# Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting

The Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting is an open chess tournament held every summer in Dortmund, Germany. Until 2020, 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-19 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", played according to No Castling Chess rules. 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

    #YearWinner (1)1928 Fritz Sämisch (2)1951 Albéric O'Kelly de Galway (3)1961 Mark Taimanov 11973 Heikki Westerinen 21974 László Szabó 31975 Heikki Westerinen 41976 Oleg Romanishin 51977 Jan Smejkal 61978 Ulf Andersson 71979 Tamaz Giorgadze 81980 Raymond Keene 91981 Gennady Kuzmin 101982 Vlastimil Hort 111983 Mihai Suba 121984 Yehuda Gruenfeld 131985 Yuri Razuvayev 141986 Zoltán Ribli 151987 Yuri Balashov 161988 Smbat Lputian 171989 Efim Geller 181990 Alexander Chernin 191991 Igor Štohl 201992 Garry Kasparov 211993 Anatoly Karpov 221994 Jeroen Piket 231995 Vladimir Kramnik 241996 Vladimir Kramnik 251997 Vladimir Kramnik 261998 Vladimir Kramnik 271999 Peter Leko 282000 Vladimir Kramnik 292001 Vladimir Kramnik 302002 Peter Leko 312003 Victor Bologan 322004 Viswanathan Anand 332005 Arkadij Naiditsch 342006 Vladimir Kramnik 352007 Vladimir Kramnik 362008 Peter Leko 372009 Vladimir Kramnik 382010 Ruslan Ponomariov 392011 Vladimir Kramnik 402012 Fabiano Caruana 412013 Michael Adams 422014 Fabiano Caruana 432015 Fabiano Caruana 442016 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 452017 Radosław Wojtaszek 462018 Ian Nepomniachtchi 472019 Leinier Domínguez 482021 Viswanathan Anand (No Castling match) Pavel Eljanov (Grand Prix) 492022 Dmitrij Kollars (No Castling Masters) Pavel Eljanov (Grand Prix) 502023 Fabiano Caruana (No Castling Masters) 512024 Zwirs Nico (Open A)

## Events by year
### 1990s
#### 1993

    21st Sparkassen Chess-Meeting, SuperGM group, 10–17 April 1993, Dortmund, Cat. XVI (2637) PlayerRating12345678PointsSBTPR 1 Anatoly Karpov (Russia)2725½1110115½2854 2 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)2685½Does not appear½½½½1½4 13.252680 3 Christopher Lutz (Germany)25500½Does not appear½½½11411.502699 4 Gata Kamsky (United States)26550½½Does not appear110½3½11.502634 5 Sergey Dolmatov (Russia)26150½½0Does not appear1½13½10.252640 6 Joël Lautier (France)26451½½00Does not appear½½32586 7 Grigory Serper (Uzbekistan)26000001½½Does not appear½2½2540 8 Eric Lobron (Germany)26200½0½0½½Does not appear22481

#### 1994

    22nd Sparkassen Chess-Meeting, SuperGM group, 15–24 July 1994, Dortmund, Cat. XVI (2640) PlayerRating12345678910PointsSBTPR 1 Jeroen Piket (Netherlands)2640½1½11½½1½6½2806 2 Michael Adams (England)2640½Does not appear½0011½115½2720 3 Vladimir Epishin (Russia)26500½Does not appear1½½½1½½52682 4 Artur Yusupov (Germany)2655½10Does not appear½½½01½4½20.002638 5 Alexey Dreev (Russia)265001½½Does not appear½½½014½19.752639 6 Viktor Korchnoi (Switzerland)261500½½½Does not appear11014½18.502643 7 Anatoly Karpov (Russia)2780½0½½½0Does not appear½114½18.252624 8 Jan Timman (Netherlands)2635½½01½0½Does not appear½½42598 9 Christopher Lutz (Germany)258000½0110½Does not appear0313.502522 10 Peter Leko (Hungary)2555½0½½000½1Does not appear313.002524

