The Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting was until 2020 an elite chess tournament held every summer in Dortmund, Germany. Dortmund was an invite-only event, with the exception that one slot at Dortmund was awarded to the winner of the annual Aeroflot Open in Moscow. After an interruption due to the covid pandemic, the meeting was relaunched as the Sparkassen Chess Trophy International Dortmund Chess Days.
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The elite tournament was usually played in a round-robin or double round-robin format. However, it took the form of a series of heads-up matches in 2002 and 2004. The 2002 Dortmund event was also notable in that it served as the Candidates Tournament for the Classical World Chess Championship 2004. Péter Lékó won, defeating Veselin Topalov in the finals.
A flagship event of the newer incarnation is the No Castling Masters (see No Castling Chess). It is accompanied by large open events and invite-only cup competitions.
The title sponsor is Sparkasse Dortmund,[1] the local public savings bank.
List of winners
editEvents by year
edit1990s
edit1990
edit1991
edit1992
edit1993
edit21st Sparkassen Chess-Meeting, SuperGM group, 10–17 April 1993, Dortmund, Cat. XVI (2637) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Points SB TPR 1 Anatoly Karpov (Russia) 2725 ½ 1 1 1 0 1 1 5½ 2854 2 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) 2685 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 4 13.25 2680 3 Christopher Lutz (Germany) 2550 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 4 11.50 2699 4 Gata Kamsky (United States) 2655 0 ½ ½ 1 1 0 ½ 3½ 11.50 2634 5 Sergey Dolmatov (Russia) 2615 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 3½ 10.25 2640 6 Joël Lautier (France) 2645 1 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 3 2586 7 Grigory Serper (Uzbekistan) 2600 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 2½ 2540 8 Eric Lobron (Germany) 2620 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 2 2481
1994
edit22nd Sparkassen Chess-Meeting, SuperGM group, 15–24 July 1994, Dortmund, Cat. XVI (2640) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points SB TPR 1 Jeroen Piket (Netherlands) 2640 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 6½ 2806 2 Michael Adams (England) 2640 ½ ½ 0 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 5½ 2720 3 Vladimir Epishin (Russia) 2650 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 5 2682 4 Artur Yusupov (Germany) 2655 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 4½ 20.00 2638 5 Alexey Dreev (Russia) 2650 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 4½ 19.75 2639 6 Viktor Korchnoi (Switzerland) 2615 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 0 1 4½ 18.50 2643 7 Anatoly Karpov (Russia) 2780 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 4½ 18.25 2624 8 Jan Timman (Netherlands) 2635 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 4 2598 9 Christopher Lutz (Germany) 2580 0 0 ½ 0 1 1 0 ½ 0 3 13.50 2522 10 Peter Leko (Hungary) 2555 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 3 13.00 2524
1995
edit23rd Sparkassen Chess-Meeting, SuperGM group, 14–23 July 1995, Dortmund, Cat. XVII (2666) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points SB TPR 1 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) 2730 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 7 2877 2 Anatoly Karpov (Russia) 2775 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 6½ 2818 3 Peter Leko (Hungary) 2605 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 5 21.00 2714 4 Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine) 2740 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 5 20.00 2699 5 Joël Lautier (France) 2645 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 0 4½ 2668 6 Nigel Short (England) 2645 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 4 17.00 2624 7 Jeroen Piket (Netherlands) 2625 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 4 15.75 2626 8 Evgeny Bareev (Russia) 2650 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 3½ 13.75 2586 9 Alexander Beliavsky (Ukraine) 2650 0 0 1 0 0 0 ½ 1 1 3½ 12.50 2586 10 Eric Lobron (Germany) 2595 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 0 2 2452
1996
edit24th Sparkassen Chess-Meeting, SuperGM group, 5–14 July 1996, Dortmund, Cat. XVIII (2676) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points SB TPR 1 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) 2765 ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 7 28.50 2886 2 Viswanathan Anand (India) 2735 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 7 27.25 2889 3 Boris Gelfand (Belarus) 2665 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 6 2802 4 Michael Adams (England) 2685 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 4½ 17.50 2675 5 Judit Polgár (Hungary) 2665 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 0 1 ½ 4½ 17.00 2677 6 Alexei Shirov (Spain) 2685 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 4 15.50 2632 7 Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) 2750 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 1 4 14.75 2624 8 Robert Hübner (Germany) 2595 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 3½ 2605 9 Eric Lobron (Germany) 2585 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ ½ 2½ 2520 10 Peter Leko (Hungary) 2630 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 2 2461
