The winner of the highly competitive Werder anniversary tournament in Bremen has registered for the A-Open of the 51st International Dortmund Chess Days: GM Aditya Mittal also wants to shake up Germany's most traditional chess festival.

Last year, a large Indian delegation played in the Sparkassen Chess Trophy. Aryan Chopra was in the lead for a while, Pranav Anand played a good tournament, but another young grandmaster ended up on the podium. The 17-year-old Leon Luke Mendonca came third in the A-Open and will be back in Dortmund in 2024.

Abhimanyu "Abhi" Mishra is often referred to as a chess prodigy. He reached milestones in record time early on: youngest International Master (at the age of 10) and subsequently youngest Grandmaster of all time (at the age of 12 years, 4 months and 25 days).

Christian Glöckler (picture from the German Chess Federation) is 12 years old, has an Elo rating of 2356, is a Fide Master and has now achieved his second IM norm in Bremen. The third norm should be collected at the International Dortmund Chess Days 2024 at the latest.