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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.
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 | Kรผgel, Tobias | GER | 2419 |
| 19 | IM | Buksa, Nataliya | UKR | 2396 |
| 20 | GM | Bagrationi, Alexander | ISR | 2411 |
| 21 | FM | Weishรคutel, 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 | Kรผppers, Timo | GER | 2288 |
| 36 | FM | Farokhi, Keyvan | GER | 2307 |
| 37 | IM | Scholz, Christian,Dr. | GER | 2305 |
| 38 | FM | Fiedorek, Michal | POL | 2297 |
| 39 | FM | Glรถckler, 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 | Nรถldner, 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 | Mรถller, Maurin | GER | 2082 | |
| 65 | Bรถhme, 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, Gรผnter | 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, Jรถrn | 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 | Krรผger, Andrรฉ | GER | 2018 | |
| 130 | Ravikumar, Pranava | IND | 1991 | |
| 131 | Kock, Stefan | GER | 2029 | |
| 132 | Tahashi-Knoche, Farzad,Dr. | GER | 1960 | |
| 133 | Weiรkopf, 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 | Schlรถsser, Alexander | GER | 1975 | |
| 159 | Thieu, Nguyen Gia Bao | GER | 1904 | |
| 160 | Sprenger de la Iglesia, Yevgeni | ESP | 1973 | |
| 161 | Prรผske, 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 | Klรผting, 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 |