#### 1995

    23rd Sparkassen Chess-Meeting, SuperGM group, 14–23 July 1995, Dortmund, Cat. XVII (2666) PlayerRating12345678910PointsSBTPR 1 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)2730½½1½11½1172877 2 Anatoly Karpov (Russia)2775½Does not appear½½1½½1116½2818 3 Peter Leko (Hungary)2605½½Does not appear½½½½101521.002714 4 Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine)27400½½Does not appear½½½11½520.002699 5 Joël Lautier (France)2645½0½½Does not appear½1½104½2668 6 Nigel Short (England)26450½½½½Does not appear½01½417.002624 7 Jeroen Piket (Netherlands)26250½½½0½Does not appear½½1415.752626 8 Evgeny Bareev (Russia)2650½000½1½Does not appear013½13.752586 9 Alexander Beliavsky (Ukraine)2650001000½1Does not appear13½12.502586 10 Eric Lobron (Germany)2595000½1½000Does not appear22452

#### 1996

    24th Sparkassen Chess-Meeting, SuperGM group, 5–14 July 1996, Dortmund, Cat. XVIII (2676) PlayerRating12345678910PointsSBTPR 1 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)2765½½111½11½728.502886 2 Viswanathan Anand (India)2735½Does not appear½½1½1111727.252889 3 Boris Gelfand (Belarus)2665½½Does not appear½½1½½1162802 4 Michael Adams (England)26850½½Does not appear0½1½½14½17.502675 5 Judit Polgár (Hungary)266500½1Does not appear½101½4½17.002677 6 Alexei Shirov (Spain)26850½0½½Does not appear½101415.502632 7 Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria)2750½0½00½Does not appear½11414.752624 8 Robert Hübner (Germany)259500½½10½Does not appear½½3½2605 9 Eric Lobron (Germany)2585000½010½Does not appear½2½2520 10 Peter Leko (Hungary)2630½000½00½½Does not appear22461

#### 1997

    25th Sparkassen Chess-Meeting, SuperGM group, 4–13 July 1997, Dortmund, Cat. XVIII (2700) PlayerRating12345678910PointsTPRPlace 1 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)2770½½11½1½½16½28571 2 Viswanathan Anand (India)2765½Does not appear01½½½1½15½27722 3 Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria)2745½1Does not appear½0½½½½1527373–4 4 Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine)272500½Does not appear½1½11½527393–4 5 Judit Polgár (Hungary)26700½1½Does not appear½½1½04½27025 6 Boris Gelfand (Belarus)2695½½½0½Does not appear½½½½426576–8 7 Anatoly Karpov (Russia)27450½½½½½Does not appear0½1426516–8 8 Nigel Short (England)2660½0½00½1Does not appear1½426606–8 9 Robert Hübner (Germany)2580½½½0½½½0Does not appear½3½26329 10 Artur Yusupov (Germany)2640000½1½0½½Does not appear3258110
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) PlayerRating12345678910PointsSBTPR 1 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)2790½1½½½1½½1625.752813 2 Michael Adams (England)2670½Does not appear½½½1½11½625.002827 3 Peter Svidler (Russia)26900½Does not appear11½½1½1624.502825 4 Peter Leko (Hungary)2670½½0Does not appear½½1½½152745 5 Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine)2740½½0½Does not appear½½½½14½ 2694 6 Viswanathan Anand (India)2770½0½½½Does not appear½½½½417.502648 7 Artur Yusupov (Germany)26300½½0½½Does not appear½1½416.502663 8 Zoltán Almási (Hungary)2630½00½½½½Does not appear1½416.002663 9 Alexander Beliavsky (Slovenia)2690½0½½½½00Does not appear½32575 10 Alexei Shirov (Spain)27100½000½½½½Does not appear2½ 2531

