51st International Dortmund Chess Festival

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The 51st edition of the International Dortmund Chess Festival, Sparkassen Chess Trophy 2024, kicked off in Germany and takes place from 10-18 August in “Alte Schmiede” cultural center.

The festival features two open events A and B, and the match between the top two German female players Elisabeth Paehtz and Dinara Wagner.

The Open A tournament gathers nearly 200 players, including 13 grandmasters and the top seeds are: GM Anton Korobov (Ukraine, 2648), GM Frederik Svane (Germany, 2636) and GM Christopher Yoo (USA, 2616). The event is played in 9 rounds, swiss system, with 16.000 euros in prizes.

Official website

Starting list of players – Sparkassen Chess Trophy 2024 Open A:

No.		Name	FED	RtgI
1	GM	Korobov, Anton	UKR	2648
2	GM	Svane, Frederik	GER	2636
3	GM	Yoo, Christopher Woojin	USA	2616
4	GM	Sasikiran, Krishnan	IND	2579
5	GM	Quesada Perez, Luis Ernesto	CUB	2576
6	GM	Romanov, Evgeny	MKD	2567
7	GM	Sumets, Andrey	UKR	2507
8	GM	Gavrilescu, David	ROU	2534
9	GM	Sokolovsky, Yahli	ISR	2522
10	IM	Samadov, Read	AZE	2509
11	IM	Zwirs, Nico	NED	2467
12	IM	Petrovskyi, Vadim	GER	2440
13	GM	Vaganian, Rafael A	ARM	2452
14	IM	Gkoumas, Georgios	GRE	2450
15	IM	Stalmach, Richard	CZE	2443
16	IM	Peyrer, Konstantin	AUT	2425
17	IM	Kulon, Klaudia	POL	2415
18	IM	Kügel, Tobias	GER	2419
19	IM	Buksa, Nataliya	UKR	2396
20	GM	Bagrationi, Alexander	ISR	2411
21	FM	Weishäutel, Moritz	GER	2400
22	FM	Stelmaszyk, Nico	GER	2380
23	FM	Zuferi, Enis	GER	2394
24	IM	Wegener, Olaf	GER	2390
25	IM	Meins, Gerlef	GER	2384
26	FM	Zemach, Nadav	ISR	2384
27	IM	Altini, Nicola	ITA	2374
28	GM	Mainka, Romuald	GER	2370
29	GM	Hoang, Thanh Trang	HUN	2354
30	FM	Waldhausen Gordon, Frederick	SCO	2342
31	FM	Zamengo, Fulvio	ITA	2342
32	FM	Bashirov, Kemal	UKR	2339
33	FM	Van der Hagen, Loek	NED	2334
34	FM	Gallasch, Jonas	GER	2260
35	FM	Küppers, Timo	GER	2288
36	FM	Farokhi, Keyvan	GER	2307
37	IM	Scholz, Christian,Dr.	GER	2305
38	FM	Fiedorek, Michal	POL	2297
39	FM	Glöckler, Christian	GER	2289
40		Gallana, Marco	ITA	2276
41	CM	Song, Ethan	CAN	2269
42		Knudsen, Simon	GER	2251
43		Schimnatkowski, Lukas	GER	2235
44	FM	Froeyman, Helmut	BEL	2252
45		Albert, Markus	GER	2247
46	FM	Rosen, Bernd	GER	2245
47		Follesa, Enrico	BEL	2241
48		Mainka, Alwin	GER	2240
49		Lain, Luigi	ITA	2236
50	FM	Ferro, Mario	ITA	2235
51	FM	Collin, Moritz Valentin	SUI	2234
52	FM	Spriestersbach, Kai	GER	2164
53		Nöldner, Julian	GER	2189
54		Keyser, Robin	GER	2229
55		Panjer, Sidney	GER	2208
56		Strehse, Nelson	GER	2223
57		Steinmetzer, Thomas	GER	2215
58		Engel, Bruno	GER	2211
59		Wickenfeld, Stefan	GER	2206
60		Mainka, Gregor	GER	2210
61		Riemland, Arnold	GER	2112
62	FM	Ohler, Julius	GER	2182
63		Wagner, Alexej	FID	2201
64		Möller, Maurin	GER	2082
65		Böhme, Markus	GER	2138
66		Klaska, Philipp Leon	GER	2184
67	FM	Pipiras, Filipa Fortuna	POR	2192
68		Labruyere, Roger	NED	2189
69		Wichtrup, Jan-Louis	GER	2138
70		Eckert, Marius	GER	2129
71		Lyutsinger, Iren	FID	2176
72		Michalke, Günter	GER	2174
73		Gluma, Christian	GER	2091
74		Schwibbert, Jonas	GER	2147
75		Gerlach, Felix	GER	2161
76		Menzel, Maximilian	GER	2164
77	WGM	Frayna, Janelle Mae	PHI	2162
78		Weigand, Anton	GER	2115
79	FM	Kummerow, Heiko	GER	2117
80		Guo, Philipp Ziming	GER	2146
81		Lang, Daniel	GER	2138
82	CM	Kiese, Matthias	GER	2106
83		Reuter, Julian-Frank	GER	2091
84	FM	Thiel, Thomas	GER	2129
