The #GRENKEChess Classic saw Magnus Carlsen dominate with a third win in a row, securing a spot in the title match against Richard Rapport. Ding Liren struggled, facing losses and tiebreaks. Carlsen eventually triumphed, winning the tournament for the third time.
Magnus Carlsen wins @GRENKEChess Classic for the third time Top 3 🥇@MagnusCarlsen 🇳🇴 🥈Richard Rapport 🇷🇴 🥉Maxime @Vachier_Lagrave 🇫🇷 https://t.co/d8mB18X6HL
Magnus Carlsen won a spectacular final against Richard Rapport to clinch the #GRENKEChess Classic title for a 3rd time, while Hans Niemann won the Open! https://t.co/kQamHbokUj
Congratulations @MagnusCarlsen! 🎉 https://t.co/xOKN5koHvb
Magnus did it again! #GRENKEChess https://t.co/yuVXRebpDZ
AND HE'S BACK - @MagnusCarlsen wins his third #GRENKEChess Classic! 🥶 https://t.co/HTKeHOlrFW
Richard Rapport came incredibly close to winning the 2nd game on demand, but in a crazy time scramble he let Magnus Carlsen escape! #GRENKEChess https://t.co/7LAXd3lp1s
Congratulations to @MagnusCarlsen on beating Richard Rapport 1.5:0.5 to win his 3rd #GRENKEChess Classic, and his 6th tournament in a row! 🏆 https://t.co/e9Elm0pMsp
Rapport had almost clinched victory, but with seconds on his clock he panicked and missed the win! Carlsen is close to a draw: https://t.co/l2zQlv2Br1 #GRENKEChess https://t.co/NUTwJZzM4x
Giri says this position is now "legit hard to convert" for Rapport, meaning Carlsen is on the brink of taking the title! #GRENKEChess https://t.co/bCizsJCkH6
Carlsen has successfully managed to complicate matters! Rapport is still better, but Black's chances of survival have increased #GRENKEChess https://t.co/MJhNsArkFW
After 20...d5? Magnus is in trouble and Richard has a great chance to hit back! #GRENKEChess https://t.co/52UL5wWs1A
With a draw in Game 2, Ding Liren beats Daniel Fridman 1.5:0.5 and finishes 5th in the #GRENKEChess Classic! https://t.co/obqquSFeZG https://t.co/RUn0ihYJou
Giri thinks Carlsen is regretting his life choices, since in a game he only needs to draw he's found himself in a position where all-in style g7-g5 play would be best! #GRENKEChess https://t.co/cpwP9Rgskv
Can Rapport beat Carlsen on demand to force blitz tiebreaks? https://t.co/l2zQlv2Br1 #GRENKEChess https://t.co/Hm2GnhjHcb
Magnus Carlsen wraps up a win that leaves Richard Rapport needing to win the next game on demand to prolong the #GRENKEChess Classic Final! https://t.co/6odwjeeXqo
Giri: "GG by Ding. This could be a historic moment, guys! The World Champion coming back to form. This could be a pivotal turning point — the first good game of Ding in a very, very, very long time!" https://t.co/maq5boQoTB #GRENKEChess https://t.co/lUNZo71FE1
28.Nxf4! and Magnus is winning again! #GRENKEChess https://t.co/db7AoJJcSn
Are things turning around for Ding Liren? He has a great chance of scoring a 2nd win in a row! https://t.co/maq5boQoTB #GRENKEChess https://t.co/weGLuutB7m
After 25.h5? g5! Giri thinks it's time for Magnus to switch to damage control! #GRENKEChess https://t.co/FOu4Lqgc3J
Magnus goes for the principled 17.g4! hxg4 18.Bxg4 0-0-0 19.Bxf5. "Dark-squared domination," says Giri, adding: "Very, very sad position incoming for Richard" #GRENKEChess https://t.co/8v4pZhBus5
Magnus Carlsen arrives to play Richard Rapport for the 2024 #GRENKEChess Classic title! https://t.co/bNcaHASuIY
Playoffs between @MagnusCarlsen and Richard Rapport to determine the winner of @GRENKEChess Classic https://t.co/uWjHG86m4H
Magnus Carlsen will play Richard Rapport for the #GRENKEChess Classic title after a day that saw an on-stage proposal and more agony for Ding Liren! https://t.co/6pHqEa3tz1
The tiebreaks are finally over, so we know that tomorrow the matches will be: Carlsen vs. Rapport (for 1st place) MVL vs. Keymer (for 3rd place) Ding vs. Fridman (for 5th place) #GRENKEChess https://t.co/Thv5XpscKN
After 27 games without a win, Ding Liren finally wins a game, with a little help from his opponent! https://t.co/5V071Gu4Lw #GRENKEChess https://t.co/MnPikj8C4j
Ding Liren loses on time, his 3rd loss of the day, and his 2nd to Vincent Keymer! https://t.co/zFd5r9NAGa #GRENKEChess https://t.co/ynPZNuiHNY
Giri: "If you're really bad at time management, just follow your opponent" #GRENKEChess
The misery continues for Ding Liren, who blunders and loses to Daniel Fridman! #GRENKEChess https://t.co/7TgXYR16jJ
Ding Liren gets a quick chance for revenge, as the tiebreaks begin! https://t.co/3yfg3HHkgq #GRENKEChess https://t.co/rzSZzkr5ZV
The #GRENKEChess Classic round-robin is over. Tomorrow Carlsen will play a match vs. Rapport for the title. MVL will play for 3rd place, but we don't know who against, since Ding, Fridman, & Keymer will now face a playoff to decide who plays for 3rd and 5th! https://t.co/yEdjZIZcRG
Vincent Keymer finally picks up a win and Ding Liren ends the #GRENKEChess Classic round-robin as the only player not to win a game! https://t.co/6uG4L7Boa0
