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Incredible, unbelievable, sensational. Vincent Keymer (pictured below) beat Richard Rapport in the last round and won the GRENKE Chess Open with 8 points out of 9 games. The German rising star, who is sponsored by GRENKE, started the tournament as the 99th seed and finished ahead of 49 Grandmasters. With this result Keymer qualified for the GRENKE Chess Classic 2019, but he said that he would yet have to see if he would take up that invitation - time will tell. Congratulations, Vincent!
Century sensation - Vincent Keymer wins the GRENKE Chess Open 2018 in Karlsruhe.
With a tournament performance of 2800 Elo Vincent Keymer leaves 60 Grand Masters behind.