85		Akhmatovski, Maxim	GER	2078
86		Giacomini, Hector	FRA	2125
87		Burkart, Lloyd Shang	GER	2123
88		Sabirov, Rafael	GER	2123
89		Cornelisse, Sam	NED	2119
90		Hirzel, Cedric	SUI	2116
91		Diduh, Ihor	UKR	2058
92		Gallas, Noel	GER	2053
93		Koehler, Ronald	GER	2104
94		Gasper, Jörn	GER	2000
95		Metzdorf, Matteo	GER	2098
96		Hoppe, Thilo	GER	2101
97		Neumair, Jerome	GER	2091
98	CM	Malinowsky, Levi	GER	2006
99	CM	Zimmermann, Luc	NED	2095
100	CM	Murawski, Jan	ENG	2093
101		Kruse, Victor	GER	2063
102	WIM	Fronda, Jan Jodilyn	PHI	2089
103		Beisteiner, Joachim	AUT	2089
104		Zwirs, Jasper	NED	2088
105		Meuer, David	GER	2087
106		Schaller, Fabian	GER	2086
107		Dornieden, Jonas	SUI	2075
108		Sommer, Justus	GER	2075
109		Rodriguez, Augustin	FRA	2079
110		Bungarten, Jona	GER	2073
111		Linde, Wolfgang	GER	2070
112		Harutyunyan, Hovhannes	GER	1992
113		Herrmann, Jakob	GER	2065
114		Kurt, Sascha	NED	2064
115		Mann, Gergely	GER	2062
116		Pfaltz, Maximilian	SUI	2061
117		Vollbehr, Bjarne	GER	2019
118		Erofeev, Anastasia	GER	2030
119		Stork, Simon	GER	2055
120		Winkler, Yonathan	GER	2047
121		Kosev, Momchil	GER	1988
122		Sheng, Ming	GER	2035
123		Udelnov, Valentin	GER	2037
124		Steinle, Carsten	GER	2017
125		Mader, Fabian	GER	2019
126		Stevens, Titus	GER	2005
127		Brotto, Alessandro	ITA	2037
128		Buchinger, Alexis	GER	1991
129		Krüger, André	GER	2018
130		Ravikumar, Pranava	IND	1991
131		Kock, Stefan	GER	2029
132		Tahashi-Knoche, Farzad,Dr.	GER	1960
133		Weißkopf, Lutz	GER	2026
134		Kantor, Nikita	GER	1971
135		Loheide, Michel	GER	1975
136		Hagenmeyer, Felix	GER	1998
137		Tomasjan, Samuel	GER	2011
138		Van Amerongen, Arjen	NED	2011
139		Della Sala, Bruno	ITA	2010
140		Holzwarth, Felix	GER	1991
141		Slanina, Aaron	GER	2001
142		Stegert, Jonas	GER	1945
143	FM	Thompson, Ian D	ENG	2003
144		Matsumura, Cocoro	JPN	1999
145		Vihan, Shourya	GER	1998
146		Xue, Luka	GER	1992
147	WFM	Christodoulaki, Antonia	GRE	1994
148		Conrad, Joachim	GER	1994
149		Scholz, Benedict	GER	1990
150		Goldinov, Daniel	GER	1989
151		Manukonda Arun,	IND	1988
152		Oest, Thorsten	GER	1977
153		Stoll, Lucia	FRA	1984
154		Riechenberg, Maximilian	GER	1981
155		Stoll, Thomas	ITA	1978
156		Thiemann, Marc	GER	1974
157		Green, Michael	ENG	1976
158		Schlösser, Alexander	GER	1975
159		Thieu, Nguyen Gia Bao	GER	1904
160		Sprenger de la Iglesia, Yevgeni	ESP	1973
161		Prüske, Wolfgang	GER	1970
162		Lettko, Michael	GER	1937
163		Brieger, Sebastian	GER	1946
164		Harringer, Manfred	GER	1963
165		Lishoy Gengis Paratazham, Dildara	ENG	1962
166		Gieseler, Felix	GER	1960
167		Ruhmann, Gabriel	GER	1847
168		Riechenberg, Sebastian	GER	1951
169		Lin, Yi	GER	1950
170		Padilla Garcia, Cecilia Xasive	MEX	1950
171		Klüting, Reiner	GER	1948
172		Brunetti, Alberto Fakhri	ITA	1942
173		Zhuikov, Edgard	UKR	1923
174		Blomer, Moritz	GER	1939
175		Lang, Nico	GER	1939
176		Wezel, Sebastian	GER	1939
177		Zamengo, Bruno	ITA	1932
178		Richters, Marc	GER	1931
179		Van Amerongen-Jansen, Peggy	NED	1931
180		Theisen, Johannes	GER	1927
181		Reinhardt, Johannes	GER	1925
182		Madera, Mateusz	POL	1921
183		Janssen, Thorben	GER	1920
184		Jess, Stefan,Dr.	GER	1920
185		Spickermann, Sven	GER	1920
186		Berresheim, Nils	GER	1838
187		Sondermann, Dirk	GER	1918
188		Bernig Le Duigou, Vincent	GER	1876
189		Ranieri, Pierpaolo	ITA	1909
190		Canino, Ruelle	PHI	1908
191		Heinzel, Thomas	GER	1866
192		Karaissaridis, Christos	GER	1902
193		Krams, Amatus	GER	1902