The "Prinzengruppe" of the German Chess Federation was founded in 2008 to promote young talent and became a success project: all 4 boys in the group are now strong grandmasters. And the four young men are all players at the Sparkassen Chess Trophy 2023 in June, including GM Dennis Wagner.

The open International Bavarian Championships at Tegernsee are one of the biggest chess festivals in Germany and always have a strong line-up at the top. In November 2022 GM Jan-Christian Schröder won the tournament with 7 out of 9 - in the summer he attacks in the strong A-Open of the 50th International Dortmund Chess Days.

He just celebrated probably the greatest success of his still young chess career and will take part in the Sparkassen A-Open of the 50th International Dortmund Chess Days this summer: GM Alexander Donchenko!

This year, the two open tournaments of the 50th International Dortmund Chess Days will be competing for prize money of € 25,000. This clearly underlines the status of the Sparkassen Chess Trophy as a chess festival.