Sparkassen Chess-Meeting Underway

The Dortmund Sparkassen Chess-Meeting has traditionally been one of the world's elite chess events, and certainly the strongest event held each year in Germany. This year's version features six strong GMs, including Magnus Carlsen, Vladimir Kramnik, Peter Leko, Dmitry Jakovenko, Etienne Bacrot and Germany's own Arkadij Naiditsch.

The tournament is a double round-robin, with 10 rounds in total. Carlsen jumped out to the early lead by defeating Jakovenko in the first round, and is currently the only player at 1.5/2.

I'll be providing updates on the tournament's progress over the next week. Here's Carlsen's victory over Jakovenko from round 1:

White: Magnus Carlsen
Black: Dmitry Jakovenko
2009 Dortmund Sparkassen Chess-Meeting (Round 1)
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0 Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Nc3 Ke8 10.h3 h5 11.Ne2 Be7 12.Bg5 Be6 13.Nf4 Bd5 14.Bxe7 Kxe7 15.Ng5 Nd4 16.Rad1 Ne6 17.Ngxe6 Bxe6 18.h4 a5 19.a3 a4 20.Rfe1 g6 21.f3 Ra5 22.c3 Rb5 23.Re2 Ra8 24.Rd4 Raa5 25.Kf2 Rxe5 26.Rxe5 Rxe5 27.Rxa4 Rb5 28.b4 c5 29.Ra7 cxb4 30.cxb4 Kd7 31.Ne2 Rb6 32.Ke3 Bc4 33.Nd4 Kd6 34.Ra5 Ra6 35.Rxa6+ bxa6 36.g4 hxg4 37.fxg4 Ke5 38.Nc6+ Kf6 39.Kf4 Ke6 40.h5 gxh5 41.gxh5 Bd3 42.Ke3 Bf1 43.h6 Kf6 44.Ne5 Bb5 45.Kd4 Ba4 46.h7 Kg7 47.Nxf7 Kxh7 48.Ng5+ Kg6 49.Ne6 1-0