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Schedule GRENKE Chess Classic 2018:
Round 1: 31st March 15:00 (Schwarzwaldhalle Karlsruhe)
Round 2: 1st April 15:00 (Schwarzwaldhalle Karlsruhe)
Round 3: 2nd April 15:00 (Schwarzwaldhalle Karlsruhe)
Rest day: 3rd April
Round 4: 4th April 15:00 (Kulturhaus LA8 Baden-Baden)
Round 5: 5th April 15:00 (Kulturhaus LA8 Baden-Baden)
Round 6: 6th April 15:00 (Kulturhaus LA8 Baden-Baden)
Round 7: 7th April 15:00 (Kulturhaus LA8 Baden-Baden)
Round 8: 8th April 15:00 (Kulturhaus LA8 Baden-Baden)
Round 9: 9th April 15:00 (Kulturhaus LA8 Baden-Baden)
| Pairings 1st round (31.03.2018 / 15:00) | ||||||||
| Table | TNr | Player | - | TNr | Player | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1. | Caruana, Fabiano | - | 10. | Carlsen, Magnus | 1/2-1/2 | ||
| 2 | 2. | Bluebaum, Matthias | - | 9. | Vitiugov, Nikita | 0-1 | ||
| 3 | 3. | Meier, Georg | - | 8. | Aronian, Levon | 1/2-1/2 | ||
| 4 | 4. | Naiditsch, Arkadij | - | 7. | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 1/2-1/2 | ||
| 5 | 5. | Anand, Viswanathan | - | 6. | Hou, Yifan | 1/2-1/2 | ||
| Pairings 2nd round (01.04.2018 / 15:00) | ||||||||
| Table | TNr | Player | - | TNr | Player | Result | ||
| 1 | 10. | Carlsen, Magnus | - | 6. | Hou, Yifan | 1-0 | ||
| 2 | 7. | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | - | 5. | Anand, Viswanathan | 1-0 | ||
| 3 | 8. | Aronian, Levon | - | 4. | Naiditsch, Arkadij | 1-0 | ||
| 4 | 9. | Vitiugov, Nikita | - | 3. | Meier, Georg | 1-0 | ||
| 5 | 1. | Caruana, Fabiano | - | 2. | Bluebaum, Matthias | 1/2-1/2 | ||
| Pairings 3rd round (02.04.2018 / 15:00) | ||||||||
| Table | TNr | Player | - | TNr | Player | Result | ||
| 1 | 2. | Bluebaum, Matthias | - | 10. | Carlsen, Magnus | 1/2-1/2 | ||
| 2 | 3. | Meier, Georg | - | 1. | Caruana, Fabiano | 0-1 | ||
| 3 | 4. | Naiditsch, Arkadij | - | 9. | Vitiugov, Nikita | 1/2-1/2 | ||
| 4 | 5. | Anand, Viswanathan | - | 8. | Aronian, Levon | 1/2-1/2 | ||
| 5 | 6. | Hou, Yifan | - | 7. | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 0-1 | ||
| Pairings 4th round (04.04.2018 / 15:00) | ||||||||
| Table | TNr | Player | - | TNr | Player | Result | ||
| 1 | 10. | Carlsen, Magnus | - | 7. | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 1/2-1/2 | ||
| 2 | 8. | Aronian, Levon | - | 6. | Hou, Yifan | 1/2-1/2 | ||
| 3 | 9. | Vitiugov, Nikita | - | 5. | Anand, Viswanathan | 1/2-1/2 | ||
| 4 | 1. | Caruana, Fabiano | - | 4. | Naiditsch, Arkadij | 1-0 | ||
| 5 | 2. | Bluebaum, Matthias | - | 3. | Meier, Georg | 1/2-1/2 | ||
| Pairings 5th round (05.04.2018 / 15:00) | ||||||||
| Table | TNr | Player | - | TNr | Player | Result | ||
| 1 | 3. | Meier, Georg | - | 10. | Carlsen, Magnus | 1/2-1/2 | ||
| 2 | 4. | Naiditsch, Arkadij | - | 2. | Bluebaum, Matthias | 1/2-1/2 | ||
| 3 | 5. | Anand, Viswanathan | - | 1. | Caruana, Fabiano | 1/2-1/2 | ||
| 4 | 6. | Hou, Yifan | - | 9. | Vitiugov, Nikita | 1/2-1/2 | ||
| 5 | 7. | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | - | 8. | Aronian, Levon | 1/2-1/2 | ||
| Pairings 6th round (06.04.2018 / 15:00) | ||||||||
| Table | TNr | Player | - | TNr | Player | Result | ||
| 1 | 10. | Carlsen, Magnus | - | 8. | Aronian, Levon | 1/2-1/2 | ||
