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Chess Classic

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.

Hans-Walter Schmitt 2011

Overview edit

The Chess Classic took place a total of seventeen times, seven times in Frankfurt am Main (1994 to 2000) and ten times in Mainz, .[1] 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 edit

Year Winner Second Third
1996 Alexei Shirov[2] Vladimir Kramnik[3] Péter Lékó[4]
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 edit

 
Jens Beutel versus Viswanathan Anand, Rheingoldhalle 2002.
Year Winner Second
Place 
Third

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 Lajos Portisch Rafael Vaganian
1998 Fritz on Primergy Stefan Djurić Alberto David
1999 Loek van Wely Vadim Milov Michail Ulybin
2000 Sergei Rublevsky Mikhail Gurevich Peter Svidler
2001 Michael Adams Vadim Milov Oleg Eismont
2002 Viktor Bologan Igor Glek Evgenij Agrest
2003 Alexander Grischuk Ivan Sokolov Eric Lobron
2004 Alexander Grischuk Rafael Vaganian Sergei Rublevsky
2005 Teimour Radjabov Levon Aronian Alexander Morozevich
2006 Rustam Kasimdzhanov Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Alexander Morozevich
2007 David Navara Mikhail Mchedlishvili Krishnan Sasikiran
2008 Ian Nepomniachtchi Pavel Eljanov Zoltán Almási
2009 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Arkadij Naiditsch Vladimir Akopian
2010 Gata Kamsky Vugar Gashimov Levon Aronian

Chess960 Rapid chess World Championship edit

 
The Chess Tigers and the Final of the Chess960 Blitz chess World Championship 2009
year
Winner Second Third
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 edit

 
The award ceremony of the 2009 Chess960 world championship

Mini-Ordix und Mini-FiNet Open edit

 
Award ceremony for the Mini-FiNet-Open, 29 July 2009

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 edit

 
5. Livingston Chess960 Computer World Championship 2009 in Mainz. The 4 Programmes Deep Thought, Shredder, Rybka and Ikarus With their Programmers

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. [5]

Jahr Winner Second

Place

Third
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)

Further reading edit

  • Jussupow, Fietz, Metz: Premiere der Top Ten. Edition FCC, ISBN 3-931192-18-0
  • KARL (Hrsg. Harry Schaack): Das Kulturelle Schachmagazin, Heft 2/2011, Schwerpunkt: Chess Classic auf den Seiten 3 bis 49, ISSN 1438-9673
  • Frankfurter Chess Classic 1996 in der Stadthalle Ffm-Zeilsheim, 28.-30. Juni 1996. SCHACH 96/3, S. 36
  • Frankfurter Chess Classic 1998. SCHACH 1998, Heft 7, Seiten 4 bis 15
  • Frankfurter Chess Classic 1999. SCHACH 1999, Heft 8, Seiten 5 bis 28
  • Hans-Walter Schmitt: Chess Classic Mainz 2009. Rochade Europa, Nr. 5, S. 5/7
  • Oliver Brendel: Chess Classic Mainz. SCHACHWELT - Das Magazin für Schachspieler, September 2009, S. 16/18

References edit

Footnotes
  1. ^ Siegerliste 1994 bis 2010 (PDF; 84 kB) auf Chess Tigers
  2. ^ Die 12 Partien Chess Classic Frankfurt 1996 auf 365Chess (englisch)
  3. ^ Die 2 Partien des Chess Classic Finale Frankfurt 1996 auf 365Chess (englisch)
  4. ^ Die Partie um den dritten Platz der Chess Classic Frankfurt 1996 auf 365Chess (englisch)
  5. ^ Eric van Reem: Bits und Bytes in allen Modi. KARL: Das Kulturelle Schachmagazin, Heft 2/2011, S. 36–39, ISSN 1438-9673
Sources
  • auf Chess Tigers (inklusive Details)
  • Historie der Chess Classic in Frankfurt und Mainz (2000 bis 2010) auf TeleSchach [de] (Tabellen, Partien und Bilder)