1997
edit25th Sparkassen Chess-Meeting, SuperGM group, 4–13 July 1997, Dortmund, Cat. XVIII (2700) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points TPR Place 1 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) 2770 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 6½ 2857 1 2 Viswanathan Anand (India) 2765 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 5½ 2772 2 3 Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) 2745 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5 2737 3–4 4 Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine) 2725 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 5 2739 3–4 5 Judit Polgár (Hungary) 2670 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 4½ 2702 5 6 Boris Gelfand (Belarus) 2695 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 4 2657 6–8 7 Anatoly Karpov (Russia) 2745 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 4 2651 6–8 8 Nigel Short (England) 2660 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 4 2660 6–8 9 Robert Hübner (Germany) 2580 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 3½ 2632 9 10 Artur Yusupov (Germany) 2640 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 3 2581 10
GM Romuald Mainka won Open A tournament with the result 7½ out of 9.
1998
edit26th Sparkassen Chess-Meeting, SuperGM group, 26 June – 5 July 1998, Dortmund, Cat. XVIII (2699) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points SB TPR 1 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) 2790 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 6 25.75 2813 2 Michael Adams (England) 2670 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 6 25.00 2827 3 Peter Svidler (Russia) 2690 0 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 6 24.50 2825 4 Peter Leko (Hungary) 2670 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 5 2745 5 Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine) 2740 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 4½ 2694 6 Viswanathan Anand (India) 2770 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 4 17.50 2648 7 Artur Yusupov (Germany) 2630 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 4 16.50 2663 8 Zoltán Almási (Hungary) 2630 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 4 16.00 2663 9 Alexander Beliavsky (Slovenia) 2690 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 3 2575 10 Alexei Shirov (Spain) 2710 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 2½ 2531
1999
edit27th Sparkassen Chess-Meeting, SuperGM group, 10–17 July 1999, Dortmund, Cat. XIX (2705) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Points TPR 1 Peter Leko (Hungary) 2701 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 5 2863 2 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) 2760 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 4½ 2798 3 Anatoly Karpov (Russia) 2700 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 4 2755 4 Viswanathan Anand (India) 2771 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 4 2745 5 Michael Adams (England) 2708 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 4 2754 6 Ivan Sokolov (Bosnia and Herzegovina) 2656 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 2½ 2609 7 Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) 2690 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 2 2548 8 Jan Timman (Netherlands) 2650 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 2 2554
27th Sparkassen Chess-Meeting, Masters Event, 9–17 July 1999, Dortmund, Germany, Category X (2482) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points TPR 1 GM Eckhard Schmittdiel (Germany) 2505 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 6 2604 2 GM Zoltán Varga (Hungary) 2541 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 6 2600 3 IM Michael Feygin (Ukraine) 2500 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 5 2523 4 GM Arshak Petrosian (Armenia) 2514 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5 2521 5 GM Klaus Bischoff (Germany) 2509 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 4½ 2479 6 GM Adrian Mikhalchishin (Slovenia) 2552 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 4 2431 7 IM Alisa Marić (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia) 2489 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 4 2438 8 FM Arkadij Naiditsch (Germany) 2417 0 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 4 2446 9 IM Dirk Poldauf (Germany) 2453 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 4 2442 10 Gregor Mainka (Germany) 2340 0 0 0 0 1 1 ½ 0 0 2½ 2331
17-year-old Olaf Wegener won Open A Swiss-system tournament with the score 8/10.
