Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting

Annual elite chess tournament in Germany

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, the local public savings bank.

List of winners

#	Year	Winner
(1)	1928	Fritz Sämisch
(2)	1951	Albéric O'Kelly de Galway
(3)	1961	Mark Taimanov

1	1973	Heikki Westerinen
2	1974	László Szabó
3	1975	Heikki Westerinen
4	1976	Oleg Romanishin
5	1977	Jan Smejkal
6	1978	Ulf Andersson
7	1979	Tamaz Giorgadze
8	1980	Raymond Keene
9	1981	Gennady Kuzmin
10	1982	Vlastimil Hort
11	1983	Mihai Suba
12	1984	Yehuda Gruenfeld
13	1985	Yuri Razuvayev
14	1986	Zoltán Ribli
15	1987	Yuri Balashov
16	1988	Smbat Lputian
17	1989	Efim Geller
18	1990	Alexander Chernin
19	1991	Igor Štohl
20	1992	Garry Kasparov
21	1993	Anatoly Karpov
22	1994	Jeroen Piket
23	1995	Vladimir Kramnik
24	1996	Vladimir Kramnik (with the same score as Viswanathan Anand; won on tiebreak because of higher Sonneborn–Berger score)
25	1997	Vladimir Kramnik
26	1998	Vladimir Kramnik (with the same score as Michael Adams and Peter Svidler; won on tiebreak because of higher Sonneborn–Berger score)
27	1999	Peter Leko
28	2000	Vladimir Kramnik (with the same score as Viswanathan Anand; won on tiebreak because of higher Sonneborn–Berger score)
29	2001	Vladimir Kramnik (with the same score as Veselin Topalov; won on tiebreak)
30	2002	Peter Leko
31	2003	Victor Bologan
32	2004	Viswanathan Anand
33	2005	Arkadij Naiditsch
34	2006	Vladimir Kramnik (with the same score as Peter Svidler; won on tiebreak because of higher Sonneborn–Berger score)
35	2007	Vladimir Kramnik
36	2008	Peter Leko
37	2009	Vladimir Kramnik
38	2010	Ruslan Ponomariov
39	2011	Vladimir Kramnik
40	2012	Fabiano Caruana (with the same score as Sergey Karjakin; won on tiebreak because of more wins)
41	2013	Michael Adams
42	2014	Fabiano Caruana
43	2015	Fabiano Caruana
44	2016	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
45	2017	Radosław Wojtaszek
46	2018	Ian Nepomniachtchi
47	2019	Leinier Domínguez
48	2021	Viswanathan Anand (No Castling match) Pavel Eljanov (Grand Prix)
49	2022	Dmitrij Kollars (No Castling Masters) Pavel Eljanov (Grand Prix)
50	2023	Fabiano Caruana (No Castling Masters)

