Fide-Master Hendrik Hoffmann (right) will play in the 9th Helbra Cup.
The tournament has 7 rounds and will start on Saturday 11.July at 9.00.
The last round takes Place on Tuesday 14.July at 9.00.

Exchampion Vladimir Kramnik (right) and GM Arkadij Najditsch have
both started Dortmund 2015 with 2 points. Najditsch beat Kramnik in the
1st round. Kramnik won against GM Hou Yifan and GM Ian Nepo. The
homeplayer GM Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu leads with 2,5 points after having
beaten Najditsch in an earlier round.Read the 3rd round report on 
ChessBase. Follow the 4th round today at 3 p.m. (15.00) on ChessBomb or
the homepage.The games are Caruana-Najditsch,Hou-So, Nepo-Nisipeanu
and Maier-Kramnik.