2000s
edit2000
edit- 28th Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting (July 7 – 16, 2000)[2]
28th Sparkassen Chess-Meeting, SuperGM group, 7–16 July 2000, Dortmund, Category XIX (2702) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points SB TPR 1 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) 2770 1 0 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 6 25.75 2789 2 Viswanathan Anand (India) 2762 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 6 23.75 2836 3 Michael Adams (England) 2755 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 5 21.75 2739 4 Peter Leko (Hungary) 2743 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 5 20.75 2792 5 Vladimir Akopian (Armenia) 2660 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 5 20.75 2750 6 Deep Junior 6 (Israel) 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 4½ 2702 7 Alexander Khalifman (Russia) 2667 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 4 17.50 2664 8 Evgeny Bareev (Russia) 2702 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 4 16.50 2659 9 Jeroen Piket (Netherlands) 2649 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 3½ 2568 10 Robert Hübner (Germany) 2615 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 2 2520
28th Sparkassen Chess-Meeting, GM group, 7–16 July 2000, Dortmund, Category IX (2456) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points TPR 1 GM Eckhard Schmittdiel (Germany) 2490 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 6 2577 2 IM Arkadij Naiditsch (Germany) 2442 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 5½ 2538 3 GM Zoltán Varga (Hungary) 2530 0 0 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 5½ 2528 4 GM Arshak Petrosian (Armenia) 2476 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 5½ 2534 5 GM Adrian Mikhalchishin (Slovenia) 2552 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 5 2488 6 FM Fabian Döttling (Germany) 2477 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 5 2497 7 IM Ketino Kachiani-Gersinska (Germany) 2437 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 4 2415 8 IM Almira Skripchenko-Lautier (Moldova) 2444 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 3½ 2377 9 FM Olaf Wegener (Germany) 2359 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 0 2½ 2301 10 Gregor Mainka (Germany) 2357 0 1 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 1 2½ 2301
2001
edit- 29th Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting (July 12 – 22, 2001)[3]
29th Sparkassen Chess-Meeting, 12–22 July 2001, Dortmund, Germany, Category XXI (2755) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 Points TPR 1 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) 2802 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 6½ 2855 2 Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) 2711 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 6½ 2873 3 Peter Leko (Hungary) 2730 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 5½ 2796 4 Alexander Morozevich (Russia) 2749 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 5 2756 5 Michael Adams (England) 2744 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 3½ 2647 6 Viswanathan Anand (India) 2794 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 3 2598
IM Arkadij Naiditsch (2524) defeated IM Almira Skripchenko-Lautier (2494) in Dortmund Sparkassen Match with the score 7:3.
The Dortmund Sparkassen Man-Machine Match between GM Robert Hübner (2612) and Deep Fritz ended in a draw with the score 3:3 (all the games were drawn).
2002
edit- 30th Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting (July 6 – 21, 2002)[4]
Candidates Tournament
editThe main event was a Candidates Tournament to determine a challenger for Vladimir Kramnik's Einstein Group World Chess title.
30th Sparkassen Chess, Group 1, 6–11 July 2002, Dortmund, Cat. XIX (2701)[5] Player Rating 1 2 3 4 Points TB TPR 1 Alexei Shirov (Spain) 2697 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 4 1½ 2826 2 Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) 2745 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 4 ½ 2810 3 Boris Gelfand (Israel) 2710 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 2½ 2640 4 Christopher Lutz (Germany) 2650 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1½ 2524
Group 1 first place playoff, 12 July 2002, Dortmund, Germany Player Rating 1 2 Points Place TPR Alexei Shirov (Spain) 2697 ½ 1 1½ 1 2938 Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) 2745 ½ 0 ½ 2 2504
30th Sparkassen Chess, Group 2, 6–11 July 2002, Dortmund, Cat. XX (2728) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 Points TPR 1 Evgeny Bareev (Russia) 2726 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 4 2853 2 Peter Leko (Hungary) 2717 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 3½ 2788 3 Michael Adams (England) 2752 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 2½ 2662 4 Alexander Morozevich (Russia) 2716 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 2 2606
Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
Alexei Shirov (Spain) | ½ | ||||||||
Peter Leko (Hungary) | 2½ | ||||||||
Peter Leko (Hungary) | 2½ | ||||||||
Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) | 1½ | ||||||||
Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) | 3½ | ||||||||
Evgeny Bareev (Russia) | 2½ |
Side events
editIM Tigran Nalbandian (2458) won Dortmund Open Swiss-system tournament with the score 9/11.
