Category 20 Grand Masters’ Tournament – Sparkassen Open World Class Players Compete for the Dortmund Chess Crown
From 23rd June to 1st July 2007 chess will once again reign in the Dortmund theatre. At this year’s Sparkassen Chess Meeting eight grandmasters will compete for the Dortmund title on the stage of the Civic Theatre.
This year’s tournament will be even more prestigious than last year: with 2727 the event will have a rating of Category 20. The eight grandmasters for the 35th International Dortmund Chess Days come from seven different countries, three of the grandmasters will compete in the Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting for the first time.
The field includes:
– Anand
– Kramnik
– Madmedyarov
– Leko
– Gelfand
– Naiditsch
– Carlsen
– Alekseev
Here is the official website.
Who do you pick to win this event?
Anand will rule!
I think it will be between Kramnik and Anand.
So many great events at Once. The Legends tournament, Gorenje Tournament, and now the Dortmund event. It is great to have so many nice events to watch.
I am going to say that Alekseev will have a suprisingly good result.
I’m betting Madmedyarov.
However, If Anand or Kramnik win this one, It means they will win mexico also.
Does anyoen know the prize distribution? How much does the winner get?
Anand – Kramnik – Leko: They will purposely not play their best opening moves. Instead they will keep their best new opening surprises secret until the Mexico 2007 tournament.
This is a sad aspect of traditional chess (players having good reason to try less than their hardest).
This phenomenon might help Madmedyarov or Gelfand win this Dortmund.
GeneM
Not so long ago, people here were very convinced about Carlsen. How come that so far nobody has mentioned him as a candidate to win this tournament?
But this might become Madmedyarov’s tournament.
@GeneM – i’m afraid Boris will keep his secrets, too. So Naiditsch will have an other real shot…
maybe … 🙂
Krammnik or Anand, with Carlsen as the wild card
Dont forget Magnus!He played an even match against Aronian who is probably the worlds 3d best player at the moment,and got second place in Linares.
Dont forget Magnus!He played an even match against Aronian who is probably the worlds 3d best player at the moment,and got second place in Linares.
Hi,
You have forgotten about Carlsen.
He will be on the top. His match against Aronian has shown that he is the high class player. Comparable to my favourable RJF.
Regards
Pony.
Naiditsch
Anand will win!
Kramnik is a favorite, but I think it will be tough for him to get past Anand.
I am very pleased that Mamedyarov will be participating in this event, especially since he never even made it to the candidates’ matches. This will be a great chance for him to show the chess world what he is made of. I am confident that he will place in this event.
Alekseev and Naiditsch are the obvious dark horses, hopefully they will make respectable scores.
Carlsen is a huge talent and I look forward to seeing him come out swinging in this event. Go Magnus!
By the way, where the heck is Aronian??
With Mexico so close, I don’t expect Anand, Kramnik, Leko and Gelfand to have much motivation to try hard to win. They will be keeping their powder dry and just using this as practice.
Expect very many draws from Kramnik, Leko and Gelfand. Anand might try a bit harder to pick off any weak play, and is thus a possibility for first.
Some people have been raving about Mamedyarov in the past year or so, but he didn’t particularly impress at M-Tel.
Carlsen has continued to impress, however, and as long as he is not suffering disappointment from the loss to Aronian, I pick him as the best bet.
Carlsen may have an additional incentive to impress:
If Topalov is granted a ninth place at Mexico, this will leave a bye. So might as well have a tenth. If so, I think Carlsen deserves a second chance at qualifying, and a win here would make this quite clear. It was quite unfair for him to have to face Aronian based on two-years-old ratings. If he had been in Gelfand’s or Grischuk’s groups he would very likely already have qualified for Mexico.
Go Magnus.