With 8.5 points out of 11 games, GM Matthias Blübaum won the European Championship in Terme Čatež, Slovenia, without a single defeat!
The whole event team of the Sparkassen Chess Trophy congratulates him on this massive success!
Blübaum will take part in the Deutschland Grand Prix in the summer and is thus the third confirmed participant in the 7-player round robin tournament. The tournament gives the best German players the chance to measure themselves against international top grandmasters and takes place within the framework of the 49th International Dortmund Chess Days. Spectators and Open participants can now look forward to seeing the Lemgo-born European Champion at the board. Just like the NC World Masters of the Sparkassen Chess Trophy, the tournament will be accompanied by commentator GM Artur Jussupow and also WIM Fiona Steil-Antoni.