Grenke Classic Rd 2 in Baden-Baden: Carlsen (2845) beat Hou Yifan, Vachier-Lagrave (2795) beat Anand (2769) , Aronian (2768) beat Naiditsch (2700), Vitiugov (2742) beat Meier, and Caruana (2803) drew with Bluebaum. There are 787 players in the Open section.
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Nikita Vitiugov leads the #GRENKEChess Classic after 2 rounds, though the chasing pack looks pretty strong!
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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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Vincent Keymer wins the GRENKE Chess Open 2018! | Magnus Carlsen draws at the GRENKE Chess Classic.
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Grenke Classic Rd 3: Caruana beat Bluebaum and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (MVL) beat Yifan Hou. All other games drawn. MVL and Vitiugov lead with 2.5 out of 3. Rd 4 is on April 4 when it will be Carlsen-MVL, Aronian-Yifan Hou, Vitiugov-Anand, Caruana-Naiditsch, and Bluebaum-Meier.
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🔹 Magnus Carlsen
🔹 Norwegian Chess Grandmaster
♦️ Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen is a Norwegian chess grandmaster and the current World Chess Champion. A chess prodigy, Carlsen earned his grandmaster title at the age of 13 years and 148 days.
Full name: Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen
Country: Norway
Born: 30 November 1990 (age 28)
Tønsberg, Vestfold, Norway
Title: Grandmaster (2004)
World Champion: 2013–present
FIDE rating: 2843 (April 2018)
Peak rating: 2882 (May 2014)
Ranking: No. 1 (March 2018)
Peak ranking: No. 1 (January 2010)
♦️ Carlsen is the 16th undisputed World Champion. He won the crown from Viswanathan Anand in November 2013 and successfully defended it in a return contest with the former title holder in November 2014. In November 2016, he retained his crown when he defeated the Challenger, Sergey Karjakin, in the rapid game tiebreaker after the 12-game classical match was tied.
♦️Carlsen has been the world's top ranked player since January 2010, apart from six months between November 2010 and June 2011 when he was #2, and possesses the highest standard FIDE rating ever posted, as well as the highest ever live rating. In January 2016, he became the first person to be the world #1 in standard, rapid and blitz chess.
♦️ Last game of Carlsen in Grenke Classic 2018 , Round 2 against Yifan Hou👇🏼
🔹 Magnus Carlsen vs Yifan Hou
🔹 GRENKE Chess Classic (2018), Karlsruhe GER, rd 2, Apr-01
🔹 Bishop's Opening (C24)
♦️ Review and download annotated by chess.com PGN file👇🏼
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🔹 Magnus Carlsen
🔹 Norwegian Chess Grandmaster
♦️ Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen is a Norwegian chess grandmaster and the current World Chess Champion. A chess prodigy, Carlsen earned his grandmaster title at the age of 13 years and 148 days.
Full name: Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen
Country: Norway
Born: 30 November 1990 (age 28)
Tønsberg, Vestfold, Norway
Title: Grandmaster (2004)
World Champion: 2013–present
FIDE rating: 2843 (April 2018)
Peak rating: 2882 (May 2014)
Ranking: No. 1 (March 2018)
Peak ranking: No. 1 (January 2010)
♦️ Carlsen is the 16th undisputed World Champion. He won the crown from Viswanathan Anand in November 2013 and successfully defended it in a return contest with the former title holder in November 2014. In November 2016, he retained his crown when he defeated the Challenger, Sergey Karjakin, in the rapid game tiebreaker after the 12-game classical match was tied.
♦️Carlsen has been the world's top ranked player since January 2010, apart from six months between November 2010 and June 2011 when he was #2, and possesses the highest standard FIDE rating ever posted, as well as the highest ever live rating. In January 2016, he became the first person to be the world #1 in standard, rapid and blitz chess.
♦️ Last game of Carlsen in Grenke Classic 2018 , Round 2 against Yifan Hou👇🏼
🔹 Magnus Carlsen vs Yifan Hou
🔹 GRENKE Chess Classic (2018), Karlsruhe GER, rd 2, Apr-01
🔹 Bishop's Opening (C24)
♦️ Review and download annotated by chess.com PGN file👇🏼
@unitychess