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3rd GRENKE Chess Classic 2015 (1)

Four draws in Round 1 of the GRENKE Classic in Baden Baden

"Of course you should draw." Aronian and Carlsen in their press conference with Nigel Short. Photo © | http://grenkechessclassic.de/en/

The first round of the GRENKE Classic in Baden Baden saw all the games drawn. Only Etienne Bacrot had genuine winning chances after David Baramidze blundered with 22…fxg6 rather than play 26…hxg4. Later Bacrot hallucinated a mating variation and once he realised his mistake had to take a draw. Michael Adams played a "dismal" variation of the French Tarrach vs Arkadij Naiditsch and was even a bit worse after 14.g3?! Fabiano Caruana played the Giuoco Piano against Viswanathan Anand and a tense struggle followed which finished in a draw. Magnus Carlsen held Levon Aronian in tense Queen's Gambit, I've added some of the player comments to the PGN file.

Round 2 Tuesday 2pm GMT: Anand-Naiditsch, Carlsen-Adams, Baramidze-Aronian, Caruana-Bacrot Round 1 all games drawn so all tied on 0.5 points

3rd GRENKE Chess Classic Baden Baden GER (GER), 2-9 ii 2015 cat. XX (2750)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2865 * . . ½ . . . . ½ 2777
2. Caruana, Fabiano g ITA 2811 . * ½ . . . . . ½ 2797
3. Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2797 . ½ * . . . . . ½ 2811
4. Aronian, Levon g ARM 2777 ½ . . * . . . . ½ 2865
5. Adams, Michael g ENG 2738 . . . . * . ½ . ½ 2706
6. Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2711 . . . . . * . ½ ½ 2594
7. Naiditsch, Arkadij g GER 2706 . . . . ½ . * . ½ 2738
8. Baramidze, David g GER 2594 . . . . . ½ . * ½ 2711
Round 1 (February 2, 2015)
Caruana, Fabiano - Anand, Viswanathan ½-½ 38 C53 Giuoco Piano
Aronian, Levon - Carlsen, Magnus ½-½ 64 D36 QGD Exchange
Adams, Michael - Naiditsch, Arkadij ½-½ 61 C07 French Tarrasch
Bacrot, Etienne - Baramidze, David ½-½ 31 D70 Gruenfeld Defence

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