Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (MVL) is slated to win the Dortmund’s Sparkassen Chess Meeting after 6 rounds and a round more to go. Chess.com writes:
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave continued to look nigh untouchable in round six of Dortmund’s Sparkassen Chess Meeting. Victory (against Ruslan Ponomariov) moved him to 5.0/6 and clinched first place with a round to go. Clinching first would be a remarkable achievement in any tournament, but it is especially impressive in a seven-round tournament like Dortmund.
This enabled MVL to chart his way up in second place in the current Live Ratings list:
Standings after round 6 follows:
Dortmund 2016 Standings after Round 6
| # | Name | Rtg | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 2798 | 5.0 |
| 2 | Leinier Dominguez | 2713 | 3.5 |
| 3 | Fabiano Caruana | 2810 | 3.5 |
| 4 | Ruslan Ponomariov | 2706 | 3.0 |
| 5 | Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu | 2674 | 3.0 |
| 6 | Vladimir Kramnik | 2812 | 3.0 |
| 7 | Evgeniy Najer | 2687 | 2.0 |
| 8 | Rainer Buhmann | 2653 | 1.0 |