Name: Matthias Blübaum
Age: 20
Country: Germany
World ranking: Nr. 138
Name: Fabiano Caruana
Age: 25
Country: USA
World ranking: No. 7
Name: Arkadij Naiditsch
Age: 32
Country: Azerbaijan
World ranking: No. 41
Name: Magnus Carlsen
Age: 27
Country: Norway
World ranking: No. 1
Name: Hou Yifan
Age: 23
Country: China
World ranking: No. 96
Name: Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Age: 27
Country: France
World ranking: No. 6
Name: Georg Meier
Age: 30
Country: Germany
World rankinge: No. 109
Name: Viswanathan Anand
Age: 48
Country: Indien
World ranking: No. 9
Name: Levon Aronian
Age: 35
Counry: Armenia
World ranking: No. 5
Name: Nikita Vitiugov
Age: 31
Country: Russland
World ranking No. 26
Things got off to a slow start as the GRENKE Chess Classic resumed in the spa town of Baden-Baden after a sunny rest day. After all the crazy encounters we witnessed in Karlsruhe there was very little drama on the boards today as only Caruana could win his game while the four remaining games were drawn without a single mistake to be found anywhere.
Read more: Caruana wins to join MVL and Vitiugov in the lead
On its final day in Karlsruhe (the event moves to Baden-Baden after tomorrow’s rest day) fans attending the GRENKE Chess Classic were once again treated to fighting chess and exciting games. A few players made a bid to join Vitiugov in the lead, but at the end of the day only Vachier-Lagrave was successful in doing so.
Read more: Video Impressions | Final Day in Karlsruhe | GRENKE Chess Open & Classic
While yesterday we had five thrilling games but only one decisive result, today we got both the thrill and the crucial outcomes. Apart from Fabiano Caruana, all rating favourites took advantage of the white pieces to get the better of their opponents in very similar, positional fashion.
Read more: Four decisive results in round 2 as White goes 4.5-0.5!
