4/29/2019 – The Grenke Chess Classic runs from April 20th to 29th. Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Levon Aronian and Viswanathan Anand head the nine round-robin. Over 60 grandmasters participate in the A-Open tournament. Live games and commentary (from 13:00 UTC / 15:00 CEST / 9:00 AM EDT) with GM Peter Leko and GM Jan Gustafsson. Official site: grenkechessclassic.com
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Final round!
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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Live games and commentary
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
Grenke Chess Open
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.
Scarcely any world champion has managed to captivate chess lovers to the extent Carlsen has. The enormously talented Norwegian hasn't been systematically trained within the structures of a major chess-playing nation such as Russia, the Ukraine or China.
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The Hyper-Accelerated Dragon is fast, from the very first moves, your bishop heads to g7, seizes the long diagonal, and turns into the most feared piece on the board.
It rewards players who love initiative and clear attacking plans.
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