Due to his weaker Buchholz rating he had to play for a win with Black in the last round. The Alekhine Opening was the perfect choice, the Malaysian got an early advantage and won the game against the long-time leader Pola Seemann. Congratulations on winning the tournament of the Sparkassen Chess Trophy 2023!

The top boards of the B-Open of the Sparkassen Chess Trophy 2023 can now be followed live: https://lichess.org/broadcast/sparkassen-chess-trophy-2023--open-b/round-9/xIpHcl1a

The Black players had big problems in the fifth round of the NC World Masters of the Sparkassen Chess Trophy 2023: Fabiano Caruana and Dmitrij Kollars beat Vladimir Kramnik and Pavel Eljanov convincingly.

Pola Seemann had been leading the B-Open of the Sparkassen Chess Trophy for several rounds. On Saturday she met Luuk de Man from the Netherlands. In a strong and almost flawless game of both players she gave perpetual check at the end.