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, 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.

Past winners

# Year Winner
(1) 1928 Sämisch, FritzFritz Sämisch
(2) 1951 O'Kelly de Galway, AlbéricAlbéric O'Kelly de Galway
(3) 1961 Taimanov, MarkMark Taimanov
1 1973 Westerinen, HeikkiHeikki Westerinen
2 1974 Szabó (chess player), LászlóLászló Szabó (chess player)
3 1975 Westerinen, HeikkiHeikki Westerinen
4 1976 Romanishin, OlegOleg Romanishin
5 1977 Smejkal, JanJan Smejkal
6 1978 Andersson, UlfUlf Andersson
7 1979 Giorgadze, TamazTamaz Giorgadze
8 1980 Keene, RaymondRaymond Keene
9 1981 Kuzmin, GennadyGennady Kuzmin
10 1982 Hort, VlastimilVlastimil Hort
11 1983 Suba, MihaiMihai Suba
12 1984 Gruenfeld, YehudaYehuda Gruenfeld
13 1985 Razuvayev, YuriYuri Razuvayev
14 1986 Ribli, ZoltánZoltán Ribli
15 1987 Balashov, YuriYuri Balashov
16 1988 Lputian, SmbatSmbat Lputian
17 1989 Geller, EfimEfim Geller
18 1990 Chernin, AlexanderAlexander Chernin
19 1991 Stohl, IgorIgor Stohl
20 1992 Kasparov, GarryGarry Kasparov
21 1993 Karpov, AnatolyAnatoly Karpov
22 1994 Piket, JeroenJeroen Piket
23 1995 Kramnik, VladimirVladimir Kramnik
24 1996 Kramnik, VladimirVladimir Kramnik and Anand, ViswanathanViswanathan Anand
25 1997 Kramnik, VladimirVladimir Kramnik
26 1998 Kramnik, VladimirVladimir Kramnik Adams, MichaelMichael Adams and Svidler, PeterPeter Svidler
27 1999 Lékó, PéterPéter Lékó
28 2000 Kramnik, VladimirVladimir Kramnik and Anand, ViswanathanViswanathan Anand
29 2001 Kramnik, VladimirVladimir Kramnik and Topalov, VeselinVeselin Topalov
30 2002 Lékó, PéterPéter Lékó
31 2003 Bologan, ViktorViktor Bologan
32 2004 Anand, ViswanathanViswanathan Anand
33 2005 Naiditsch, ArkadijArkadij Naiditsch
34 2006 Kramnik, VladimirVladimir Kramnik and Svidler, PeterPeter Svidler
35 2007 Kramnik, VladimirVladimir Kramnik
36 2008 Lékó, PéterPéter Lékó
37 2009 Kramnik, VladimirVladimir Kramnik
38 2010 Ponomariov, RuslanRuslan Ponomariov
39 2011 Kramnik, VladimirVladimir Kramnik

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