Events by year

1990s

1990

1991

1992

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	Anatoly Karpov (Russia)	2725		½	1	1	1	0	1	1	5½		2854
2	Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)	2685	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	1	½	4	13.25	2680
3	Christopher Lutz (Germany)	2550	0	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	1	1	4	11.50	2699
4	Gata Kamsky (United States)	2655	0	½	½	Does not appear	1	1	0	½	3½	11.50	2634
5	Sergey Dolmatov (Russia)	2615	0	½	½	0	Does not appear	1	½	1	3½	10.25	2640
6	Joël Lautier (France)	2645	1	½	½	0	0	Does not appear	½	½	3		2586
7	Grigory Serper (Uzbekistan)	2600	0	0	0	1	½	½	Does not appear	½	2½		2540
8	Eric Lobron (Germany)	2620	0	½	0	½	0	½	½	Does not appear	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	Jeroen Piket (Netherlands)	2640		½	1	½	1	1	½	½	1	½	6½		2806
2	Michael Adams (England)	2640	½	Does not appear	½	0	0	1	1	½	1	1	5½		2720
3	Vladimir Epishin (Russia)	2650	0	½	Does not appear	1	½	½	½	1	½	½	5		2682
4	Artur Yusupov (Germany)	2655	½	1	0	Does not appear	½	½	½	0	1	½	4½	20.00	2638
5	Alexey Dreev (Russia)	2650	0	1	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	0	1	4½	19.75	2639
6	Viktor Korchnoi (Switzerland)	2615	0	0	½	½	½	Does not appear	1	1	0	1	4½	18.50	2643
7	Anatoly Karpov (Russia)	2780	½	0	½	½	½	0	Does not appear	½	1	1	4½	18.25	2624
8	Jan Timman (Netherlands)	2635	½	½	0	1	½	0	½	Does not appear	½	½	4		2598
9	Christopher Lutz (Germany)	2580	0	0	½	0	1	1	0	½	Does not appear	0	3	13.50	2522
10	Peter Leko (Hungary)	2555	½	0	½	½	0	0	0	½	1	Does not appear	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	Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)	2730		½	½	1	½	1	1	½	1	1	7		2877
2	Anatoly Karpov (Russia)	2775	½	Does not appear	½	½	1	½	½	1	1	1	6½		2818
3	Peter Leko (Hungary)	2605	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	1	0	1	5	21.00	2714
4	Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine)	2740	0	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	1	1	½	5	20.00	2699
5	Joël Lautier (France)	2645	½	0	½	½	Does not appear	½	1	½	1	0	4½		2668
6	Nigel Short (England)	2645	0	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	0	1	½	4	17.00	2624
7	Jeroen Piket (Netherlands)	2625	0	½	½	½	0	½	Does not appear	½	½	1	4	15.75	2626
8	Evgeny Bareev (Russia)	2650	½	0	0	0	½	1	½	Does not appear	0	1	3½	13.75	2586
9	Alexander Beliavsky (Ukraine)	2650	0	0	1	0	0	0	½	1	Does not appear	1	3½	12.50	2586
10	Eric Lobron (Germany)	2595	0	0	0	½	1	½	0	0	0	Does not appear	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	Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)	2765		½	½	1	1	1	½	1	1	½	7	28.50	2886
2	Viswanathan Anand (India)	2735	½	Does not appear	½	½	1	½	1	1	1	1	7	27.25	2889
3	Boris Gelfand (Belarus)	2665	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	1	½	½	1	1	6		2802
4	Michael Adams (England)	2685	0	½	½	Does not appear	0	½	1	½	½	1	4½	17.50	2675
5	Judit Polgár (Hungary)	2665	0	0	½	1	Does not appear	½	1	0	1	½	4½	17.00	2677
6	Alexei Shirov (Spain)	2685	0	½	0	½	½	Does not appear	½	1	0	1	4	15.50	2632
7	Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria)	2750	½	0	½	0	0	½	Does not appear	½	1	1	4	14.75	2624
8	Robert Hübner (Germany)	2595	0	0	½	½	1	0	½	Does not appear	½	½	3½		2605
9	Eric Lobron (Germany)	2585	0	0	0	½	0	1	0	½	Does not appear	½	2½		2520
10	Peter Leko (Hungary)	2630	½	0	0	0	½	0	0	½	½	Does not appear	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	Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)	2770		½	½	1	1	½	1	½	½	1	6½	2857	1
2	Viswanathan Anand (India)	2765	½	Does not appear	0	1	½	½	½	1	½	1	5½	2772	2
3	Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria)	2745	½	1	Does not appear	½	0	½	½	½	½	1	5	2737	3–4
4	Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine)	2725	0	0	½	Does not appear	½	1	½	1	1	½	5	2739	3–4
5	Judit Polgár (Hungary)	2670	0	½	1	½	Does not appear	½	½	1	½	0	4½	2702	5
6	Boris Gelfand (Belarus)	2695	½	½	½	0	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	4	2657	6–8
7	Anatoly Karpov (Russia)	2745	0	½	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	0	½	1	4	2651	6–8
8	Nigel Short (England)	2660	½	0	½	0	0	½	1	Does not appear	1	½	4	2660	6–8
9	Robert Hübner (Germany)	2580	½	½	½	0	½	½	½	0	Does not appear	½	3½	2632	9
10	Artur Yusupov (Germany)	2640	0	0	0	½	1	½	0	½	½	Does not appear	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	Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)	2790		½	1	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	6	25.75	2813
2	Michael Adams (England)	2670	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	½	6	25.00	2827
3	Peter Svidler (Russia)	2690	0	½	Does not appear	1	1	½	½	1	½	1	6	24.50	2825
4	Peter Leko (Hungary)	2670	½	½	0	Does not appear	½	½	1	½	½	1	5		2745
5	Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine)	2740	½	½	0	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	1	4½		2694
6	Viswanathan Anand (India)	2770	½	0	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	4	17.50	2648
7	Artur Yusupov (Germany)	2630	0	½	½	0	½	½	Does not appear	½	1	½	4	16.50	2663
8	Zoltán Almási (Hungary)	2630	½	0	0	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	1	½	4	16.00	2663
9	Alexander Beliavsky (Slovenia)	2690	½	0	½	½	½	½	0	0	Does not appear	½	3		2575
10	Alexei Shirov (Spain)	2710	0	½	0	0	0	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	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	Peter Leko (Hungary)	2701		½	½	½	1	½	1	1	5	2863
2	Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)	2760	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	1	1	4½	2798
3	Anatoly Karpov (Russia)	2700	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	1	½	½	4	2755
4	Viswanathan Anand (India)	2771	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	1	4	2745
5	Michael Adams (England)	2708	0	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	1	1	4	2754
6	Ivan Sokolov (Bosnia and Herzegovina)	2656	½	½	0	½	½	Does not appear	0	½	2½	2609
7	Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria)	2690	0	0	½	½	0	1	Does not appear	0	2	2548
8	Jan Timman (Netherlands)	2650	0	0	½	0	0	½	1	Does not appear	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	Does not appear	½	1	½	½	0	½	1	1	1	6	2604
2	GM Zoltán Varga (Hungary)	2541	½	Does not appear	0	½	½	1	½	1	1	1	6	2600
3	IM Michael Feygin (Ukraine)	2500	0	1	Does not appear	½	½	½	1	0	½	1	5	2523
4	GM Arshak Petrosian (Armenia)	2514	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	½	1	5	2521
5	GM Klaus Bischoff (Germany)	2509	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	1	½	0	4½	2479
6	GM Adrian Mikhalchishin (Slovenia)	2552	1	0	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	0	4	2431
7	IM Alisa Marić (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia)	2489	½	½	0	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	4	2438
8	FM Arkadij Naiditsch (Germany)	2417	0	0	1	½	0	½	½	Does not appear	½	1	4	2446
9	IM Dirk Poldauf (Germany)	2453	0	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	1	4	2442
10	Gregor Mainka (Germany)	2340	0	0	0	0	1	1	½	0	0	Does not appear	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)

