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Aronian wins GRENKE chess classic 2017

The GRENKE chess classic took place 15th to 22nd April 2017. Levon Aronian dominated the event winning with 5.5/7 a point and a half clear of Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana. There was a strong open alongside starting on 13th April. Nikita Vitiugov is the winner of the GRENKE Chess Open 2017. The 30-year old Grandmaster from St. Petersburg scored 7,5 points out of 9 rounds. Three other players scored 7,5 points as well, but due to a better Buchholz, Vitiugov clinched the title. Maxim Matlakov landed on place two, Etienne Bacrot and Zdenko Kozul also scored 7,5 points and landed on place three and four. With more than 1200 players, the GRENKE Chess Open is the biggest open chess tournament in the world at the moment. Some players on the Open tournament: Radoslaw Wojtaszek, Nikita Vitiugov, Maxim Matlakov, Etienne Bacrot, Richard Rapport, Gata Kamsky, Vladimir Fedoseev, Igor Kovalenko, Yuriy Kuzubov, Sergey Volkov, Anton Demchenko, Hrant Melkumyan, Alexander Moiseenko etc..

Final Standings – GRENKE chess classic 2017
Place No Player Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Points Wins
1. 1. Aronian 2774 ** ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 5.5 4
2. 2. Caruana 2817 ½ ** ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 4.0 2
3. 3. Carlsen 2838 ½ ½ ** ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 4.0 1
4. 4. Naiditsch 2702 0 0 ½ ** ½ 1 1 ½ 3.5 2
5. 5. Hou,Yifan 2649 0 1 ½ ½ ** 0 ½ 1 3.5 2
6. 6. Vachier-Lagrave 2803 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ** 1 ½ 3.5 2
7. 7. Bluebaum 2634 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ** ½ 2.0 0
7. 8. Meier,Georg 2621 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ** 2.0 0

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