#### 1999

    27th Sparkassen Chess-Meeting, SuperGM group, 10–17 July 1999, Dortmund, Cat. XIX (2705) PlayerRating12345678PointsTPR 1 Peter Leko (Hungary)2701½½½1½1152863 2 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)2760½Does not appear½½½½114½ 2798 3 Anatoly Karpov (Russia)2700½½Does not appear½½1½½42755 4 Viswanathan Anand (India)2771½½½Does not appear½½½142745 5 Michael Adams (England)27080½½½Does not appear½1142754 6 Ivan Sokolov (Bosnia and Herzegovina)2656½½0½½Does not appear0½2½ 2609 7 Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria)269000½½01Does not appear022548 8 Jan Timman (Netherlands)265000½00½1Does not appear22554
    27th Sparkassen Chess-Meeting, Masters Event, 9–17 July 1999, Dortmund, Germany, Category X (2482) PlayerRating12345678910PointsTPR 1 GM Eckhard Schmittdiel (Germany)2505Does not appear½1½½0½11162604 2 GM Zoltán Varga (Hungary)2541½Does not appear0½½1½11162600 3 IM Michael Feygin (Ukraine)250001Does not appear½½½10½152523 4 GM Arshak Petrosian (Armenia)2514½½½Does not appear½½½½½152521 5 GM Klaus Bischoff (Germany)2509½½½½Does not appear½½1½04½ 2479 6 GM Adrian Mikhalchishin (Slovenia)255210½½½Does not appear½½½042431 7 IM Alisa Marić (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia)2489½½0½½½Does not appear½½½42438 8 FM Arkadij Naiditsch (Germany)2417001½0½½Does not appear½142446 9 IM Dirk Poldauf (Germany)245300½½½½½½Does not appear142442 10 Gregor Mainka (Germany)2340000011½00Does not appear2½ 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) PlayerRating12345678910PointsSBTPR 1 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)2770 10½11½½½1625.752789 2 Viswanathan Anand (India)2762 0Does not appear1½½½1½11623.752836 3 Michael Adams (England)2755 10Does not appear½½½½½1½521.752739 4 Peter Leko (Hungary)2743 ½½½Does not appear½0½1½1520.752792 5 Vladimir Akopian (Armenia)2660 0½½½Does not appear½½11½520.752750 6 Deep Junior 6 (Israel)Does not appear 0½½1½Does not appear½½014½2702 7 Alexander Khalifman (Russia)2667 ½0½½½½Does not appear½½½417.502664 8 Evgeny Bareev (Russia)2702 ½½½00½½Does not appear½1416.502659 9 Jeroen Piket (Netherlands)2649 ½00½01½½Does not appear½3½2568 10 Robert Hübner (Germany)2615 00½0½0½0½Does not appear22520
    28th Sparkassen Chess-Meeting, GM group, 7–16 July 2000, Dortmund, Category IX (2456) PlayerRating12345678910PointsTPR 1 GM Eckhard Schmittdiel (Germany)2490 Does not appear01½½1½½1162577 2 IM Arkadij Naiditsch (Germany)2442 1Does not appear1½½½½½105½2538 3 GM Zoltán Varga (Hungary)2530 00Does not appear111½½1½5½2528 4 GM Arshak Petrosian (Armenia)2476 ½½0Does not appear½½11½15½2534 5 GM Adrian Mikhalchishin (Slovenia)2552 ½½0½Does not appear½½1½152488 6 FM Fabian Döttling (Germany)2477 0½0½½Does not appear½11152497 7 IM Ketino Kachiani-Gersinska (Germany)2437 ½½½0½½Does not appear½0142415 8 IM Almira Skripchenko-Lautier (Moldova)2444 ½½½000½Does not appear½13½2377 9 FM Olaf Wegener (Germany)2359 000½½01½Does not appear02½2301 10 Gregor Mainka (Germany)2357 01½000001Does not appear2½2301

