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Over the Easter holidays, the world of chess looks to Karlsruhe and Baden-Baden. On Saturday in the Schwarzwaldhalle ("Black Forest Hall") in Karlsruhe, the Grenke Chess Classic starts with some of the world's best chess players.
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Players receive 100 minutes for 40 moves, then 50 minutes for 20 moves and finally 15 minutes for the rest of the game, plus a 30-second bonus per move starting from move 1. In case of a tie for first place, a rapid play-off will be held.
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The tournament's first five rounds will be played in Karlsruhe, and then the last four in Baden-Baden. Times shown are in CEST (14:00 UTC / 9:00 AM EDT).
| Round | Date | Time (UTC+1) | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | April 20th | 15:00 | Schwarzwaldhalle Karlsruhe |
| 2 | April 21st | 15:00 | |
| 3 | April 22nd | 15:00 | |
| 4 | April 23rd | 15:00 | |
| 5 | April 24th | 15:00 | |
| Rest Day | April 25th | ||
| 6 | April 26th | 15:00 | Kulturhaus LA8 Baden-Baden |
| 7 | April 27th | 15:00 | |
| 8 | April 28th | 15:00 | |
| 9 | April 29th | 15:00 |
The Grenke Chess Classic are embedded alongside the massive Grenke Open while in Karlsruhe. The open tournament, with several doubles rounds ends on Easter Monday (22.4). The interest in this year has been tremendous with over 2000 participants registered for one of the three tournaments. Over 60 grandmasters play in the A-Open.
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| Rk. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | ||
| 1 |
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GM | Fridman, Daniel | 2629 | 7,5 | 56,5 |
| 2 |
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GM | Korobov, Anton | 2675 | 7,5 | 55,5 |
| 3 |
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GM | Heimann, Andreas | 2616 | 7,5 | 55,0 |
| 4 |
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GM | Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel | 2601 | 7,5 | 54,5 |
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GM | Gukesh D | 2536 | 7,5 | 54,5 | |
| 6 |
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GM | Bluebaum, Matthias | 2610 | 7,5 | 53,5 |
| 7 |
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GM | Donchenko, Alexander | 2584 | 7,5 | 53,0 |
| 8 |
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GM | Banusz, Tamas | 2614 | 7,5 | 50,0 |
| 9 |
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GM | Sarana, Alexey | 2630 | 7,0 | 54,5 |
| 10 |
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GM | Gareyev, Timur | 2560 | 7,0 | 54,0 |
| 11 |
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GM | Chigaev, Maksim | 2634 | 7,0 | 53,0 |
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GM | Sethuraman, S.P. | 2624 | 7,0 | 53,0 | |
| 13 |
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GM | Papp, Gabor | 2598 | 7,0 | 52,5 |
| 14 |
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GM | Tabatabaei, M.amin | 2612 | 7,0 | 52,0 |
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GM | Basso, Pier Luigi | 2516 | 7,0 | 52,0 | |
| 16 |
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GM | Van Foreest, Jorden | 2598 | 7,0 | 51,5 |
| 17 |
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GM | Kuzubov, Yuriy | 2653 | 7,0 | 51,0 |
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GM | Svane, Rasmus | 2605 | 7,0 | 51,0 | |
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GM | Bernadskiy, Vitaliy | 2587 | 7,0 | 51,0 | |
| 20 |
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GM | Esipenko, Andrey | 2616 | 7,0 | 50,0 |
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