Chess tournaments in Dortmund, Germany, have a long and illustrious tradition. In 2021, the Sparkassen Chess Trophy continued this tradition. Vishy Anand won a "No Castling" match against Vladimir Kramnik, Pavel Eljanov won the "Deutschland Cup". Now, the organizers released a video that reviews highlights of this year's tournament. In a personal statement during the award ceremony, Carsten Hensel, former manager of Kramnik, and driving force behind the organisation of the tournament, had already explained why Dortmund 2021 was a real highlight for him.
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“It’s an alien game”
Press spokesman at the Dortmund Chess Festival, Patrick Zelbel, asked Vishy Anand whether it is difficult to avoid thinking about castling during these games. Anand responded:
I feel very uncomfortable, of course. It’s an alien game, but okay, that’s the rule. Of course, you want to castle all the time.
In the third game of the match, the sequence
1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 was seen for a third time in Dortmund. Much like in the first encounter, Vladimir Kramnik pushed his pawn to h5 on Wednesday he had done it on move 9, while now he did it earlier, on move 6.
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Published: February 23rd, 2021
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