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TOURNAMENT STANDINGS
GRENKE Chess Open Tournament

Hans Niemann8/9(+7 -0 =2)[games]
Ivan Saric7.5/9(+6 -0 =3)[games]
Vladimir Fedoseev7.5/9(+6 -0 =3)[games]
Dmitrij Kollars7.5/9(+6 -0 =3)[games]
Maksim Chigaev7.5/9(+6 -0 =3)[games]
Arjun Erigaisi6.5/8(+5 -0 =3)[games]
Kirill Shevchenko7.5/9(+6 -0 =3)[games]
David Anton Guijarro6.5/8(+5 -0 =3)[games]
Bryce Tiglon7.5/9(+6 -0 =3)[games]
Matthias Bluebaum6.5/8(+5 -0 =3)[games]
Frederik Svane7/9(+6 -1 =2)[games]
Rasmus Svane7/9(+5 -0 =4)[games]
Christopher Yoo7/9(+6 -1 =2)[games]
Marc Andria Maurizzi7/9(+5 -0 =4)[games]
Sanan Sjugirov7/9(+5 -0 =4)[games]
Velimir Ivic7/9(+6 -1 =2)[games]
Alexey Sarana7/9(+6 -1 =2)[games]
David Gavrilescu6/8(+4 -0 =4)[games]
Gata Kamsky7/9(+5 -0 =4)[games]
Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus7/9(+6 -1 =2)[games]
Paulius Pultinevicius7/9(+6 -1 =2)[games]
Grzegorz Nasuta5/7(+3 -0 =4)[games]
Roven Vogel6/8(+5 -1 =2)[games]
Aleksandar Indjic7/9(+6 -1 =2)[games]
Stepan Hrbek3.5/5(+3 -1 =1)[games]
Mahammad Muradli6/8(+6 -2 =0)[games]
Andrew Hong7/9(+7 -2 =0)[games]
Valentin Buckels7/9(+6 -1 =2)[games]
Svyatoslav Bazakutsa6/8(+5 -1 =2)[games]
Anthony Petkidis5/7(+4 -1 =2)[games]
Julian Kramer4.5/6(+3 -0 =3)[games]
Nikolas Wachinger4/5(+3 -0 =2)[games]
* (323 players total; 291 players not shown. Click here for longer list.)

Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
GRENKE Chess Open (2024)

Name: Grenke Chess A-Open
Event Date: March 28 - April 1, 2024
Site: Karlsruhe GER
Format: 9 Rounds Swiss, 924 players.

Official site: https://www.grenkechessopen.de/en/a...

Results/standings: https://chess-results.com/tnr916206...

 page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 151  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. V Kazakouski vs S Sapocinic  ½-½192024GRENKE Chess OpenD35 Queen's Gambit Declined
2. E Trunz vs G Papp  ½-½662024GRENKE Chess OpenA07 King's Indian Attack
3. N Guliyev vs M Smirnov  ½-½182024GRENKE Chess OpenB51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
4. G Lorscheid vs M Dann  ½-½342024GRENKE Chess OpenA15 English
5. J Sieglen vs J Kramer  ½-½632024GRENKE Chess OpenD85 Grunfeld
6. M Efroimski vs S Kurt  ½-½272024GRENKE Chess OpenB81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack
7. T Jaskolka vs B Heberla  ½-½542024GRENKE Chess OpenC28 Vienna Game
8. G Nasuta vs S Degardin  ½-½622024GRENKE Chess OpenB67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7
9. Y Derige Kane vs C Noe  ½-½522024GRENKE Chess OpenB10 Caro-Kann
10. P Hinrichs vs P Schlosser  ½-½432024GRENKE Chess OpenD37 Queen's Gambit Declined
11. M Gharibyan vs M Raeber  ½-½492024GRENKE Chess OpenE91 King's Indian
12. I Schneider vs L Titze  ½-½712024GRENKE Chess OpenB23 Sicilian, Closed
13. J Bargsten vs A Krastev  ½-½612024GRENKE Chess OpenB45 Sicilian, Taimanov
14. J Zienkiewicz vs J M Seo  ½-½572024GRENKE Chess OpenB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
15. N Filindash vs V Nevednichy  ½-½352024GRENKE Chess OpenE90 King's Indian
16. G Meier vs T Ehmann  ½-½552024GRENKE Chess OpenA04 Reti Opening
17. C Kuhn vs M Chigaev  ½-½532024GRENKE Chess OpenB23 Sicilian, Closed
18. M Lavrencic vs N Meshkovs  ½-½482024GRENKE Chess OpenB48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation
19. M Rudzinska vs Z Kozul  ½-½472024GRENKE Chess OpenB56 Sicilian
20. F Hampel vs Y Parkhov  ½-½582024GRENKE Chess OpenA06 Reti Opening
21. A Feuerstack vs M Arnold  ½-½352024GRENKE Chess OpenB44 Sicilian
22. S Weber vs S Ghimpu  ½-½292024GRENKE Chess OpenC00 French Defense
23. C Kuberczyk vs R G Koellner  ½-½562024GRENKE Chess OpenC41 Philidor Defense
24. F Haring vs R Le Goff ½-½1142024GRENKE Chess OpenC55 Two Knights Defense
25. Y Ben Ari vs G Wong  ½-½422024GRENKE Chess OpenA06 Reti Opening
 page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 151  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
Mar-30-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  MissScarlett: There are supposed to be over 3000 players in the Open event. I heard they have been divided into three sections, of which the A group is the highest rated.

