GRENKE Classic 2018
Posted: 30 March 2018 02:16 PM  
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On March the 31st,

GM Magnus Carlsen
GM Levon Aronian
GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
GM Viswanathan Anand
GM Fabiano Caruana
GM Nikta Vitiugov
GM Arkadij Naiditsch
GM Yifan Hou
GM Georg Meier
GM Matthias Blubaum

cross Bishops and Knights to start the Grenke Chess Classic 2018, in Karlsruhe, Germany.

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It will be an occasion to see the World Champion and the Challenger play against each other!
The game will happen in round 1, starting at 9 AM EDT - 15:00 Europe.

ICC will relay the games live.

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Posted: 09 April 2018 02:53 PM   [ # 1 ]  
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Caruana is the winner of the 2018 GRENKE Classic!

In the last round, Caruana beat Vitiugov, to conclude the tournament a full point ahead of Carlsen, who drew with Anand.

Congratulations to Fabiano!

Final standings:

6.5 GM Fabiano Caruana
5.5 GM Magnus Carlsen
5.0 GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
    GM Levon Aronian
    GM Nikta Vitiugov
4.5 GM Matthias Bluebaum
3.5 GM Viswanathan Anand
      GM Arkadij Naiditsch
      GM Yifan Hou
3.0 GM Georg Meier

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