TWIC is 30. First issue 17th September 1994.
3rd GRENKE Chess Classic 2015 (5)
Carlsen joins Naiditsch in the lead of the GRENKE Classic after 5 rounds
Mark Crowther - Saturday 7th February 2015
Carlsen had to work hard but beat Baramidze in the end. Photo © | http://grenkechessclassic.de/en/
Magnus Carlsen beat the tail-ender David Baramidze in a Breyer Ruy Lopez to catch Arkadij Naiditsch in the lead of the GRENKE Classic with two rounds to go. Carlsen had the slightly more pleasant position but nothing so very much until coming up to the first time control and after winning his opponent's b-pawn on move 37 Carlsen only had be precise to make his queenside pawns count.
Arkadij Naiditsch had somewhat the better of a Ruy Lopez Marshall as white against Fabiano Caruana but the endgame finished in a draw.
Viswanathan Anand made a second miscalculation in a row which turned a promising position against Levon Aronian into a bad one and after that he did not really resist as well as he might have.
Etienne Bacrot had an edge throughout his game against Michael Adams and at one point seemed to have a decisive advantage but Adams escaped with a draw in the final game to finish.
Round 5 Standings: Naiditsch, Carlsen 3.5pts, Caruana 3pts, Adams, Bacrot, Aronian 2.5pts, Anand 1.5pts, Baramidze 1pt
Round 6 pairings: Anand-Baramidze, Caruana-Carlsen, Bacrot-Naiditsch, Aronian-Adams.
| 3rd GRENKE Chess Classic Baden Baden GER (GER), 2-9 ii 2015 | cat. XX (2750) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |||||||
| 1. | Naiditsch, Arkadij | g | GER | 2706 | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | . | . | ½ | 1 | 3½ | 2910 |
| 2. | Carlsen, Magnus | g | NOR | 2865 | 0 | * | . | 1 | . | ½ | 1 | 1 | 3½ | 2871 |
| 3. | Caruana, Fabiano | g | ITA | 2811 | ½ | . | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | . | 3 | 2817 |
| 4. | Adams, Michael | g | ENG | 2738 | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | . | . | 1 | 2½ | 2737 |
| 5. | Bacrot, Etienne | g | FRA | 2711 | . | . | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 2½ | 2743 |
| 6. | Aronian, Levon | g | ARM | 2777 | . | ½ | 0 | . | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | 2½ | 2755 |
| 7. | Anand, Viswanathan | g | IND | 2797 | ½ | 0 | ½ | . | ½ | 0 | * | . | 1½ | 2625 |
| 8. | Baramidze, David | g | GER | 2594 | 0 | 0 | . | 0 | ½ | ½ | . | * | 1 | 2519 |
| Round 5 (February 7, 2015) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naiditsch, Arkadij | - Caruana, Fabiano | ½-½ | 65 | C89 | Ruy Lopez Marshall | |
| Carlsen, Magnus | - Baramidze, David | 1-0 | 49 | C95 | Ruy Lopez Breyer | |
| Adams, Michael | - Bacrot, Etienne | ½-½ | 65 | A15 | English counter King's Fianchetto | |
| Aronian, Levon | - Anand, Viswanathan | 1-0 | 34 | D38 | QGD Ragozin | |
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