<p> The Realm of King Vlad - 2013 Edition. Ten-times champion Vladimir Kramnik will again be the man to beat at the Sparkassen Chess Meeting this year.<br /> From july 26 to August 4 the 9-round Round Robin tournament is going to take place in Dortmund, Germany.<br /> <br /> <img alt="" src="https://www.chessclub.com/uploads/content/dortmund13_newsletter_new.png" style="width: 700px; height: 362px;" /><br /> <br /> ICC will follow the event with the live games relayed and the recap video service.&nbsp;<br /> Games start at 9:15am ICC time (EDT) - Last round at 7:15am.<br /> <br /> &nbsp;</p> <hr /> <h2 style="width: 150px; color: white; background-color: blue; border: 3px groove #E0E0E0;"> Game Of the Day</h2> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <table align="center" border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="templateTable" style="width: 500px; border: 2px silver outset; empty-cells: show; "> <thead> <tr> <th scope="col" style="border: 2px silver inset;"> Round</th> <th scope="col" style="border: 2px silver inset;"> Date</th> <th scope="col" style="border: 2px silver inset;"> Host</th> <th scope="col" style="border: 2px silver inset;"> Play</th> <th scope="col" style="border: 2px silver inset;"> PGN</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; border: 2px silver inset;"> 1</td> <td style="text-align: center; border: 2px silver inset;"> July 26</td> <td style="text-align: left; border: 2px silver inset;"> <img align="left" alt="" height="30" src="https://www.chessclub.com/uploads/content/Hansen_thumb.jpg" width="30" /> &nbsp; <a href="http://www.chessclub.com/finger/donCorleone">GM Lars Bo Hansen</a><br /> &nbsp; <em><i><font color="#006600">DonCorleone</font></i></em></td> <td style="text-align: center; border: 2px silver inset;"> <a href="http://www.chessclub.com/videos/dortmund-2013-round-1"><img align="absMiddle" alt="" src="https://www.chessclub.com/uploads/content/pl.jpg" style="width: 30px; height: 30px; border-width: 0px; border-style: solid;" /></a></td> <td style="text-align: center; border: 2px silver inset;"> <a href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Dortmund13/PGN/Dortmund13_1.pgn"><img align="absMiddle" alt="" src="https://www.chessclub.com/uploads/content/dl_grey_bg.jpg" style="width: 30px; height: 30px; border-width: 0px; border-style: solid;" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; border: 2px silver inset;"> 2</td> <td style="text-align: center; border: 2px silver inset;"> July 27</td> <td style="text-align: left; border: 2px silver inset;"> <img align="left" alt="" height="30" src="https://www.chessclub.com/uploads/content/Ronen_thumb.jpg" width="30" /> &nbsp; <a href="http://www.chessclub.com/finger/Indiana-Jones">GM Ronen Har-Zvi</a><br /> &nbsp; <em><i><font color="#006600">Indiana-Jones</font></i></em></td> <td style="text-align: center; border: 2px silver inset;"> <a href="http://www.chessclub.com/videos/dortmund-2013-round-2"><img align="absMiddle" alt="" src="https://www.chessclub.com/uploads/content/pl.jpg" style="width: 30px; height: 30px; border-width: 0px; border-style: solid;" /></a></td> <td style="text-align: center; border: 2px silver inset;"> <a href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Dortmund13/PGN/Dortmund13_2.pgn"><img align="absMiddle" alt="" src="https://www.chessclub.com/uploads/content/dl_grey_bg.jpg" style="width: 30px; height: 30px; border-width: 0px; border-style: solid;" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; border: 2px silver inset;"> 3</td> <td style="text-align: center; border: 2px silver inset;"> July 28</td> <td style="text-align: left; border: 2px silver inset;"> <img align="left" alt="" height="30" src="https://www.chessclub.com/uploads/content/Fedorowicz_thumb.jpg" width="30" /> &nbsp; <a href="http://www.chessclub.com/finger/bronxbattler">GM John Fedorowicz</a><br /> &nbsp; <em><i><font color="#006600">bronxbattler</font></i></em></td> <td style="text-align: center; border: 2px silver inset;"> <a href="http://www.chessclub.com/videos/dortmund-2013-round-3"><img align="absMiddle" alt="" src="https://www.chessclub.com/uploads/content/pl.jpg" style="width: 30px; height: 30px; border-width: 0px; border-style: solid;" /></a></td> <td style="text-align: center; border: 2px silver inset;"> <a href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Dortmund13/PGN/Dortmund13_3.pgn"><img align="absMiddle" alt="" src="https://www.chessclub.com/uploads/content/dl_grey_bg.jpg" style="width: 30px; height: 30px; border-width: 0px; border-style: solid;" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; border: 2px silver inset;"> 4</td> <td style="text-align: center; border: 2px silver inset;"> July 29</td> <td style="text-align: left; border: 2px silver inset;"> <img