International Dortmund Chess Days 1992: Garry Kasparov, Vassily Ivanchuk and Dr. Robert Hübner are among the players in the grandmaster tournament. And in the very strong A-Open, an untitled player finishes in first place: 16-year-old Vladimir Kramnik.

The 50th anniversary of the Dortmund Chess Days promises extraordinary open tournaments: from 24 June to 2 July 2023, a world champion, the reigning European champion and numerous other renowned grandmasters have already registered for the Open. In the Gold Hall of the Westfalenhallen Congress Centre, the Sparkassen Chess Trophy will offer € 25,000 in prize money.

TBG - these 3 letters are nowadays linked with him in chess-Germany: IM Georgios Souleidis is probably the best-known German chess entertainer thanks to his successful video productions. He has a long history with Dortmund, as he was the press officer for the International Dortmund Chess Days for a long time.

She is a women grandmaster, a German national player, concentrates fully on her own chess and her chess students and has completed a degree in business mathematics on the side: WGM Josefine Heinemann will take part in the A-Open of the 50th Dortmund International Chess Days and hunt for norms there.