7 points from 7 games! The young Ukrainian Artem Dyachuk is one point ahead of three pursuers after seven rounds.

What an opening from the World Champion! Perfectly prepared he went into the game against Daniel Fridman in the NC World Masters. He took a close look at the Bochum player's opening game against Michael Adams and improved with 6.Ke2.

On Thursday there was only one match on stage in the Gold Hall: the two winners from the previous day Dmitrij Kollars and Viswanathan Anand met in the NC World Masters.

The new head of the Dortmund Congress Tim Renzing opened the third round in the NC World Masters of the Sparkassen Chess Trophy 2022 on Wednesday, which was a good omen for the white player Viswanathan Anand.