align="left" alt="" height="30" src="https://www.chessclub.com/uploads/content/Yermolinsky_thumb.jpg" width="30" /> &nbsp; <a href="http://www.chessclub.com/finger/Sweere">GM Alex Yermolinsky</a><br /> &nbsp; <em><i><font color="#006600">Sweere</font></i></em></td> <td style="text-align: center; border: 2px silver inset;"> <a href="http://www.chessclub.com/videos/dortmund-2013-round-4"><img align="absMiddle" alt="" src="https://www.chessclub.com/uploads/content/pl.jpg" style="width: 30px; height: 30px; border-width: 0px; border-style: solid;" /></a></td> <td style="text-align: center; border: 2px silver inset;"> <a href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Dortmund13/PGN/Dortmund13_4.pgn"><img align="absMiddle" alt="" src="https://www.chessclub.com/uploads/content/dl_grey_bg.jpg" style="width: 30px; height: 30px; border-width: 0px; border-style: solid;" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; border: 2px silver inset;"> 5</td> <td style="text-align: center; border: 2px silver inset;"> July 30</td> <td style="text-align: left; border: 2px silver inset;"> <img align="left" alt="" height="30" src="https://www.chessclub.com/uploads/content/Benjamin_thumb.jpg" width="30" /> &nbsp; <a href="http://www.chessclub.com/finger/MrHat">GM Joel Benjamin</a><br /> &nbsp; <em><i><font color="#006600">MrHat</font></i></em></td> <td style="text-align: center; border: 2px silver inset;"> <a href="http://www.chessclub.com/videos/dortmund-2013-round-5"><img align="absMiddle" alt="" src="https://www.chessclub.com/uploads/content/pl.jpg" style="width: 30px; height: 30px; border-width: 0px; border-style: solid;" /></a></td> <td style="text-align: center; border: 2px silver inset;"> <a href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Dortmund13/PGN/Dortmund13_5.pgn"><img align="absMiddle" alt="" src="https://www.chessclub.com/uploads/content/dl_grey_bg.jpg" style="width: 30px; height: 30px; border-width: 0px; border-style: solid;" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; border: 2px silver inset;"> 6</td> <td style="text-align: center; border: 2px silver inset;"> August&nbsp;1</td> <td style="text-align: left; border: 2px silver inset;"> <img align="left" alt="" height="30" src="https://www.chessclub.com/uploads/content/Christiansen_thumb.jpg" width="30" /> &nbsp; <a href="http://www.chessclub.com/finger/LarryC">GM Larry Christiansen</a><br /> &nbsp; <em><i><font color="#006600">LarryC</font></i></em></td> <td style="text-align: center; border: 2px silver inset;"> <a href="http://www.chessclub.com/videos/dortmund-2013-round-6"><img align="absMiddle" alt="" src="https://www.chessclub.com/uploads/content/pl.jpg" style="width: 30px; height: 30px; border-width: 0px; border-style: solid;" /></a></td> <td style="text-align: center; border: 2px silver inset;"> <a href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Dortmund13/PGN/Dortmund13_6.pgn"><img align="absMiddle" alt="" src="https://www.chessclub.com/uploads/content/dl_grey_bg.jpg" style="width: 30px; height: 30px; border-width: 0px; border-style: solid;" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; border: 2px silver inset;"> 7</td> <td style="text-align: center; border: 2px silver inset;"> August 2&nbsp;</td> <td style="text-align: left; border: 2px silver inset;"> <img align="left" alt="" height="30" src="https://www.chessclub.com/uploads/content/Benjamin_thumb.jpg" width="30" /> &nbsp; <a href="http://www.chessclub.com/finger/MrHat">GM Joel Benjamin</a><br /> &nbsp; <em><i><font color="#006600">MrHat</font></i></em></td> <td style="text-align: center; border: 2px silver inset;"> <a href="http://www.chessclub.com/videos/dortmund-2013-round-7"><img align="absMiddle" alt="" src="https://www.chessclub.com/uploads/content/pl.jpg" style="width: 30px; height: 30px; border-width: 0px; border-style: solid;" /></a></td> <td style="text-align: center; border: 2px silver inset;"> <a href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Dortmund13/PGN/Dortmund13_7.pgn"><img align="absMiddle" alt="" src="https://www.chessclub.com/uploads/content/dl_grey_bg.jpg" style="width: 30px; height: 30px; border-width: 0px; border-style: solid;" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; border: 2px silver inset;"> 8</td> <td style="text-align: center; border: 2px silver inset;"> August 3</td> <td style="text-align: left; border: 2px silver inset;"> <img align="left" alt="" height="30" src="https://www.chessclub.com/uploads/content/Yermolinsky_thumb.jpg" width="30" /> &nbsp; <a href="http://www.chessclub.com/finger/Sweere">GM Alex Yermolinsky</a><br /> &nbsp; <em><i><font color="#006600">Sweere</font></i></em></td> <td style="text-align: center; border: 2px silver inset;"> <a href="http://www.chessclub.com/videos/dortmund-2013-round-8"><img