The match between GM Arkadij Naiditsch (2581) and GM Jan Timman (2623) ended in a draw with the score 4:4.
David Baramidze (2351) defeated IM Alisa Marić (2470) in Dortmund Sparkassen Match with the score 4½:3½.
2003
edit- 31st Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting (July 31 – August 10, 2003)[6]
GM Victor Bologan qualified as the winner of Aeroflot Open 2003.
31st Sparkassen Chess-Meeting, 31 July – 10 August 2003, Dortmund, Category XVIII (2695) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 Points TPR 1 Victor Bologan (Moldova) 2650 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 6½ 2814 2 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) 2785 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 5½ 2713 3 Viswanathan Anand (India) 2774 0 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 5½ 2715 4 Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan) 2648 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 5 2704 5 Peter Leko (Hungary) 2739 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 4 2614 6 Arkadij Naiditsch (Germany) 2574 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 3½ 2609
IM Yuri Boidman (2407) won Dortmund Open A Swiss-system tournament with the score 8/9 and performance rating 2616.
GM Vladimir Belikov (2499) defeated IM David Baramidze (2470) in Dortmund Match with the score 6:4.
2004
edit- 32nd Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting (July 22 – August 1, 2004)[7]
GM Sergei Rublevsky qualified as the winner of Aeroflot Open 2004.
Preliminaries
edit32nd Sparkassen Chess, Group A, 22–27 July 2004, Dortmund, Cat. XVIII (2692) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 Points TPR 1 Viswanathan Anand (India) 2782 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 4 2787 2 Peter Svidler (Russia) 2727 0 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 3½ 2737 3 Arkadij Naiditsch (Germany) 2574 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 2½ 2674 4 Sergei Rublevsky (Russia) 2686 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 2 2569
32nd Sparkassen Chess, Group B, 22–27 July 2004, Dortmund, Cat. XVIII (2691) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 Points TB TPR 1 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) 2770 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 3 4 2665 2 Peter Leko (Hungary) 2741 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 3 3½ 2674 3 Victor Bologan (Moldova) 2663 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 3 2½ 2700 4 Sergey Karjakin (Ukraine) 2591 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 3 2 2724
Group B Rapid playoff, 27 July 2004, Dortmund, Cat. XVIII (2691) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 Points TPR 1 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) 2770 ½ ½ 1 1 1 0 4 2790 2 Peter Leko (Hungary) 2741 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 3½ 2731 3 Victor Bologan (Moldova) 2663 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 2½ 2643 4 Sergey Karjakin (Ukraine) 2591 0 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 2 2599
Knockout
editSemifinals | Final | ||||||||
1A | Viswanathan Anand (India) | 4 | |||||||
2B | Peter Leko (Hungary) | 2 | |||||||
1A | Viswanathan Anand (India) | 2½ | |||||||
1B | Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) | 1½ | |||||||
2A | Peter Svidler (Russia) | 3 | |||||||
1B | Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) | 5 | Third place | ||||||
2B | Peter Leko (Hungary) | 1½ | |||||||
2A | Peter Svidler (Russia) | 2½ |
Playoffs 5th-8th | Playoffs 5th-6th | ||||||||
3A | Arkadij Naiditsch (Germany) | 2 | |||||||
4B | Sergey Karjakin (Ukraine) | 0 | |||||||
3A | Arkadij Naiditsch (Germany) | 1½ | |||||||
4A | Sergei Rublevsky (Russia) | ½ | |||||||
4A | Sergei Rublevsky (Russia) | 3 | |||||||
3B | Victor Bologan (Moldova) | 1 | Playoffs 7th-8th | ||||||
4B | Sergey Karjakin (Ukraine) | ½ | |||||||
3B | Victor Bologan (Moldova) | 1½ |
Final standings Place Player Rating 1 Viswanathan Anand (India) 2782 2 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) 2770 3 Peter Svidler (Russia) 2727 4 Peter Leko (Hungary) 2741 5 Arkadij Naiditsch (Germany) 2574 6 Sergei Rublevsky (Russia) 2686 7 Victor Bologan (Moldova) 2663 8 Sergey Karjakin (Ukraine) 2591
2005
edit- 33rd Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting (July 8 – 17, 2005)
GM Emil Sutovsky qualified as the winner of Aeroflot Open 2005.
