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Lehetséges, hogy Nyikita - Vityugov nagymester - , a fehér sörényű fekete ló, a verseny eddigi legnagyobb meglepetése lesz a vízválasztó a C+C versenyfutásban? Az eddig javarészt az első helyen tanyázó, de a másodiktól lentebb nem csúszó tavalyi Grenke Open győztese sorolja be a világbajnokot és kihívóját? Nagy álmélkodásra adna okot ha ő lenne a befutó. Az idei Openen az utolsó két fordulóig remeklő nagymestereink épp a verseny ezen szakaszában temették el reményeiket. Megeshet-e a főversenyen is hasonló? Ma és holnap választ kapunk a nyitott kérdésre...
Photos: Georgios Souleidis
The GRENKE Chess Classic takes place 31st March to 9th April 2018. Players: Magnus Carlsen, Levon Aronian, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Fabiano Caruana, Viswanathan Anand, Nikita Vitiugov, Arkadij Naiditsch, Hou Yifan, Georg Meier and Matthias Bluebaum.
| Pairings 8th round (08.04.2018 / 15:00) | ||||||||
| Table | TNr | Player | - | TNr | Player | Result | ||
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| 1 | 10. | Carlsen, Magnus | - | 9. | Vitiugov, Nikita | - | ||
| 2 | 1. | Caruana, Fabiano | - | 8. | Aronian, Levon | - | ||
| 3 | 2. | Bluebaum, Matthias | - | 7. | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | - | ||
| 4 | 3. | Meier, Georg | - | 6. | Hou, Yifan | - | ||
| 5 | 4. | Naiditsch, Arkadij | - | 5. | Anand, Viswanathan | - | ||
| Pairings 9th round (09.04.2018 / 15:00) | ||||||||
| Table | TNr | Player | - | TNr | Player | Result | ||
| 1 | 5. | Anand, Viswanathan | - | 10. | Carlsen, Magnus | - | ||
| 2 | 6. | Hou, Yifan | - | 4. | Naiditsch, Arkadij | - | ||
| 3 | 7. | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | - | 3. | Meier, Georg | - | ||
| 4 | 8. | Aronian, Levon | - | 2. | Bluebaum, Matthias | - | ||
| 5 | 9. | Vitiugov, Nikita | - | 1. | Caruana, Fabiano | - | ||
| Standings after round 7 | |||||||||||||||
| Place | No. | Participants | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Points | Wins |
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| 1. | 1. | Caruana, Fabiano | 2784 | ** | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 5.0 | 3 | ||
| 2. | 2. | Vitiugov, Nikita | 2735 | ** | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 4.5 | 2 | ||
| 2. | 3. | Carlsen, Magnus | 2843 | ½ | ** | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 4.5 | 2 | ||
| 4. | 4. | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 2789 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ** | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | 2 | ||
| 5. | 5. | Aronian, Levon | 2794 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ** | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 4.0 | 1 | ||
| 6. | 6. | Bluebaum, Matthias | 2631 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ** | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 3.5 | 1 | ||
| 7. | 7. | Naiditsch, Arkadij | 2701 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ** | 1 | 2.5 | 1 | ||
| 8. | 8. | Anand, Viswanathan | 2776 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ** | ½ | ½ | 2.5 | 0 | ||
| 8. | 9. | Hou, Yifan | 2654 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ** | 2.5 | 0 | ||
| 10. | 10. | Meier, Georg | |||||||||||||
Schedule GRENKE Chess Classic 2018:
Round 1: 31st March 15:00 (Schwarzwaldhalle Karlsruhe)
Round 2: 1st April 15:00 (Schwarzwaldhalle Karlsruhe)
Round 3: 2nd April 15:00 (Schwarzwaldhalle Karlsruhe)
