Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting
Chess Meeting 2011
The Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting is an elite chess tournament held every summer in Dortmund, Germany. Dortmund is an invite-only event, with the exception that one slot at Dortmund is awarded to the winner of the annual Aeroflot Open in Moscow.
The tournament is usually played in a round-robin or double round-robin format. However, it took the form of a series of heads-up matches in 2002 and 2004. The 2002 Dortmund event was also notable in that it served as the Candidates Tournament for the Classical World Chess Championship 2004. Péter Lékó won, defeating Veselin Topalov in the finals.
The title sponsor is Sparkasse Dortmund.[1]
Contents
1 List of winners
2 Events by year
2.1 2000
2.2 2001
2.3 2002
2.3.1 Candidates Tournament
2.3.2 Side events
2.4 2003
2.5 2004
2.5.1 Preliminaries
2.5.2 Knockout
2.6 2005
2.7 2006
2.8 2007
2.9 2008
2.10 2009
2.11 2010
2.12 2011
2.13 2012
2.14 2013
2.15 2014
2.16 2015
2.17 2016
2.18 2017
2.19 2018
3 References
4 External links
List of winners
# Year Winner (1) 1928 
 Fritz Sämisch(2) 1951 
 Albéric O'Kelly de Galway(3) 1961 
 Mark Taimanov1 1973 
 Heikki Westerinen2 1974 
 László Szabó3 1975 
 Heikki Westerinen4 1976 
 Oleg Romanishin5 1977 
 Jan Smejkal6 1978 
 Ulf Andersson7 1979 
 Tamaz Giorgadze8 1980 
 Raymond Keene9 1981 
 Gennady Kuzmin10 1982 
 Vlastimil Hort11 1983 
 Mihai Suba12 1984 
 Yehuda Gruenfeld13 1985 
 Yuri Razuvayev14 1986 
 Zoltán Ribli15 1987 
 Yuri Balashov16 1988 
 Smbat Lputian17 1989 
 Efim Geller18 1990 
 Alexander Chernin19 1991 
 Igor Štohl20 1992 
 Garry Kasparov21 1993 
 Anatoly Karpov22 1994 
 Jeroen Piket23 1995 
 Vladimir Kramnik24 1996 
 Vladimir Kramnik and 
 Viswanathan Anand25 1997 
 Vladimir Kramnik26 1998 
 Vladimir Kramnik, 
 Michael Adams and 
 Peter Svidler27 1999 
 Péter Lékó28 2000 
 Vladimir Kramnik and 
 Viswanathan Anand29 2001 
 Vladimir Kramnik and 
 Veselin Topalov30 2002 
 Péter Lékó31 2003 
 Viktor Bologan32 2004 
 Viswanathan Anand33 2005 
 Arkadij Naiditsch34 2006 
 Vladimir Kramnik and 
 Peter Svidler35 2007 
 Vladimir Kramnik36 2008 
 Péter Lékó37 2009 
 Vladimir Kramnik38 2010 
 Ruslan Ponomariov39 2011 
 Vladimir Kramnik40 2012 
 Fabiano Caruana and 
 Sergey Karjakin41 2013 
 Michael Adams42 2014 
 Fabiano Caruana43 2015 
 Fabiano Caruana44 2016 
 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave45 2017 
 Radosław Wojtaszek46 2018 
 Ian Nepomniachtchi
Events by year
2000
- 28th Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting (July 7 – 16, 2000)[2]
 