Vincent Keymer finally picks up a win and Ding Liren ends the #GRENKEChess Classic round-robin as the only player not to pick up a win! https://t.co/a63EehtC9d
Absolutely brutal by Keymer! #GRENKEChess https://t.co/dheyJO65Zw
Giri on Ding's recent slump: "The problem with professional chess is there is no bottom. You can keep losing. You cannot keep falling and hope that you'll land somewhere... Ding has to start climbing somewhere!" #GRENKEChess https://t.co/7uyEHUk5bo
Keymer has a big advantage against Ding Liren, which could mean tiebreaks ahead today! https://t.co/6oPApGxUfK #GRENKEChess https://t.co/LLTZPqrU6e
15 minutes to the final games of the round-robin... #GRENKEChess https://t.co/hZkeBY2sjm
With one round to go we know Carlsen will play the #GRENKEChess title match tomorrow, while Rapport is odds on to be his opponent. It's not yet decided who will play for 3rd and 5th place! https://t.co/XiHbmFeXUW
Carlsen confirms his place in tomorrow's #GRENKEChess title match with a stylish win over Keymer! https://t.co/JUZP3r9qdx
A draw would guarantee Magnus a place in tomorrow's match for 1st place, but he pushes for more anyway! https://t.co/le5IASNYUN #GRENKEChess https://t.co/whiTSmm7Se
World Champion Ding Liren still hasn't won a game in his last two tournaments in Germany! There's one round-robin game to go before tomorrow's playoffs #GRENKEChess https://t.co/nV4raT7N13
Carlsen seems to have outwitted Keymer in the opening with what Giri calls the "very cool" idea of playing g3 but then going Bd3 instead of Bg2! https://t.co/le5IASNYUN #GRENKEChess https://t.co/qRYVBxJK6f
Giri on Norway Chess having a women's tournament this year so there are fewer places in the Open: "It's for the greater good. I think the chess world is a better place when there are women playing instead of me!" #GRENKEChess
After today the top two players will play a match for the #GRENKEChess Classic title. Carlsen and Rapport could seal spots in that match with wins in Round 9! https://t.co/XeK7b63ayw https://t.co/0LmE9mPT4y
.@MagnusCarlsen moves closer to his third @GRENKEChess Classic title, Rapport reduces the gap https://t.co/uvYJ9vcBd7
With friends like these... Rapport was the first player to beat Ding Liren in Karlsruhe, closing the gap on Carlsen to half a point! https://t.co/QEAK73iNIX
With 2/2 today Richard Rapport closes the gap on Magnus Carlsen to half a point with one day of the round-robin to go. On Monday the Top 2 will play a match for the title! #GRENKEChess https://t.co/Z5BhnAvzIw
Richard Rapport catches Vincent Keymer in a mating net and makes it 2/2 today after 0/2 yesterday! #GRENKEChess https://t.co/Tin0MtXG8R
Ding Liren held everything together to make a second draw against Magnus Carlsen in Karlsruhe! https://t.co/rOTKxOBik7 #GRENKEChess https://t.co/TIgIlpIjNY
Giri: "When you play the Benoni and you're not lost on move 17 — life is amazing!" #GRENKEChess https://t.co/W9BaJhkcE6
Giri: "Ding's floodgates have been broken. He lost a first game, and that's huge. If you're playing badly but you're making draws — I know from experience — it's ok, you're keeping it all together. But as soon as one loss comes, then everything collapses!" #GRENKEChess
Giri: "Big day in Vincent's life — he learned a new variation against the Benoni! He's played Bf4 his entire life, and this game he's gone for the most dangerous system: e4, f4, Bb5" #GRENKEChess https://t.co/XcsgQvUzI4
Can Ding Liren bounce back... against Magnus Carlsen? #GRENKEChess https://t.co/qYgvVVXuLU
Et tu, Brute? Richard Rapport beats his friend and World Championship employer Ding Liren! #GRENKEChess https://t.co/HZjA0v0tlu
A great escape by MVL, as Keymer lets another winning position slip in his time trouble! #GRENKEChess https://t.co/mABo84Okh7
A 3rd win in a row now for @MagnusCarlsen! https://t.co/wBt23uLfMn #GRENKEChess https://t.co/POPgDUBws5
Giri on Carlsen and how chess in general keeps improving: "He's the best [endgame] player of all time, obviously, but that's not going to last forever!" #GRENKEChess https://t.co/3k7MY8NLl8
Giri says Ding has a techically lost position against Rapport! https://t.co/XF8hpTRTwT #GRENKEChess https://t.co/2TAOB74VXW
Giri: "Sometimes nowadays with these anti-cheating security measures and all that you have some tournaments that lock themselves up completely from everybody... it's very, very private to the point that it feels like the birthday party of one of the players!" #GRENKEChess https://t.co/daKL5RwWbo
Giri: "Carlsen is loving this endgame... oh my God! He's walking around, he's completely loving himself now, having so much pleasure, he's salivating about the endgame he's going to play, the dark squares!" #GRENKEChess https://t.co/mM7ofUfYtp
Round 7 of the #GRENKEChess Classic is about to being! https://t.co/XeK7b63ayw https://t.co/ZodczaFN8q
Giri: "I'm still worried for Ding — I'm not sure he'll be able to keep up all the draws!" #GRENKEChess https://t.co/d2mJBnagUl