16-year-old grandmaster makes his debut in Dortmund in 2021

Vincent Keymer is a household name on the German chess scene: International Master at the age of less than 13 in 2017, since then a regular player in the 1st Bundesliga for SF Deizisau. In 2019 Keymer won the open Grenke Chess Classic with an outstanding Elo performance of 2795 and has been able to call himself Grandmaster since February 2020. Now he is scratching the 2600 Elo mark, although the pandemic hardly lets him play rated games. All the more reason for him to look forward to finally meeting top national and international grandmasters at the chessboard again in the "Germany Grand Prix" in July.

Vincent Keymer 2019 | Picture: Georgios Souleidis

Matthias Blübaum takes part in the "Deutschland Grand Prix"

In the Germany Grand Prix of the Sparkassen Chess Trophy the German elite will duel with international grandmasters in Dortmund in July. Fittingly, Matthias Blübaum is the first participant. With a current FIDE Elo of 2670, Blübaum is the German number 1 and has known the Dortmund Chess Days since his childhood. We spoke with the 23-year-old. 

The press release for the Sparkassen Chess Trophy 2021 will be published soon.

Sparkassen Chess Trophy 2021

10. - 18. July 2021

A detailed tournament schedule will be published soon.