2018 Sparkassen Chess Meeting Betting Odds
–Chess is a surprisingly popular game among bettors–particularly in Europe.
Radoslaw Wojtaszek of Poland is the defending champion of the Sparkassen Chess Meeting
–The Sparkassen Chess Meeting begins July 15 in Dortmund, Germany.
The Sparkassen Chess Meeting–sometimes referred to as the Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting–has been held every Summer since 1973 in Dortmund, Germany. It was held sporadically prior to that with record of tournaments in 1928, 1951 and 1961. The tournament is essentially an ‘invitational’ event though one entry slot is awarded to the winner of Russia’s Aeroflot Open tournament. Vladislav Kovalev is the 2018 representative from that event. There’s an interesting historical sidebar to this tournament’s history–in 2002 it served as the Candidates Tournament for the 2004 Classical World Chess Championship. Péter Lékó won, defeating Veselin Topalov in the finals.
This is one of two major chess tournaments to take place in the month of July. The other event is the 51st Annual Biel International Chess Festival held in Switzerland. The Biel event has somewhat overshadowed the Sparkassen Meeting if only for the presence of reigning World Champion Magnus Carlsen. Look for odds on the Biel Chess Festival next week.
Here are the odds to win the 2018 Sparkassen Chess Meeting in Dortmund, Germany. We’ll be adding additional first round matchups and tournament proposition bets before the start of the Sparkassen event:
2018 SPARKASSEN CHESS MEETING DORTMUND BETTING ODDS
TO WIN 2018 SPARKASSEN CHESS MEETING DORTMUND
Vladimir Kramnik: +200
Ian Nepomniachtchi: +350
Anish Giri: +350
Radoslaw Wojtaszek: +600
Jan-Krzysztof Duda: +750
Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu: +1250
Georg Meier: +1250
Vladislav Kovalev: +1500
TO FINISH TOP TWO 2018 SPARKASSEN CHESS MEETING DORTMUND
Vladimir Kramnik: -150
Ian Nepomniachtchi: +175
Anish Giri: +175
Radoslaw Wojtaszek: +300
Jan-Krzysztof Duda: +350
Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu: +650
Georg Meier: +650
Vladislav Kovalev: +750
2018 SPARKASSEN CHESS MEETING DORTMUND ROUND ONE BETTING ODDS
CHECK BACK BEFORE TOURNAMENT START FOR MORE MATCHUP AND PROPOSITION WAGERS!
VLADIMIR KRAMNIK VS. LIVIU-DIETER NISIPEANU
Vladimir Kramnik: +100
DRAW: -125
Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu: +1250
JAN-KRZYSZTOF DUDA VS. VLADISLAV KOVALEV
Jan-Krzysztof Duda: +300
DRAW: -250
Vladislav Kovalev: +600
IAN NEPOMNIACHTCHI VS. ANISH GIRI
Ian Nepomniachtchi: +250
DRAW: -250
Anish Giri: +650
RADOSLAW WOJTASZEK VS. GEORG MEIER
Radoslaw Wojtaszek: +150
DRAW: -200
Georg Meier: +950