Grenke Chess Classic is an elite
chess tournament held in the German cities of
Karlsruhe and
Baden-Baden and sponsored by . It was held annually between 2013 and 2019, with the exception of 2016. Due to the
COVID-19 pandemic, both the 2020 and 2021 editions were cancelled.
Winners
:
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.
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2014
Arkadij Naiditsch, the highest-rated German chess player won the 2014 edition of Grenke Chess Classic ahead of
David Baramidze. This edition was not a supertournament, and was a national competition: all eight participants came from Germany. It was a single round robin, and two spots were provided for the players to win entry into the next edition of 2015.
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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.
Among the participants were
Magnus Carlsen,
Fabiano Caruana,
Viswanathan Anand and
Levon Aronian
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. 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).
:
; Notes
* Final rapid/blitz/armageddon tie-break:
Magnus Carlsen def.
Arkadij Naiditsch, 3–2.
* FIDE Ratings as of February 2015.
2017
The 2017 tournament took place from 15 to 22 April in Karlsruhe and Baden-Baden.
2018
; Notes
* The tiebreaks were as follows: 1) number of wins; 2) number of black wins; 3) head-to-head.
* 2018 Grenke Chess Open A
swiss tournament
A Swiss-system tournament is a non-eliminating tournament format that features a fixed number of rounds of competition, but considerably fewer than for a round-robin tournament; thus each competitor (team or individual) does not play all the other ...
was won by 13-year-old German player
Vincent Keymer with a score of 8/9. Keymer thus qualified for the Grenke Chess Classic 2019.
2019
* Grenke Chess Open 2019
Swiss-system tournament was won by
GM Daniel Fridman (
2629) with a score of 7½/9.
References
External links
Official website of Grenke Chess Tournament
{{Chess tournaments
Chess competitions
International sports competitions hosted by Germany
Chess in Germany
Baden-Baden
Sport in Karlsruhe
Recurring sporting events established in 2013
2013 establishments in Germany