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

    29th Sparkassen Chess-Meeting, 12–22 July 2001, Dortmund, Germany, Category XXI (2755) PlayerRating123456PointsTPR 1 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)28021 ½½ ½1 ½½ ½½ 16½2855 2 Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria)27110 ½Does not appear½ ½1 1½ ½1 16½2873 3 Peter Leko (Hungary)2730½ ½½ ½Does not appear½ ½1 ½½ ½5½2796 4 Alexander Morozevich (Russia)27490 ½0 0½ ½Does not appear1 1½ 152756 5 Michael Adams (England)2744½ ½½ ½0 ½0 0Does not appear½ ½3½2647 6 Viswanathan Anand (India)2794½ 00 0½ ½½ 0½ ½Does not appear32598
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
##### 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) PlayerRating1234PointsTBTPR 1 Alexei Shirov (Spain)2697Does not appear½ ½½ 1½ 141½2826 2 Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria)2745½ ½Does not appear1 ½1 ½4½2810 3 Boris Gelfand (Israel)2710½ 00 ½Does not appear1 ½2½2640 4 Christopher Lutz (Germany)2650½ 00 ½0 ½Does not appear1½2524
    Group 1 first place playoff, 12 July 2002, Dortmund, Germany PlayerRating12PointsPlaceTPR  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) PlayerRating1234PointsTPR 1 Evgeny Bareev (Russia)2726Does not appear1 0½ ½1 142853 2 Peter Leko (Hungary)27170 1Does not appear½ 1½ ½3½2788 3 Michael Adams (England)2752½ ½½ 0Does not appear½ ½2½2662 4 Alexander Morozevich (Russia)27160 0½ ½½ ½Does not appear22606
| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| Alexei Shirov (Spain) | Alexei Shirov (Spain) | ½ | | | |
| Peter Leko (Hungary) | Peter Leko (Hungary) | 2½ | | | |
| Peter Leko (Hungary) | Peter Leko (Hungary) | 2½ | Peter Leko (Hungary) | Peter Leko (Hungary) | 2½ |
| | | | Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) | Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) | 1½ |
| Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) | Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) | 3½ | Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) | Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) | 1½ |
| Evgeny Bareev (Russia) | 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) PlayerRating123456PointsTPR 1 Victor Bologan (Moldova)2650½ ½1 0½ ½1 ½1 16½2814 2 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)2785½ ½Does not appear½ ½1 ½½ ½½ ½5½2713 3 Viswanathan Anand (India)27740 1½ ½Does not appear0 ½½ 11 ½5½2715 4 Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan)2648½ ½0 ½1 ½Does not appear½ ½0 152704 5 Peter Leko (Hungary)27390 ½½ ½½ 0½ ½Does not appear½ ½42614 6 Arkadij Naiditsch (Germany)25740 0½ ½0 ½1 0½ ½Does not appear3½2609
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) PlayerRating1234PointsTPR 1 Viswanathan Anand (India)2782Does not appear1 ½½ ½½ 142787 2 Peter Svidler (Russia)27270 ½Does not appear1 1½ ½3½2737 3 Arkadij Naiditsch (Germany)2574½ ½0 0Does not appear½ 12½2674 4 Sergei Rublevsky (Russia)2686½ 0½ ½½ 0Does not appear22569
    32nd Sparkassen Chess, Group B, 22–27 July 2004, Dortmund, Cat. XVIII (2691) PlayerRating1234PointsTBTPR 1 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)2770Does not appear½ ½½ ½½ ½342665 2 Peter Leko (Hungary)2741½ ½Does not appear½ ½½ ½33½2674 3 Victor Bologan (Moldova)2663½ ½½ ½Does not appear½ ½32½2700 4 Sergey Karjakin (Ukraine)2591½ ½½ ½½ ½Does not appear322724
    Group B Rapid playoff, 27 July 2004, Dortmund, Cat. XVIII (2691) PlayerRating1234PointsTPR 1 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)2770Does not appear½ ½1 11 042790 2 Peter Leko (Hungary)2741½ ½Does not appear½ ½1 ½3½2731 3 Victor Bologan (Moldova)26630 0½ ½Does not appear1 ½2½2643 4 Sergey Karjakin (Ukraine)25910 10 ½0 ½Does not appear22599

