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The first day of the 51st International Dortmund Chess Days Festival saw the first round of the B-Open and A-Open. For the most part, the favourites prevailed, but there were also some initial surprises.
In the A-Open, GM Anton Korobov and GM Frederik Svane played the games on the stage in the Alte Schmiede cultural centre. Korobov had problems making it to Dortmund due to a cancelled flight, but was completely convincing despite the stressful journey. He clearly outplayed his opponent, Levi Malinowsky, and won his game with white convincingly.
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Svane, on his part, had already been in Dortmund since the previous evening. He had a much tougher time against Luk Zimmermann in the first round. Zimmerman had a promising middlegame position, but spent too much time - from move 28, he lost the thread with little time left to think and went on to lose the game.
On board 3, rising star Christopher Woojin Yoo (17 years young) played against the even younger Jan Morawski (13). Although the 2600 grandmaster from the USA, Yoo, had an extra pawn, Morawski's queen and knight tandem was very solid. After 5 hours, Yoo was able to break through the defence and win the game.
The tournament favourites thus got through the first round unscathed. However, Fabian Schaller, among others, was able to achieve a success against a higher-rated opponent by securing a draw against GM Yahli Sokolovsky.
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| Rk. | Name | RtgI | Pts. | TB1 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Krams, Amatus | 1902 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2 | GM | Korobov, Anton | 2648 | 1 | 0 | |
| GM | Svane, Frederik | 2636 | 1 | 0 | ||
| GM | Yoo, Christopher Woojin | 2616 | 1 | 0 | ||
| GM | Sasikiran, Krishnan | 2579 | 1 | 0 | ||
| GM | Quesada Perez, Luis Ernesto | 2576 | 1 | 0 | ||
| GM | Romanov, Evgeny | 2567 | 1 | 0 | ||
| GM | Gavrilescu, David | 2534 | 1 | 0 | ||
| IM | Samadov, Read | 2509 | 1 | 0 | ||
| IM | Zwirs, Nico | 2467 | 1 | 0 | ||
| IM | Petrovskyi, Vadim | 2440 | 1 | 0 | ||
| GM | Vaganian, Rafael A | 2452 | 1 | 0 | ||
| IM | Gkoumas, Georgios | 2450 | 1 | 0 | ||
| IM | Peyrer, Konstantin | 2425 | 1 | 0 | ||
| IM | Kügel, Tobias | 2419 | 1 | 0 | ||
| IM | Buksa, Nataliya | 2396 | 1 | 0 | ||
| FM | Weishäutel, Moritz | 2400 | 1 | 0 | ||
| FM | Stelmaszyk, Nico | 2380 | 1 | 0 | ||
| FM | Zuferi, Enis | 2394 | 1 | 0 | ||
| IM | Meins, Gerlef | 2384 | 1 | 0 |
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There was a wild game on the top board in the B-Open, in which the first seed Bernhard Zoremba from Dortmund club SV Eichlinghofen prevailed in the end.
The first surprise came from Helge Prause on board 6, as he outplayed his opponent, who has a rating 250 TWZ points higher than Prause's. The first 20 boards of the two open tournaments will be broadcast live this year.
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The good atmosphere at the Chess Festival was particularly positive: bright sunshine, a punctual start to the tournament, a large foyer to analyse and relax, and a barbecue in the outdoor area awaited visitors.
Spectators are also welcome over the coming days. Tomorrow, the match between the German grandmasters Elisabeth Paehtz and Dinara Wagner will start on the main stage. From the second day of the tournament, GM Artur Yusupov will commentate the top games live in the upper tier of the foyer from 4 pm.
