Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting
Encyclopedia
The Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting is an elite chess
tournament held every summer in Dortmund
, Germany
.
Dortmund is an invite-only event, and only the strongest grandmasters are invited. The exception is that one slot at Dortmund is awarded to the winner of the annual Aeroflot Open in Moscow
, a tournament that anyone with an Elo of at least 2550 is welcome to enter.
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.
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
tournament held every summer in Dortmund
Dortmund
Dortmund is a city in Germany. It is located in the Bundesland of North Rhine-Westphalia, in the Ruhr area. Its population of 585,045 makes it the 7th largest city in Germany and the 34th largest in the European Union....
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
.
Dortmund is an invite-only event, and only the strongest grandmasters are invited. The exception is that one slot at Dortmund is awarded to the winner of the annual Aeroflot Open in Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
, a tournament that anyone with an Elo of at least 2550 is welcome to enter.
The tournament is usually played in a round-robin
Round-robin tournament
A round-robin tournament is a competition "in which each contestant meets all other contestants in turn".-Terminology:...
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
Candidates Tournament
The Candidates Tournament is a chess tournament organized by the world chess federation FIDE since 1950, as the final contest to determine the challenger for the World Chess Championship...
for the Classical World Chess Championship 2004
Classical World Chess Championship 2004
The Classical World Chess Championship 2004 was held from September 25, 2004 - October 18, 2004 in Brissago, Switzerland. Vladimir Kramnik, the defending champion, played Peter Leko, the challenger, in a fourteen game match....
. Péter Lékó
Péter Lékó
On the way to winning the prestigious Corus chess tournament in 2005, Lékó defeated Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand with the black pieces. The moves were:...
won, defeating Veselin Topalov
Veselin Topalov
Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov is a Bulgarian chess grandmaster. He currently has the sixth highest rating in the world, and was the challenger facing world champion Viswanathan Anand in the World Chess Championship 2010, losing the match 6½–5½....
in the finals.
Past winners
| # | Year | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| (1) | 1928 | |
| (2) | 1951 | |
| (3) | 1961 | |
| 1 | 1973 | |
| 2 | 1974 | |
| 3 | 1975 | |
| 4 | 1976 | |
| 5 | 1977 | |
| 6 | 1978 | |
| 7 | 1979 | |
| 8 | 1980 | |
| 9 | 1981 | |
| 10 | 1982 | |
| 11 | 1983 | |
| 12 | 1984 | |
| 13 | 1985 | |
| 14 | 1986 | |
| 15 | 1987 | |
| 16 | 1988 | |
| 17 | 1989 | |
| 18 | 1990 | |
| 19 | 1991 | |
| 20 | 1992 | |
| 21 | 1993 | |
| 22 | 1994 | |
| 23 | 1995 | |
| 24 | 1996 | and |
| 25 | 1997 | |
| 26 | 1998 | and |
| 27 | 1999 | |
| 28 | 2000 | and |
| 29 | 2001 | and |
| 30 | 2002 | |
| 31 | 2003 | |
| 32 | 2004 | |
| 33 | 2005 | |
| 34 | 2006 | and |
| 35 | 2007 | |
| 36 | 2008 | |
| 37 | 2009 | |
| 38 | 2010 | |
| 39 | 2011 | |