4 wins, 3 draws, 0 losses - this is the strong record of WGM Dinara Wagner in the Sportland NRW Cup so far. After 7 rounds she has already reached the required 5 points for an IM norm.
In the NC World Masters of the 50th International Dortmund Chess Days, German participant Dmitrij Kollars faced world no. 3 Fabiano Caruana. Kollars played a fantastic game with Black, and had a dangerous passed pawn on c2.
In the morning, Pola Seemann played with Black against her closest rival Dr. Burkhard Behle from SV Eichlinghofen. The game ended in a draw, which did not change the situation at the top of the table.
On the second board of the A-Open of the 50th International Dortmund Chess Days on Wednesday there was thea match between the current German number 2 and 3: Alexander Donchenko had White against last year's European Champion Matthias Blübaum.