Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting

The 2002 Dortmund event was also notable in that it served as the Candidates Tournament for the Classical World Chess Championship 2004.

The Dortmund Sparkassen Man-Machine Match between GM Robert Hübner (2612) and Deep Fritz ended in a draw with the score 3:3 (all the games were drawn).

The main event was a Candidates Tournament to determine a challenger for Vladimir Kramnik's Einstein Group World Chess title.

IM Tigran Nalbandian (2458) won Dortmund Open Swiss-system tournament with the score 9/11.

David Baramidze (2351) defeated IM Alisa Marić (2470) in Dortmund Sparkassen Match with the score 4½:3½.

IM Yuri Boidman (2407) won Dortmund Open A Swiss-system tournament with the score 8/9 and performance rating 2616.

GM Vladimir Belikov (2499) defeated IM David Baramidze (2470) in Dortmund Match with the score 6:4.

The tournament was also the final Dortmund appearance for Arkadij Naiditsch before his transfer to the Azerbaijan Chess Federation.

FM Thomas Michalczak (2239) won Sparkassen Chess Meeting Open A swiss-system tournament with the score 7½/9 and performance rating 2533.

The 2024 edition features a 6-games standard rules match between the top 2 German women, GM Elisabeth Pähtz versus IM Dinara Wagner, alongside open tournaments.