Grenke LIVE: Caruana wins!

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4/9/2018 – From March 31st to April 9th, the Grenke Chess Classic takes place in Karlsruhe and Baden-Baden, Germany. Ten grandmasters play a single round-robin, headed by World Champion Magnus Carlsen, Levon Aronian, the winner of the 2017 tournament, Fabiano Caruana, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Viswanathan Anand. Live games and commentary webcast. | Photo: Macauley Peterson
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Round nine

The Grenke Chess Classic is the first tournament for World Champion Magnus Carlsen since he won the Tata Steel Chess tournament in January and the start of a busy few months. He faced his future Challenger for the World Championship, Fabiano Caruana, fresh off his Berlin win, already in the first round.

Fabiano Caruana won his last round game against Nikita Vitiugov, and therefore secured clear first place.

The time control is 100 minutes for 40 moves, then 50 minutes for 20 moves and then 15 minutes to the end of the game, with a 30-second increment from move 1.

Impressions from round nine

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1.e4 2 c6 0 2.d4 3 d5 1 3.exd5 4 cxd5 1 4.Bd3 1 Nc6 2 5.c3 4 Qc7 1 6.Ne2 4 e6 1 7.Bf4 25 Bd6 1 8.Bxd6 2 Qxd6 1 9.0-0 11 Nge7 1 10.Nd2 2 0-0 12 11.Qc2 12 g6 1 12.Nf3 3 f6 4 13.Rae1 8 e5 10 14.Bb5 24 e4 2 15.Nd2 3 a6 2 16.Ba4 4 f5 2 17.c4 17 Be6 29 18.cxd5 24 Nxd5 2 19.Nc4 2 Qe7 5 20.Bxc6 1 bxc6 1 21.Ne5 3 Rfc8 7 22.Rc1 5 Nb4 6 23.Qa4 15 Nxa2 8 24.Rc5 9 Kg7 42 25.b3 16 Rab8 1 26.Qxa2 2 Bxb3 1 27.Qa5 11 Qg5 9 28.g3 6 e3 3 29.f4 2 Qh5 2 30.Qe1 3 Bd5 4 31.Rc2 3 Qh3 8 32.Nf3 3 Qh5 7 33.Ne5 7 Qh3 1 34.Nf3 0 Qh5 1 35.Ne5 3 Qh3 2 ½–½
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Pereira,D1760Moreno,A15153.23498352
Gomes,S1550Fortes,H-3.13498351
Almeida,J1591Spinola,D15553.33498354
Moreno,V1429Oliveira,M-3.43498356
Vaz,J1941Silva,B17602.23498338
Lopes,R1625Pereira,E18492.23498336
Abrahamyan,T2310Lee,A23863.21279479
Narayanan S L2601Moroni,L25458.33469623
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Dardha,D2650Yoo,C25888.13469620
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Lodici,L2570Raja Harshit24748.63469629
Ibrayev,N2367Amar,E25468.73469630
Sokolovsky,Y2546Fromm,M24368.83469631
Mendonca,L2643Urbani,G22778.93469632
Knaak,R2472Rosh Jain21508.143469641
Glienke,M2192Tischbierek,R24182.53469365
Pechac,J2600Krnan,T241813.13481601
Druska,J2442Bochnicka,V234413.23481603
Sahidi,S2487Jablonicky,M243413.33481607
Bango,L2270Haring,F245513.43481608
Budinsky,M2064Mazur,S242713.53481611
Hurtuk,R1981Stevik,P233013.63481617
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Cisko,M2103Koval,J212413.83481622
Tropp,O2162Borosova,Z222013.93481624
Skreno,V2070Solcan,M224113.103481626
Balazs,A2205Doci,S209513.113481627
Nemergut,M2094Zetocha,A219413.123481628
Hotak,M1978Spik,P193013.133481629
Rojickova,M2066Kardis,B205013.143481631
Sankova,S2031Slaba,A201013.153481632
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Koval,J2124Zetocha,A219412.93479992
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Demeter,P2087Balazs,A220512.133480002
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Raju,A1927Mohammed Abdul,M20789.13456447
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Aaryan Varshney2395Subas,C18209.23456448
Madkar,A1884Mhamane Sourabh20619.23458005
Wagh Suyog2289Neelash Saha24609.33458007
Mohammad Abul Hashem,K1736Kaustuv,K24079.33456449
Kadam Arnav1962Sammed Jaykumar,S23919.43458010
Avik,S1947Rahman,A21569.43456450
Saravana,K2177Nihira Koul18909.53458011
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Potawad Anirudhha2306Sherla Prathamesh21579.63458012
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Shahinur,H1933Samsul,A19119.73456454
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Hossain,E2348Tahmidul,H19749.93456456
Tutul,D1980Sahib Singh24309.103456457
Aaditya Dhingra2390Mohammad,S19519.113456458
Shadat,K1814Rahman,S21459.123456459
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Hasan Md,E2011Zia,T23549.173456465
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Yu,S2480Wen,Y25728.13448629
Ni,S2360Wang,Y21978.13448682
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Zhao,J2532Jiang,H24418.23448630
Admiraal,M2454Travadon,L24518.23469621
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Commentary by GM Peter Leko and GM Jan Gustafsson

