Chess Classic

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The Chess Classics were chess tournaments initiated by Hans-Walter Schmitt, they were organized in the years 1994 to 2010. Among other things, the world champions in rapid chess and - also under rapid chess time control - the world champion in Chess960 and the computer Chess960 world champion were determined.

Overview

The Chess Classic took place a total of seventeen times, seven times in Frankfurt am Main (1994 to 2000) and ten times in Mainz, .[http://www.chesstigers.de/ccm10/siegerliste_2004_2011.pdf Siegerliste 1994 bis 2010] (PDF; 84 kB) auf Chess Tigers In Mainz the Chess Classic (abbreviated to CCM) was played in the Rheingoldhalle. Hans-Walter Schmitt managed to find sponsorship from Jens Beutel, Lord Mayor of Mainz, and he became patron of the event.

There were different events such as the Chess Classic Championship, Quick Chess Open, Chess960 Rapid Chess World Championships, FiNet Open in Chess960 and Chess960 Computer World Championship. In addition, 13 duels against machine (rapid chess and Chess960) and 26 simultaneous sessions (including Chess960) were conducted.

Pocket Fritz (A chess computer) was created in 2001 in the Rheingoldhalle Mainz.

in 2002 Jens Beutel played against Viswanathan Anand on the stage in the Rheingoldhalle, they were both using Pocket Fritz as computer assistance.

Chess Classic Championship

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---- ! style="background:#C0C0C0"\| Year ! style="background:#C0C0C0"\| Winner ! style="background:#C0C0C0"\| Second ! style="background:#C0C0C0"\| Third
---- \| 1996	Alexei Shirov[http://www.365chess.com/tournaments/Chess_Classics_1996/12348 Die 12 Partien Chess Classic Frankfurt 1996] auf 365Chess (englisch)	Vladimir Kramnik[http://www.365chess.com/tournaments/Chess_Classics_Final_1996/12349 Die 2 Partien des Chess Classic Finale Frankfurt 1996] auf 365Chess (englisch)	Péter Lékó[http://www.365chess.com/tournaments/Chess_Classics_Playoff_1996/12350 Die Partie um den dritten Platz der Chess Classic Frankfurt 1996] auf 365Chess (englisch)
---- \| 1997	Viswanathan Anand	Anatoly Karpov	Eric Lobron
---- \| 1998	Viswanathan Anand	Vladimir Kramnik	Garry Kasparov
---- \| 1999	Garry Kasparov	Viswanathan Anand	Vladimir Kramnik
---- \| 2000	Viswanathan Anand	Garry Kasparov	Vladimir Kramnik
---- \| 2001	Viswanathan Anand	Vladimir Kramnik	Duel
---- \| 2002	Viswanathan Anand	Ruslan Ponomariov	Duel
---- \| 2003	Viswanathan Anand	Judit Polgár	Duel
---- \| 2004	Viswanathan Anand	Alexei Schirov	Duel
---- \| 2005	Viswanathan Anand	Alexander Grischuk	duel
---- \| 2006	Viswanathan Anand	Teimour Radjabov	duel
---- \| 2007	Viswanathan Anand	Levon Aronian	Rustam Kasimdzhanov
---- \| 2008	Viswanathan Anand	Magnus Carlsen	Alexander Morozevich
---- \| 2009	Levon Aronian	Ian Nepomniachtchi	Viswanathan Anand
---- \| 2010	Gata Kamsky	Vugar Gashimov	Levon Aronian