##### Knockout

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| 1A | Viswanathan Anand (India) | 4 | | | |
| 2B | Peter Leko (Hungary) | 2 | | | |
| 2B | Peter Leko (Hungary) | 2 | 1A | Viswanathan Anand (India) | 2½ |
| | | | 1B | Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) | 1½ |
| 2A | Peter Svidler (Russia) | 3 | 1B | Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) | 1½ |
| 1B | Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) | 5 | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | 2B | Peter Leko (Hungary) | 1½ |
| | | | 2A | Peter Svidler (Russia) | 2½ |
| Playoffs 5th-8th | Playoffs 5th-8th | Playoffs 5th-8th | Playoffs 5th-6th | Playoffs 5th-6th | Playoffs 5th-6th |
| 3A | Arkadij Naiditsch (Germany) | 2 | | | |
| 4B | Sergey Karjakin (Ukraine) | 0 | | | |
| 4B | Sergey Karjakin (Ukraine) | 0 | 3A | Arkadij Naiditsch (Germany) | 1½ |
| | | | 4A | Sergei Rublevsky (Russia) | ½ |
| 4A | Sergei Rublevsky (Russia) | 3 | 4A | Sergei Rublevsky (Russia) | ½ |
| 3B | Victor Bologan (Moldova) | 1 | Playoffs 7th-8th | Playoffs 7th-8th | Playoffs 7th-8th |
| | | | 4B | Sergey Karjakin (Ukraine) | ½ |
| | | | 3B | Victor Bologan (Moldova) | 1½ |
    Final standings PlacePlayerRating 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) PlayerRating12345678910PointsTPR 1 Arkadij Naiditsch (Germany)26120½½½½½1115½2800 2 Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria)27881Does not appear½½1001½½52743 3 Étienne Bacrot (France)2729½½Does not appear½011½1052750 4 Peter Svidler (Russia)2738½½½Does not appear½½½1½½52749 5 Loek van Wely (Netherlands)2655½01½Does not appear½101½52758 6 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)2744½10½½Does not appear½½014½2705 7 Michael Adams (England)2719½10½0½Does not appear½½14½2708 8 Peter Leko (Hungary)276300½01½½Does not appear½142660 9 Emil Sutovsky (Israel)26740½0½01½½Does not appear½3½2633 10 Peter Heine Nielsen (Denmark)26680½1½½000½Does not appear32589

#### 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) PlayerRating12345678PointsSBTPR 1 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)2743½½1½½½14½14.502819 2 Peter Svidler (Russia)2742½Does not appear½½½½114½13.502819 3 Michael Adams (England)2732½½Does not appear½1½½½414.002768 4 Peter Leko (Hungary)27380½½Does not appear½11½412.502768 5 Boris Gelfand (Israel)2729½½0½Does not appear½11411.752769 6 Arkadij Naiditsch (Germany)2665½½½0½Does not appear½13½11.002728 7 Levon Aronian (Armenia)2761½0½00½Does not appear½2½6.752612 8 Baadur Jobava (Georgia)265100½½00½Does not appear25.002572

#### 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) PlayerRating12345678PointsTPR 1 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)2772½½½½11152878 2 Evgeny Alekseev (Russia)2679½Does not appear½½1½½½42783 3 Peter Leko (Hungary)2738½½Does not appear½½½1½42775 4 Viswanathan Anand (India)2786½½½Does not appear½½½142768 5 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan)2757½0½½Does not appear½½13½2722 6 Magnus Carlsen (Norway)26930½½½½Does not appear½½32681 7 Boris Gelfand (Israel)27330½0½½½Does not appear½2½2624 8 Arkadij Naiditsch (Germany)26540½½00½½Does not appear22579

#### 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) PlayerRating12345678PointsTPR 1 Peter Leko (Hungary)27411½½1½½½4½2790 2 Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine)27400Does not appear½½½11½42738 3 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan)2752½½Does not appear½½½½142736 4 Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia)2634½½½Does not appear½½½142753 5 Jan Gustafsson (Germany)26030½½½Does not appear1½142758 6 Arkadij Naiditsch (Germany)2624½0½½0Does not appear113½2705 7 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)2788½0½½½0Does not appear132631 8 Loek van Wely (Netherlands)2677½½00000Does not appear12388

#### 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) PlayerRating123456PointsTPR 1 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)2759½ ½½ 1½ ½½ ½1 16½2851 2 Peter Leko (Hungary)2756½ ½Does not appear½ ½½ ½1 ½½ ½5½2778 3 Magnus Carlsen (Norway)2772½ 0½ ½Does not appear1 ½½ ½1 ½5½2775 4 Dmitry Jakovenko (Russia)2760½ ½½ ½0 ½Does not appear½ 11 ½5½2777 5 Étienne Bacrot (France)2721½ ½0 ½½ ½½ 0Does not appear½ ½42677 6 Arkadij Naiditsch (Germany)26970 0½ ½0 ½0 ½½ ½Does not appear32605