| 2 | 9. | Vitiugov, Nikita | - | 7. | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 1/2-1/2 | ||
| 3 | 1. | Caruana, Fabiano | - | 6. | Hou, Yifan | 1/2-1/2 | ||
| 4 | 2. | Bluebaum, Matthias | - | 5. | Anand, Viswanathan | 1-0 | ||
| 5 | 3. | Meier, Georg | - | 4. | Naiditsch, Arkadij | 0-1 | ||
| Pairings 7th round (07.04.2018 / 15:00) | ||||||||
| Table | TNr | Player | - | TNr | Player | Result | ||
| 1 | 4. | Naiditsch, Arkadij | - | 10. | Carlsen, Magnus | 0-1 | ||
| 2 | 5. | Anand, Viswanathan | - | 3. | Meier, Georg | 1/2-1/2 | ||
| 3 | 6. | Hou, Yifan | - | 2. | Bluebaum, Matthias | 1/2-1/2 | ||
| 4 | 7. | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | - | 1. | Caruana, Fabiano | 0-1 | ||
| 5 | 8. | Aronian, Levon | - | 9. | Vitiugov, Nikita | 1/2-1/2 | ||
| Pairings 8th round (08.04.2018 / 15:00) | ||||||||
| Table | TNr | Player | - | TNr | Player | Result | ||
| 1 | 10. | Carlsen, Magnus | - | 9. | Vitiugov, Nikita | 1/2-1/2 | ||
| 2 | 1. | Caruana, Fabiano | - | 8. | Aronian, Levon | 1/2-1/2 | ||
| 3 | 2. | Bluebaum, Matthias | - | 7. | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 1/2-1/2 | ||
| 4 | 3. | Meier, Georg | - | 6. | Hou, Yifan | 1/2-1/2 | ||
| 5 | 4. | Naiditsch, Arkadij | - | 5. | Anand, Viswanathan | 1/2-1/2 | ||
| Pairings 9th round (09.04.2018 / 15:00) | ||||||||
| Table | TNr | Player | - | TNr | Player | Result | ||
| 1 | 5. | Anand, Viswanathan | - | 10. | Carlsen, Magnus | 1/2-1/2 | ||
| 2 | 6. | Hou, Yifan | - | 4. | Naiditsch, Arkadij | 1/2-1/2 | ||
| 3 | 7. | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | - | 3. | Meier, Georg | 1/2-1/2 | ||
| 4 | 8. | Aronian, Levon | - | 2. | Bluebaum, Matthias | 1/2-1/2 | ||
| 5 | 9. | Vitiugov, Nikita | - | 1. | Caruana, Fabiano | 0-1 | ||
| Standings after round 9 | |||||||||||||||
| Place | No. | Participants | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Points | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 1. | Caruana, Fabiano | 2784 | ** | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 6.5 | 4 |
| 2. | 2. | Carlsen, Magnus | 2843 | ½ | ** | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 5.5 | 2 |
| 3. | 3. | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 2789 | 0 | ½ | ** | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 5.0 | 2 |
| 3. | 4. | Vitiugov, Nikita | 2735 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ** | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 5.0 | 2 |
| 5. | 5. | Aronian, Levon | 2794 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ** | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 5.0 | 1 |
| 6. | 6. | Bluebaum, Matthias | 2631 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ** | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 4.5 | 1 |
| 7. | 7. | Naiditsch, Arkadij | 2701 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ** | ½ | ½ | 1 | 3.5 | 1 |
| 8. | 8. | Anand, Viswanathan | 2776 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ** | ½ | ½ | 3.5 | 0 |
| 8. | 9. | Hou, Yifan | 2654 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ** | ½ | 3.5 | 0 |
| 10. | 10. | Meier, Georg | 2648 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ** | 3.0 | 0 |