33rd Sparkassen Chess-Meeting, 8–17 July 2005, Dortmund, Germany, Category XIX (2709) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points TPR 1 Arkadij Naiditsch (Germany) 2612 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 5½ 2800 2 Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) 2788 1 ½ ½ 1 0 0 1 ½ ½ 5 2743 3 Étienne Bacrot (France) 2729 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ 1 0 5 2750 4 Peter Svidler (Russia) 2738 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 5 2749 5 Loek van Wely (Netherlands) 2655 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ 5 2758 6 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) 2744 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 4½ 2705 7 Michael Adams (England) 2719 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 4½ 2708 8 Peter Leko (Hungary) 2763 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 4 2660 9 Emil Sutovsky (Israel) 2674 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 3½ 2633 10 Peter Heine Nielsen (Denmark) 2668 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ 3 2589
2006
edit- 34th Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting (July 29 – August 6, 2006)
GM Baadur Jobava qualified as the winner of Aeroflot Open 2006.
34th Sparkassen Chess-Meeting, 29 July – 6 August 2006, Dortmund, Category XIX (2720) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Points SB TPR 1 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) 2743 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 4½ 14.50 2819 2 Peter Svidler (Russia) 2742 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 4½ 13.50 2819 3 Michael Adams (England) 2732 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 4 14.00 2768 4 Peter Leko (Hungary) 2738 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 4 12.50 2768 5 Boris Gelfand (Israel) 2729 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 4 11.75 2769 6 Arkadij Naiditsch (Germany) 2665 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 3½ 11.00 2728 7 Levon Aronian (Armenia) 2761 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 2½ 6.75 2612 8 Baadur Jobava (Georgia) 2651 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 2 5.00 2572
2007
edit- 35th Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting (June 23 – July 1, 2007)
GM Evgeny Alekseev qualified as the winner of Aeroflot Open 2007.
35th Sparkassen Chess-Meeting, 23 June – 1 July 2007, Dortmund, Category XX (2727) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Points TPR 1 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) 2772 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 5 2878 2 Evgeny Alekseev (Russia) 2679 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 4 2783 3 Peter Leko (Hungary) 2738 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 4 2775 4 Viswanathan Anand (India) 2786 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 4 2768 5 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan) 2757 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 3½ 2722 6 Magnus Carlsen (Norway) 2693 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 3 2681 7 Boris Gelfand (Israel) 2733 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 2½ 2624 8 Arkadij Naiditsch (Germany) 2654 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 2 2579
2008
edit- 36th Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting (June 28 – July 6, 2008)
GM Ian Nepomniachtchi qualified as the winner of Aeroflot Open 2008.
36th Sparkassen Chess-Meeting, 28 June – 6 July 2008, Dortmund, Category XVIII (2694) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Points TPR 1 Peter Leko (Hungary) 2741 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 4½ 2790 2 Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine) 2740 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 4 2738 3 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan) 2752 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 4 2736 4 Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia) 2634 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 4 2753 5 Jan Gustafsson (Germany) 2603 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 4 2758 6 Arkadij Naiditsch (Germany) 2624 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 1 3½ 2705 7 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) 2788 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 3 2631 8 Loek van Wely (Netherlands) 2677 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 0 1 2388
2009
edit- 37th Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting (July 2 – 12, 2009)
GM Étienne Bacrot qualified as the winner of Aeroflot Open 2009.
37th Sparkassen Chess-Meeting, 2–12 July 2009, Dortmund, Germany, Category XX (2744) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 Points TPR 1 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) 2759 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 6½ 2851 2 Peter Leko (Hungary) 2756 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 5½ 2778 3 Magnus Carlsen (Norway) 2772 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 5½ 2775 4 Dmitry Jakovenko (Russia) 2760 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 5½ 2777 5 Étienne Bacrot (France) 2721 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 4 2677 6 Arkadij Naiditsch (Germany) 2697 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 3 2605
2010s
edit2010
edit- 38th Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting (July 15–25, 2010)
GM Lê Quang Liêm qualified as the winner of Aeroflot Open 2010.