Rest day: 3rd April
Round 4: 4th April 15:00 (Kulturhaus LA8 Baden-Baden)
Round 5: 5th April 15:00 (Kulturhaus LA8 Baden-Baden)
Round 6: 6th April 15:00 (Kulturhaus LA8 Baden-Baden)
Round 7: 7th April 15:00 (Kulturhaus LA8 Baden-Baden)
Round 8: 8th April 15:00 (Kulturhaus LA8 Baden-Baden)
Round 9: 9th April 15:00 (Kulturhaus LA8 Baden-Baden)

5.1. Total prize fund of the tournament is USD 50,000
5.1.1. Main Prizes (based on Tie-Break):
1st Place USD 13,000 + Trophy 9th Place USD 1,500
2nd Place USD 7,000 10th Place USD 1,300
3rd Place USD 5,000 11th Place USD 1,200
4th Place USD 3,500 12th Place USD 1,100
5th Place USD 2,500 13th Place USD 1,100
6th Place USD 2,200 14th Place USD 900
7th Place USD 2,000 15th Place USD 800
8th Place USD 1,700
10. Schedule:
2th Áprl Round 1 18:30
Tuesday 3th Apr Round 2 17:30
Wednesday 4th Apr Round 3 17:30
Thursday 5th Apr Round 4 17:30
Friday 6th Apr Rest Day / Blitz Cup TBA
Saturday 7th Apr 10:00 Round 5
18:00 Round 6
Sunday 8th Apr Round 7 17:30
Monday 9th Apr Round 8 17:30
Tuesday 10th Apr Round 9 17:30
Wednesday 11th Apr Closing Ceremony 19:00
Thursday 12th Apr Departure for all Invited players 12:00
Magyar öröm helyett német eufória a Grenke 2018 Openen. A 99. helyről rajtoló 2400 élőpontos 13 éves kis legény - Vincent Keymer - a több mint 200-300 élőponttal fölé tornyosulókat legyőzve került az élre. Páratlan teljesítményéhez gratulálok. Fáj ezeket az elismerő és méltató szavakat leírnom, mert a mai napon már a második, amúgy az első élvonalbeli nagymesterünk esett áldozatául. A mieink közül a 9. helyen végzett, remekelő Antal Gergely és a veterán, e verseny szenior elsője; Faragó Iván lehet maradéktalanul elégedett a teljesítményével.
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Lenyűgözően szerepelnek versenyzőink, kivétel nélkül mindannyian, szinte egymást múlják felül. Ennek a remeklésnek még a mai két fordulón át ki kell tartani ahhoz, hogy a végső mérleg is jól mutasson. Sem az első hely, sem a dobogós helyezések még nem dőltek el. Az élen 11-en állnak 7/6 pontos teljesítménnyel, köztük két honfitársunk; a 2. kiemelt Rapport Richárd és a rajtlistán 14. helyre rangsorolt női kapitány: Papp Gábor. Bánusz Tamás rajthelyéhez képest szerényebb pozícióból várja a folytatást. Nagy elismeréssel szólhatunk Antal Gergely és Korpa Bence eddigi teljesítményéről, akik világklasszis versenyzők számára képeztek leküzdhetetlen akadályt. Faragó Iván 7/5 pontos teljesítménye nemcsak a szenior korúak körében megsüvegelendő teljesítmény.
Csak így tovább! Hajrá Magyarok!
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Előzetes számítások szerint több mint másfél-ezer sakkozó ül tábla mellé és ad fesztiválhangulatot a Grenke sakkversenyének. De jó is lenne a budapesti tavaszi fesztivál sakk-versenyén viszontlátni ekkora versenyző tömeget!
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Nagymestereink közül a fentieken túl részt vesz még az Openen: Antal Gergely 9. 9/7!,
Korpa Bence 128. 9/5.5, Faragó Iván 114. 9/6
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| Rang | Titel | Teilnehmer | TWZ | Attr. | Verein/Ort | Land | S | R | V | Punkte | Buchh |
| 1. | IM | Keymer, Vincent | 2403 | M | SF Deizisau | GER | 7 | 2 | 0 | 8.0 | 52.5 |
| 2. | GM | Korobov, Anton | 2664 | M | SC Viernheim | UKR | 6 | 3 | 0 | 7.5 | 56.0 |
| 3. | GM | Gordievsky, Dmitry | 2630 | M | RUS | 6 | 3 | 0 | 7.5 | 54.5 | |
| 4. | GM | Shirov, Alexei | 2651 | M | OSG Baden-Baden | LAT | 6 | 3 | 0 | 7.5 | 52.0 |