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	Does not appear	1	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	6	23.75	2836
3	Michael Adams (England)	2755	1	0	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	5	21.75	2739
4	Peter Leko (Hungary)	2743	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	0	½	1	½	1	5	20.75	2792
5	Vladimir Akopian (Armenia)	2660	0	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	1	1	½	5	20.75	2750
6	Deep Junior 6 (Israel)	Does not appear	0	½	½	1	½	Does not appear	½	½	0	1	4½		2702
7	Alexander Khalifman (Russia)	2667	½	0	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	4	17.50	2664
8	Evgeny Bareev (Russia)	2702	½	½	½	0	0	½	½	Does not appear	½	1	4	16.50	2659
9	Jeroen Piket (Netherlands)	2649	½	0	0	½	0	1	½	½	Does not appear	½	3½		2568
10	Robert Hübner (Germany)	2615	0	0	½	0	½	0	½	0	½	Does not appear	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	Does not appear	0	1	½	½	1	½	½	1	1	6	2577
2	IM Arkadij Naiditsch (Germany)	2442	1	Does not appear	1	½	½	½	½	½	1	0	5½	2538
3	GM Zoltán Varga (Hungary)	2530	0	0	Does not appear	1	1	1	½	½	1	½	5½	2528
4	GM Arshak Petrosian (Armenia)	2476	½	½	0	Does not appear	½	½	1	1	½	1	5½	2534
5	GM Adrian Mikhalchishin (Slovenia)	2552	½	½	0	½	Does not appear	½	½	1	½	1	5	2488
6	FM Fabian Döttling (Germany)	2477	0	½	0	½	½	Does not appear	½	1	1	1	5	2497
7	IM Ketino Kachiani-Gersinska (Germany)	2437	½	½	½	0	½	½	Does not appear	½	0	1	4	2415
8	IM Almira Skripchenko-Lautier (Moldova)	2444	½	½	½	0	0	0	½	Does not appear	½	1	3½	2377
9	FM Olaf Wegener (Germany)	2359	0	0	0	½	½	0	1	½	Does not appear	0	2½	2301
10	Gregor Mainka (Germany)	2357	0	1	½	0	0	0	0	0	1	Does not appear	2½	2301