28th Sparkassen Chess-Meeting, SuperGM group, 7–16 July 2000, Dortmund, Category XVI (2632) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points SB 
TPR1 
 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)2770 1 0 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 6 25.75 2789 2 
 Viswanathan Anand (India)2762 0 Does not appear 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 6 23.75 2836 3 
 Michael Adams (England)2755 1 0 Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 5 21.75 2739 4 
 Peter Leko (Hungary)2743 ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 5 20.75 2792 5 
 Vladimir Akopian (Armenia)2660 0 ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 5 20.75 2750 6 
 Deep Junior 6 (Israel)
Does not appear0 ½ ½ 1 ½ Does not appear ½ ½ 0 1 4½ 2702 7 
 Alexander Khalifman (Russia)2667 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ 4 17.50 2664 8 
 Evgeny Bareev (Russia)2702 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ Does not appear ½ 1 4 16.50 2659 9 
 Jeroen Piket (Netherlands)2649 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ Does not appear ½ 3½ 2568 10 
 Robert Hübner (Germany)2615 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ Does not appear 2 2520 
28th Sparkassen Chess-Meeting, GM group, 7–16 July 2000, Dortmund, Category IX (2456) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points 
TPR1 
 GM Eckhard Schmittdiel (Germany)2490 Does not appear 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 6 2577 2 
 IM Arkadij Naiditsch (Germany)2442 1 Does not appear 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 5½ 2538 3 
 GM Zoltán Varga (Hungary)2530 0 0 Does not appear 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 5½ 2528 4 
 GM Arshak Petrosian (Armenia)2476 ½ ½ 0 Does not appear ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 5½ 2534 5 
 GM Adrian Mikhalchishin (Slovenia)2552 ½ ½ 0 ½ Does not appear ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 5 2488 6 
 FM Fabian Döttling (Germany)2477 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ Does not appear ½ 1 1 1 5 2497 7 
 IM Ketino Kachiani-Gersinska (Germany)2437 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ Does not appear ½ 0 1 4 2415 8 
 IM Almira Skripchenko-Lautier (Moldova)2444 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ Does not appear ½ 1 3½ 2377 9 
 FM Olaf Wegener (Germany)2359 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ Does not appear 0 2½ 2301 10 
 Gregor Mainka (Germany)2357 0 1 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 1 Does not appear 2½ 2301 
2001
- 29th Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting (July 12 – 22, 2001)[3]
 
29th Sparkassen Chess-Meeting, 12–22 July 2001, Dortmund, Germany, Category XXI (2755) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 Points 
TPR1 
 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)2802 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 6½ 2855 2 
 Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria)2711 0 ½ Does not appear ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 6½ 2873 3 
 Peter Leko (Hungary)2730 ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 5½ 2796 4 
 Alexander Morozevich (Russia)2749 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ Does not appear 1 1 ½ 1 5 2756 5 
 Michael Adams (England)2744 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 Does not appear ½ ½ 3½ 2647 6 
 Viswanathan Anand (India)2794 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ Does not appear 3 2598 
 IM Arkadij Naiditsch (2524) defeated 
 IM Almira Skripchenko-Lautier (2494) in Dortmund Sparkassen Match with the score 7:3.
The Dortmund Sparkassen Man-Machine Match between 
 GM Robert Hübner (2612) and Deep Fritz ended in a draw with the score 3:3 (all the games were drawn).
2002
- 30th Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting (July 6 – 21, 2002)[4]
 
Candidates Tournament
The main event was a Candidates Tournament to determine a challenger for Vladimir Kramnik's Einstein Group World Chess title.
30th Sparkassen Chess, Group 1, 6–11 July 2002, Dortmund, Cat. XIX (2701)[5] Player Rating 1 2 3 4 Points TB 
TPR1 
 Alexei Shirov (Spain)2697 Does not appear ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 4 1½ 2826 2 
 Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria)2745 ½ ½ Does not appear 1 ½ 1 ½ 4 ½ 2810 3 
 Boris Gelfand (Israel)2710 ½ 0 0 ½ Does not appear 1 ½ 2½ 2640 4 
 Christopher Lutz (Germany)2650 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ Does not appear 1½ 2524 
Group 1 first place playoff, 12 July 2002, Dortmund, Germany Player Rating 1 2 Points Place 
TPR
 Alexei Shirov (Spain)2697 ½ 1 
1½1 2938 
 Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria)2745 ½ 0 ½ 2 2504 
30th Sparkassen Chess, Group 2, 6–11 July 2002, Dortmund, Cat. XX (2728) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 Points 
TPR1 
 Evgeny Bareev (Russia)2726 Does not appear 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 4 2853 2 
 Peter Leko (Hungary)2717 0 1 Does not appear ½ 1 ½ ½ 3½ 2788 3 
 Michael Adams (England)2752 ½ ½ ½ 0 Does not appear ½ ½ 2½ 2662 4 
 Alexander Morozevich (Russia)2716 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear 2 2606 
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Side events
 IM Tigran Nalbandian (2458) won Dortmund Open Swiss-system tournament with the score 9/11.
The match between 
 GM Arkadij Naiditsch (2581) and 
 GM Jan Timman (2623) ended in a draw with the score 4:4.
 David Baramidze (2351) defeated 
 IM Alisa Marić (2470) in Dortmund Sparkassen Match with the score 4½:3½.
2003
- 31st Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting (July 31 – August 10, 2003)[6]
 
