The 2018 GRENKE Chess Classic is a 10-player round-robin held in Germany from 31 March to 9 April. The first 3 rounds are in Karlsruhe alongside the GRENKE Chess Open, then after a rest day the last 6 rounds are in the Kulturhaus LA8 in Baden-Baden.
The field features World Champion Magnus Carlsen and fellow Top 10 players Fabiano Caruana, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Vishy Anand and Levon Aronian, as well as women's no. 1 Hou Yifan.
The time control is 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 are tied for first place a rapid play-off will take place.
Schedule: (UTC)
Round 1 Mar 31, 2018 13:00
Round 2 Apr 1, 2018 13:00
Round 3 Apr 2, 2018 13:00
Round 4 Apr 4, 2018 13:00
Round 5 Apr 5, 2018 13:00
Round 6 Apr 6, 2018 13:00
Round 7 Apr 7, 2018 13:00
Round 8 Apr 8, 2018 13:00
Round 9 Apr 9, 2018 13:00
Fabiano Caruana (USA) won GRENKE Chess Classic 2018 with 6.5 points. Congratulations!
Watch the games of the GRENKE Chess Classic 2018 with computer analysis LIVE on ChessBomb.
You can see games from previous issues of the tournament with computer analysis at ChessBomb:
GRENKE Chess Classic 2017
GRENKE Chess Classic 2016
GRENKE Chess Classic 2015
GRENKE Chess Classic 2014
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