2001

29th Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting (July 12 – 22, 2001)

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	Does not appear	½ ½	1 1	½ ½	1 1	6½	2873
3	Peter Leko (Hungary)	2730	½ ½	½ ½	Does not appear	½ ½	1 ½	½ ½	5½	2796
4	Alexander Morozevich (Russia)	2749	0 ½	0 0	½ ½	Does not appear	1 1	½ 1	5	2756
5	Michael Adams (England)	2744	½ ½	½ ½	0 ½	0 0	Does not appear	½ ½	3½	2647
6	Viswanathan Anand (India)	2794	½ 0	0 0	½ ½	½ 0	½ ½	Does not appear	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)

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)
	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	Points	TB	TPR
1	Alexei Shirov (Spain)	2697	Does not appear	½ ½	½ 1	½ 1	4	1½	2826
2	Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria)	2745	½ ½	Does not appear	1 ½	1 ½	4	½	2810
3	Boris Gelfand (Israel)	2710	½ 0	0 ½	Does not appear	1 ½	2½		2640
4	Christopher Lutz (Germany)	2650	½ 0	0 ½	0 ½	Does not appear	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	Does not appear	1 0	½ ½	1 1	4	2853
2	Peter Leko (Hungary)	2717	0 1	Does not appear	½ 1	½ ½	3½	2788
3	Michael Adams (England)	2752	½ ½	½ 0	Does not appear	½ ½	2½	2662
4	Alexander Morozevich (Russia)	2716	0 0	½ ½	½ ½	Does not appear	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

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)

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	Does not appear	½ ½	1 ½	½ ½	½ ½	5½	2713
3	Viswanathan Anand (India)	2774	0 1	½ ½	Does not appear	0 ½	½ 1	1 ½	5½	2715
4	Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan)	2648	½ ½	0 ½	1 ½	Does not appear	½ ½	0 1	5	2704
5	Peter Leko (Hungary)	2739	0 ½	½ ½	½ 0	½ ½	Does not appear	½ ½	4	2614
6	Arkadij Naiditsch (Germany)	2574	0 0	½ ½	0 ½	1 0	½ ½	Does not appear	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)

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	Viswanathan Anand (India)	2782	Does not appear	1 ½	½ ½	½ 1	4	2787
2	Peter Svidler (Russia)	2727	0 ½	Does not appear	1 1	½ ½	3½	2737
3	Arkadij Naiditsch (Germany)	2574	½ ½	0 0	Does not appear	½ 1	2½	2674
4	Sergei Rublevsky (Russia)	2686	½ 0	½ ½	½ 0	Does not appear	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	Does not appear	½ ½	½ ½	½ ½	3	4	2665
2	Peter Leko (Hungary)	2741	½ ½	Does not appear	½ ½	½ ½	3	3½	2674
3	Victor Bologan (Moldova)	2663	½ ½	½ ½	Does not appear	½ ½	3	2½	2700
4	Sergey Karjakin (Ukraine)	2591	½ ½	½ ½	½ ½	Does not appear	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	Does not appear	½ ½	1 1	1 0	4	2790
2	Peter Leko (Hungary)	2741	½ ½	Does not appear	½ ½	1 ½	3½	2731
3	Victor Bologan (Moldova)	2663	0 0	½ ½	Does not appear	1 ½	2½	2643
4	Sergey Karjakin (Ukraine)	2591	0 1	0 ½	0 ½	Does not appear	2	2599

