Fabiano Caruana, Dinara Wagner and Alexander Donchenko are the winners of 50th International Dortmund Chess Days
The top three prizes in the Sparkassen Chess Trophy Open A were €5000, €3000 and €2000 each.
Bagrationi - Karthik, Sportland NRW Cup
GM Karthik Venkataraman (2548) already has a significant advantage against GM Alexander Bagrationi (ISR, 2454). 19.a3? provoked Black to expose the white king Nxa3! 20.bxa3 Qxa3+ 21.Qb2 Qxb2+ 22.Kxb2 b5 time for a pawn storm. 23.Ka2 c4 24.Bb1 b4 25.Nce4 c3 26.Nxc3 White decided to return the piece to reduce the sheer number of black pawns bxc3 27.Bxc3 Re3 28.Bxf6 Rxg3 29.Bxg7 Rxg2+ 30.Ka3 Kxg7 31.Rd4 Rb8 and it's over.
Aditya Samant - Josefine, Sparkassen Open
Move of the round has to be 32.Ng5+! by IM Aditya S Samant (2503) against WGM Josefine Heinemann (GER, 2276). White already had a fantastic position. 31...Nd7 allowed the beautiful 32.Ng5+ which gave him a decisive advantage. No matter how Black decides to take the knight, White is going to recapture 33.fxg5 and there is no good defense for her.
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Sparkassen Chess Trophy Open A Round 9 results
| Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||||
| 1 | 23 | IM | Dudin,Gleb, | 2486 | 6½ | ½ - ½ | 7 | GM | Svane,Frederik, | 2622 | 9 | ||
| 2 | 15 | GM | Kobo,Ori, | 2556 | 6 | 0 - 1 | 6½ | GM | Donchenko,Alexander, | 2667 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 3 | GM | Adams,Michael, | 2666 | 6 | 0 - 1 | 6 | GM | Prohaszka,Peter, | 2585 | 12 | ||
| 4 | 6 | GM | Aryan Chopra, | 2626 | 6 | ½ - ½ | 6 | GM | Raja Rithvik R, | 2488 | 22 | ||
| 5 | 7 | GM | Svane,Rasmus, | 2625 | 6 | 1 - 0 | 6 | GM | Raja Harshit, | 2510 | 18 | ||
| 6 | 8 | GM | Mendonca,Leon Luke, | 2623 | 6 | 1 - 0 | 6 | FM | Seemann,Jakub, | 2446 | 31 | ||
| 7 | 17 | GM | Pranav Anand, | 2510 | 6 | 1 - 0 | 6 | GM | Wagner,Dennis, | 2616 | 10 | ||
| 8 | 32 | IM | Guo,Arthur, | 2445 | 6 | ½ - ½ | 5½ | GM | Kamsky,Gata, | 2659 | 5 | ||
| 9 | 1 | GM | Blübaum,Matthias, | 2673 | 5½ | 1 - 0 | 5½ | GM | Akesson,Ralf, | 2402 | 43 | ||
| 10 | 42 | FM | Bilovil,Bogdan, | 2404 | 5½ | ½ - ½ | 5½ | GM | Ponomariov,Ruslan, | 2664 | 4 |
Final standings
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | RtgI | RtgN | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | ||
| 1 | 2 | GM | Donchenko,Alexander, | GER | 2667 | 2656 | OSG Baden-Baden | 7,5 | 52 | 390 | |
| 2 | 9 | GM | Svane,Frederik, | GER | 2603 | 2622 | Hamburger SK von 1830 eV | 7,5 | 52 | 381 | |
| 3 | 8 | GM | Mendonca,Leon Luke, | IND | 2623 | 2606 | Hamburger SK von 1830 eV | 7 | 51 | 378,5 | |
