Pola Seemann had been leading the B-Open of the Sparkassen Chess Trophy for several rounds. On Saturday she met Luuk de Man from the Netherlands. In a strong and almost flawless game of both players she gave perpetual check at the end.

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.