 GM Victor Bologan qualified as the winner of Aeroflot Open 2003.
31st Sparkassen Chess-Meeting, 31 July – 10 August 2003, Dortmund, Category XVIII (2695) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 Points 
TPR1 
 Victor Bologan (Moldova)2650 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 6½ 2814 2 
 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)2785 ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 5½ 2713 3 
 Viswanathan Anand (India)2774 0 1 ½ ½ Does not appear 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 5½ 2715 4 
 Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan)2648 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ Does not appear ½ ½ 0 1 5 2704 5 
 Peter Leko (Hungary)2739 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ 4 2614 6 
 Arkadij Naiditsch (Germany)2574 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ Does not appear 3½ 2609 
 IM Yuri Boidman (2407) won Dortmund Open A Swiss-system tournament with the score 8/9 and performance rating 2616.
 GM Vladimir Belikov (2499) defeated 
 IM David Baramidze (2470) in Dortmund Match with the score 6:4.
2004
- 32nd Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting (July 22 – August 1, 2004)[7]
 
 GM Sergei Rublevsky qualified as the winner of Aeroflot Open 2004.
Preliminaries
32nd Sparkassen Chess, Group A, 22–27 July 2004, Dortmund, Cat. XVIII (2692) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 Points 
TPR1 
 Viswanathan Anand (India)2782 Does not appear 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 4 2787 2 
 Peter Svidler (Russia)2727 0 ½ Does not appear 1 1 ½ ½ 3½ 2737 3 
 Arkadij Naiditsch (Germany)2574 ½ ½ 0 0 Does not appear ½ 1 2½ 2674 4 
 Sergei Rublevsky (Russia)2686 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 Does not appear 2 2569 
32nd Sparkassen Chess, Group B, 22–27 July 2004, Dortmund, Cat. XVIII (2691) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 Points TB 
TPR1 
 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)2770 Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 3 4 2665 2 
 Peter Leko (Hungary)2741 ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ 3 3½ 2674 3 
 Victor Bologan (Moldova)2663 ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ 3 2½ 2700 4 
 Sergey Karjakin (Ukraine)2591 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear 3 2 2724 
Group B Rapid playoff, 27 July 2004, Dortmund, Cat. XVIII (2691) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 Points 
TPR1 
 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)2770 Does not appear ½ ½ 1 1 1 0 4 2790 2 
 Peter Leko (Hungary)2741 ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ 1 ½ 3½ 2731 3 
 Victor Bologan (Moldova)2663 0 0 ½ ½ Does not appear 1 ½ 2½ 2643 4 
 Sergey Karjakin (Ukraine)2591 0 1 0 ½ 0 ½ Does not appear 2 2599 
Knockout
|   | Semifinals |   |   | Final | ||||
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|   | 2B | 2 |   |   | ||||
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|   | 2A | 3 |   |   | ||||
|   | 1B | 5  |   | Third place | ||||
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|   | 3B | 1 |   | Playoffs 7th-8th | ||||
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Final standings Place Player 
Rating1 
 Viswanathan Anand (India)2782 2 
 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)2770 3 
 Peter Svidler (Russia)2727 4 
 Peter Leko (Hungary)2741 5 
 Arkadij Naiditsch (Germany)2574 6 
 Sergei Rublevsky (Russia)2686 7 
 Victor Bologan (Moldova)2663 8 
 Sergey Karjakin (Ukraine)2591 
2005
- 33rd Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting (July 8 – 17, 2005)
 