38th Sparkassen Chess-Meeting, 15–25 July 2010, Dortmund, Germany, Category XX (2731) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 Points SB TPR 1 Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukraine) 2734 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 6½ 2840 2 Lê Quang Liêm (Vietnam) 2681 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 5½ 2777 3 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) 2790 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 0 ½ ½ 5 24.25 2719 4 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan) 2761 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 1 0 ½ 1 5 24.00 2725 5 Arkadij Naiditsch (Germany) 2684 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 1 ½ 0 4 20.75 2668 6 Peter Leko (Hungary) 2734 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 4 19.50 2658
2011
edit- 39th Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting (July 21 – 31, 2011)
GM Lê Quang Liêm qualified as the winner of Aeroflot Open 2011.
39th Sparkassen Chess-Meeting, 21–31 July 2011, Dortmund, Germany, Category XX (2731) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 Points SB Wins TPR 1 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) 2781 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 0 1 1 7 31.00 5 2870 2 Lê Quang Liêm (Vietnam) 2715 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 5½ 27.00 1 2770 3 Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukraine) 2764 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 1 1 ½ ½ 5 23.25 3 2761 4 Anish Giri (Netherlands) 2701 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 5 23.00 2 2737 5 Hikaru Nakamura (United States) 2770 0 1 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 4½ 22.00 2 2687 6 Georg Meier (Germany) 2656 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 3 15.25 0 2597
2012
edit- 40th Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting (July 13 – 22, 2012)
GM Mateusz Bartel qualified as the winner of Aeroflot Open 2012.
40th Sparkassen Chess-Meeting, 13–22 July 2012, Dortmund, Germany, Category XIX (2711) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points Black Wins SB TPR 1 Fabiano Caruana (Italy) 2775 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 6 4 4 23.00 2829 2 Sergey Karjakin (Russia) 2779 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 6 4 3 23.00 2829 3 Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukraine) 2726 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 5½ 5 3 24.50 2789 4 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) 2799 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 5 5 3 20.50 2744 5 Arkadij Naiditsch (Germany) 2700 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 5 5 2 21.50 2755 6 Peter Leko (Hungary) 2730 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 5 4 2 21.50 2752 7 Georg Meier (Germany) 2644 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 4 4 1 16.00 2676 8 Daniel Fridman (Germany) 2655 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 3½ 4 0 14.75 2637 9 Mateusz Bartel (Poland) 2674 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 2 5 1 8.00 2495 10 Jan Gustafsson (Germany) 2629 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1½ 5 0 4.75 2447
2013
edit- 41st Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting (July 26 – August 4, 2013)
41st Sparkassen Chess-Meeting, 26 July – 4 August 2013, Dortmund, Category XIX (2709) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points Wins TPR 1 Michael Adams (England) 2740 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 7 5 2925 2 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) 2784 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 6½ 5 2866 3 Peter Leko (Hungary) 2737 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 4½ 1 2705 4 Arkadij Naiditsch (Germany) 2710 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 4½ 3 2708 5 Dmitry Andreikin (Russia) 2727 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 4 2 2664 6 Georg Meier (Germany) 2610 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 4 1 2677 7 Fabiano Caruana (Italy) 2796 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 4 2 2656 8 Wang Hao (China) 2752 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 0 1 4 3 2661 9 Igor Khenkin (Germany) 2605 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 3½ 1 2640 10 Daniel Fridman (Germany) 2629 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 3 0 2592
2014
edit- 42nd Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting (July 12 – 20, 2014)
The 42nd Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting took place between July 12 and July 20, 2014, in the "Orchesterzentrum NRW" in Dortmund, Germany. The eight-player round-robin tournament consisted of 7 games of Classical Chess. The field was led by Vladimir Kramnik, Fabiano Caruana, and Michael Adams. Players received 100 minutes for 40 moves, then an additional 50 minutes for 20 additional moves, and finally 15 minutes for the rest of the game plus 30 seconds per move starting from move one.
