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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.[2]
Winners
# Year Winner 1 2013 Viswanathan Anand (India)
2 2014 Arkadij Naiditsch (Germany)
3 2015 Magnus Carlsen (Norway)
4 2017 Levon Aronian (Armenia)
5 2018 Fabiano Caruana (United States)
6 2019 Magnus Carlsen (Norway)
7 2024 Magnus Carlsen (Norway)
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.[3]
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 Viswanathan Anand (India)
2780 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 6½ 2811 2 Fabiano Caruana (Italy)
2757 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ ½ 6 2778 3 Georg Meier (Germany)
2640 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 5 2 2729 4 Michael Adams (England)
2725 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 5 1 2712 5 Arkadij Naiditsch (Germany)
2716 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 ½ ½ 1 4 2642 6 Daniel Fridman (Germany)
2667 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 3½ 2614
2014
Arkadij Naiditsch, the highest-rated German chess player won the 2014 edition of Grenke Chess Classic ahead of David Baramidze.[4] 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 Black H2H TPR 1 Arkadij Naiditsch (Germany)
GM OSG Baden-Baden 2715 ½ ½ 1 0 1 1 1 5 2752 2 David Baramidze (Germany)
GM SV Hockenheim 2599 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 4 2 2661 3 Daniel Fridman (Germany)
GM Mülheim-Nord 1931 2633 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 4 1 2656 4 Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (Germany)
GM OSG Baden-Baden 2672 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 3½ 2 0 1 2600 5 Matthias Blübaum (Germany)
IM SV Werder Bremen 2521 1 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 3½ 2 0 0 2622 6 Georg Meier (Germany)
GM OSG Baden-Baden 2652 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 3½ 1 2603 7 Dennis Wagner (Germany)
IM SV Hockenheim 2499 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 2½ 2523 8 Philipp Schlosser (Germany)
GM OSG Baden-Baden 2582 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 2 2455
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.[5] 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).[6][7]
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 Magnus Carlsen (Norway)
2865 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 4½ 3 2835 2 Arkadij Naiditsch (Germany)
2706 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 4½ 2 2858 3 Michael Adams (England)
2738 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 4 2 2802 4 Fabiano Caruana (Italy)
2811 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 4 1 2791 5 Levon Aronian (Armenia)
2777 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 3½ 1 2746 6 Étienne Bacrot (France)
2711 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 3½ 0 2755 7 Viswanathan Anand (India)
2797 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 2½ 2641 8 David Baramidze (Germany)
2594 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1½ 2544
- Notes
- Final rapid/blitz/armageddon tie-break: Magnus Carlsen def. Arkadij Naiditsch, 3–2.[8]
- FIDE Ratings as of February 2015.[9]
2017
The 2017 tournament took place from 15 to 22 April in Karlsruhe and Baden-Baden.[10]
Player | Rating | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Total | Wins | Black | H2H | TPR | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
2774 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 5½ | 4 | 2953 | |||
2 | ![]() |
2817 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2767 | |||
3 | ![]() |
2838 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2764 | |||
4 | ![]() |
2702 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 3½ | 2 | 2 | 2733 | ||
5 | ![]() |
2649 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 3½ | 2 | 1 | 2741 | ||
6 | ![]() |
2803 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 3½ | 2 | 0 | 2719 | ||
7 | ![]() |
2634 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 2 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 2585 | |
8 | ![]() |
2621 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 2 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 2587 |
2018
Player | Rating | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Total | Wins | Black | H2H | TPR | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
2784 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 6½ | 4 | 3 | 2896 | ||
2 | ![]() |
2843 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 5½ | 2 | 1 | 2803 | ||
3 | ![]() |
2789 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 5 | 2 | 1 | ½ | 2772 | |
4 | ![]() |
2735 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | ½ | 2778 | |
5 | ![]() |
2794 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2772 | ||
6 | ![]() |
2631 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 4½ | 1 | 0 | 2747 | ||
7 | ![]() |
2701 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 3½ | 1 | 1 | 2659 | ||
8 | ![]() |
2776 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 3½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 2651 | |
9 | ![]() |
2654 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 3½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 2664 | |
10 | ![]() |
2648 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2620 |
- Notes
- The tiebreaks were as follows: 1) number of wins; 2) number of black wins; 3) head-to-head.[11][12]
- 2018 Grenke Chess Open A swiss tournament was won by 13-year-old German player Vincent Keymer with a score of 8/9.[13] Keymer thus qualified for the Grenke Chess Classic 2019.[14]
2019
Player | Rating | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Total | Wins | Black | H2H | TPR | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
2845 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7½ | 2983 | ||||
2 | ![]() |
2819 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2838 | ||||
3 | ![]() |
2695 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2770 | |||
4 | ![]() |
2773 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2761 | |||
5 | ![]() |
2735 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 4½ | 2 | 1 | ½ | 2722 | |
6 | ![]() |
2774 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4½ | 2 | 1 | ½ | 2718 | |
7 | ![]() |
2763 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 4½ | 1 | 2719 | |||
8 | ![]() |
2693 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 4 | 2693 | ||||
9 | ![]() |
2628 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2514 | ||
10 | ![]() |
2516 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2527 |
- Notes
- 2019 Grenke Chess Open A swiss tournament was won by
GM Daniel Fridman (2629) with a score of 7½/9.
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.[2] 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]
Player | Rating | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
2823 | 0 1 | ½ ½ | 1 1 | ½ ½ | 1 1 | 7 | |
2 | ![]() |
2708 | 1 0 | 0 ½ | ½ 1 | ½ 1 | 1 ½ | 6 | |
3 | ![]() |
2755 | ½ ½ | 1 ½ | ½ ½ | ½ ½ | 0 ½ | 5 | |
4 | ![]() |
2627 | 0 0 | ½ 0 | ½ ½ | ½ 1 | ½ ½ | 4 | |
5 | ![]() |
2818 | ½ ½ | ½ 0 | ½ ½ | ½ 0 | ½ ½ | 4 | |
6 | ![]() |
2575 | 0 0 | 0 ½ | 1 ½ | ½ ½ | ½ ½ | 4 |
Player | Rating | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4 | ![]() |
2627 | ½ 1 | 1 - | 2.5 | |
5 | ![]() |
2818 | ½ 0 | 0 1 | 1.5 | |
6 | ![]() |
2575 | 0 - | 1 0 | 1 |
Player | Rating | 1 | 2 | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
5 | ![]() |
2818 | 1 | ½ | 1.5 |
6 | ![]() |
2575 | 0 | ½ | 0.5 |
Player | Rating | 1 | 2 | B1 | B2 | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 | ![]() |
2755 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 2.5 |
4 | ![]() |
2627 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1.5 |
Player | Rating | 1 | 2 | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
2823 | 1 | ½ | 1.5 |
2 | ![]() |
2708 | 0 | ½ | 0.5 |
- Notes
- 2024 Grenke Chess Open A swiss tournament was won by
GM Hans Niemann with a score of 8/9.
References
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