 GM Emil Sutovsky qualified as the winner of Aeroflot Open 2005.
33rd Sparkassen Chess-Meeting, 8–17 July 2005, Dortmund, Germany, Category XIX (2709) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points 
TPR1 
 Arkadij Naiditsch (Germany)2612 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 5½ 2800 2 
 Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria)2788 1 Does not appear ½ ½ 1 0 0 1 ½ ½ 5 2743 3 
 Étienne Bacrot (France)2729 ½ ½ Does not appear ½ 0 1 1 ½ 1 0 5 2750 4 
 Peter Svidler (Russia)2738 ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 5 2749 5 
 Loek van Wely (Netherlands)2655 ½ 0 1 ½ Does not appear ½ 1 0 1 ½ 5 2758 6 
 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)2744 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ 0 1 4½ 2705 7 
 Michael Adams (England)2719 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 ½ Does not appear ½ ½ 1 4½ 2708 8 
 Peter Leko (Hungary)2763 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ Does not appear ½ 1 4 2660 9 
 Emil Sutovsky (Israel)2674 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ Does not appear ½ 3½ 2633 10 
 Peter Heine Nielsen (Denmark)2668 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ Does not appear 3 2589 
2006
- 34th Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting (July 29 – August 6, 2006)
 
 GM Baadur Jobava qualified as the winner of Aeroflot Open 2006.
34th Sparkassen Chess-Meeting, 29 July – 6 August 2006, Dortmund, Category XIX (2720) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Points SB 
TPR1 
 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)2743 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 4½ 14.50 2819 2 
 Peter Svidler (Russia)2742 ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 4½ 13.50 2819 3 
 Michael Adams (England)2732 ½ ½ Does not appear ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 4 14.00 2768 4 
 Peter Leko (Hungary)2738 0 ½ ½ Does not appear ½ 1 1 ½ 4 12.50 2768 5 
 Boris Gelfand (Israel)2729 ½ ½ 0 ½ Does not appear ½ 1 1 4 11.75 2769 6 
 Arkadij Naiditsch (Germany)2665 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ Does not appear ½ 1 3½ 11.00 2728 7 
 Levon Aronian (Armenia)2761 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ Does not appear ½ 2½ 6.75 2612 8 
 Baadur Jobava (Georgia)2651 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ Does not appear 2 5.00 2572 
2007
- 35th Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting (June 23 – July 1, 2007)
 
 GM Evgeny Alekseev qualified as the winner of Aeroflot Open 2007.
35th Sparkassen Chess-Meeting, 23 June – 1 July 2007, Dortmund, Category XX (2727) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Points 
TPR1 
 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)2772 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 5 2878 2 
 Evgeny Alekseev (Russia)2679 ½ Does not appear ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 4 2783 3 
 Peter Leko (Hungary)2738 ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 4 2775 4 
 Viswanathan Anand (India)2786 ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ 1 4 2768 5 
 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan)2757 ½ 0 ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ 1 3½ 2722 6 
 Magnus Carlsen (Norway)2693 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ 3 2681 7 
 Boris Gelfand (Israel)2733 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ 2½ 2624 8 
 Arkadij Naiditsch (Germany)2654 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ Does not appear 2 2579 
2008
- 36th Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting (June 28 – July 6, 2008)
 
 GM Ian Nepomniachtchi qualified as the winner of Aeroflot Open 2008.
36th Sparkassen Chess-Meeting, 28 June – 6 July 2008, Dortmund, Category XVIII (2694) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Points 
TPR1 
 Peter Leko (Hungary)2741 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 4½ 2790 2 
 Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine)2740 0 Does not appear ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 4 2738 3 
 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan)2752 ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 4 2736 4 
 Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia)2634 ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ 1 4 2753 5 
 Jan Gustafsson (Germany)2603 0 ½ ½ ½ Does not appear 1 ½ 1 4 2758 6 
 Arkadij Naiditsch (Germany)2624 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 Does not appear 1 1 3½ 2705 7 
 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)2788 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 Does not appear 1 3 2631 8 
 Loek van Wely (Netherlands)2677 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 0 Does not appear 1 2388 
2009
- 37th Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting (July 2 – 12, 2009)
 
