TWIC is 29. First issue 17th September 1994.
3rd GRENKE Chess Classic 2015 (6)
Leaders Carlsen and Naiditsch draw in GRENKE Round 6
Mark Crowther - Sunday 8th February 2015
Caruana and Carlsen draw in Round 6. Photo © | http://grenkechessclassic.de/en/
Magnus Carlsen and Arkadij Naiditsch both drew their round 6 games and share the lead on 4/6 going into the final round of the GRENK Masters in Baden Baden. There will be a blitz tie-break if there is a tie for first place after the final round 7.
Carlsen drew fairly comfortably against Fabiano Caruana when he had slightly the better of the theoretical duel in a Berlin Defence.
Arkadij Naiditsch eventually had an edge against Etienne Bacrot due to better placed minor pieces but didn't manange to make anything of it. Micheal Adams got a significant edge against Levon Aronian's English and seemed disappointed not to do better with the postiion. Finally Viswanathan Anand managed to beat David Baramidze after winning material due to black's error with 22...c3. Whilst the position remained winning it took five and a half hours play to convert.
Round 6 Standings: Carlsen, Naiditsch 4pts, Caruana 3.5pts, Adams, Bacrot, Aronian 3pts, Anand 2.5pts, Baramidze 1 pt.
Final Round 7 Pairings 2pm GMT Monday: Adams-Anand, Naiditsch-Aronian, Carlsen-Bacrot and Baramidze-Caruana.
| 3rd GRENKE Chess Classic Baden Baden GER (GER), 2-9 ii 2015 | cat. XX (2750) | |||||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |||||||
| 1. | Naiditsch, Arkadij | g | GER | 2706 | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | . | ½ | ½ | 1 | 4 | 2877 |
| 2. | Carlsen, Magnus | g | NOR | 2865 | 0 | * | ½ | . | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2862 |
| 3. | Caruana, Fabiano | g | ITA | 2811 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | . | 3½ | 2822 |
| 4. | Bacrot, Etienne | g | FRA | 2711 | ½ | . | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 3 | 2737 |
| 5. | Aronian, Levon | g | ARM | 2777 | . | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | 3 | 2752 |
| 6. | Adams, Michael | g | ENG | 2738 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | . | 1 | 3 | 2744 |
| 7. | Anand, Viswanathan | g | IND | 2797 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | . | * | 1 | 2½ | 2687 |
| 8. | Baramidze, David | g | GER | 2594 | 0 | 0 | . | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | 2492 |
| Round 6 (February 8, 2015) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caruana, Fabiano | - Carlsen, Magnus | ½-½ | 26 | C67 | Ruy Lopez Berlin | |
| Bacrot, Etienne | - Naiditsch, Arkadij | ½-½ | 37 | E11 | Bogo Indian Defence | |
| Aronian, Levon | - Adams, Michael | ½-½ | 56 | A29 | English Four Knights | |
| Anand, Viswanathan | - Baramidze, David | 1-0 | 65 | C95 | Ruy Lopez Breyer | |
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