Name: Arkadij Naiditsch
Age: 32
Country: Azerbaijan
World ranking: No. 41
Name: Levon Aronian
Age: 35
Counry: Armenia
World ranking: No. 5
Name: Matthias Blübaum
Age: 20
Country: Germany
World ranking: Nr. 138
Name: Viswanathan Anand
Age: 48
Country: Indien
World ranking: No. 9
Name: Magnus Carlsen
Age: 27
Country: Norway
World ranking: No. 1
Name: Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Age: 27
Country: France
World ranking: No. 6
Name: Hou Yifan
Age: 23
Country: China
World ranking: No. 96
Name: Georg Meier
Age: 30
Country: Germany
World rankinge: No. 109
Name: Fabiano Caruana
Age: 25
Country: USA
World ranking: No. 7
Name: Nikita Vitiugov
Age: 31
Country: Russland
World ranking No. 26
The 2018 GRENKE Chess Classic started with a bang before the games even got underway, as World Champion Magnus Carlsen was drawn to play his freshly crowned challenger Fabiano Caruana during Thursday’s opening ceremony. This much anticipated game kept all its promises as it was not only the last to finish, but also packed with tension, a couple of big twists and an unexpected outcome. But let’s have a look at things in chronological order.
The next Chess World Championship will be played between 09. and 28. November 2018 in London. Reigning world champion Magnus Carlsen (Norway) will face 25-year old American challenger Fabiano Caruana, who won the Candidates Tournament in Berlin earlier this week. A first warm-up game between the two superstars will be played during the GRENKE Chess Classic, just a few days after Caruana won the right to challenge the world champion.
Read more: GRENKE Chess Classic with World Championship warm-up game
Read more: Video Impressions | Round 1 | GRENKE Chess Classic
Get in the mood for the 2018 GRENKE Chess Classic with our official trailer!
