamura, Hikaru | USA | 2770 | 2½ |
| Meier, Georg | GER | 2656 | 2 |
Kramnik defeated Meier to reach +5 at Dortmund
Giri beat Ponomariov to move up to third place
Nakamura escaped from Le's grasp to draw
The tournament runs from 21-31 July. Games start at 3pm local time, except the final round which starts 2 hours earlier.
More information on this double round-robin event can be found at the official website (in German). The live games link is here.
Photos: Georgios Souleidis (official website)
