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GRENKE Chess Classic (2019) The 2019 GRENKE Chess Classic was a 10-player round-robin held in Germany from 20-29 April. The first 3 rounds were in Karlsruhe alongside the GRENKE Chess Open, then after two additional rounds in Karlsruhe and a rest day the last 4 rounds were in the Kulturhaus LA8 in Baden-Baden. The field featured World Champion Magnus Carlsen and fellow Top 10 players Fabiano Caruana, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Vishy Anand and Levon Aronian. The time control was 100 minutes for 40 moves, then 50 minutes for 20 moves and then 15 minutes to the end of the game, with a 30-second increment from move 1. If players were tied for first place a rapid play-off would take place. (1) No playoff was necessary, since Carlsen outclassed the field with 7.5/9 and 2990 performance. Official site: http://www.grenkechessclassic.com/en/. ChessBase: https://en.chessbase.com/post/grenk... Chess.com: https://www.chess.com/news/view/201... TWIC: http://theweekinchess.com/chessnews... Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 Carlsen 2845 * ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 7½ 2 Caruana 2819 ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 6 3 Naiditsch 2695 ½ 0 * ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 5 4 Vachier-Lagrave 2773 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 5 5 Svidler 2735 0 ½ 1 ½ * ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 4½ 6 Anand 2774 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ 1 0 1 4½ 7 Aronian 2763 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ * ½ ½ ½ 4½ 8 Vallejo Pons 2693 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ * ½ 1 4 9 Meier 2628 0 0 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ * 0 2 10 Keymer 2516 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 * 2 Previous edition: GRENKE Chess Classic (2018) (1) Chess24: GRENKE Chess Classic https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-t...  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 45  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. V Keymer vs Carlsen 0-1 81 2019 GRENKE Chess Classic A56 Benoni Defense 2. G Meier vs F Vallejo Pons ½-½ 25 2019 GRENKE Chess Classic D02 Queen's Pawn Game 3. Aronian vs Naiditsch   ½-½ 41 2019 GRENKE Chess Classic B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 4. M Vachier-Lagrave vs Anand ½-½ 20 2019 GRENKE Chess Classic B12 Caro-Kann Defense 5. Svidler vs Caruana ½-½ 40 2019 GRENKE Chess Classic B33 Sicilian 6. F Vallejo Pons vs Carlsen 0-1 73 2019 GRENKE Chess Classic C78 Ruy Lopez 7. Anand vs V Keymer 1-0 43 2019 GRENKE Chess Classic B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 8. Caruana vs M Vachier-Lagrave ½-½ 49 2019 GRENKE Chess Classic B23 Sicilian, Closed 9. Naiditsch vs Svidler 0-1 39 2019 GRENKE Chess Classic C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation 10. G Meier vs Aronian   ½-½ 29 2019 GRENKE Chess Classic B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 11. M Vachier-Lagrave vs Naiditsch ½-½ 42 2019 GRENKE Chess Classic C67 Ruy Lopez 12. Aronian vs F Vallejo Pons ½-½ 31 2019 GRENKE Chess Classic C11 French 13. V Keymer vs Caruana 0-1 42 2019 GRENKE Chess Classic E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 14. Svidler vs G Meier 1-0 37 2019 GRENKE Chess Classic C11 French 15. Carlsen vs Anand ½-½ 63 2019 GRENKE Chess Classic A22 English 16. Caruana vs Carlsen ½-½ 71 2019 GRENKE Chess Classic B33 Sicilian 17. Naiditsch vs V Keymer 1-0 36 2019 GRENKE Chess Classic B23 Sicilian, Closed 18. Aronian vs Svidler 1-0 38 2019 GRENKE Chess Classic C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 19. F Vallejo Pons vs Anand 0-1 47 2019 GRENKE Chess Classic B11 Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4 20. G Meier vs M Vachier-Lagrave 0-1 94 2019 GRENKE Chess Classic D90 Grunfeld 21. V Keymer vs G Meier 1-0 81 2019 GRENKE Chess Classic D39 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation 22. Svidler vs F Vallejo Pons   ½-½ 41 2019 GRENKE Chess Classic C55 Two Knights Defense 23. M Vachier-Lagrave vs Aronian   ½-½ 25 2019 GRENKE Chess Classic C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 24. Carlsen vs Naiditsch ½-½ 60 2019 GRENKE Chess Classic A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 25. Anand vs Caruana ½-½ 40 2019 GRENKE Chess Classic C67 Ruy Lopez  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 45    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 19 OF 19 ·  Later Kibitzing> May-01-19    HeMateMe: Congratulations to Magnus, he's on a Fischeresque tear! May-01-19    doozyrook: <fabelhaft> 9 wins in the last 12 games is pretty decent. Lol! I think some people here who are not aware of chess are underestimating what Carlsen did here & in Shamkir. Beating other super GM's in computer chess era with this kind of score is crazy & outrageous. Calling it 'decent' is disrespect to Carlsen & chess! May-01-19    Sokrates: Thanks, <nok>. May-01-19    Sokrates: <doozyrook> < I think some people here who are not aware of chess are underestimating what Carlsen did> ... <Calling it 'decent' is disrespect to Carlsen & chess!> I think you should show some respect yourself, Mr "kibitzed 7 times to chessgames". <fabelhaft> is a great, treasured poster with a deep knowledge of the game and a contributor with many great analysis. It's not the style of everyone to express their opinions with flamboyant adjectives and lots of "&"s. And don't think for a second that Carlsen would prefer high-flown praise to honest, modest appreciation. May-01-19    Diademas: <doozyrook: <fabelhaft> 9 wins in the last 12 games is pretty decent. Lol! I think some people here who are not aware of chess > Yes. Most of us just stumbled in here thinking we could get a great offer from some Nigerian Prince. I've been here for eight years here and had to Google the word chess after your insightful post. Seems like a fun game, any good sites you know that I could discuss it? May-01-19    Sokrates: <Diademas> LOL, thanks, made my evening. May-01-19    Everett: <ay-01-19 HeMateMe: Congratulations to Magnus, he's on a Fischeresque tear!