TWIC is 30. First issue 17th September 1994.
GRENKE Chess Classic 2018 (5)
All games drawn in GRENKE Classic Round 5; Carlsen escapes with a draw
Mark Crowther - Thursday 5th April 2018
Meier had a winning position against Carlsen but little time. Photo © | http://www.grenkechessclassic.de
Magnus Carlsen took a few too many risks against Georg Meier in round 5 of the GRENKE Classic and was pretty lucky to escape with a draw. Neither Meier nor Carlsen saw winning lines but suspected that black's position was bad. As it was by first time control the position was level and ended in a draw.
Arkadij Naiditsch built up a big, winning, advantage against Matthias Bluebaum but this advantage gradually disappeared in a messy game. Viswanathan Anand and Fabiano Caruana drew an interesting Caro-Kann. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Levon Aronian drew an interesting Ruy Lopez where MVL found a nice shot with 19.Nxe6, a move clearly missed by Aronian, but fortunately for black it wasn't winning and the game was drawn. Nikita Vitiugov was clearly better prepared than Hou Yifan in a theoretical Zaitsev Ruy Lopez but Hou's sensible play kept her out of trouble and the game was also drawn.
Round 5 standings: 1st-3rd MVL, Caruana, Vitiugov 3.5pts, 4th-5th Carlsen, Aronian 3pts 6th-7th Anand, Bluebaum 2pts 8th-10th Naiditsch, Hou,Yifan, Meier 1.5pts.
Round 6 pairings 2pm Friday: Carlsen-Aronian, Vitiugov-MVL, Caruana-Hou Yifan, Bluebaum-Anand, Meier-Naiditsch.
| GRENKE Chess Classic 2018 Karlsruhe/Baden Baden GER (GER), 31 iii-9 iv 2018 | cat. XX (2736) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1. | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | g | FRA | 2789 | * | . | . | ½ | ½ | 1 | . | ½ | 1 | . | 3½ | 2902 | |||
| 2. | Caruana, Fabiano | g | USA | 2784 | . | * | . | ½ | . | ½ | ½ | 1 | . | 1 | 3½ | 2868 | |||
| 3. | Vitiugov, Nikita | g | RUS | 2735 | . | . | * | . | . | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 3½ | 2831 | |||
| 4. | Carlsen, Magnus | g | NOR | 2843 | ½ | ½ | . | * | . | . | ½ | . | 1 | ½ | 3 | 2773 | |||
| 5. | Aronian, Levon | g | ARM | 2794 | ½ | . | . | . | * | ½ | . | 1 | ½ | ½ | 3 | 2785 | |||
| 6. | Anand, Viswanathan | g | IND | 2776 | 0 | ½ | ½ | . | ½ | * | . | . | ½ | . | 2 | 2679 | |||
| 7. | Bluebaum, Matthias | g | GER | 2631 | . | ½ | 0 | ½ | . | . | * | ½ | . | ½ | 2 | 2670 | |||
| 8. | Naiditsch, Arkadij | g | AZE | 2701 | ½ | 0 | ½ | . | 0 | . | ½ | * | . | . | 1½ | 2597 | |||
| 9. | Hou, Yifan | g | CHN | 2654 | 0 | . | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | . | . | * | . | 1½ | 2638 | |||
| 10. | Meier, Georg | g | GER | 2648 | . | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | . | ½ | . | . | * | 1½ | 2608 | |||
| Round 5 (April 5, 2018) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | - Aronian, Levon | ½-½ | 36 | C88 | Ruy Lopez Closed | |
| Anand, Viswanathan | - Caruana, Fabiano | ½-½ | 41 | B12 | Caro Kann Advanced | |
| Naiditsch, Arkadij | - Bluebaum, Matthias | ½-½ | 65 | A13 | Reti Opening | |
| Hou, Yifan | - Vitiugov, Nikita | ½-½ | 39 | C92 | Ruy Lopez Chigorin | |
| Meier, Georg | - Carlsen, Magnus | ½-½ | 43 | E10 | Blumenfeld Counter Gambit | |
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