TWIC is 30. First issue 17th September 1994.
3rd GRENKE Chess Classic 2015 (1)
Four draws in Round 1 of the GRENKE Classic in Baden Baden
Mark Crowther - Tuesday 3rd February 2015
"Of course you should draw." Aronian and Carlsen in their press conference with Nigel Short. Photo © | http://grenkechessclassic.de/en/
The first round of the GRENKE Classic in Baden Baden saw all the games drawn. Only Etienne Bacrot had genuine winning chances after David Baramidze blundered with 22…fxg6 rather than play 26…hxg4. Later Bacrot hallucinated a mating variation and once he realised his mistake had to take a draw. Michael Adams played a "dismal" variation of the French Tarrach vs Arkadij Naiditsch and was even a bit worse after 14.g3?! Fabiano Caruana played the Giuoco Piano against Viswanathan Anand and a tense struggle followed which finished in a draw. Magnus Carlsen held Levon Aronian in tense Queen's Gambit, I've added some of the player comments to the PGN file.
Round 2 Tuesday 2pm GMT: Anand-Naiditsch, Carlsen-Adams, Baramidze-Aronian, Caruana-Bacrot Round 1 all games drawn so all tied on 0.5 points
| 3rd GRENKE Chess Classic Baden Baden GER (GER), 2-9 ii 2015 | cat. XX (2750) | |||||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |||||||
| 1. | Carlsen, Magnus | g | NOR | 2865 | * | . | . | ½ | . | . | . | . | ½ | 2777 |
| 2. | Caruana, Fabiano | g | ITA | 2811 | . | * | ½ | . | . | . | . | . | ½ | 2797 |
| 3. | Anand, Viswanathan | g | IND | 2797 | . | ½ | * | . | . | . | . | . | ½ | 2811 |
| 4. | Aronian, Levon | g | ARM | 2777 | ½ | . | . | * | . | . | . | . | ½ | 2865 |
| 5. | Adams, Michael | g | ENG | 2738 | . | . | . | . | * | . | ½ | . | ½ | 2706 |
| 6. | Bacrot, Etienne | g | FRA | 2711 | . | . | . | . | . | * | . | ½ | ½ | 2594 |
| 7. | Naiditsch, Arkadij | g | GER | 2706 | . | . | . | . | ½ | . | * | . | ½ | 2738 |
| 8. | Baramidze, David | g | GER | 2594 | . | . | . | . | . | ½ | . | * | ½ | 2711 |
| Round 1 (February 2, 2015) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caruana, Fabiano | - Anand, Viswanathan | ½-½ | 38 | C53 | Giuoco Piano | |
| Aronian, Levon | - Carlsen, Magnus | ½-½ | 64 | D36 | QGD Exchange | |
| Adams, Michael | - Naiditsch, Arkadij | ½-½ | 61 | C07 | French Tarrasch | |
| Bacrot, Etienne | - Baramidze, David | ½-½ | 31 | D70 | Gruenfeld Defence | |
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