Knockout

Semifinals			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

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	Does not appear	½	½	1	0	0	1	½	½	5	2743
3	Étienne Bacrot (France)	2729	½	½	Does not appear	½	0	1	1	½	1	0	5	2750
4	Peter Svidler (Russia)	2738	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	1	½	½	5	2749
5	Loek van Wely (Netherlands)	2655	½	0	1	½	Does not appear	½	1	0	1	½	5	2758
6	Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)	2744	½	1	0	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	0	1	4½	2705
7	Michael Adams (England)	2719	½	1	0	½	0	½	Does not appear	½	½	1	4½	2708
8	Peter Leko (Hungary)	2763	0	0	½	0	1	½	½	Does not appear	½	1	4	2660
9	Emil Sutovsky (Israel)	2674	0	½	0	½	0	1	½	½	Does not appear	½	3½	2633
10	Peter Heine Nielsen (Denmark)	2668	0	½	1	½	½	0	0	0	½	Does not appear	3	2589

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	Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)	2743		½	½	1	½	½	½	1	4½	14.50	2819
2	Peter Svidler (Russia)	2742	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	1	1	4½	13.50	2819
3	Michael Adams (England)	2732	½	½	Does not appear	½	1	½	½	½	4	14.00	2768
4	Peter Leko (Hungary)	2738	0	½	½	Does not appear	½	1	1	½	4	12.50	2768
5	Boris Gelfand (Israel)	2729	½	½	0	½	Does not appear	½	1	1	4	11.75	2769
6	Arkadij Naiditsch (Germany)	2665	½	½	½	0	½	Does not appear	½	1	3½	11.00	2728
7	Levon Aronian (Armenia)	2761	½	0	½	0	0	½	Does not appear	½	2½	6.75	2612
8	Baadur Jobava (Georgia)	2651	0	0	½	½	0	0	½	Does not appear	2	5.00	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	Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)	2772		½	½	½	½	1	1	1	5	2878
2	Evgeny Alekseev (Russia)	2679	½	Does not appear	½	½	1	½	½	½	4	2783
3	Peter Leko (Hungary)	2738	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	1	½	4	2775
4	Viswanathan Anand (India)	2786	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	1	4	2768
5	Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan)	2757	½	0	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	1	3½	2722
6	Magnus Carlsen (Norway)	2693	0	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	3	2681
7	Boris Gelfand (Israel)	2733	0	½	0	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	2½	2624
8	Arkadij Naiditsch (Germany)	2654	0	½	½	0	0	½	½	Does not appear	2	2579

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	Peter Leko (Hungary)	2741		1	½	½	1	½	½	½	4½	2790
2	Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine)	2740	0	Does not appear	½	½	½	1	1	½	4	2738
3	Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan)	2752	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	1	4	2736
4	Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia)	2634	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	1	4	2753
5	Jan Gustafsson (Germany)	2603	0	½	½	½	Does not appear	1	½	1	4	2758
6	Arkadij Naiditsch (Germany)	2624	½	0	½	½	0	Does not appear	1	1	3½	2705
7	Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)	2788	½	0	½	½	½	0	Does not appear	1	3	2631
8	Loek van Wely (Netherlands)	2677	½	½	0	0	0	0	0	Does not appear	1	2388

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	Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)	2759		½ ½	½ 1	½ ½	½ ½	1 1	6½	2851
2	Peter Leko (Hungary)	2756	½ ½	Does not appear	½ ½	½ ½	1 ½	½ ½	5½	2778
3	Magnus Carlsen (Norway)	2772	½ 0	½ ½	Does not appear	1 ½	½ ½	1 ½	5½	2775
4	Dmitry Jakovenko (Russia)	2760	½ ½	½ ½	0 ½	Does not appear	½ 1	1 ½	5½	2777
5	Étienne Bacrot (France)	2721	½ ½	0 ½	½ ½	½ 0	Does not appear	½ ½	4	2677
6	Arkadij Naiditsch (Germany)	2697	0 0	½ ½	0 ½	0 ½	½ ½	Does not appear	3	2605

