14 April 2017

Grenke Chess Classic Starts in Germany

Three players rated above 2800 are taking part.

On Saturday, April 15, the Grenke Chess Classic supertournament begins in Karlsruhe, Germany. This is a single round round-robin for 8 players: Magnus Carlsen (Norway, 2838), Fabiano Caruana (USA, 2817), Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France, 2803), Levon Aronian (Armenia, 2774), Arkady Najditsch (Azerbaijan, 2702), Hou Yifan (China, 2649), Matthias Bluebaum (Germany, 2634), and Georg Meier (Germany, 2621). 

Playing days: April 15-17 – Karlsruhe, April 19-22 – Baden-Baden. All games start at 5 pm MSK.

A huge Grenke Open with 1,202 participants is currently underway. Nikita Vitiugov and Maxim Matlakov are among the rating favorites of the event. 

Grenke Chess Classic  

Grenke Chess Open