42nd Sparkassen Chess-Meeting, 12–20 July 2014, Dortmund, Germany, Category XIX (2715) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Points Wins TPR 1 Fabiano Caruana (Italy) 2789 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 5½ 5 2934 2 Peter Leko (Hungary) 2737 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 4 3 2762 3 Georg Meier (Germany) 2632 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 4 2 2777 4 Arkadij Naiditsch (Germany) 2705 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 3½ 3 2716 5 Michael Adams (England) 2743 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 3½ 1 2711 6 Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukraine) 2723 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 3 1 2664 7 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) 2777 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 2½ 0 2604 8 David Baramidze (Germany) 2616 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 2 0 2571
2015
edit- 43rd Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting (June 27 – July 5, 2015)
The 43rd Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting took place between June 27 to July 5 in the "Orchesterzentrum NRW" in Dortmund, Germany. The eight-player round-robin tournament consisted of 7 games of Classical Chess. The field was led by Vladimir Kramnik, Fabiano Caruana, and Wesley So. Players received 100 minutes for 40 moves, then an additional 50 minutes for 20 additional moves, and finally 15 minutes for the rest of the game plus 30 seconds per move starting from move one.
The tournament was also the final Dortmund appearance for Arkadij Naiditsch before his transfer to the Azerbaijan Chess Federation.
GM Ian Nepomniachtchi qualified as the winner of Aeroflot Open 2015.
43rd Sparkassen Chess-Meeting, 27 June – 5 July 2015, Dortmund, Category XIX (2724) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Points Black TPR 1 Fabiano Caruana (United States) 2805 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 5½ 2942 2 Wesley So (United States) 2778 1 0 1 0 1 ½ ½ 4 4 2766 3 Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (Germany) 2654 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 4 3 2784 4 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) 2783 0 0 ½ 0 1 1 1 3½ 2715 5 Arkadij Naiditsch (Germany) 2722 0 1 0 1 0 ½ ½ 3 4 2674 6 Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia) 2720 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 3 3 2674 7 Hou Yifan (China) 2676 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 2½ 4 2628 8 Georg Meier (Germany) 2654 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 2½ 3 2632
2016
edit- 44th Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting (July 9 – 17, 2016)
The 44th Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting took place between July 9 to 17 in the "Orchesterzentrum NRW" in Dortmund, Germany. The eight-player round-robin tournament consisted of 7 games of Classical Chess. The field was led by Vladimir Kramnik, Fabiano Caruana, and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. Players received 100 minutes for 40 moves, then 50 minutes for 20 additional moves, then 15 minutes for the rest of the game plus 30 seconds per move starting from move one.
GM Evgeniy Najer qualified as the winner of Aeroflot Open 2016.
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave won the tournament on July 16 with 1 game to spare. This was his first Dortmund tournament victory.
44th Sparkassen Chess-Meeting, 9–17 July 2016, Dortmund, Germany, Category XX (2732) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Points Black Wins TPR 1 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) 2798 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 5½ 2954 2 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) 2812 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 4 4 2771 3 Fabiano Caruana (United States) 2810 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 4 3 2 2771 4 Leinier Domínguez (Cuba) 2713 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 4 3 1 2786 5 Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukraine) 2706 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 3½ 4 2735 6 Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (Germany) 2674 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 3½ 3 2740 7 Evgeniy Najer (Russia) 2687 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 2 2574 8 Rainer Buhmann (Germany) 2653 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1½ 2512
2017
edit- 45th Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting (July 15 – 23, 2017)
GM Vladimir Fedoseev qualified as the winner of Aeroflot Open 2017.
45th Sparkassen Chess-Meeting, 15–23 July 2017, Dortmund, Germany, Category XIX (2725) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Points Black Wins SB TPR 1 Radosław Wojtaszek (Poland) 2736 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 4½ 4 2 14.75 2826 2 Vladimir Fedoseev (Russia) 2726 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 4 4 2 13.75 2775 3 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) 2791 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 4 3 1 13.50 2766 4 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) 2812 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 3½ 3 1 11.75 2713 5 Matthias Blübaum (Germany) 2642 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 3 4 1 11.25 2687 6 Dmitry Andreikin (Russia) 2712 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 3 4 0 10.50 2677 7 Wang Yue (China) 2699 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 3 3 1 9.75 2679 8 Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (Germany) 2683 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 3 3 0 10.25 2681
2018
edit- 46th Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting (July 14 – 22, 2018)
GM Vladislav Kovalev qualified as the winner of Aeroflot Open 2018.
