After three rounds played at the B-Open, the field of participants has sorted itself out somewhat, as expected: the favourites have not shown any weakness so far – in many top pairings, the higher Elo rating prevailed.

With a symbolic first move on the top board of the German duel between Dinara Wagner and Elisabeth Pähtz, Mayor Norbert Schilff officially opened the International Women's Tournament on Saturday as part of the Sparkassen Chess Trophy in Dortmund.

Tomorrow, Tuesday, there will be an extensive collaboration and a special event at the German Football Museum. All the information at a glance:

After the first two rounds of the B Open at the International Dortmund Chess Days, 31 players still have a clean slate – including top seed Tim Geist and defending champion Oleksandr Kasapchuk.