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	Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukraine)	2734		0 ½	1 ½	1 ½	½ 1	1 ½	6½		2840
2	Lê Quang Liêm (Vietnam)	2681	1 ½	Does not appear	½ ½	0 ½	½ ½	1 ½	5½		2777
3	Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)	2790	0 ½	½ ½	Does not appear	½ 1	1 0	½ ½	5	24.25	2719
4	Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan)	2761	0 ½	1 ½	½ 0	Does not appear	1 0	½ 1	5	24.00	2725
5	Arkadij Naiditsch (Germany)	2684	½ 0	½ ½	0 1	0 1	Does not appear	½ 0	4	20.75	2668
6	Peter Leko (Hungary)	2734	0 ½	0 ½	½ ½	½ 0	½ 1	Does not appear	4	19.50	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	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	Does not appear	1 ½	½ ½	½ ½	½ ½	5½	27.00	1	2770
3	Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukraine)	2764	0 ½	0 ½	Does not appear	1 0	1 1	½ ½	5	23.25	3	2761
4	Anish Giri (Netherlands)	2701	0 ½	½ ½	0 1	Does not appear	½ ½	1 ½	5	23.00	2	2737
5	Hikaru Nakamura (United States)	2770	0 1	½ ½	0 0	½ ½	Does not appear	½ 1	4½	22.00	2	2687
6	Georg Meier (Germany)	2656	0 0	½ ½	½ ½	0 ½	½ 0	Does not appear	3	15.25	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	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	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	6	4	3	23.00	2829
3	Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukraine)	2726	1	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	1	½	0	1	5½	5	3	24.50	2789
4	Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)	2799	0	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	1	½	1	1	5	5	3	20.50	2744
5	Arkadij Naiditsch (Germany)	2700	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	1	1	5	5	2	21.50	2755
6	Peter Leko (Hungary)	2730	½	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	1	1	5	4	2	21.50	2752
7	Georg Meier (Germany)	2644	½	½	0	0	½	½	Does not appear	½	1	½	4	4	1	16.00	2676
8	Daniel Fridman (Germany)	2655	0	0	½	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	3½	4	0	14.75	2637
9	Mateusz Bartel (Poland)	2674	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	½	Does not appear	½	2	5	1	8.00	2495
10	Jan Gustafsson (Germany)	2629	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	½	½	Does not appear	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	Michael Adams (England)	2740		½	½	1	1	½	1	1	1	½	7	5	2925
2	Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)	2784	½	Does not appear	1	½	0	1	1	1	½	1	6½	5	2866
3	Peter Leko (Hungary)	2737	½	0	Does not appear	1	½	½	½	½	½	½	4½	1	2705
4	Arkadij Naiditsch (Germany)	2710	0	½	0	Does not appear	1	0	½	1	1	½	4½	3	2708
5	Dmitry Andreikin (Russia)	2727	0	1	½	0	Does not appear	½	0	½	1	½	4	2	2664
6	Georg Meier (Germany)	2610	½	0	½	1	½	Does not appear	½	0	½	½	4	1	2677
7	Fabiano Caruana (Italy)	2796	0	0	½	½	1	½	Does not appear	0	½	1	4	2	2656
8	Wang Hao (China)	2752	0	0	½	0	½	1	1	Does not appear	0	1	4	3	2661
9	Igor Khenkin (Germany)	2605	0	½	½	0	0	½	½	1	Does not appear	½	3½	1	2640
10	Daniel Fridman (Germany)	2629	½	0	½	½	½	½	0	0	½	Does not appear	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	Fabiano Caruana (Italy)	2789		½	1	½	1	1	½	1	5½	5	2934
2	Peter Leko (Hungary)	2737	½	Does not appear	½	1	½	½	½	½	4	3	2762
3	Georg Meier (Germany)	2632	0	½	Does not appear	1	½	½	1	½	4	2	2777
4	Arkadij Naiditsch (Germany)	2705	½	0	0	Does not appear	½	1	½	1	3½	3	2716
5	Michael Adams (England)	2743	0	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	1	3½	1	2711
6	Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukraine)	2723	0	½	½	0	½	Does not appear	1	½	3	1	2664
7	Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)	2777	½	½	0	½	½	0	Does not appear	½	2½	0	2604
8	David Baramidze (Germany)	2616	0	½	½	0	0	½	½	Does not appear	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	Black	TPR
1	Fabiano Caruana (United States)	2805		0	1	1	1	½	1	1	5½		2942
2	Wesley So (United States)	2778	1	Does not appear	0	1	0	1	½	½	4	4	2766
3	Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (Germany)	2654	0	1	Does not appear	½	1	½	½	½	4	3	2784
4	Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)	2783	0	0	½	Does not appear	0	1	1	1	3½		2715
5	Arkadij Naiditsch (Germany)	2722	0	1	0	1	Does not appear	0	½	½	3	4	2674
6	Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia)	2720	½	0	½	0	1	Does not appear	½	½	3	3	2674