| 5. | GM | Lagarde, Maxime | 2587 | M | SF Deizisau | FRA | 6 | 2 | 1 | 7.0 | 57.0 |
| 6. | GM | Bindrich, Falko | 2602 | M | DJK Aufwärts Aachen | GER | 5 | 4 | 0 | 7.0 | 54.0 |
| 7. | GM | Sadzikowski, Daniel | 2583 | M | SC Heusenstamm | POL | 5 | 4 | 0 | 7.0 | 53.5 |
| 7. | GM | Firat, Burak | 2453 | M | TUR | 5 | 4 | 0 | 7.0 | 53.5 | |
| 9. | GM | Antal, Gergely | 2540 | M | ESV Nickelhütte Aue | HUN | 6 | 2 | 1 | 7.0 | 52.5 |
| 9. | IM | Valsecchi, Alessio | 2510 | M | ITA | 6 | 2 | 1 | 7.0 | 52.5 | |
| 11. | GM | Andreikin, Dmitry | 2712 | M | RUS | 5 | 4 | 0 | 7.0 | 52.5 | |
| 12. | IM | Santos Latasa, Jaime | 2549 | M | ESP | 5 | 4 | 0 | 7.0 | 52.0 |
Prizes: 15.000 EUR + Trophy, 10.000 EUR, 7.000 EUR, 5.000 EUR, 3.000
EUR, 2.000 EUR, 1.500 EUR, 1.000 EUR, 700 EUR, 500 EUR, 400
EUR, 300 EUR, 250 EUR, 200 EUR, 150 EUR, 100 EUR
Opening and 1st round: Thursday, 29. March 2018 ca. 18.30
2nd round: Friday, 30. March 2018 ab 9 Uhr
3rd round: Friday, 30. March 2018 ab 15 Uhr
4th round: Saturday, 31. March 2018 ab 9 Uhr
5th round: Saturday, 31. March 2018 ab 15 Uhr
6th round: Sunday, 1. April 2018 ab 9 Uhr
7th round: Sunday, 1. April 2018 ab 15 Uhr
8th round: Monday, 2. April 2018 ab 9 Uhr
9th round: Monday, 2. April 2018 ab 15 Uhr
Award Ceremony: After the last round

| Rk. | SNo | Name | Typ | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | K | rtg+/- | ||
| 1 | 7 | IM | Paehtz Elisabeth | GER | 2475 | 8,0 | 0,0 | 71,0 | 76,5 | 20 | 31,4 | ||
| 2 | 11 | IM | Bodnaruk Anastasia | RUS | 2425 | 8,0 | 0,0 | 70,0 | 74,5 | 20 | 43,2 | ||
| 3 | 1 | GM | Muzychuk Anna | UKR | 2611 | 8,0 | 0,0 | 68,0 | 72,5 | 20 | -13,8 | ||
| 4 | 4 | GM | Ushenina Anna | UKR | 2483 | 8,0 | 0,0 | 64,0 | 69,0 | 20 | 5,8 | ||
| 5 | 2 | GM | Kosteniuk Alexandra | RUS | 2515 | 8,0 | 0,0 | 64,0 | 68,5 | 20 | -8,4 | ||
| 6 | 10 | WGM | Girya Olga | RUS | 2426 | 7,5 | 0,0 | 69,5 | 74,5 | 20 | 24,4 | ||
| 7 | 18 | IM | Arabidze Meri | GEO | 2363 | 7,5 | 0,0 | 64,0 | 68,0 | 20 | 16,0 | ||
| 8 | 20 | FM | Voit Daria | RUS | 2359 | 7,5 | 0,0 | 62,0 | 67,0 | 20 | 9,2 | ||
| 9 | 5 | GM | Khotenashvili Bela | GEO | 2480 | 7,0 | 0,0 | 73,0 | 78,5 | 20 | 14,4 | ||
| 10 | 43 | Maltsevskaya Aleksandra | U18 | RUS | 2220 | 7,0 | 0,0 | 70,0 | 74,5 | 20 | 73,0 |
| Rk. | SNo | Name | Typ | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | ||
| 1 | 2 | GM | Muzychuk Anna | UKR | 2545 | 10,0 | 0,0 | 104,5 | 110,5 | ||
| 2 | 17 | IM | Paehtz Elisabeth | GER | 2348 | 9,5 | 0,0 | 100,5 | 105,5 | ||
| 3 | 23 | GM | Socko Monika | POL | 2314 | 9,5 | 0,0 | 97,5 | 103,5 | ||
| 4 | 8 | IM | Matnadze Ana | ESP | 2429 | 9,5 | 0,0 | 94,0 | 100,0 | ||
| 5 | 4 | GM | Stefanova Antoaneta | FID | 2507 | 9,0 | 0,0 | 96,5 | 102,0 | ||
| 6 | 37 | IM | Osmak Iulija | UKR | 2209 | 9,0 | 0,0 | 92,5 | 94,0 | ||
| 7 | 25 | WGM | Charkhalashvili Inga | GEO | 2302 | 9,0 | 0,0 | 83,5 | 87,5 | ||
| 8 | 3 | GM | Gunina Valentina | RUS | 2533 | 8,5 | 0,0 | 102,0 | 108,5 | ||
| 9 | 14 | FM | Voit Daria | RUS | 2378 | 8,5 | 0,0 | 98,5 | 104,5 | ||
| 10 | 16 | IM | Arabidze Meri | GEO | 2351 | 8,5 | 0,0 | 98,5 | 104,5 |
The total prize fund of the event will be 20.500 EUR, with 14.500 EUR reserved for the Rapid Championship and 6.000 EUR reserved for the Blitz Championship. Besides the regular prizes, the best Junior player, the best Senior players will be rewarded, as well as the best players who are members of the Association of Chess Professionals (ACP).