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Peter Leko's Round 9 recap

Vincent Keymer wins Grenke Open

The Grenke Chess Open in Karlsruhe ran from March 29th to April 2nd. The top A-open group contained over 300 players including over 50 grandmasters, four of whom are over 2700: Etienne Bacrot, Richard Rapport, Wang Hao and Dmitry Andreikin.

IM Vincent Keymer was the surprise winner.

Final standings

Rank Title Teilnehmer Elo Attr. Club/City FED W D L Points Buchh
1. IM Keymer, Vincent 2403 M SF Deizisau GER 7 2 0 8.0 52.5
2. GM Korobov, Anton 2664 M SC Viernheim UKR 6 3 0 7.5 56.0
3. GM Gordievsky, Dmitry 2630 M   RUS 6 3 0 7.5 54.5
4. GM Shirov, Alexei 2651 M OSG Baden-Baden LAT 6 3 0 7.5 52.0
5. GM Lagarde, Maxime 2587 M SF Deizisau FRA 6 2 1 7.0 57.0
6. GM Bindrich, Falko 2602 M DJK Aufwärts Aachen GER 5 4 0 7.0 54.0
7. GM Sadzikowski, Daniel 2583 M SC Heusenstamm POL 5 4 0 7.0 53.5
7. GM Firat, Burak 2453 M   TUR 5 4 0 7.0 53.5
9. GM Antal, Gergely 2540 M ESV Nickelhütte Aue HUN 6 2 1 7.0 52.5
9. IM Valsecchi, Alessio 2510 M   ITA 6 2 1 7.0 52.5
11. GM Andreikin, Dmitry 2712 M   RUS 5 4 0 7.0 52.5
12. IM Santos Latasa, Jaime 2549 M   ESP 5 4 0 7.0 52.0
13. GM Kollars, Dmitrij 2534 M Hamburger SK GER 6 2 1 7.0 51.5
13. IM Grinberg, Eyal 2448 M   ISR 6 2 1 7.0 51.5
15. GM Wang, Hao 2713 M   CHN 5 4 0 7.0 51.0
15. GM Heimann, Andreas 2574 M SF Deizisau GER 5 4 0 7.0 51.0
15. GM Malakhatko, Vadim 2536 M   BEL 5 4 0 7.0 51.0
18. GM Landa, Konstantin 2613 M SV Mülheim-Nord RUS 5 4 0 7.0 50.5
19. GM Bacrot, Etienne 2718 M OSG Baden-Baden FRA 5 4 0 7.0 50.0
20. IM Lampert, Jonas 2532 M Hamburger SK GER 6 2 1 7.0 49.5
21. IM Noe, Christopher 2494 M SC Eppingen GER 5 4 0 7.0 49.5
22. IM Fedorovsky, Michael 2471 M FC Bayern München GER 5 4 0 7.0 49.0
23. GM David, Alberto 2566 M   ITA 7 0 2 7.0 47.5
24. GM Burmakin, Vladimir 2522 M SF 90 Spraitbach RUS 5 4 0 7.0 47.0
25. GM Mikhalevski, Victor 2557 M SV Lingen ISR 7 0 2 7.0 44.5
26. FM Baenziger, Fabian 2356 M Luzern SK SUI 6 2 1 7.0 42.5

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