In the Sportland NRW Women´s Cup a Grandmaster norm is no longer possible, but in the Sportland NRW Youth Cup an IM norm for Artem Lutsko is within reach.

The two games in the NC World Masters of the 49th International Dortmund Chess Days on Saturday were Daniel Fridman against Viswanathan Anand and Michael Adams against Dmitrij Kollars.

There were two impressive victories in the Grandmaster Tournament on Saturday on the stage in the Gold Hall of the Congress Centre of the Westfalenhallen Dortmund.

Artem Dyachuk was under pressure on the first board of the Sparkassen Open B today, but eventually held his game against his compatriot Bohdan Lobkin to a draw in the queen's endgame.