Caruana wins the Sparkassen Chess Meeting

Caruana scored a nice victory against Michael Adams's Berlin Defense. This clinched clear first place for him, as no one can surpass his amazing 5.0/6. The other remarkable result from Dortmund is Kramnik's 2.5/6; he lost the first round to Meier and then made 5 draws. Something isn't right with the great Russian grandmaster.

In the ACP Classic, the adjourned games were played out. Wesley So is nearly certain to take clear first; there is a tiny chance (less than 0.5%) that Sutovsky will catch up and tie with him. For this to occur, So would have to lose to bottom seed Brunello, who is nearly 200 rating points below him, and Sutovsky would have to score an upset against Almasi. The most likely outcome is that a draw will be offered sometime early in Brunello - So. So will want to guarantee himself first, and Brunello will be probably be happy with 2.5/6, which is quite a respectable score for a 2500 player in such a strong tournament.

All 3 games from Biel were drawn, so Vachier-Lagrave maintained his full point lead.