Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting Explained

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.

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

Year Winner
(1) 1928
(2) 1951
(3) 1961
1 1973
2 1974
3 1975
4 1976
5 1977
6 1978
7 1979
8 1980
9 1981
10 1982
11 1983
12 1984
13 1985
14 1986
15 1987
16 1988
17 1989
18 1990
19 1991
20 1992
21 1993
22 1994
23 1995
24 1996 (with the same score as ; won on tiebreak because of higher Sonneborn–Berger score)
25 1997
26 1998 (with the same score as and ; won on tiebreak because of higher Sonneborn–Berger score)
27 1999
28 2000 (with the same score as ; won on tiebreak because of higher Sonneborn–Berger score)
29 2001 (with the same score as ; won on tiebreak)
30 2002
31 2003
32 2004
33 2005
34 2006 (with the same score as ; won on tiebreak because of higher Sonneborn–Berger score)
35 2007
36 2008
37 2009
38 2010
39 2011
40 2012 (with the same score as ; won on tiebreak because of more wins)
41 2013
42 2014
43 2015
44 2016
45 2017
46 2018
47 2019
48 2021 (No Castling match) (Grand Prix)
49 2022 (No Castling Masters) (Grand Prix)
50 2023 (No Castling Masters)

Events by year

1990s

1993

21st 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 align=left 2725 ½ 1 1 1 0 1 1 5½ 2854
2 align=left 2685 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 4 13.25 2680
3 align=left 2550 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 4 11.50 2699
4 align=left 2655 0 ½ ½ 1 1 0 ½ 3½ 11.50 2634
5 align=left 2615 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 3½ 10.25 2640
6 align=left 2645 1 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 32586
7 align=left 2600 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 2½ 2540
8 align=left 2620 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 2 2481

1994

22nd 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 align=left 2640 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 6½ 2806
2 align=left 2640 ½ ½ 0 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 5½ 2720
3 align=left 2650 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 5 2682
4 align=left 2655 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 4½ 20.00 2638
5 align=left 2650 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 4½ 19.75 2639
6 align=left 2615 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 0 1 4½ 18.50 2643
7 align=left 2780 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 4½ 18.25 2624
8 align=left 2635 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 4 2598
9 align=left 2580 0 0 ½ 0 1 1 0 ½ 0 3 13.50 2522
10 align=left 2555 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 3 13.00 2524

1995

23rd 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 align=left 2730 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 7 2877
2 align=left 2775 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 6½ 2818
3 align=left 2605 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 5 21.00 2714
4 align=left 2740 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 5 20.00 2699
5 align=left 2645 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 0 4½ 2668
6 align=left 2645 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 4 17.00 2624
7 align=left 2625 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 4 15.75 2626
8 align=left 2650 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 3½ 13.75 2586
9 align=left 2650 0 0 1 0 0 0 ½ 1 1 3½ 12.50 2586
10 align=left 2595 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 0 2 2452

1996

24th 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 align=left 2765 ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 7 28.50 2886
2 align=left 2735 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 7 27.25 2889
3 align=left 2665 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 6 2802
4 align=left 2685 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 4½ 17.50 2675
5 align=left 2665 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 0 1 ½ 4½ 17.00 2677
6 align=left 2685 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 4 15.50 2632
7 align=left 2750 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 1 4 14.75 2624
8 align=left 2595 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 3½ 2605
9 align=left 2585 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ ½ 2½ 2520
10 align=left 2630 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 2 2461

1997

25th 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 align=left 2770 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 6½ 2857 1
2 align=left 2765 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 5½ 2772 2
3 align=left 2745 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5 2737 3–4
4 align=left 2725 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 5 2739 3–4
5 align=left 2670 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 4½ 2702 5
6 align=left 2695 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 4 2657 6–8
7 align=left 2745 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 4 2651 6–8
8 align=left 2660 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 4 2660 6–8
9 align=left 2580 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 3½ 2632 9
10 align=left 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

