The German national player Rasmus Svane is in great shape this year and will play as the current German number 3 in the Deutschland Grand Prix of the 49th Dortmund International Chess Days. This makes him the third German player in this event of the Sparkassen Chess Trophy. 

Luke McShane was already looking forward to the Deutschland Grand Prix as part of the 48th International Dortmund Chess Days last year. But in 2021, the entry regulations between England and Germany due to the pandemic threw a spanner in the works. As promised last year by tournament director Andreas Jagodzinsky, Luke McShane will now receive a starting place in the Deutschland Grand Prix of the 49th International Dortmund Chess Days!

Another grandmaster of the world's elite will compete in the Deutschland Grand Prix of the 49th International Dortmund Chess Days: David Navara is coming to the Sparkassen Chess Trophy in July! This makes him the fourth confirmed participant after last year's winner GM Pavel Eljanov, last year's runner-up GM Dmitrij Kollars and European Champion GM Matthias Blübaum. 

Already the eighth grandmaster can be found on the list of participants of the Sparkassen Open A more than 3 months before the tournament starts and again it is a very prominent face:
GM Adrian Mikhalchishin (Slovenia) is now 10th on the starting list!