Dortmund Chess Festival - Live!

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8/11/2024 – From 10 to 18 August, Dortmund has once again become the summer chess capital in Germany. Besides a highly competitive open tournament, Elisabeth Paehtz and Dinara Wagner are playing a 6-game match to see who is the number one woman player in Germany. | Follow the action live starting at 15.00 CEST (9.00 ET, 18.30 IST)

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Day 2

The A-Open is a 9-round Swiss tournament featuring 191 participants, with Anton Korobov, Frederik Svane and Christopher Yoo as the top seeds. The time control is 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes until the end of the game and 30-second increments from move 1.

The B-Open is a 7-round Swiss tournament featuring 191 participants. The time control is 90 minutes for the game with 10-second increments from move 1.

The Paehtz v. Wagner match consists of 6 games with a classical time control.

Live games

Paehtz v. Wagner - Game 1

A-Open - Round 2

B-Open - Round 2

Schedule

Saturday, 10.08.2024

10.30: Round 1 (B-Open)

15.00: Round 1 (A-Open)

Sunday, 11.08.2024

10.30: Round 2 (B-Open)

15.00: Round 2 (A-Open) + Round 1 Match Paehtz vs. Wagner

Monday, 12.08.2024

10.30: Round 3 (B-Open)

15.00: Round 3 (A-Open) + Round 2 Match Paehtz vs. Wagner

Tuesday, 13.08.2024

Rest day B-Open

15.00: Round 4 (A-Open)

Wednesday, 14.08.2024

10.30: Round 4 (B-Open)

15.00: Round 5 (A-Open) + Round 3 Match Paehtz vs. Wagner

Thursday, 15.08.2024

10.30: Round 5 (B-Open)

15.00: Round 6 (A-Open) + Round 4 Match Paehtz vs. Wagner

Friday, 16.08.2024

10.30 Round 6 (B-Open)

15.00 Round 7 (A-Open)

Saturday, 17.08.2024

10.30: Round 7 (B-Open)

15.00: Round 8 (A-Open) + Round 5 Match Paehtz vs. Wagner

15.15: Award ceremony B-Open

Sunday, 18.08.2024

10.30: Round 9 (A-Open) + Round 6 Match Paehtz vs. Wagner

17.00: Award ceremony

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