26th 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 align=left 2790 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 6 25.75 2813
2 align=left 2670 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 6 25.00 2827
3 align=left 2690 0 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 6 24.50 2825
4 align=left 2670 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 5 2745
5 align=left 2740 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 4½ 2694
6 align=left 2770 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 4 17.50 2648
7 align=left 2630 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 4 16.50 2663
8 align=left 2630 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 4 16.00 2663
9 align=left 2690 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 3 2575
10 align=left 2710 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 2½ 2531

1999

27th 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 align=left 2701 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 5 2863
2 align=left 2760 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 4½ 2798
3 align=left 2700 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 4 2755
4 align=left 2771 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 4 2745
5 align=left 2708 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 4 2754
6 align=left 2656 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 2½ 2609
7 align=left 2690 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 2 2548
8 align=left 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 align=left 2505 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 6 2604
2 align=left 2541 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 6 2600
3 align=left 2500 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 5 2523
4 align=left 2514 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5 2521
5 align=left 2509 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 4½ 2479
6 align=left 2552 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 4 2431
7 align=left 2489 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 4 2438
8 align=left 2417 0 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 4 2446
9 align=left 2453 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 4 2442
10 align=left 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

2000

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 align=left 27701 0 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 6 25.75 2789
2 align=left 27620 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 6 23.75 2836
3 align=left 27551 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 5 21.75 2739
4 align=left 2743½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 5 20.75 2792
5 align=left 26600 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 5 20.75 2750
6 align=left 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 4½ 2702
7 align=left 2667½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 4 17.50 2664
8 align=left 2702½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 4 16.50 2659
9 align=left 2649½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 3½ 2568
10 align=left 26150 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 align=left 24900 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 6 2577
2 align=left 24421 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 5½ 2538
3 align=left 25300 0 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 5½ 2528
4 align=left 2476½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 5½ 2534
5 align=left 2552½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 5 2488
6 align=left 24770 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 5 2497
7 align=left 2437½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 4 2415
8 align=left 2444½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 3½ 2377
9 align=left 23590 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 0 2½ 2301
10 align=left 23570 1 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 1 2½ 2301

2001

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 2802 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 6½ 2855
2 2711 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 6½ 2873
3 2730 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 5½ 2796
4 2749 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 5 2756
5 2744 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 3½ 2647
6 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

30th Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting (July 6 – 21, 2002)[4]
Candidates Tournament

The 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 align=left 2697 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 4 1½ 2826
2 align=left 2745 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 4 ½ 2810
3 align=left 2710 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 2½ 2640
4 align=left 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
2697½ 1 1½12938
2745½ 0 ½22504
30th Sparkassen Chess, Group 2, 6–11 July 2002, Dortmund, Cat. XX (2728)! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! Points !! TPR
1 align=left 2726 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 4 2853
2 align=left 2717 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 3½ 2788
3 align=left 2752 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 2½ 2662
4 align=left 2716 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 2 2606
Side events

IM 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

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 2650 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 6½ 2814
2 2785 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 5½ 2713
3 2774 0 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 5½ 2715
4 2648 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 5 2704
5 2739 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 4 2614
6 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

32nd Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting (July 22 – August 1, 2004)[7]

GM Sergei Rublevsky qualified as the winner of Aeroflot Open 2004.

