Photo by Dagobert Kohlmeyer
Today is the beginning of the Dortmund super tournament. The Dortmunder Sparkassen Chess event is taking place at the State Theatre (Schauspielhaus) in Dortmund, Germany, from July 29th to August 6, 2006.
The format is a single round robin tournament with eight players. The average ELO is 2720 and which makes it a category 19 event.
Here are the results of round 1:
Adams – Aronian 1/2
Jobava – Svidler 0-1
Leko – Naiditsch 1-0
Gelfand – Kramnik 1/2
There is also a match between German’s top female player IM Elizabeth Pahtz (Women’s World Chess Cup Runner Up) and American Star IM Irina Krush. The first game is a draw.
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Svidler will win this tournament.
I am hoping Kramnik wins and continues to regain his form. Watch out Topalov!
Go Krush!
Gotta root for Irina. 🙂
BTW, the link to the photo seems broken. Clicking it gives a 404 error.