7	Hou Yifan (China)	2676	0	½	½	0	½	½	Does not appear	½	2½	4	2628
8	Georg Meier (Germany)	2654	0	½	½	0	½	½	½	Does not appear	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	Black	Wins	TPR
1	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)	2798		½	1	½	1	½	1	1	5½			2954
2	Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)	2812	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	1	½	4	4		2771
3	Fabiano Caruana (United States)	2810	0	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	1	1	4	3	2	2771
4	Leinier Domínguez (Cuba)	2713	½	½	½	Does not appear	1	½	½	½	4	3	1	2786
5	Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukraine)	2706	0	½	½	0	Does not appear	½	1	1	3½	4		2735
6	Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (Germany)	2674	½	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	3½	3		2740
7	Evgeniy Najer (Russia)	2687	0	0	0	½	0	½	Does not appear	1	2			2574
8	Rainer Buhmann (Germany)	2653	0	½	0	½	0	½	0	Does not appear	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	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	Does not appear	½	1	0	½	1	½	4	4	2	13.75	2775
3	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)	2791	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	1	½	½	4	3	1	13.50	2766
4	Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)	2812	½	0	½	Does not appear	1	½	½	½	3½	3	1	11.75	2713
5	Matthias Blübaum (Germany)	2642	½	1	½	0	Does not appear	½	0	½	3	4	1	11.25	2687
6	Dmitry Andreikin (Russia)	2712	½	½	0	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	3	4	0	10.50	2677
7	Wang Yue (China)	2699	0	0	½	½	1	½	Does not appear	½	3	3	1	9.75	2679
8	Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (Germany)	2683	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	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	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	Does not appear	0	½	½	1	½	1	4	4	2	12.25	2761
3	Vladislav Kovalev (Belarus)	2655	½	1	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	½	4	4	1	14.00	2778
4	Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Poland)	2737	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	0	1	1	4	3	2	12.75	2776
5	Georg Meier (Germany)	2638	0	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	1	3½	4	1	10.50	2732
6	Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)	2792	0	0	½	1	½	Does not appear	½	½	3	3	1	10.00	2668
7	Radosław Wojtaszek (Poland)	2733	½	½	½	0	½	½	Does not appear	½	3	3	0	10.50	2660
8	Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (Germany)	2672	0	0	½	0	0	½	½	Does not appear	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	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	Does not appear	½	0	½	1	1	1	4	4	3		2744
3	Radosław Wojtaszek (Poland)	2737	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	1	4	4	1		2749
4	Richárd Rapport (Hungary)	2735	½	1	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	4	3	1	14.00	2750
5	Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan)	2759	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	1	½	½	4	3	1	13.25	2746
6	Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (Germany)	2667	0	0	½	½	0	Does not appear	½	1	2½	4	1		2607
7	Kaido Külaots (Estonia)	2574	½	0	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	0	2½	4	0		2623
8	Daniel Fridman (Germany)	2644	½	0	0	½	½	0	1	Does not appear	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

2021

2022

2023

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
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
	Player	Rating	Points	TB	Circuit
1	Nico Zwirs (Netherlands)	2467	7½/9	48	9.12
2	Anton Korobov (Ukraine)	2648	7/9	51	5.59
3	Frederik Svane (Germany)	2636	7/9	49½	5.18
4	David Gavrilescu (Romania)	2534	7/9	49	4.77
5	Yahli Sokolovsky (Israel)	2522	7/9	46½	4.35
6	Evgeny Romanov (North Macedonia)	2567	7/9	43	3.94
7	Andrey Sumets (Ukraine)	2507	7/9	41½	3.52
8	Luis Ernesto Quesada Perez (Cuba)	2576	6½/9	48½	0.97
9	Enis Zuferi (Germany)	2394	6½/9	45½	0.14
10	Gerlef Meins (Germany)	2384	6½/9	44	0.14
11	Frederick Waldhausen Gordon (Scotland)	2342	6½/9	43½	0.14
12	Jonas Gallasch (Germany)	2260	6½/9	42	0.14
13	Romuald Mainka (Germany)	2370	6½/9	38	0.14
Total entries: 193 players

References

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