15 July 2018

First Round of Sparkassen Chess-Meeting Played in Dortmund

All games drawn.

Photo: Tournament's Facebook page
Photo: Tournament's Facebook page

A traditional super tournament Sparkassen Chess-Meeting has started in Dortmund. One of the participants, the Russian Ian Nepomniachtchi, celebrates his birthday on July 14th. Our congratulations! 

The first round games Wojtaszek - Meier, Kramnik - Nisipeanu, Duda - Kovalev, and Nepomniachtchi - Giri were drawn.



Round 2 pairings:

Meier - Giri, Kovalev - Nepomniachtchi, Nisipeanu - Duda, Wojtaszek - Kramnik.

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