> Who? May-02-19    Tal1949: World number 10 is 114 elo behind Carlsen. World's best female is 213 elo behind Carlsen. Magnus is in a league of his own! May-02-19    moronovich: <Diademas: <doozyrook: <fabelhaft> 9 wins in the last 12 games is pretty decent. Lol! I think some people here who are not aware of chess > Yes. Most of us just stumbled in here thinking we could get a great offer from some Nigerian Prince. I've been here for eight years here and had to Google the word chess after your insightful post. Seems like a fun game, any good sites you know that I could discuss it?> Sometimes brainwork can be art. Somtimes it is good to walk on this planet. May-02-19    dkappe1: Added Leels (+asmfish) annotated games for Carlsen. https://lczero.libertymedia.io//201... May-03-19    BOSTER: GCT 2019 will be very interesting battle. My guess that one from 11 ( not 12 angry) man can surprise Carlsen. May-04-19    JustAnotherMaster: Anyone can guess I’ll bet you 100 bucks and give you the field even money booster boy May-04-19    perfidious: Always remember what the late, great Amarillo Slim said: <Guessers are losers> May-04-19    HeMateMe: I was reading this book about a legendary gambler from the 1940s to the 60s, Amarillo Slim's name was mentioned. this guy, (Doyle ?) ran a scam every which way possible. Poker, checkers, propositions, every possible game. He would be walking down a street with a well heeled mark (sometimes a mob guy) and they'd approach a fruit stall. The gambler would say to his companion "I'll bet you I can take a piece of fruit off of this guy's cart and throw it on top of that roof (a 40 story building)." His companion, the sucker would look at how high the building was, figure a piece of fruit just didn't have the mass to gain that height and make the $1,000 bet. The gambler would approach the fruit stall, give the peddler five cents for an orange, step back and amazingly heave the thing over the roof of said building, and win the bet. what the other guy didn't know was that earlier in the morning the gambler had approached the fruit peddler and said "I need to leave this orange here. It's special. I'll come by later and buy it, like I've never seen you before. Here's $10, just leave it on the corner, don't let anyone else touch it." The orange had been hollowed out and filled with a large lead weight, the peeling glued back on. May-05-19    perfidious: <HMM>, Slim, Doyle Brunson and Brian 'Sailor' Roberts were partners for a time and played in the same no-limit holdem games in Texas and elsewhere in the South in the post-WWII epoch. Four WSOP wins amongst them and Brunson is still alive and kicking at well past eighty. Probably the ultimate road gambler of them all was Titanic Thompson, who was not a great holdem player but was known to run the type of scam you mentioned. Fellow called Kevin Cook wrote a bio of Thompson, who was a scratch golfer right and left-handed and used that talent to win fortunes. May-05-19    HeMateMe: yeah, it was Titanic Thompson, that was the book I read. He hustled in California and other places, beat some pretty good players, if I remember the book. One of the scams he ran was where he bet someone $1,000 he could drive a golf ball 300 yards, on a cold winter day in Chicago. A guy took this bet. So, Thompson says were going to a public park on lake Michigan. there's no way to measure 300 yards, but they'll eyeball it. It's a very windy day, blowing outward towards frozen over lake Michigan. TT, with club in hand turns away from the park and towards the lake, and hits the ball towards lake Michigan. The ferocious wind grabs the ball and takes it along the smooth ice for hundreds of yards. "[the mark] didn't even wait for the ball to stop rolling. He just paid up and walked away." May-05-19    KnightVBishop: Magnus= BEST May-05-19    perfidious: <HMM>, I will be in Chicago next month--wonder whether I pull that off! (laughs) May-05-19    BOSTER: <JustAnotherMaster>.I can't take your money, but send it to Carlsen's girl if he loose one game. May-05-19    parmetd: Perfidious... Welcome to our city. What brings you here? May-05-19    perfidious: <parmetd>, making a brief stop on the way to the WSOP. May-06-19    parmetd: Ah. Well if you want to meet up or visit a chessclub, I would be happy to. May-06-19    perfidious: Not sure I will have time, but I will remember that; thanks! May-07-19    JustAnotherMaster: Ok booster I will be glad to write her ! May-10-19    doozyrook: Lol @Sokrates. Give appreciation where its due. I care less if Carlsen wants to get praise or not. Also don't digress. My posthas nothing to do with someone being a great treasured poster. Lol u gave me a really good laugh! Thanks Diademas the next Einstein. Your insight is very much valued as well! Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 19) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 19 OF 19 ·  Later Kibitzing> NOTE: You need to pick a username and password to post a reply. Getting your account takes less than a minute, is totally anonymous, and 100% free—plus, it entitles you to features otherwise unavailable. Pick your username now and join the chessgames community! If you already have an account, you should login now. Please observe our posting guidelines: No obscene, racist, sexist, profane, raunchy, or disgusting language. No spamming, advertising, duplicate or nonsense posts. 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