Preliminaries
32nd Sparkassen Chess, Group A, 22–27 July 2004, Dortmund, Cat. XVIII (2692)! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! Points !! TPR
1 align=left 2782 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 4 2787
2 align=left 2727 0 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 3½ 2737
3 align=left 2574 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 2½ 2674
4 align=left 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 align=left 2770 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 3 4 2665
2 align=left 2741 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 3 3½ 2674
3 align=left 2663 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 3 2½ 2700
4 align=left 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 align=left 2770 ½ ½ 1 1 1 0 4 2790
2 align=left 2741 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 3½ 2731
3 align=left 2663 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 2½ 2643
4 align=left 2591 0 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 2 2599
Knockout
Final standings! Place !! Player !! Rating
1 align=left 2782
2 align=left 2770
3 align=left 2727
4 align=left 2741
5 align=left 2574
6 align=left 2686
7 align=left 2663
8 align=left 2591

2005

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 2612 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 5½2800
2 2788 1 ½ ½ 1 0 0 1 ½ ½ 52743
3 2729 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ 1 0 52750
4 2738 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 52749
5 2655 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ 52758
6 2744 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 4½2705
7 2719 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 4½2708
8 2763 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 42660
9 2674 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 3½2633
10 2668 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ 32589

2006

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 2743 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 4½14.50 2819
2 2742 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 4½13.50 2819
3 2732 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 414.00 2768
4 2738 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 412.50 2768
5 2729 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 411.75 2769
6 2665 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 3½11.00 2728
7 2761 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 2½6.75 2612
8 2651 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 25.00 2572

2007

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 2772 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 52878
2 2679 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 42783
3 2738 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 42775
4 2786 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 42768
5 2757 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 3½2722
6 2693 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 32681
7 2733 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 2½2624
8 2654 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 22579

2008

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 2741 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 4½2790
2 2740 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 42738
3 2752 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 42736
4 2634 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 42753
5 2603 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 42758
6 2624 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 1 3½2705
7 2788 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 32631
8 2677 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 0 12388

2009

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 2759 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 6½2851
2 2756 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 5½2778
3 2772 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 5½2775
4 2760 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 5½2777
5 2721 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 42677
6 2697 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 32605

2010s

2010

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 2734 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 6½2840
2 2681 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 5½2777
3 2790 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 0 ½ ½ 524.25 2719
4 2761 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 1 0 ½ 1 524.00 2725
5 2684 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 1 ½ 0 420.75 2668
6 2734 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 419.50 2658

2011

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 2781 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 0 1 1 731.00 5 2870
2 2715 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 5½27.00 1 2770
3 2764 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 1 1 ½ ½ 523.25 3 2761
4 2701 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 523.00 2 2737
5 2770 0 1 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 4½22.00 2 2687
6 2656 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 315.25 0 2597

2012

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 !! !! Wins !! SB !! TPR
1 align=left 2775½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 6 4 4 23.00 2829
2 align=left 2779½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 6 4 3 23.00 2829
3 align=left 27261 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 5½ 5 3 24.50 2789
4 align=left 27990 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 5 5 3 20.50 2744
5 align=left 2700½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 5 5 2 21.50 2755
6 align=left 2730½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 5 4 2 21.50 2752
7 align=left 2644½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 4 4 1 16.00 2676
8 align=left 26550 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 3½ 4 0 14.75 2637
9 align=left 26740 0 1 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 2 5 1 8.00 2495
10 align=left 26290 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1½ 5 0 4.75 2447

2013

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 align=left 2740½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 7 5 2925
2 align=left 2784½ 1 ½ 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 6½ 5 2866
3 align=left 2737½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 4½ 1 2705
4 align=left 27100 ½ 0 1 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 4½ 3 2708
5 align=left 27270 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 4 2 2664
6 align=left 2610½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 4 1 2677
7 align=left 27960 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 4 2 2656
8 align=left 27520 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 0 1 4 3 2661
9 align=left 26050 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 3½ 1 2640
10 align=left 2629½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 3 0 2592

2014

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 align=left 2789½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 5½ 5 2934
2 align=left 2737½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 4 3 2762
3 align=left 26320 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 4 2 2777
4 align=left 2705½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 3½ 3 2716
5 align=left 27430 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 3½ 1 2711
6 align=left 27230 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 3 1 2664
7 align=left 2777½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 2½ 0 2604
8 align=left 26160 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 2 0 2571

