Starting Tomorrow: The Grenke Chess Classic in Baden-Baden
Sunday, February 1, 2015 at 4:59PM
Dennis Monokroussos in Grenke Chess Classic 2015

In case you're not particularly excited by open events like Gibraltar, fear not: the next super-GM round-robin tournament begins tomorrow in Baden-Baden, Germany. The Grenke Chess Classic is an eight player single round-robin tournament with the following lineup:

The mixed field should keep the number of decisive games up - something which is rarely a problem in any case when Carlsen, Caruana and Aronian show up.

Will Caruana and Aronian bounce back from poor performances in Wijk aan Zee (and not only there)? Can Anand keep the magic from 2014 going in the new year? And will Carlsen be able to put some more distance between himself and the chase pack than he did in Wijk aan Zee?

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