align="absMiddle" alt="" src="https://www.chessclub.com/uploads/content/pl.jpg" style="width: 30px; height: 30px; border-width: 0px; border-style: solid;" /></a></td> <td style="text-align: center; border: 2px silver inset;"> <a href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Dortmund13/PGN/Dortmund13_8.pgn"><img align="absMiddle" alt="" src="https://www.chessclub.com/uploads/content/dl_grey_bg.jpg" style="width: 30px; height: 30px; border-width: 0px; border-style: solid;" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; border: 2px silver inset;"> 9</td> <td style="text-align: center; border: 2px silver inset;"> August 4</td> <td style="text-align: left; border: 2px silver inset;"> <img align="left" alt="" height="30" src="https://www.chessclub.com/uploads/content/Hansen_thumb.jpg" width="30" /> &nbsp; <a href="http://www.chessclub.com/finger/donCorleone">GM Lars Bo Hansen</a><br /> &nbsp; <em><i><font color="#006600">DonCorleone</font></i></em></td> <td style="text-align: center; border: 2px silver inset;"> <a href="http://www.chessclub.com/videos/dortmund-2013-round-9"><img align="absMiddle" alt="" src="https://www.chessclub.com/uploads/content/pl.jpg" style="width: 30px; height: 30px; border-width: 0px; border-style: solid;" /></a></td> <td style="text-align: center; border: 2px silver inset;"> <a href="http://webcast.chessclub.com/Dortmund13/PGN/Dortmund13_9.pgn"><img align="absMiddle" alt="" src="https://www.chessclub.com/uploads/content/dl_grey_bg.jpg" style="width: 30px; height: 30px; border-width: 0px; border-style: solid;" /></a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p> &nbsp;</p> <hr /> <h2> Participants</h2> <table align="center" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="templateTable" style="width: 500px;"> <thead> <tr> <th scope="col" style="border: 2px silver inset;"> Name</th> <th scope="col" style="border: 2px silver inset;"> Rating</th> <th scope="col" style="border: 2px silver inset;"> Fed.</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:middle; border: 2px silver inset;"> GM Vladimir Kramnik&nbsp;&nbsp;</td> <td style="vertical-align:middle; border: 2px silver inset;"> 2803</td> <td style="vertical-align:middle; border: 2px silver inset;"> (RUS)</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:middle; border: 2px silver inset;"> GM Fabiano Caruana</td> <td style="vertical-align:middle; border: 2px silver inset;"> 2774</td> <td style="vertical-align:middle; border: 2px silver inset;"> (ITA)</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:middle; border: 2px silver inset;"> GM Peter Leko</td> <td style="vertical-align:middle; border: 2px silver inset;"> 2737</td> <td style="vertical-align:middle; border: 2px silver inset;"> (HUN)</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:middle; border: 2px silver inset;"> GM Wang Hao</td> <td style="vertical-align:middle; border: 2px silver inset;"> 2756</td> <td style="vertical-align:middle; border: 2px silver inset;"> (CHN)</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:middle; border: 2px silver inset;"> GM Dmitry Andreikin</td> <td style="vertical-align:middle; border: 2px silver inset;"> 2713</td> <td style="vertical-align:middle; border: 2px silver inset;"> (RUS)</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:middle; border: 2px silver inset;"> GM Michael Adams</td> <td style="vertical-align:middle; border: 2px silver inset;"> 2740</td> <td style="vertical-align:middle; border: 2px silver inset;"> (ENG)</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:middle; border: 2px silver inset;"> GM Arkadij Naiditsch</td> <td style="vertical-align:middle; border: 2px silver inset;"> 2710</td> <td style="vertical-align:middle; border: 2px silver inset;"> (GER)</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:middle; border: 2px silver inset;"> GM Daniel Fridman</td> <td style="vertical-align:middle; border: 2px silver inset;"> 2629</td> <td style="vertical-align:middle; border: 2px silver inset;"> (GER)</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:middle; border: 2px silver inset;"> GM Georg Meier</td> <td style="vertical-align:middle; border: 2px silver inset;"> 2633</td> <td style="vertical-align:middle; border: 2px silver inset;"> (GER)</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:middle; border: 2px silver inset;"> GM Igor Khenkin</td> <td style="vertical-align:middle; border: 2px silver inset;"> 2601</td> <td style="vertical-align:middle; border: 2px silver inset;"> (GER)</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p> &nbsp;</p> <hr /> <h2 style="width: 150px; color: white; background-color: green; border: 3px groove #E0E0E0;"> Recent Winners</h2> <p> <img alt="" src="https://www.chessclub.com/uploads/content/Dortmund_Recent_Winners.gif" style="width: 446px; height: 432px;" /></p> 