 GM Étienne Bacrot qualified as the winner of Aeroflot Open 2009.
37th Sparkassen Chess-Meeting, 2–12 July 2009, Dortmund, Germany, Category XX (2744) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 Points 
TPR1 
 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)2759 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 6½ 2851 2 
 Peter Leko (Hungary)2756 ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 5½ 2778 3 
 Magnus Carlsen (Norway)2772 ½ 0 ½ ½ Does not appear 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 5½ 2775 4 
 Dmitry Jakovenko (Russia)2760 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ Does not appear ½ 1 1 ½ 5½ 2777 5 
 Étienne Bacrot (France)2721 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 Does not appear ½ ½ 4 2677 6 
 Arkadij Naiditsch (Germany)2697 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ Does not appear 3 2605 
2010
- 38th Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting (July 15–25, 2010)
 
 GM Lê Quang Liêm qualified as the winner of Aeroflot Open 2010.
38th Sparkassen Chess-Meeting, 15–25 July 2010, Dortmund, Germany, Category XX (2731) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 Points SB 
TPR1 
 Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukraine)2734 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 6½ 2840 2 
 Lê Quang Liêm (Vietnam)2681 1 ½ Does not appear ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 5½ 2777 3 
 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)2790 0 ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ 1 1 0 ½ ½ 5 24.25 2719 4 
 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan)2761 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 Does not appear 1 0 ½ 1 5 24.00 2725 5 
 Arkadij Naiditsch (Germany)2684 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 1 Does not appear ½ 0 4 20.75 2668 6 
 Peter Leko (Hungary)2734 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 Does not appear 4 19.50 2658 
2011
- 39th Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting (July 21 – 31, 2011)
 
 GM Lê Quang Liêm qualified as the winner of Aeroflot Open 2011.
39th Sparkassen Chess-Meeting, 21–31 July 2011, Dortmund, Germany, Category XX (2731) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 Points SB Wins 
TPR1 
 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)2781 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 0 1 1 7 31.00 5 2870 2 
 Lê Quang Liêm (Vietnam)2715 ½ ½ Does not appear 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 5½ 27.00 1 2770 3 
 Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukraine)2764 0 ½ 0 ½ Does not appear 1 0 1 1 ½ ½ 5 23.25 3 2761 4 
 Anish Giri (Netherlands)2701 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 Does not appear ½ ½ 1 ½ 5 23.00 2 2737 5 
 Hikaru Nakamura (United States)2770 0 1 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ Does not appear ½ 1 4½ 22.00 2 2687 6 
 Georg Meier (Germany)2656 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 Does not appear 3 15.25 0 2597 
2012
- 40th Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting (July 13 – 22, 2012)
 
 GM Mateusz Bartel qualified as the winner of Aeroflot Open 2012.
40th Sparkassen Chess-Meeting, 13–22 July 2012, Dortmund, Germany, Category XIX (2711) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points Black Wins SB 
TPR1 
 Fabiano Caruana (Italy)2775 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 6 4 4 23.00 2829 2 
 Sergey Karjakin (Russia)2779 ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 6 4 3 23.00 2829 3 
 Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukraine)2726 1 ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 5½ 5 3 24.50 2789 4 
 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)2799 0 ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 5 5 3 20.50 2744 5 
 Arkadij Naiditsch (Germany)2700 ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ 1 1 5 5 2 21.50 2755 6 
 Peter Leko (Hungary)2730 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ 1 1 5 4 2 21.50 2752 7 
 Georg Meier (Germany)2644 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ Does not appear ½ 1 ½ 4 4 1 16.00 2676 8 
 Daniel Fridman (Germany)2655 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ 3½ 4 0 14.75 2637 9 
 Mateusz Bartel (Poland)2674 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 ½ Does not appear ½ 2 5 1 8.00 2495 10 
 Jan Gustafsson (Germany)2629 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ Does not appear 1½ 5 0 4.75 2447 
2013
- 41st Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting (July 26 – August 4, 2013)
 
