Dortmund Sparkassen Chess-Meeting 2012
The 2012 Sparkassen Chess-Meeting is set to take place on 13th-22nd July 2012, in Dortmund, Germany. Ten players will compete in the round robin tournament. The Week in Chess reports that the field has been completed.
Four out of five German national players that took the gold medal at the recent European Team Chess Championship will participate.
Players:
1. Kramnik Vladimir RUS 2801 (Dortmund 2011 winner)
2. Caruana Fabiano ITA 2767
3. Karjakin Sergey RUS 2766
4. Ponomariov Ruslan UKR 2727
5. Leko Peter HUN 2720
6. Naiditsch Arkadij GER 2702
7. Bartel Mateusz POL 2665 (winner of the 2012 Aeroflot Open)
8. Fridman Daniel GER 2653 (Reigning German champion)
9. Meier Georg GER 2647
10. Gustafsson Jan GER 2642
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Kramnik should clean up..
Go George!