Grenke Chess Classic Explained

Grenke Chess Classic is an annual chess tournament held in the German cities of Karlsruhe and Baden-Baden and sponsored by Grenke AG.[1] It was held from 2013 to 2019, with the exception of 2016. The tournament returned in 2024 after a five-year hiatus with a new rapid time control (45+10) to replace the previous classical format.

Winners

Year Winner
12013
22014
32015
42017
52018
62019
72024

2013

Six players participated in the first edition of Grenke Chess. The winner was Viswanathan Anand ahead of Fabiano Caruana; they scored 6.5 and 6 out of 10, respectively.[2]

1st Grenke Chess Classic, 7–17 February 2013, Baden-Baden, Germany, Category XIX (2714)! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! Total !! Wins !! TPR
1 2780 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 2811
2 2757 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ ½ 62778
3 2640 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 52 2729
4 2725 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 51 2712
5 2716 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 ½ ½ 1 42642
6 2667 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 2614

2014

Arkadij Naiditsch, the highest-rated German chess player won the 2014 edition of Grenke Chess Classic ahead of David Baramidze.[3] This edition was not a supertournament, and was a national competition: all eight participants came from Germany. It was a single Round-robin tournament, and two spots were provided for the players to win entry into the next edition of 2015.

2nd Grenke Chess Classic, 6–12 September 2014, Baden-Baden, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, Category XV (2609)! !! Player !! Title !! Club !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! Total !! Wins !! !! !! TPR
1 2715 ½ ½ 1 0 1 1 1 52752
2 GM 2599 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 42 2661
3 GM 2633 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 41 2656
4 GM 2672 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 2 0 1 2600
5 2521 1 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 2 0 0 2622
6 GM 2652 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 2603
7 IM 2499 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 2523
8 GM 2582 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 22455

2015

The tournament was played between 2–9 February 2015. With an average rating of 2752, it is the strongest edition of Grenke Chess in its history.[4] Among the participants were Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana, Viswanathan Anand and Levon Aronian. The winner was Magnus Carlsen, who eventually won a five-game tiebreak with Arkadij Naiditsch with a score of 3–2 (two rapid, two blitz and one armageddon game).[5] [6]

3rd Grenke Chess Classic, 2–9 February 2015, Baden-Baden, Germany, Category XX (2750)! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! Total !! TB !! Wins !! TPR
1 2865 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 3 2835
2 2706 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 2 2858
3 2738 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 42 2802
4 2811 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 41 2791
5 2777 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 2746
6 2711 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 2755
7 2797 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 2641
8 2594 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 2544
Notes

2017

The 2017 tournament took place from 15 to 22 April in Karlsruhe and Baden-Baden.[9]

4th Grenke Chess Classic, 15–22 April 2017, KarlsruheBaden-Baden, Germany, Category XX (2730)! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! Total !! Wins !! !! !! TPR
1 align=left 2774 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 4 2953
2 align=left 2817 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 4 2 2767
3 align=left 2838 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 4 1 2764
4 align=left 2702 0 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 2 2 2733
5 align=left 2649 0 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 2 1 2741
6 align=left 2803 0 ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ 2 0 2719
7 align=left 2634 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 2 0 0 ½ 2585
8 align=left 2621 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 2 0 0 ½ 2587

2018

5th Grenke Chess Classic, 31 March – 9 April 2018, KarlsruheBaden-Baden, Germany, Category XX (2736)! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Total !! Wins !! !! !! TPR
1 align=left 2784 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 4 3 2896
2 align=left 2843 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 2 1 2803
3 align=left 2789 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 5 2 1 ½ 2772
4 align=left 2735 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 5 2 1 ½ 2778
5 align=left 2794 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 5 1 0 2772
6 align=left 2631 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 0 2747
7 align=left 2701 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 2659
8 align=left 2776 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 2651
9 align=left 2654 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 2664
10 align=left 2648 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 3 0 0 2620
Notes

2019

6th Grenke Chess Classic, 20–29 April 2019, KarlsruheBaden-Baden, Germany, Category XIX (2724)! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Total !! !! !! !! TPR
1 align=left 2845 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 2983
2 align=left 2819 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 6 2838
3 align=left 2695 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 5 3 2770
4 align=left 2773 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 5 2 2761
5 align=left 2735 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 2 1 ½ 2722
6 align=left 2774 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 2 1 ½ 2718
7 align=left 2763 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 2719
8 align=left 2693 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 4 2693
9 align=left 2628 0 0 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ 0 2 1 1 2514
10 align=left 2516 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 2 1 0 2527
Notes

