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 🇷🇴 builds a fortress and holds a draw against top 1 seed of the GRENKE Chess Open GM Arjun Erigaisi (nr. 9 in the world) 😱♟️
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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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! 🥰
Ilja asked Olga the most important question and she said „YES!“!
They met each other after a chess game at GRENKE Chess Open in 2016! ❤️♟️
Huge congratulations also from Magnus himself 🫶🏻
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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 ♟️🔥
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. 😉The 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)! ♟️
In the round 3 World Champion Ding Liren is challenging Magnus Carlsen! 🔥
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 ♟️🏆
Follow the action with the super-commentary of GM
@anishgiri
and IM
@LawrenceTrentIM
: ♟️
GRENKE Chess Classic flashback to 2017: World champion Magnus Carlsen had some bad hair days. 😂 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 Knüdel (GER), Adam Frank (CZE)
WGM-Norm: K. Dolzhykova (GER) (📷)
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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