46th Sparkassen Chess-Meeting, 14–22 July 2018, Dortmund, Germany, Category XIX (2720) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Points Black Wins SB TPR 1 Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia) 2757 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 5 3 3 15.50 2873 2 Anish Giri (Netherlands) 2782 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 4 4 2 12.25 2761 3 Vladislav Kovalev (Belarus) 2655 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 4 4 1 14.00 2778 4 Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Poland) 2737 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 4 3 2 12.75 2776 5 Georg Meier (Germany) 2638 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 3½ 4 1 10.50 2732 6 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) 2792 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 3 3 1 10.00 2668 7 Radosław Wojtaszek (Poland) 2733 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 3 3 0 10.50 2660 8 Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (Germany) 2672 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1½ 4 0 5.00 2501
2019
edit- 47th Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting (July 13 – 21, 2019)
GM Kaido Külaots qualified as the winner of Aeroflot Open 2019.
47th Sparkassen Chess-Meeting, 13–21 July 2019, Dortmund, Germany, Category XIX (2705) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Points Black Wins SB TPR 1 Leinier Domínguez (United States) 2760 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 4½ 2798 2 Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia) 2775 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 4 4 3 2744 3 Radosław Wojtaszek (Poland) 2737 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 4 4 1 2749 4 Richárd Rapport (Hungary) 2735 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 4 3 1 14.00 2750 5 Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan) 2759 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 4 3 1 13.25 2746 6 Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (Germany) 2667 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 2½ 4 1 2607 7 Kaido Külaots (Estonia) 2574 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 2½ 4 0 2623 8 Daniel Fridman (Germany) 2644 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 2½ 3 2612
FM Thomas Michalczak (2239) won Sparkassen Chess Meeting Open A swiss-system tournament with the score 7½/9 and performance rating 2533.
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editThe 2024 edition features a 6-games standard rules match between the top 2 German women, GM Elisabeth Pähtz versus IM Dinara Wagner, alongside open tournaments. The Open A tournament is included in the 2024 FIDE Circuit.
2024 Sparkassen Chess Meeting, Pähtz vs Wagner, 11–18 August Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total Elisabeth Pähtz 2465 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 3 Dinara Wagner 2455 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 3
2024 Sparkassen Chess Meeting Open A, 10–18 August[8] Player Rating Points B Circuit 1 Nico Zwirs (Netherlands) 2467 7½/9 48 2 Anton Korobov (Ukraine) 2648 7/9 51 3 Frederik Svane (Germany) 2636 7/9 49½ 4 David Gavrilescu (Romania) 2534 7/9 49 5 Yahli Sokolovsky (Israel) 2522 7/9 46½ 6 Evgeny Romanov (North Macedonia) 2567 7/9 43 7 Andrey Sumets (Ukraine) 2507 7/9 41½ 8 Luis Ernesto Quesada Perez (Cuba) 2576 6½/9 48½ 9 Enis Zuferi (Germany) 2394 6½/9 45½ 10 Gerlef Meins (Germany) 2384 6½/9 44 11 Frederick Waldhausen Gordon (Scotland) 2342 6½/9 43½ 12 Jonas Gallasch (Germany) 2260 6½/9 42 13 Romuald Mainka (Germany) 2370 6½/9 38 Total entries: 193 players
References
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- ^ Mark Crowther (17 July 2000). "The Week in Chess 297". The Week in Chess.
- ^ Mark Crowther (23 July 2001). "The Week in Chess 350". The Week in Chess.
- ^ Mark Crowther (22 July 2002). "The Week in Chess 402". The Week in Chess.
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- ^ "Sparkassen Chess Trophy 2024 A-Open".
- Winners list and Reports since 1973 by Gerhard Hund (German)