41st Sparkassen Chess-Meeting, 26 July – 4 August 2013, Dortmund, Category XIX (2709) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points Wins 
TPR1 
 Michael Adams (England)2740 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 7 5 2925 2 
 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)2784 ½ Does not appear 1 ½ 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 6½ 5 2866 3 
 Peter Leko (Hungary)2737 ½ 0 Does not appear 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 4½ 1 2705 4 
 Arkadij Naiditsch (Germany)2710 0 ½ 0 Does not appear 1 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 4½ 3 2708 5 
 Dmitry Andreikin (Russia)2727 0 1 ½ 0 Does not appear ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 4 2 2664 6 
 Georg Meier (Germany)2610 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ Does not appear ½ 0 ½ ½ 4 1 2677 7 
 Fabiano Caruana (Italy)2796 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ Does not appear 0 ½ 1 4 2 2656 8 
 Wang Hao (China)2752 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 Does not appear 0 1 4 3 2661 9 
 Igor Khenkin (Germany)2605 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 Does not appear ½ 3½ 1 2640 10 
 Daniel Fridman (Germany)2629 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ Does not appear 3 0 2592 
2014
- 42nd Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting (July 12 – 20, 2014)
 
The 42nd Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting took place between July 12 and July 20th, 2014, in the "Orchesterzentrum NRW" in Dortmund, Germany. The eight-player round-robin tournament consisted of 7 games of Classical Chess. The field was led by Vladimir Kramnik, Fabiano Caruana, and Michael Adams. Players received 100 minutes for 40 moves, then an additional 50 minutes for 20 additional moves, and finally 15 minutes for the rest of the game plus 30 seconds per move starting from move one.
42nd Sparkassen Chess-Meeting, 12–20 July 2014, Dortmund, Germany, Category XIX (2715) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Points Wins 
TPR1 
 Fabiano Caruana (Italy)2789 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 5½ 5 2934 2 
 Peter Leko (Hungary)2737 ½ Does not appear ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 4 3 2762 3 
 Georg Meier (Germany)2632 0 ½ Does not appear 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 4 2 2777 4 
 Arkadij Naiditsch (Germany)2705 ½ 0 0 Does not appear ½ 1 ½ 1 3½ 3 2716 5 
 Michael Adams (England)2743 0 ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ 1 3½ 1 2711 6 
 Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukraine)2723 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ Does not appear 1 ½ 3 1 2664 7 
 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)2777 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 Does not appear ½ 2½ 0 2604 8 
 David Baramidze (Germany)2616 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ Does not appear 2 0 2571 
2015
- 43rd Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting (June 27 – July 5, 2015)
 
The 43rd Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting took place between June 27 to July 5 in the "Orchesterzentrum NRW" in Dortmund, Germany. The eight-player round-robin tournament consisted of 7 games of Classical Chess. The field was led by Vladimir Kramnik, Fabiano Caruana, and Wesley So. Players received 100 minutes for 40 moves, then an additional 50 minutes for 20 additional moves, and finally 15 minutes for the rest of the game plus 30 seconds per move starting from move one.
The tournament was also the final Dortmund appearance for Arkadij Naiditsch before his transfer to the Azerbaijan Chess Federation.
 GM Ian Nepomniachtchi qualified as the winner of Aeroflot Open 2015.
43rd Sparkassen Chess-Meeting, 27 June – 5 July 2015, Dortmund, Category XIX (2724) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Points Black 
TPR1 
 Fabiano Caruana (United States)2805 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 5½ 2942 2 
 Wesley So (United States)2778 1 Does not appear 0 1 0 1 ½ ½ 4 4 2766 3 
 Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (Germany)2654 0 1 Does not appear ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 4 3 2784 4 
 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)2783 0 0 ½ Does not appear 0 1 1 1 3½ 2715 5 
 Arkadij Naiditsch (Germany)2722 0 1 0 1 Does not appear 0 ½ ½ 3 4 2674 6 
 Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia)2720 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 Does not appear ½ ½ 3 3 2674 7 
 Hou Yifan (China)2676 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ Does not appear ½ 2½ 4 2628 8 
 Georg Meier (Germany)2654 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ Does not appear 2½ 3 2632 
2016
- 44th Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting (July 9 – 17, 2016)
 