| 4 | 7 | GM | Svane,Rasmus, | GER | 2616 | 2625 | Hamburger SK von 1830 eV | 7 | 50 | 371 | |
| 5 | 23 | IM | Dudin,Gleb, | FID | 2486 | 2453 | SV Deggendorf | 7 | 47 | 366,5 | |
| 6 | 12 | GM | Prohaszka,Peter, | HUN | 2585 | 0 | 7 | 45,5 | 362 | ||
| 7 | 17 | GM | Pranav Anand, | IND | 2510 | 0 | 7 | 44,5 | 357 | ||
| 8 | 6 | GM | Aryan Chopra, | IND | 2626 | 0 | 6,5 | 52 | 386,5 | ||
| 9 | 1 | GM | Blübaum,Matthias, | GER | 2672 | 2673 | SF Deizisau | 6,5 | 50 | 380 | |
| 10 | 25 | IM | Rathanvel,V S, | IND | 2463 | 0 | 6,5 | 49 | 356,5 |
NRW Cup Round 9 results
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | |||||
| 1 | 5 | 2326 | FM | Schneider,Jana, | 0 - 1 | IM | Petrovskyi,Vadym, | 2423 | 10 | |||
| 2 | 6 | 2429 | IM | Köllner,Ruben Gideon, | ½ - ½ | WGM | Wagner,Dinara, | 2447 | 4 | |||
| 3 | 7 | 2462 | GM | Saltaev,Mihail, | ½ - ½ | FM | Besou,Hussain, | 2325 | 3 | |||
| 4 | 8 | 2454 | GM | Bagrationi,Alexander, | 0 - 1 | GM | Karthik Venkataraman, | 2548 | 2 | |||
| 5 | 9 | 2419 | IM | Souleidis,Georgios, | 1 - 0 | FM | De Winter,Arthur, | 2378 | 1 |
Final standings
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | ||
| 1 | 4 | WGM | Wagner,Dinara, | GER | 2447 | SC Viernheim 1934 e.V. | 7 | 5 | 27,00 | |
| 2 | 2 | GM | Karthik Venkataraman, | IND | 2548 | 6,5 | 5 | 25,25 | ||
| 3 | 6 | IM | Köllner,Ruben Gideon, | GER | 2429 | SF Deizisau | 6,5 | 5 | 25,00 | |
| 4 | 9 | IM | Souleidis,Georgios, | GRE | 2419 | Hamburger SK von 1830 eV | 4,5 | 3 | 19,00 | |
| 5 | 1 | FM | De Winter,Arthur, | NED | 2378 | SV Erkenschwick 1923 e | 4,5 | 3 | 17,75 | |
| 6 | 10 | IM | Petrovskyi,Vadym, | UKR | 2423 | Sfr. Bad Emstal/Wolfhagen | 4,5 | 3 | 17,00 | |
| 7 | 3 | FM | Besou,Hussain, | GER | 2325 | LSV Turm Lippstadt | 4 | 1 | 15,50 | |
| 8 | 8 | GM | Bagrationi,Alexander, | ISR | 2454 | 3,5 | 2 | 11,50 | ||
| 9 | 7 | GM | Saltaev,Mihail, | UZB | 2462 | SV Mülheim-Nord 1931 e | 3 | 1 | 11,00 | |
| 10 | 5 | FM | Schneider,Jana, | GER | 2326 | SC Bavaria Regensburg von 1881 e | 1 | 0 | 3,50 |
NC World Masters Round 6 results
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | |||
| 1 | 4 | 2753 | GM | Kramnik,Vladimir, | 1 - 0 | GM | Kollars,Dmitrij, | 2618 | 2 | |
| 2 | 1 | 2694 | GM | Eljanov,Pavel, | 0 - 1 | GM | Caruana,Fabiano, | 2773 | 3 |
Final standings
| Rk. | SNo | Name | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | |
| 1 | 3 | GM | Caruana,Fabiano, | 2773 | 4 | 3 | 10,25 | |
| 2 | 4 | GM | Kramnik,Vladimir, | 2753 | 3,5 | 3 | 9,50 | |
| 3 | 2 | GM | Kollars,Dmitrij, | 2618 | 2,5 | 2 | 7,50 | |
| 4 | 1 | GM | Eljanov,Pavel, | 2694 | 2 | 1 | 6,25 |
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