2024

The tournament returned in 2024 after a five-year hiatus. For the first time, the tournament was played in a rapid time control (45+10) instead of the former classical time control.[14] The format was also changed into a double Round-robin tournament (2 games with reversed colors against each player), followed by playoffs to decide places 1, 3 and 5. Magnus Carlsen won the tournament.[15]

7th Grenke Chess Classic, 26–31 March 2024, KarlsruheBaden-Baden, Cat. XIX (2724)! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! Total
1 align=left 2823 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 17
2 align=left 27081 0 0 ½½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½6
3 align=left 2755½ ½ 1 ½½ ½ ½ ½0 ½5
4 align=left 2627 0 0½ 0½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 4
5 align=left 2818½ ½½ 0 ½ ½½ 0½ ½ 4
6 align=left 2575 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½½ ½4
4th-place tiebreaker! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! Total
4 align=left 2627 ½ 1 1 - 2.5
5 align=left 2818 ½ 0 0 1 1.5
6 align=left 2575 0 - 1 0 1
Match for 5th place! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! Total
5 align=left 28181 ½ 1.5
6 align=left 25750 ½ 0.5
Match for 3rd place! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! B1 !! B2 !! Total
3 align=left 2755½ ½ ½ 1 2.5
4 align=left 2627½ ½ ½ 0 1.5
Match for 1st place! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! Total
1 align=left 28231 ½ 1.5
2 align=left 27080 ½ 0.5
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External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fischer. Johannes. Arkadij Naiditsch wins Grenke Chess Classic. ChessBase. 22 March 2016. 2014-09-15.
  2. Web site: Grenke Chess Classic 2013 - Paarungen & Tabelle . Grenkechessclassic.de . 2018-04-18 . 1 May 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190501135029/http://www.grenkechessclassic.de/2013/de/grenke-chess-classic/paarungen-tabelle . dead .
  3. Web site: Grenke Chess Classic 2014 - Paarungen & Tabelle . Grenkechessclassic.com . 2013-01-08 . 2018-04-18 . 23 March 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180323092251/http://www.grenkechessclassic.com/2014/de/grenke-chess-classic/paarungen-tabelle . dead .
  4. Web site: Grenke Chess Classic 2015 - GRENKE Chess Classic Baden-Baden 2015 . 3 February 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150203171235/http://www.grenkechessclassic.com/en/home/13-en/article/162-grenke-chess-classic-baden-baden-2015 . 3 February 2015 . dead .
  5. Web site: Grenke Chess Classic Tournament 2015. Chess Games. 10 February 2015. 17 November 2015.
  6. Web site: Grenke Chess Classic 2015 - Pairings & standings . Grenkechessclassic.de . 2015-02-09 . 2018-04-18 . 11 April 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180411085931/http://www.grenkechessclassic.de/2015/en/grenke-chess-classic-2015/pairings-standings . dead .
  7. Web site: Mark . Crowther . 3rd GRENKE Chess Classic 2015 . The Week in Chess . 2015-02-02 . 2018-04-18.
  8. Web site: Top 100 Players February 2015 – Archive. FIDE Online.
  9. Web site: Grenke Chess Classic 2017 . 9 September 2017 . 10 March 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180310030655/http://www.grenkechessclassic.de/de/ . dead .
  10. https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/grenke-chess-classic-2018/9/1/1 Grenke Chess Classic 2018 at Chess24
  11. Web site: Grenke Chess Classic 2018 - Pairings & standings . Grenkechessclassic.com . 2018-04-18 . 3 April 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180403123713/http://www.grenkechessclassic.com/en/grenke-chess-classic-2015/pairings-standings . dead .
  12. Web site: Ergebnisse 3. GRENKE Chess Open . Ergebnisse.grenkechessopen.de . 2018-04-18.
  13. Web site: Vincent Keymer wins GRENKE Chess Open 2018! - GRENKE Chess Open . Grenkechessopen.de . 2018-04-03 . 2018-04-18.
  14. Web site: Carlsen, Ding To Clash As GRENKE Chess Classic Returns. February 2, 2024. Colin. McGourty.
  15. Web site: Carlsen Wins Round-Robin As Ding Suffers. March 31, 2024. Colin. McGourty.