Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting

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.
Events by year.
1990s.
1997.
 GM Romuald Mainka won Open A tournament with the result 7½ out of 9.
1999.
17-year-old won Open A Swiss-system tournament with the score 8/10.
2000s.
2001.
 IM Arkadij Naiditsch (2524) defeated IM Almira Skripchenko-Lautier (2494) in Dortmund Sparkassen Match with the score 7:3.
The Dortmund Sparkassen Man-Machine Match between GM Robert Hübner (2612) and Deep Fritz ended in a draw with the score 3:3 (all the games were drawn).
2002.
Candidates Tournament.
The main event was a Candidates Tournament to determine a challenger for Vladimir Kramnik's Einstein Group World Chess title.
Side events.
 IM (2458) won Dortmund Open Swiss-system tournament with the score 9/11.
The match between GM Arkadij Naiditsch (2581) and GM Jan Timman (2623) ended in a draw with the score 4:4.
 David Baramidze (2351) defeated IM Alisa Marić (2470) in Dortmund Sparkassen Match with the score 4½:3½.
2003.
 GM Victor Bologan qualified as the winner of Aeroflot Open 2003.
 IM (2407) won Dortmund Open A Swiss-system tournament with the score 8/9 and performance rating 2616.
 GM (2499) defeated IM David Baramidze (2470) in Dortmund Match with the score 6:4.
2004.
 GM Sergei Rublevsky qualified as the winner of Aeroflot Open 2004.
2005.
 GM Emil Sutovsky qualified as the winner of Aeroflot Open 2005.
2006.
 GM Baadur Jobava qualified as the winner of Aeroflot Open 2006.
2007.
 GM Evgeny Alekseev qualified as the winner of Aeroflot Open 2007.
2008.
 GM Ian Nepomniachtchi qualified as the winner of Aeroflot Open 2008.
2009.
 GM Étienne Bacrot qualified as the winner of Aeroflot Open 2009.
2010s.
2010.
 GM Lê Quang Liêm qualified as the winner of Aeroflot Open 2010.
2011.
 GM Lê Quang Liêm qualified as the winner of Aeroflot Open 2011.
2012.
 GM Mateusz Bartel qualified as the winner of Aeroflot Open 2012.
2014.
The 42nd Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting took place between July 12 and July 20th, 2014, in the "Orchesterzentrum NRW" in Dortmund, Germany. The eight-player round-robin tournament consisted of 7 games of Classical Chess. The field was led by Vladimir Kramnik, Fabiano Caruana, and Michael Adams. Players received 100 minutes for 40 moves, then an additional 50 minutes for 20 additional moves, and finally 15 minutes for the rest of the game plus 30 seconds per move starting from move one.
2015.
The 43rd Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting took place between June 27 to July 5 in the "Orchesterzentrum NRW" in Dortmund, Germany. The eight-player round-robin tournament consisted of 7 games of Classical Chess. The field was led by Vladimir Kramnik, Fabiano Caruana, and Wesley So. Players received 100 minutes for 40 moves, then an additional 50 minutes for 20 additional moves, and finally 15 minutes for the rest of the game plus 30 seconds per move starting from move one.
The tournament was also the final Dortmund appearance for Arkadij Naiditsch before his transfer to the Azerbaijan Chess Federation.
 GM Ian Nepomniachtchi qualified as the winner of Aeroflot Open 2015.
2016.
The 44th Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting took place between July 9th to 17th in the "Orchesterzentrum NRW" in Dortmund, Germany. The eight-player round-robin tournament consisted of 7 games of Classical Chess. The field was led by Vladimir Kramnik, Fabiano Caruana, and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. Players received 100 minutes for 40 moves, then 50 minutes for 20 additional moves, then 15 minutes for the rest of the game plus 30 seconds per move starting from move one.
 GM Evgeniy Najer qualified as the winner of Aeroflot Open 2016.
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave won the tournament on July 16th with 1 game to spare. This was his first Dortmund tournament victory.
2017.
 GM Vladimir Fedoseev qualified as the winner of Aeroflot Open 2017.
2018.
 GM Vladislav Kovalev qualified as the winner of Aeroflot Open 2018.
2019.
 GM Kaido Külaots qualified as the winner of Aeroflot Open 2019.
 FM Thomas Michalczak (2239) won Sparkassen Chess Meeting Open A swiss-system tournament with the score 7½/9 and performance rating 2533.