Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting

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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]

List of winners

#	Year	Winner
(1)	1928	Sämisch, FritzFritz Sämisch
(2)	1951	O'Kelly de Galway, AlbéricAlbéric O'Kelly de Galway
(3)	1961	Taimanov, MarkMark Taimanov
1	1973	Westerinen, HeikkiHeikki Westerinen
2	1974	Szabó, LászlóLászló Szabó
3	1975	Westerinen, HeikkiHeikki Westerinen
4	1976	Romanishin, OlegOleg Romanishin
5	1977	Smejkal, JanJan Smejkal
6	1978	Andersson, UlfUlf Andersson
7	1979	Giorgadze, TamazTamaz Giorgadze
8	1980	Keene, RaymondRaymond Keene
9	1981	Kuzmin, GennadyGennady Kuzmin
10	1982	Hort, VlastimilVlastimil Hort
11	1983	Suba, MihaiMihai Suba
12	1984	Gruenfeld, YehudaYehuda Gruenfeld
13	1985	Razuvayev, YuriYuri Razuvayev
14	1986	Ribli, ZoltánZoltán Ribli
15	1987	Balashov, YuriYuri Balashov
16	1988	Lputian, SmbatSmbat Lputian
17	1989	Geller, EfimEfim Geller
18	1990	Chernin, AlexanderAlexander Chernin
19	1991	Štohl, IgorIgor Štohl
20	1992	Kasparov, GarryGarry Kasparov
21	1993	Karpov, AnatolyAnatoly Karpov
22	1994	Piket, JeroenJeroen Piket
23	1995	Kramnik, VladimirVladimir Kramnik
24	1996	Kramnik, VladimirVladimir Kramnik and Anand, ViswanathanViswanathan Anand
25	1997	Kramnik, VladimirVladimir Kramnik
26	1998	Kramnik, VladimirVladimir Kramnik, Adams, MichaelMichael Adams and Svidler, PeterPeter Svidler
27	1999	Lékó, PéterPéter Lékó
28	2000	Kramnik, VladimirVladimir Kramnik and Anand, ViswanathanViswanathan Anand
29	2001	Kramnik, VladimirVladimir Kramnik and Topalov, VeselinVeselin Topalov
30	2002	Lékó, PéterPéter Lékó
31	2003	Bologan, ViktorViktor Bologan
32	2004	Anand, ViswanathanViswanathan Anand
33	2005	Naiditsch, ArkadijArkadij Naiditsch
34	2006	Kramnik, VladimirVladimir Kramnik and Svidler, PeterPeter Svidler
35	2007	Kramnik, VladimirVladimir Kramnik
36	2008	Lékó, PéterPéter Lékó
37	2009	Kramnik, VladimirVladimir Kramnik
38	2010	Ponomariov, RuslanRuslan Ponomariov
39	2011	Kramnik, VladimirVladimir Kramnik
40	2012	Caruana, FabianoFabiano Caruana and Karjakin, SergeySergey Karjakin
41	2013	Adams, MichaelMichael Adams
42	2014	Caruana, FabianoFabiano Caruana
43	2015	Caruana, FabianoFabiano Caruana

References

1. "Kramnik and Anand to clash in Dortmund". ChessBase. 2003-06-30. Retrieved 22 March 2016.

• Winners list and Reports since 1973 by Gerhard Hund (German)

External links

• DORTMUND SPARKASSEN CHESS MEETING 2005
• The Games of Dortmund Sparkassen 2005
• Sparkassen Chess Meeting 2007
• 2008 edition from TWIC