Above is what German efficiency and TWIC have delivered us for the first five rounds. But even with incomplete data, Hans Niemann is conspicuously absent.

Mar-30-24  Rdb: <miss scarlett : Hans Niemann is conspicuously absent>

Niemann has 4.5 points after 5 rounds.

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Mar-30-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  MissScarlett: I note that Lichess broadcast the top 60 boards from each round. TWIC's file, however, has 49 games for round 1, 46 for rounds 2-4 and 49 again for round 5. But some round 5 games are without any moves so haven't made it through submission.

Why can't this stuff be easy? If it's not one thing, it's another: P Large vs N Chasin, 2024

Mar-30-24  EvanTheTerrible: Niemann drew in 10 moves today, complaining that his ear hurt and he was going to go to the hospital.
Mar-31-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  MissScarlett: He needs to stop listening to The Smiths.
Mar-31-24  EvanTheTerrible: Saric leads alone.
Mar-31-24  Rdb: <EvanTheTerrible: Saric leads alone>

6 out of 6

And then 14 players on 5.5 - including Arjun erigaisi whose win in 6th round got him 2.1 rating points and now he has overtaken Wesley so on live rating , he at 8th position presently . Gukesh too had reached 8th place on live ranking a few months ago but then he had a string of bad results after that .....

Mar-31-24  ultrausurper: I would say Arjun is one of the more consistent of the Indian players. His rating growth in the last year, after a poor Tata Steel performance in 2023, has been pretty steady. He's been gaining rating mostly from playing open events like Sharjah (1st), Dubai (3rd), Qatar (6th) and the Grand Swiss (4th). He also did will in Shenzhen before this event.

Gukesh is a lot more inconsistent, as his rating leaps from 2750 down to 2720 then back to 2740.

Mar-31-24  ultrausurper: Arjun also came really close to qualifying for the Candidates. He reached the quarterfinals of the World Cup and won the first game of his match against Pragg with black, needing just a draw with white to qualify. But Pragg made a comeback and won the match.

He also came close during the Grand Swiss but finished half a point behind Hikaru, who qualified.

And finally, he would've won the FIDE Circuit had he won the Chennai Grand Masters, where he tied for first with Gukesh (he needed sole first because he had less points). He drew a rook endgame against Aronian where he was winning, and he would've won sole first had he successfully converted it.

But despite coming so close, he ended up missing the Candidates, and shortly afterwards became the India number one anyways.

Apr-01-24  Rdb: Arjun won in round 8 and has overtaken nepotism in live ranking list , world number 7 now . If he wins in final round too , he might overtake alireza too.

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Apr-01-24  EvanTheTerrible: Big bunch at the top of the standings. Probably will be decided by tiebreak.
Apr-01-24  Rdb: Damn autocorrect ....nepotism = nepo

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Apr-01-24  EvanTheTerrible: Hans Niemann won the Open in clear first, scoring 8/9.
Apr-01-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: <Rdb>, actually I thought that hilarious; 'nepotism' a top ten player. Was lmao.
Apr-01-24  Rdb: <perfidious: <Rdb>, actually I thought that hilarious; 'nepotism' a top ten player. Was lmao>

😊

Apr-02-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  tamar: To clarify, Magnus choosing Nepo as only third in Candidates is a case of reverse nepotism.
Apr-02-24  Rdb: < tamar: To clarify, Magnus choosing Nepo as only third in Candidates is a case of reverse nepotism>

😊

On a serious note , vishwanath anand too stated obvious in a recent interview

<The opinion is not much divided among the world elite as Anand also felt, like many others, that Fabiano Caruana and Hikaru Nakamura of the United States are the clear favourites while terming Ian Nepomniachtchi of Russia and Alireja Firouza of France as the unpredictable players of the tournament

"The Indians are a long shot. If they can keep the tournament going that’s good enough. If a late opportunity presents itself, they can grab it. They should first settle into the tournament and try to play good games. Let the big decisions come later,” said Anand in a webcast published on a popular chess portal>

https://www.firstpost.com/sports/th...

Apr-04-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  MissScarlett: On the subject of missing games here, from the first round, the game <Leon Livaic - Jakob Weidemann> from board 24 was rejected because the score replicates that of board 22 V Ivic vs D O Thieme, 2024.

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