Two World Champions and numerous Grandmasters in the Congress Centre of the Westfalenhallen
After the successful start last year, the NC World Masters will be expanded in Dortmund in July 2022: The two world chess champions Vladimir Kramnik and Viswanathan Anand will meet two more strong grandmasters in a double-round tournament:
Due to isolated requests in connection with the participation of Russian nationals in the 49th International Dortmund Chess Days, IPS e.V. as the organiser comments as follows:
Already more than 100 registrations in the Open of the 49th International Dortmund Chess Days
After GM Iniyan Panneerselvam (IND) and the German top player GM Niclas Huschenbeth, the third grandmaster has now already registered for the Sparkassen Open A of the 49th International Dortmund Chess Days: Jan Werle, Dutch grandmaster, player in the German Chess Bundesliga for years. Werle has been a grandmaster since 2006 and has already exceeded the magic ELO of 2600. He currently has a rating of 2550 and plays for SV Werder Bremen.
Nils Richter as German Champion U18 will be playing in Dortmund
Last week the announcement for the open tournaments of the 49th Dortmund International Chess Days was published. Already the first days were used for numerous registrations for Sparkassen Open A and B. But not only local players, but first chess enthusiasts from near and far have already registered. Among others, Iniyan Panneerselvam (IND), the first grandmaster, registered for the Sparkassen Open A. The 19-year-old leads the first registration list ahead of his compatriot IM CRG Krishna.
