Tags: Chess Player.
Arkadij Naiditsch (born 25 October 1985 in Latvia) is a German chess Grandmaster (title awarded in April 2001) who was the clear winner of the Dortmund Sparkassen 2005 Tournament ahead of higher-rated and well-known players such as Loek van Wely Veselin Topalov Peter Svidler Vladimir Kramnik Michael Adams and Peter Leko. In 2007 he won the German national championship based in Bad Königshofen.In 2011 he won the 15th International Neckar Open with 8½/9 breaking the 2700 Elo barrier.
