Dortmund Chess Festival – Live!

Women Masters – R1, Open – R2

Two open tournaments are taking place simultaneously. The A-Open features 16 players with a rating above 2500, including top seeds Matthias Bluebaum, Dmitrij Kollars, Dennis Wagner, Surya Ganguly and Luis Engel. The tournament is a 9-round Swiss open with a time control of 90 minutes for the first 40 moves plus 30 minutes until the end of the game and 30 seconds increment from move 1.

Starting 3 August, the Women Masters tournament is a four-player double round-robin featuring Elisabeth Paehtz, Dinara Wagner, 15-year-old Chinese champion Lu Miaoyi and Deimanté Daulyté-Cornette of France. The event uses the same classical time control as the open tournament.

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Live games

Women Masters – Round 1

A-Open – Round 2

Full schedule

2.8.2025

• 08.30–09.15: Registration A- and B-Open (also applies to pre-registered players)
• 13.30–14.15: Registration A-Open (also applies to pre-registered players)
• 10.30 Round 1 (B-Open)
• 15.00 Round 1 (A-Open)

3.8.2025

• 10.30: Round 2 (B-Open)
• 15.00: Round 2 (A-Open) + Round 1 Int. Women’s tournament

4.8.2025

• 10.30: Round 3 (B-Open)
• 15.00: Round 3 (A-Open) + Round 2 Int. Women’s tournament

5.8.2025

• 10:30 Round 4 (B-Open)
• 15.00: Round 4 (A-Open)
• 18.00: “Women Playmakers on the chessboard” event at the German Football Museum (to the event)

6.8.2025

• 10.30: Round 5 (B-Open)
• 15.00: Round 5 (A-Open) + Round 3 Int. Women’s tournament

7.8.2025

• 10.30: Round 6 (B-Open)
• 15.00: Round 6 (A-Open) + Round 4 Int. Women’s tournament

8.8.2025

• 10.30 Round 7 (B-Open)
• 15.00 Round 7 (A-Open)

9.8.2025

• 10.30: Round 8 (B-Open)
• 15.00: Round 8 (A-Open) + Round 5 Int. Women’s tournament
• 15.15: Award ceremony B-Open

10.08.2024

• 10.30: Round 9 (A-Open) + Round 6 Int. Women’s tournament
• 17.00: Award ceremony

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