Rapid Chess Open

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Place

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Place

1994

| Alexander Chernin

| Lev Gutman

| Igor Khenkin

1995

| Bogdan Lalić

| Larry Christiansen

| Alexander Chernin

1996

| Eric Lobron

| Christopher Lutz

| Stefan Djurić

1997

| Waleri Beim

1998

| Stefan Djurić

1999

| Vadim Milov

| Michail Ulybin

2000

2001

| Oleg Eismont

2002

2003

2004

| Alexander Grischuk

2005

| Alexander Morozevich

2006

| Rustam Kasimdzhanov

| Shakhriyar Mamedyarov

| Alexander Morozevich

2007

| David Navara

| Mikhail Mchedlishvili

2008

2009

| Shakhriyar Mamedyarov

2010

| Levon Aronian

Chess960 Rapid chess World Championship

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2001

|open

| Péter Lékó

| Michael Adams

|Duel

2004

|open

| Peter Swidler

| Levon Aronian

|Duel

2005

|open

| Peter Swidler

| Zoltán Almási

|Duel

2006

|open

| Levon Aronian

| Peter Swidler

|Duel

2006

|Women

| Alexandra Kosteniuk

| Elisabeth Pähtz

|Duel

2006

|Seniors

| Vlastimil Hort

| Lajos Portisch

|Duel

2006

| Juniors

| Pentala Harikrishna

| Arkadij Naiditsch

|Duel

2007

|open

| Levon Aronian

| Viswanathan Anand

| Étienne Bacrot

2008

|women

| Alexandra Kosteniuk

| Kateryna Lahno

| Viktorija Čmilytė

2009

|open

| Hikaru Nakamura

| Levon Aronian

| Sergej Movsesjan

FiNet Open Chess960

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2002

2003

2004

2005

| Lewon Aronjan

| Ivan Sokolov

| Klaus Bischoff

2006

| Étienne Bacrot

| Shakhriyar Mamedyarov

2007

2008

| Alexander Motylev

2009

| Alexander Grischuk

| Gata Kamsky

| Rustam Kasimdzhanov

Mini-Ordix und Mini-FiNet Open

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In the years 2007 to 2009 special talent tournaments took place for the children. These were three Mini Ordix Open and three Mini FiNet Open: 2009 seven rounds with separate scoring in 5 age groups (U16, U14, U12, U10 and U8), and in 2008 and 2007 six rounds each with separate scoring for 4 age groups ( U14, U12, U10 and U8).

1. Mini ORDIX Open U14 (2007)

Final score after 6 rounds with 107 participants: Constantin Göbel, Ramil Babayev and Anna Endress. Best in the age groups were: Anna Endress (U14), Constantin Göbel (U12), Stephan Hansch (U10) and Björn-Benny Bauer (U8).

1. Mini FiNet Open U14 (2007) Final score after 6 rounds with 35 participants: Anna Endress, Alexander Jussupow and Constantin Göbel. Best in the age groups were: Anna Endress (U14), Constantin Göbel (U12), Stephan Hansch (U10) and Björn-Benny Bauer (U8).

2. Mini ORDIX Open U14 (2008) Final stage after 6 rounds with 104 participants: Dennis Wagner, Joshua Aarash Hager and Johannes Carow. Best in the age groups were: Joshua Aarash Hager (U14), Dennis Wagner (U12), Alexander Donchenko (U10) and Elias Müller (U8).

2. Mini FiNet Open U14 (2008) Final score after 6 rounds with 26 participants: Sebastian Kaphle, Carlo Pauly and Frederik Eigemann. Best in the age groups were: Sebastian Kaphle (U14), Frederik Eigemann (U12), Alexej Paulsen (U10) and Pascal Karsay (U8).

3. Mini ORDIX Open U16 (2009) Final score after 7 rounds with 72 participants: Alexander Donchenko, Dominik Will and Frederik Eigemann. Best in the age groups were: Matthias Eimer (U16), Dominik Will (U14), Alexander Donchenko (U12), Robert Baskin (U10) and Samuel Weber (U8).

3. Mini FiNet Open U16 (2009) Final score after 6 rounds with 32 participants: Johannes Carow, Carlo Pauly and Frederik Eigemann. Best in the age groups were: Achim Bluhm (U16), Johannes Carow (U14), Sonja Maria Bluhm (U12), Robert Baskin (U10) and Elias Müller (U8).

Chess960 Computer World Championship

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As the highlight of the different show battles between humans and computers and humans versus computers, the Chess960 Computer World Championships in Mainz were held from 2005 to 2009.

Eric van Reem: Bits und Bytes in allen Modi. KARL: Das Kulturelle Schachmagazin, Heft 2/2011, S. 36–39, {{ISSN|1438-9673}}

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Place

2005

| Spike (Volker Böhm, Ralf Schäfer)

| Jonny (Johannes Zwanzger)

| Glaurung (Tord Romstad)

2006

| Shredder (Stefan Mayer-Kahlen)

| Jonny (Johannes Zwanzger)

| Ikarus (Muntsinn & Munjong Kolss)

2007

| Rybka (Vasik Rajlich)

| Shredder (Stefan Mayer-Kahlen)

| Spike (Volker Böhm, Ralf Schäfer)

2008

| Rybka (Vasik Rajlich)

| Shredder (Stefan Mayer-Kahlen)

| Naum (Alexander Naumov)

2009

| Rybka (Vasik Rajlich)

| Shredder (Stefan Mayer-Kahlen)

| Deep thought (Gian-Carlo Pascutto)

References

;Footnotes

;Sources

[https://web.archive.org/web/20180918194006/http://www.chesstigers.de/ccm10.php Chess Classic 2010 (2001 bis 2010)] auf Chess Tigers (inklusive Details)
[http://teleschach.de/chess_classic/home.htm Historie der Chess Classic in Frankfurt und Mainz (2000 bis 2010)] auf {{ill|TeleSchach|de|vertical-align=sup}} (Tabellen, Partien und Bilder)

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Category:Invitational chess tournaments

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Category:Recurring sporting events established in 1994

Category:Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2010

Category:1994 establishments in Germany

Category:2010 disestablishments in Germany

Chess Classic

Overview

Chess Classic Championship

Rapid Chess Open

Chess960 Rapid chess World Championship

FiNet Open Chess960

Mini-Ordix und Mini-FiNet Open

Chess960 Computer World Championship

Further reading

References