### 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) PlayerRating123456PointsSBTPR 1 Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukraine)27340 ½1 ½1 ½½ 11 ½6½2840 2 Lê Quang Liêm (Vietnam)26811 ½Does not appear½ ½0 ½½ ½1 ½5½2777 3 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)27900 ½½ ½Does not appear½ 11 0½ ½524.252719 4 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan)27610 ½1 ½½ 0Does not appear1 0½ 1524.002725 5 Arkadij Naiditsch (Germany)2684½ 0½ ½0 10 1Does not appear½ 0420.752668 6 Peter Leko (Hungary)27340 ½0 ½½ ½½ 0½ 1Does not appear419.502658

#### 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) PlayerRating123456PointsSBWinsTPR 1 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)2781½ ½1 ½1 ½1 01 1731.0052870 2 Lê Quang Liêm (Vietnam)2715½ ½Does not appear1 ½½ ½½ ½½ ½5½27.0012770 3 Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukraine)27640 ½0 ½Does not appear1 01 1½ ½523.2532761 4 Anish Giri (Netherlands)27010 ½½ ½0 1Does not appear½ ½1 ½523.0022737 5 Hikaru Nakamura (United States)27700 1½ ½0 0½ ½Does not appear½ 14½22.0022687 6 Georg Meier (Germany)26560 0½ ½½ ½0 ½½ 0Does not appear315.2502597

#### 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) PlayerRating12345678910PointsBlackWinsSBTPR 1 Fabiano Caruana (Italy)2775 ½01½½½11164423.002829 2 Sergey Karjakin (Russia)2779 ½Does not appear½½½½½11164323.002829 3 Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukraine)2726 1½Does not appear½½½1½015½5324.502789 4 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)2799 0½½Does not appear½½1½1155320.502744 5 Arkadij Naiditsch (Germany)2700 ½½½½Does not appear½½½1155221.502755 6 Peter Leko (Hungary)2730 ½½½½½Does not appear½½1154221.502752 7 Georg Meier (Germany)2644 ½½00½½Does not appear½1½44116.002676 8 Daniel Fridman (Germany)2655 00½½½½½Does not appear½½3½4014.752637 9 Mateusz Bartel (Poland)2674 0010000½Does not appear½2518.002495 10 Jan Gustafsson (Germany)2629 000000½½½Does not appear1½504.752447

#### 2013
##### 41st Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting (July 26 – August 4, 2013)

    41st Sparkassen Chess-Meeting, 26 July – 4 August 2013, Dortmund, Category XIX (2709) PlayerRating12345678910PointsWinsTPR 1 Michael Adams (England)2740 ½½11½111½752925 2 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)2784 ½Does not appear1½0111½16½52866 3 Peter Leko (Hungary)2737 ½0Does not appear1½½½½½½4½12705 4 Arkadij Naiditsch (Germany)2710 0½0Does not appear10½11½4½32708 5 Dmitry Andreikin (Russia)2727 01½0Does not appear½0½1½422664 6 Georg Meier (Germany)2610 ½0½1½Does not appear½0½½412677 7 Fabiano Caruana (Italy)2796 00½½1½Does not appear0½1422656 8 Wang Hao (China)2752 00½0½11Does not appear01432661 9 Igor Khenkin (Germany)2605 0½½00½½1Does not appear½3½12640 10 Daniel Fridman (Germany)2629 ½0½½½½00½Does not appear302592

#### 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) PlayerRating12345678PointsWinsTPR 1 Fabiano Caruana (Italy)2789 ½1½11½15½52934 2 Peter Leko (Hungary)2737 ½Does not appear½1½½½½432762 3 Georg Meier (Germany)2632 0½Does not appear1½½1½422777 4 Arkadij Naiditsch (Germany)2705 ½00Does not appear½1½13½32716 5 Michael Adams (England)2743 0½½½Does not appear½½13½12711 6 Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukraine)2723 0½½0½Does not appear1½312664 7 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)2777 ½½0½½0Does not appear½2½02604 8 David Baramidze (Germany)2616 0½½00½½Does not appear202571

#### 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) PlayerRating12345678PointsBlackTPR 1 Fabiano Caruana (United States)2805 0111½115½2942 2 Wesley So (United States)2778 1Does not appear0101½½442766 3 Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (Germany)2654 01Does not appear½1½½½432784 4 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)2783 00½Does not appear01113½2715 5 Arkadij Naiditsch (Germany)2722 0101Does not appear0½½342674 6 Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia)2720 ½0½01Does not appear½½332674 7 Hou Yifan (China)2676 0½½0½½Does not appear½2½42628 8 Georg Meier (Germany)2654 0½½0½½½Does not appear2½32632

