Pola Seemann had to play with Black against the strong youngster Oleksandr Kasapchuk from Schachfreunde Brackel in the B-Open today. She was able to continue her winning streak and now stands at 6 out of 6! Among the pursuers, only Dr. Burkhard Behle was able to score full points, so that he is only half a point behind with 5.5 points. Tomorrow he has the chance to challenge the leading Polish girl with White.

Among the 569 participating players there are numerous small and big stories. One of them took place yesterday on board 21. Filipa Pipiras played with White against the big favourite GM Gata Kamsky. Kamsky tried for a long time, but Pipiras held the game to a draw and achieved a special success. She is the first woman from Portugal to reach the 2300 Elo mark and can claim the Fidemeister title. Congratulations!

50th International Dortmund Chess Days with many decided games

After his defeat in a spectacular game in the second round, Vladimir Kramnik came back in the third game with a brilliant positional performance.

The B-Open of the Sparkassen Chess Trophy now has a sole leader: Pola Seemann (photo) won on the third board against Henri Berlet. The Polish player is only 14 years old and has won all 5 games so far.