2. Venue, Date & Schedule
The championships will be held in Tbilisi (Georgia) from March 29 (day of arrival) until
April 2 (day of departure) 2018. The tournament hall will be in “Hotel Iota”.
Rapid Thursday March 29 Arrival Day
Rapid Friday March 30 10:00 – 13:00 Registration
Rapid Friday March 30 14:00 Opening Ceremony
Rapid Friday March 30 14:30 Round 1
Rapid Friday March 30 15:30 Round 2
Rapid Friday March 30 16:30 Round 3
Rapid Friday March 30 17:30 Round 4
Rapid Friday March 30 18:30 Round 5
Rapid Saturday March 31 13:30 Round 6
Rapid Saturday March 31 14:30 Round 7
Rapid Saturday March 31 15:30 Round 8
Rapid Saturday March 31 16:30 Round 9
Rapid Saturday March 31 17:30 Round 10
Rapid Saturday March 31 18:30 Round 11
Rapid Saturday March 31 19:45 Closing Ceremony
Blitz Sunday April 1 10:00 – 13:00 Registration
Blitz Sunday April 1 13:30 Round 1
Blitz Sunday April 1 13:50 Round 2
Blitz Sunday April 1 14:10 Round 3
Blitz Sunday April 1 14:30 Round 4
3. Participation
The European Women’s rapid and blitz championships are open to all players
representing the Chess Federations, members of the European Chess Union
regardless of their title or rating. There is also no limit of participants per federation.
However, applications should be sent by the national federations only.
4. System & Rate of Play
The European Individual rapid championship will be played according to the Swiss
system in 11 rounds, with the time control 15 minutes + 10 seconds per move
starting from the first move.
The European Individual blitz championship will be played according to the Swiss
system in 13 rounds, with the time control 3 minutes + 2 seconds per move
starting from the first move.
5. Tie-Break System
The order of players that finish with the same number of points shall be determined by
application of the following tie-breaking procedures in sequence, proceeding from (a) to
(b) to (c) to (d) to (e) to the extent required:
(a) Result of direct encounters between the tied players (applies only if all tied
players have played each other)
(b) Buchholz cut-1
(c) Buchholz
(d) The greater number of games played with black.
(e) The greater number of wins.
6. Prizes
Blitz Sunday April 1 14:50 Round 5
Blitz Sunday April 1 16:00 Round 6
Blitz Sunday April 1 16:20 Round 7
Blitz Sunday April 1 16:40 Round 8
Blitz Sunday April 1 17:00 Round 9
Blitz Sunday April 1 17:20 Round 10
Blitz Sunday April 1 17:40 Round 11
Blitz Sunday April 1 18:00 Round 12
Blitz Sunday April 1 18:20 Round 13
Blitz Sunday April 1 19:30 Closing Ceremony
Blitz Monday April 2 Departure


| Round | Date | Time |
| 1 | 2018/03/24 | 17:00 |
| 2 | 2018/03/25 | 09:30 |
| 3 | 2018/03/25 | 17:00 |
| 4 | 2018/03/26 | 17:00 |
| 5 | 2018/03/27 | 17:00 |
| 6 | 2018/03/28 | 17:00 |
| 7 | 2018/03/29 | 17:00 |
| 8 | 2018/03/30 | 17:00 |
| 9 | 2018/03/31 | 09:30 |

Croatia now has the European Chess Champion (Photo: Croatian Chess Federation)
Croatian chess player Ivan Saric is the new champion of Europe after winning the 2018 European Individual Chess Championship in Batumi, Georgia today.