#### 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) PlayerRating12345678PointsBlackWinsTPR 1 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)2798 ½1½1½115½2954 2 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)2812 ½Does not appear½½½½1½442771 3 Fabiano Caruana (United States)2810 0½Does not appear½½½114322771 4 Leinier Domínguez (Cuba)2713 ½½½Does not appear1½½½4312786 5 Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukraine)2706 0½½0Does not appear½113½42735 6 Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (Germany)2674 ½½½½½Does not appear½½3½32740 7 Evgeniy Najer (Russia)2687 000½0½Does not appear122574 8 Rainer Buhmann (Germany)2653 0½0½0½0Does not appear1½2512

#### 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) PlayerRating12345678PointsBlackWinsSBTPR 1 Radosław Wojtaszek (Poland)2736 ½½½½½114½4214.752826 2 Vladimir Fedoseev (Russia)2726 ½Does not appear½10½1½44213.752775 3 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)2791 ½½Does not appear½½1½½43113.502766 4 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)2812 ½0½Does not appear1½½½3½3111.752713 5 Matthias Blübaum (Germany)2642 ½1½0Does not appear½0½34111.252687 6 Dmitry Andreikin (Russia)2712 ½½0½½Does not appear½½34010.502677 7 Wang Yue (China)2699 00½½1½Does not appear½3319.752679 8 Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (Germany)2683 0½½½½½½Does not appear33010.252681

#### 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) PlayerRating12345678PointsBlackWinsSBTPR 1 Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia)2757 ½½½11½153315.502873 2 Anish Giri (Netherlands)2782 ½Does not appear0½½1½144212.252761 3 Vladislav Kovalev (Belarus)2655 ½1Does not appear½½½½½44114.002778 4 Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Poland)2737 ½½½Does not appear½01143212.752776 5 Georg Meier (Germany)2638 0½½½Does not appear½½13½ 4110.502732 6 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)2792 00½1½Does not appear½½33110.002668 7 Radosław Wojtaszek (Poland)2733 ½½½0½½Does not appear½33010.502660 8 Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (Germany)2672 00½00½½Does not appear1½405.002501

#### 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) PlayerRating12345678PointsBlackWinsSBTPR 1 Leinier Domínguez (United States)2760 1½½½1½½4½2798 2 Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia)2775 0Does not appear½0½1114432744 3 Radosław Wojtaszek (Poland)2737 ½½Does not appear½½½½14412749 4 Richárd Rapport (Hungary)2735 ½1½Does not appear½½½½43114.002750 5 Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan)2759 ½½½½Does not appear1½½43113.252746 6 Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (Germany)2667 00½½0Does not appear½12½412607 7 Kaido Külaots (Estonia)2574 ½0½½½½Does not appear02½402623 8 Daniel Fridman (Germany)2644 ½00½½01Does not appear2½32612
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 PlayerRating123456Total Elisabeth Pähtz2465 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 3 Dinara Wagner2455 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 3
    2024 Sparkassen Chess Meeting Open A, 10–18 August PlayerRating PointsTB Circuit 1 Nico Zwirs (Netherlands)2467 7½/9 489.12 2 Anton Korobov (Ukraine)2648 7/9 515.59 3 Frederik Svane (Germany)2636 7/9 49½5.18 4 David Gavrilescu (Romania)2534 7/9 494.77 5 Yahli Sokolovsky (Israel)2522 7/9 46½4.35 6 Evgeny Romanov (North Macedonia)2567 7/9 433.94 7 Andrey Sumets (Ukraine)2507 7/9 41½3.52 8 Luis Ernesto Quesada Perez (Cuba)2576 6½/9 48½0.97 9 Enis Zuferi (Germany)2394 6½/9 45½0.14 10 Gerlef Meins (Germany)2384 6½/9 440.14 11 Frederick Waldhausen Gordon (Scotland)2342 6½/9 43½0.14 12 Jonas Gallasch (Germany)2260 6½/9 420.14 13 Romuald Mainka (Germany)2370 6½/9 380.14 Total entries: 193 players