He has been a regular player at SC Viernheim in the German Bundesliga since 2016 and won the German team championship for the first time this year. GM Anton Korobov is using the summer break for the Sparkassen Chess Trophy 2024, where he will take part in the Open with the total prize money of €20,000!
The grandmaster has been an active member of the Ukrainian national team since 2013. The popular chess professional has celebrated many tournament successes - he has been Ukrainian individual champion several times, won the major Czech Open in Pardubice twice in a row and became European blitz chess champion in 2013. His most recent appearance was at the TePe Sigeman & Co tournament in Malmö, where he played strongly for a long time and only missed out on a possible tournament victory by losing in the last round.
Korobov has clearly exceeded the 2700 rating at peak times - he currently stands at 2651, making him one of the favourites for the A-Open of the Dortmund International Chess Days 2024.
The A-Open will once again offer up-and-coming and ambitious players excellent opportunities to play for popular title norms. Early registration is recommended to secure one of the maximum 200 starting places.
Photo: Anton Korobov 2023, by Stefan64