| SNo | Name | Rtg | FED | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts. | Rk. | Rp | K | rtg+/- | ||
| 19 | GM | Berkes Ferenc | 2671 | HUN | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 6,5 | 35 | 2675 | 10 | 0,70 | |
| 47 | GM | Erdos Viktor | 2627 | HUN | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 6,5 | 41 | 2626 | 10 | 0,30 | |
| 118 | GM | Ruck Robert | 2529 | HUN | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 4,5 | 185 | 2399 | 10 | -16,20 | |
| 119 | IM | Kantor Gergely | 2527 | HUN | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5,0 | 151 | 2449 | 10 | -8,90 |
| Rd. | Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||||
| 11 | 19 | 104 | GM | Savchenko Boris | 2550 | 6½ | 6½ | GM | Berkes Ferenc | 2671 | 19 | |||
| 11 | 23 | 121 | GM | Djukic Nikola | 2523 | 6½ | 6½ | GM | Erdos Viktor | 2627 | 47 | |||
| 11 | 79 | 241 | FM | Tifferet Shaked | 2274 | 5 | 5 | IM | Kantor Gergely | 2527 | 119 | |||
| 11 | 91 | 208 | Lewtak Damian | 2370 | 4½ | 4½ | GM | Ruck Robert | 2529 | 118 |
| Rd. | Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||||
| 10 | 20 | 47 | GM | Erdos Viktor | 2627 | 6 | ½ - ½ | 6 | GM | Yuffa Daniil | 2521 | 123 | ||
| 10 | 26 | 19 | GM | Berkes Ferenc | 2671 | 5½ | 1 - 0 | 5½ | IM | Vavulin Maksim | 2583 | 88 | ||
| 10 | 51 | 119 | IM | Kantor Gergely | 2527 | 5 | 0 - 1 | 5 | GM | Alekseenko Kirill | 2609 | 62 | ||
| 10 | 91 | 118 | GM | Ruck Robert | 2529 | 4 | ½ - ½ | 4 | FM | Tokranovs Dmitrijs | 2375 | 204 |
7. Qualifying & Prizes
• The European individual chess championship 2018 is a qualification event for the
next World Cup. According to FIDE regulations and the decision of the ECU Board,
23 players will qualify. In case of equal score the qualification will be determined
according to the article 11.
• According to Article 14.1.1 of the ECU Tournament Rules and regulations, if one
of the prize – winners is absent during the closing ceremony, his money prize will
be reduced by 20% with a minimum of 100 €.
• Total prize fund is 100 000 Euro.
Rank
Prizes in Euros
1 20 000
2 15 000
3 10 000
4 7 000
5 6 000
6 5 000
7 4 000
8 3 000
9 2 500
10 2 500
11 2 000
Special prizes
Best male and female Junior players under 18 years old, born till 2000 or later
Rank Prizes in Euro
1 1 000
2 600
3 400
Seniors born before 31.12.1968
Rank Prizes in Euro
1 1 000
2 600
3 400
Best female player
Rank Prizes in Euro
1 1 000
2 600
3 400
According the agreement between ACP and O.C there will be 6 additional prizes (1000
Euro each prize, 6000 euros in total) for the 6 highest-placed ACP Premium Members,
who did not win a higher prize in the EICC.

A helyszíni élő videó-közvetítést ITT éred el.
2018 FIDE Candidates' Tournament | Round 9 Standings
| # | Fed | Name | Rtg | Perf | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Pts | SB |
| 1 | Caruana,F | 2784 | 2905 | ½ | ½ | ½½ | ½ | 1 | 1½ | 1 | 6.0/9 | |||
| 2 | Mamedyarov,S | 2809 | 2859 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1½ | ½½ | ½ | 1 | 5.5/9 | |||
| 3 | Grischuk,A | 2767 | 2829 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1½ | 01 | 5.0/9 | |||
| 4 | Ding Liren | 2769 | 2788 | ½½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½½ | ½ | ½ | 4.5/9 | 20.50 | ||
| 5 | Karjakin,S | 2763 | 2792 | ½ | 0½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½1 | 4.5/9 | 19.25 | ||
| 6 | Aronian,L | 2794 | 2707 | 0 | ½½ | ½ | ½½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.5/9 | 17.00 | ||
| 7 | So,W | 2799 | 2704 | 0½ | ½ | 0½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 3.5/9 | 15.75 | ||
| 8 | Kramnik,V | 2800 | 2701 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ½ | ½0 | 1 | ½ | 3.5/9 | 14.75 |