2015

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 !! !! TPR
1 align=left 28050 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 5½ 2942
2 align=left 27781 0 1 0 1 ½ ½ 4 4 2766
3 align=left 26540 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 4 3 2784
4 align=left 27830 0 ½ 0 1 1 1 3½ 2715
5 align=left 27220 1 0 1 0 ½ ½ 3 4 2674
6 align=left 2720½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 3 3 2674
7 align=left 26760 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 2½ 4 2628
8 align=left 26540 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 2½ 3 2632

2016

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 !! !! Wins !! TPR
1 align=left 2798½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 5½ 2954
2 align=left 2812½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 4 4 2771
3 align=left 28100 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 4 3 2 2771
4 align=left 2713½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 4 3 1 2786
5 align=left 27060 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 3½ 4 2735
6 align=left 2674½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 3½ 3 2740
7 align=left 26870 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 2 2574
8 align=left 26530 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1½ 2512

2017

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 !! !! Wins !! SB !! TPR
1 align=left 2736½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 4½ 4 2 14.75 2826
2 align=left 2726½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 4 4 2 13.75 2775
3 align=left 2791½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 4 3 1 13.50 2766
4 align=left 2812½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 3½ 3 1 11.75 2713
5 align=left 2642½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 3 4 1 11.25 2687
6 align=left 2712½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 3 4 0 10.50 2677
7 align=left 26990 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 3 3 1 9.75 2679
8 align=left 26830 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 3 3 0 10.25 2681

2018

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 !! !! Wins !! SB !! TPR
1 align=left 2757½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 5 3 3 15.50 2873
2 align=left 2782½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 4 4 2 12.25 2761
3 align=left 2655½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 4 4 1 14.00 2778
4 align=left 2737½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 4 3 2 12.75 2776
5 align=left 26380 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 3½ 4 1 10.50 2732
6 align=left 27920 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 3 3 1 10.00 2668
7 align=left 2733½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 3 3 0 10.50 2660
8 align=left 26720 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1½ 4 0 5.00 2501

2019

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 !! !! Wins !! SB !! TPR
1 align=left 27601 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 4½ 2798
2 align=left 27750 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 4 4 3 2744
3 align=left 2737½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 4 4 1 2749
4 align=left 2735½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 4 3 1 14.00 2750
5 align=left 2759½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 4 3 1 13.25 2746
6 align=left 26670 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 2½ 4 1 2607
7 align=left 2574½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 2½ 4 0 2623
8 align=left 2644½ 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.

2020s

2024

The 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
2465½½½½½½3
2455½½½½½½3
2024 Sparkassen Chess Meeting Open A, 10–18 August[8]
Player Points Circuit
1 24677½/948 9.12
2 26487/951 5.59
3 26367/949½ 5.18
4 25347/949 4.77
5 25227/946½ 4.35
6 25677/943 3.94
7 25077/941½ 3.52
8 25766½/948½ 0.97
9 23946½/945½ 0.14
10 23846½/944 0.14
11 23426½/943½ 0.14
12 22606½/942 0.14
13 23706½/938 0.14
Total entries: 193 players

References

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kramnik and Anand to clash in Dortmund. ChessBase. 22 March 2016. 2003-06-30.
  2. Web site: The Week in Chess 297. Mark Crowther. The Week in Chess. 17 July 2000.
  3. Web site: The Week in Chess 350. Mark Crowther. The Week in Chess. 23 July 2001.
  4. Web site: The Week in Chess 402. Mark Crowther. The Week in Chess. 22 July 2002.
  5. Web site: The Week in Chess 401. Mark Crowther. The Week in Chess. 15 July 2002.
  6. Web site: The Week in Chess 457. Mark Crowther. The Week in Chess. 11 August 2003.
  7. Web site: The Week in Chess 508. Mark Crowther. The Week in Chess. 2 August 2004.
  8. Web site: Sparkassen Chess Trophy 2024 A-Open .

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