GRENKE Chess Open starts with almost 1500 players

Written by Georgios Souleidis on 30 March 2018.

A new record for the GRENKE Chess OPEN: 1482 players found their way to the Schwarzwaldhalle in Karlsruhe to play the biggest open chess tournament in Europe. We counted 787 players in the A_Open, almost 300 of them are titled players. 528 players have registered for the B-Open, and in the C-Open 169 chess lovers play their games during Easter. Before the start of the first round, tournament director Sven Noppes opened the Chess Open and invited the 10 players of the GRENKE Classic on stage for the draw of their event, starting on Saturday, 30 March. Many chess fans are delighted to see the clash between Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana in the first round! .

Photo: Eric van Reem

Video Impressions | Round 1 | GRENKE Chess Open 2018

Written by Jonathan Reichel on 30 March 2018.

On our GRENKE Chess YouTube channel you will find grandmaster interviews and much more about the
GRENKE Chess Open & Classic.

Record-breaking GRENKE Chess Open

Written by Georgios Souleidis on 28 March 2018.

The third GRENKE Chess Open is a record-breaking event. Two days before the start of the tournament on Holy Thursday, more than 1500 chess players from all over the world have confirmed their participation. Etienne Bacrot (France) ist the leader of the pack, followed by Richard Rapport (Hungary) and Wang Hao (China). The number-four seed is Rustam Kasimdzhanov (Uzbekistan). He is the trainer and second of Fabiano Caruana.