Chess world looks forward to exciting games in Dortmund 2021
The fields of participants for the three events of the Sparkassen Chess Trophy 2021 are fixed and we reported. The draw of the lots has now taken place, this year only as an online draw due to the pandemic. This has the advantage that the draw was completely recorded and can be found here:
In the first No Castling Match, Vishy Anand will start the first game with White and it is of particular suspense how both sides will open this match on 14 July.
Furthermore, the complete pairings for the NC World Masters, the Deutschland Grand Prix and the Sportland NRW Cup can now be found on the respective tournament page.