Epic fight by 14-year old German prodigy IM Vincent Keymer, who lost his first game against world champion Magnus Carlsen after a 6,5 hour battle in the GRENKE Chess Classic. Kudos to both players!
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First picture of the proud winner of the GRENKE Open with 8/9, 13-year old Vincent Keymer with his coach Peter Leko and manager Hans-Walter Schmitt. Congrats, Vincent!
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The proud winner of the GRENKE Chess Classic 2018, Fabiano Caruana, in four pictures, after his fine win against Nikita Vitiugov. Congrats Fabi!
@FabianoCaruana
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13-year-old FM Tudor Henry Edward ๐ท๐ด builds a fortress and holds a draw against top 1 seed of the GRENKE Chess Open GM Arjun Erigaisi (nr. 9 in the world) ๐ฑโ๏ธ
The winner of the GRENKE Chess Open 2018: Vincent Keymer! Once again , congratulations! What an amazing tournament for the 13-year old.
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GRENKE Chess Classic 2019: 8 players confirmed, 2 more will be announced soon: Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Levon Aronian, Vishy Anand, Peter Svidler, Arkadij Naiditsch, Vincent Keymer.
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Today the GRENKE Chess Classic 2020 would have started ... but do you remember the epic first round game between world champion Magnus Carlsen and Vincent Keymer in 2019?
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Before the start of the GRENKE Open the drawing of lots was completed on stage:
@FabianoCaruana
drew number 1 and his opponent in round 1 of the GRENKE Classic: world champion
@MagnusCarlsen
! What a dream start of the tournament!
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Nothing is more important than family support! Ding Liren is accompanied by his mother,
@MagnusCarlsen
brought his father with him.
Meanwhile, the players are competing in round 2 of the GRENKE Chess Classic.
Magnus Carlsen: "It's one of the best tournaments I've ever played, both in terms of performance and also the quality of the games!"
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13-year old German prodigy Vincent Keymer playing his best tournament ever. He just beat GM Gabor Papp in R8 and has 7/8! Training with Peter Leko pays off.
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GRENKE Chess Classic kicks off tomorrow ๐โ๏ธ
Letโs remind ourselves who is going to participate in this super-tournament after a 4-year break!
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Vishy Anand just drew his game in round 8 against Levon Aronian. He signed some pictures after the games. Do you recognize the person he is talking too?
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Checkmate with a smile! The last moves in the game Svidler vs Carlsen, GRENKE Chess Classic, Round 8. You don't see a checkmate on this level very often!
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@polborta
@MagnusCarlsen
We had the most special opening of the round! ๐ฅฐ
Ilja asked Olga the most important question and she said โYES!โ!
They met each other after a chess game at GRENKE Chess Open in 2016! โค๏ธโ๏ธ
Huge congratulations also from Magnus himself ๐ซถ๐ป
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@chessborn
FYI:
@FabianoCaruana
was rewarded a "Viktor" last week for his outstanding chess performance at the GRENKE Classic. It is a special reward from the "Lasker Gesellschaft". The name of the reward name refers to Viktor Korchnoi.
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Meanwhile the main playing hall is being prepared for the GRENKE Chess Open which is starting on Thursday โ๏ธ๐ฅ
You can still register and play in the same playing hall with Carlsen, Ding, MVL, Rapport, Keymer and Fridman:
The GRENKE Chess media team is hungry. We will leave you for today and thank everybody for the clicks, support, ideas, messages, questions.
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Cancellation GRENKE Chess Classic (1)
Due to the effects of the widespread corona virus (SARS-CoV-2), the GRENKE Chess Classic cannot take place as planned this year and therefore we have to cancel the event.
Showdown Day in Berlin - The Bundesliga leaders Baden-Baden and Hockenheim played for the championship title. Enjoy our impression video and follow the business of true chess legends.
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8 chess teams with 50 grandmasters will play in the Schachbundesliga Master Tournament in Karlsruhe for the champion title.
Date: 16th to 20th of September 2020
On the GRENKE Chess YouTube channel we will supply you with videos on the event every day.
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The players and the entire GRENKE Chess Classic crew safely arrived in Baden-Baden. We're enjoying the day off, with cool drinks and hot pizza. ๐The games of round 6 will start on Friday 26.04 at 14:00 UTC /15:00 local.
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Another talented player will play in the GRENKE Chess Open in Karlsruhe for the first time: Welcome, GM Alireza Firouzja (15, Iran, ELO 2657)
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GRENKE Chess Classic Players had a Rest day, but today we have rounds 2 & 3 (cycle 2)! โ๏ธ
In the round 3 World Champion Ding Liren is challenging Magnus Carlsen! ๐ฅ
Follow the action with GM
@anishgiri
and IM
@LawrenceTrentIM
at 3 pm CET:
We have a new chess grandmaster in Germany! At the Grand Swiss Tournament 2019 on the Isle of Man, Vincent Keymer achieved his third and final grandmaster norm.
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Unfortunately, the GRENKE Chess Open 2020 is cancelled! We will give you link with a statement (in English) from tournament director Sven Noppes asap. The team of the GRENKE Chess Open hopes to see you all healthy again at the GRENKE Chess Open 2021.
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The matches for the 1st, 3rd and 5th place are starting at 3 pm CET together with the final round of the GRENKE Open โ๏ธ๐
Follow the action with the super-commentary of GM
@anishgiri
and IM
@LawrenceTrentIM
: โ๏ธ
GRENKE Chess Classic flashback to 2017: World champion Magnus Carlsen had some bad hair days. ๐ Will he struggle with the famous Baden Baden thermal water again in 2018? We will find out soon!
@PlayMagnus
@MagnusCarlsen
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Congratulations to the following players who scored a norm in the GRENKE Chess Open:
GM-Norm: Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus (TUR), Dominik Horvath (AUT), Bryce Tiglon (USA)
IM-Norm: Christoph Dahl (GER), Torben Knรผdel (GER), Adam Frank (CZE)
WGM-Norm: K. Dolzhykova (GER) (๐ท)
Unbelievable: more than 2000 (!) chess players have registered for the GRENKE Chess Open in Karlsruhe from 18-22 April. You can still join the biggest chess party in Europe:
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