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The Sparkassen Chess Meeting will take place from June 23rd to July 1st, 2007, in the Dortmund Civic Theater, with eight players competing in a single round robin. The average rating is 2727, making the event a Category 20 tournament.
| Rank |
Name | Fed. | Rating | Birth |
| 1 |
Viswanathan Anand | IND | 2786 | 12.12.1969 |
| 3 |
Vladimir Kramnik | RUS | 2772 | 25.06.1975 |
| 6 |
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | AZE | 2757 | 12.04.1985 |
| 8 |
Peter Leko | HUN | 2738 | 08.09.1979 |
| 11 |
Boris Gelfand | ISR | 2733 | 24.06.1968 |
| 22 |
Magnus Carlsen | NOR | 2693 | 30.11.1990 |
| 30 |
Evgeny Alexeev | RUS | 2679 | 28.11.1985 |
| 52 |
Arkadij Naiditsch | GER | 2654 | 25.10.1985 |
The oldest player is Boris Gelfand, who starts the event on the eve of his 39th birthday. The world's top-ranked player, Viswanathan Anand, is a year and a half younger. By far the youngest player in the field is 16-year-old Norwegian prodigy Magnus Carlsen, who is playing in Dortmund for the first time. Russian GM Evgeny Alexeev qualified for Dortmund by winning the Aeroflot Open 2007 in Moscow, and Arkadij Naiditsch, the only German player, sensationally won the tournament two years ago.
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Playchess commentator GM Yasser Seirawan
The games of Dortmund 2007, which start at 15:00h local time (CEST), will be broadcast live on the official site and on Playchess.com server. On the latter, starting from Sunday, June 24, there will be daily live audio commentary by GM Yasser Seirawan, with a minimum of three one hour lectures per round, beginning approximately thirty minutes after play has started. For a charge of ten Ducats (about one Euro) a visitor gets a twelve hour pass to listen to the live lectures.
Ducats are the currency used on Playchess.com. You can purchase Ducats here. The amount will be credited to your playchess.com account. You need to allow one working day for processing. If you want your Ducats immediately you can order them using our Click&Buy service. Ducats can also be used to buy ChessBase products.Note that you can also purchase Ducats directly from Fritz or the Playchess client using the menu "Edit – Payments – Fill up account". This takes you to a special purchase page with your account name automatically passed on, to simplify the process.