The 44th Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting took place between July 9th to 17th in the "Orchesterzentrum NRW" in Dortmund, Germany. The eight-player round-robin tournament consisted of 7 games of Classical Chess. The field was led by Vladimir Kramnik, Fabiano Caruana, and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. Players received 100 minutes for 40 moves, then 50 minutes for 20 additional moves, then 15 minutes for the rest of the game plus 30 seconds per move starting from move one.
 GM Evgeniy Najer qualified as the winner of Aeroflot Open 2016.
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave won the tournament on July 16th with 1 game to spare. This was his first Dortmund tournament victory.
44th Sparkassen Chess-Meeting, 9–17 July 2016, Dortmund, Germany, Category XX (2732) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Points Black Wins 
TPR1 
 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)2798 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 5½ 2954 2 
 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)2812 ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 4 4 2771 3 
 Fabiano Caruana (United States)2810 0 ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ 1 1 4 3 2 2771 4 
 Leinier Domínguez (Cuba)2713 ½ ½ ½ Does not appear 1 ½ ½ ½ 4 3 1 2786 5 
 Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukraine)2706 0 ½ ½ 0 Does not appear ½ 1 1 3½ 4 2735 6 
 Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (Germany)2674 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ 3½ 3 2740 7 
 Evgeniy Najer (Russia)2687 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ Does not appear 1 2 2574 8 
 Rainer Buhmann (Germany)2653 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 Does not appear 1½ 2512 
2017
- 45th Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting (July 15 – 23, 2017)
 
 GM Vladimir Fedoseev qualified as the winner of Aeroflot Open 2017.
45th Sparkassen Chess-Meeting, 15–23 July 2017, Dortmund, Germany, Category XIX (2725) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Points Black Wins SB 
TPR1 
 Radosław Wojtaszek (Poland)2736 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 4½ 4 2 14.75 2826 2 
 Vladimir Fedoseev (Russia)2726 ½ Does not appear ½ 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 4 4 2 13.75 2775 3 
 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)2791 ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 4 3 1 13.50 2766 4 
 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)2812 ½ 0 ½ Does not appear 1 ½ ½ ½ 3½ 3 1 11.75 2713 5 
 Matthias Blübaum (Germany)2642 ½ 1 ½ 0 Does not appear ½ 0 ½ 3 4 1 11.25 2687 6 
 Dmitry Andreikin (Russia)2712 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ 3 4 0 10.50 2677 7 
 Wang Yue (China)2699 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ Does not appear ½ 3 3 1 9.75 2679 8 
 Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (Germany)2683 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear 3 3 0 10.25 2681 
2018
- 46th Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting (July 14 – 22, 2018)
 
 GM Vladislav Kovalev qualified as the winner of Aeroflot Open 2018.
46th Sparkassen Chess-Meeting, 14–22 July 2018, Dortmund, Germany, Category XIX (2720) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Points Black Wins SB 
TPR1 
 Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia)2757 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 5 3 3 15.50 2873 2 
 Anish Giri (Netherlands)2782 ½ Does not appear 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 4 4 2 12.25 2761 3 
 Vladislav Kovalev (Belarus)2655 ½ 1 Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 4 4 1 14.00 2778 4 
 Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Poland)2737 ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ 0 1 1 4 3 2 12.75 2776 5 
 Georg Meier (Germany)2638 0 ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ 1 3½ 4 1 10.50 2732 6 
 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)2792 0 0 ½ 1 ½ Does not appear ½ ½ 3 3 1 10.00 2668 7 
 Radosław Wojtaszek (Poland)2733 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ Does not appear ½ 3 3 0 10.50 2660 8 
 Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (Germany)2672 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ Does not appear 1½ 4 0 5.00 2501 
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