2/7/2013 – This tournament, with six players and an average rating of 2714, started in the famous German spa city, where in 1870 the world's first really strong chess tournament was held – and where counting draws for the final results made its debut in tournament play (read our report). The current event started with Fabiano Caruana drawing first blood with a win over German GM Georg Meier. Round one report.
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Baden-Baden GRENKE Chess Classic
Category 19 GM tournament: February 7th–17th 2013
For the first time ever the Baden-Baden Chess Centre (Schachzentrum Baden-Baden)
is hosting a Category 19 GM tournament. This event continues the tradition of
great chess tournaments that the well-known southern German spa town has established
over the last two centuries. The first great event in this town was played in
1870 (July 18 – August 4). It was a double round robin, with nine players,
and won by the great Adolf Anderssen.
As Adolivio Capece pointed out, in this tournament for the first time in history
draws were counted and valued at half a point. In previous matches and tournaments
they were not considered and drawn games were replayed.
The participants in the 2013 tournament are:
Viswanathan Anand
India
World Champion
43 years
Fabiano Caruana
Italy
No. 5 in the world
20 years
Michael Adams
England
No. 23 in the world
41 years
Arkadij Naiditsch
Germany
No. 37 in the world
27 years
Daniel Fridman
Germany
No. 78 in the world
36 years
Georg Meier
Germany
No. 108 in the world
25 years
The venue is the historical halls of Kulturhaus LA8 (House of Culture) in the
center of Baden-Baden. Here's a promotional video of the famous spa city.
Round one
1st round on 07/02/2013 at
15:00
Naiditsch Arkadij
2716
½-½
Fridman Daniel
2667
Adams Michael
2725
½-½
Anand Vishy
2780
Caruana Fabiano
2757
1-0
Meier Georg
2640
There was one decisive result: Fabiano Caruana defeated German GM Georg Maier,
while the other two games were drawn, in 48 and 43 moves.
The start of the only decisive game in round one
The hero of the round was the Italian/American prodigy Fabiano Caruana. He
started 2013 with a disastrous tournament in Wijk aan Zee, no doubt a shock
to the system after a phenomenally successful 2012. In Baden-Baden he bounced
straight back, winning a fine game against Georg Meier. Fabiano blitzed out
his first 19 moves, featuring two pawn sacs to keep Meier’s king in the
centre, while his German opponent was soon struggling over the board.
Chess players have a reputation for iron logic, but in their press conference
after a dazzling game both World Champion Viswanathan Anand and England’s
no. 1 Michael Adams revealed that logic only takes you so far. When commentator
IM Lawrence Trent started by asking the players how they were Adams replied,
“Good… confused by the game”. The confusion started on move
16 (see commentary in our JavaScript game replay above)
World Champion Viswanathan Anand drew his first game against Michael Adams
The playing hall in the Kulturhaus LA8 (House of Culture)
To complement the main event, several side tournaments – each limited
to 80 players – will take place:
Chess Classic Elo Open (9 rounds, 9 days, only for players ELO 1800+) 7th–15th
Feb 2013
Chess Classic Fasching (6 rounds, 3 days, open to all) 9th–11th Feb
2013
Chess Classic Ferien (6 rounds, 3 days, open to all) 14th–16th Feb
2013
The games are being broadcast live on the official web site and on the
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