Dortmund Chess 2009 round 1 live!

Carlsen - Jakovenko and Leko - Kramnik are the featured games

The super chess tournament of Dortmund 2009 will have extensive coverage on Chessdom.com. The games Carlsen - Jakovenko and Kramnik - Leko will be commented live, while the users of Chessdom will be able to enjoy a live blog all day long!

Live sections

Carlsen - Jakovenko

Leko - Kramnik

Live blog

Official website

Jason Juett joins the commentators team

Jason Juett will star for the second time in a super tournament. The first time he played a blindfold game (and achieved a draw!) against the Ex World Champion Veselin Topalov at Mtel Masters 2008 (photos, video, and the game). This time he will be commenting live the game of another Ex World Champion, Vladimir Kramnik, live on Chessdom.com.

Stay tuned for more details!

Jason Juett from USA, winner of the competition "Play like Topalov", was a special guest in Sofia. In his game against Topalov he achieved a draw (more photos).