Grenke Classic 2019

Rules & regulations

The tournament will be held from 20-29 April, 2019.

Venue: Schwarzwaldhallte Karlsruhe (rounds 1 to 5), Kulturhaus LA8 Baden-Baden (rounds 6 to 9)

Time control: 100 min/40 moves + 50 min/20 moves + 15 min/rest of the game with a 30 sec increment from move 1

Draws: No draw offers before move 40

Tiebreakers: 1. Number of wins, 2. Number of wins with Black, 3. Head-to-head score In case of a tie for first place: 2 games with 10 min + 2 sec a move; then if needed 2 games with 5 min + 2 sec a move; finally a game with 6 min for White and 5 min for Black (in case of a draw Black wins)

Default time: 30 minutes

Tournament Directors: Christian Bossert and Sven Noppes (FIDE Arbiter)

Live commentary: and

Schedule

Schedule GRENKE 2019: Round 1: 20th April 15:00 (Schwarzwaldhalle Karlsruhe) Round 2: 21st April 15:00 (Schwarzwaldhalle Karlsruhe) Round 3: 22nd April 15:00 (Schwarzwaldhalle Karlsruhe) Round 4: 23rd April 15:00 (Schwarzwaldhalle Karlsruhe) Round 5: 24th April 15:00 (Schwarzwaldhalle Karlsruhe) Rest day: 25th April Round 6: 26th April 15:00 (Kulturhaus LA8 Baden-Baden) Round 7: 27th April 15:00 (Kulturhaus LA8 Baden-Baden) Round 8: 28th April 15:00 (Kulturhaus LA8 Baden-Baden) Round 9: 29th April 15:00 (Kulturhaus LA8 Baden-Baden)

Players

Grandmaster

Norway, b. 30/11/1990, rating 2845 (World Champion)

USA, b. 30/07/1992, rating 2819 (No. 2 world ranking)

Grandmaster

India, b. 11/12/1969, rating 2774 (No. 6 world ranking) Grandmaster Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

France, b. 21/10/1990, rating 2773 (No. 7 world ranking)

Grandmaster

Armenia, b. 06/10/1982, rating 2763 (No. 10 world ranking) Grandmaster

Russia, b. 17/06/1976, rating 2735 (No. 19 world ranking)

Grandmaster

Azerbaijan, b. 25/10/1985, rating 2695 (No. 42 world ranking) Grandmaster Francisco Vallejo Pons

Spain, b. 21/08/1982, rating 2693 (No. 43 world ranking)

Grandmaster Georg Meier

Germany, b. 27/08/1987, rating 2628 (No. 152 world ranking) International Master Vincent Keymer

Germany, b. 15/11/2004, rating 2516 (No. 6 world ranking U16)