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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 Hans Walter Schmitt 2011 Contents 1 Overview 2 Chess Classic Championship 3 Rapid Chess Open 4 Chess960 Rapid chess World Championship 5 FiNet Open Chess960 6 Mini Ordix und Mini FiNet Open 7 Chess960 Computer World Championship 8 Further reading 9 ReferencesOverview editThe Chess Classic took place a total of seventeen times seven times in Frankfurt am Main 1994 to 2000 and ten times in Mainz 1 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 editYear Winner Second Third 1996 Alexei Shirov 2 Vladimir Kramnik 3 Peter Leko 4 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 Polgar 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 AronianRapid Chess Open edit nbsp Jens Beutel versus Viswanathan Anand Rheingoldhalle 2002 Year Winner Second Place Third Place 1994 Alexander Chernin Lev Gutman Igor Khenkin 1995 Bogdan Lalic Larry Christiansen Alexander Chernin 1996 Eric Lobron Christopher Lutz Stefan Djuric 1997 Waleri Beim Lajos Portisch Rafael Vaganian 1998 Fritz on Primergy Stefan Djuric Alberto David 1999 Loek van Wely Vadim Milov Michail Ulybin 2000 Sergei Rublevsky Mikhail Gurevich Peter Svidler 2001 Michael Adams Vadim Milov Oleg Eismont 2002 Viktor Bologan Igor Glek Evgenij Agrest 2003 Alexander Grischuk Ivan Sokolov Eric Lobron 2004 Alexander Grischuk Rafael Vaganian Sergei Rublevsky 2005 Teimour Radjabov Levon Aronian Alexander Morozevich 2006 Rustam Kasimdzhanov Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Alexander Morozevich 2007 David Navara Mikhail Mchedlishvili Krishnan Sasikiran 2008 Ian Nepomniachtchi Pavel Eljanov Zoltan Almasi 2009 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Arkadij Naiditsch Vladimir Akopian 2010 Gata Kamsky Vugar Gashimov Levon AronianChess960 Rapid chess World Championship edit nbsp The Chess Tigers and the Final of the Chess960 Blitz chess World Championship 2009 year Winner Second Third 2001 open Peter Leko Michael Adams Duel 2004 open Peter Swidler Levon Aronian Duel 2005 open Peter Swidler Zoltan Almasi Duel 2006 open Levon Aronian Peter Swidler Duel 2006 Women Alexandra Kosteniuk Elisabeth Pahtz Duel 2006 Seniors Vlastimil Hort Lajos Portisch Duel 2006 Juniors Pentala Harikrishna Arkadij Naiditsch Duel 2007 open Levon Aronian Viswanathan Anand Etienne Bacrot 2008 women Alexandra Kosteniuk Kateryna Lahno Viktorija Cmilyte 2009 open Hikaru Nakamura Levon Aronian Sergej MovsesjanFiNet Open Chess960 edit nbsp The award ceremony of the 2009 Chess960 world championship Jahr Winner Second Third 2002 Peter Swidler Alexander Motylev Daniel Fridman 2003 Lewon Aronjan Vadim Zvjaginsev Konstantin Landa 2004 Zoltan Almasi Etienne Bacrot Mihail Kobalija 2005 Lewon Aronjan Ivan Sokolov Klaus Bischoff 2006 Etienne Bacrot Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Alexander Grischuk 2007 Viktor Bologan Gata Kamsky Vassili Ivantschuk 2008 Hikaru Nakamura Sergej Movsesjan Alexander Motylev 2009 Alexander Grischuk Gata Kamsky Rustam KasimdzhanovMini Ordix und Mini FiNet Open edit nbsp Award ceremony for the Mini FiNet Open 29 July 2009 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 Gobel Ramil Babayev and Anna Endress Best in the age groups were Anna Endress U14 Constantin Gobel U12 Stephan Hansch U10 and Bjorn Benny Bauer U8 1 Mini FiNet Open U14 2007 Final score after 6 rounds with 35 participants Anna Endress Alexander Jussupow and Constantin Gobel Best in the age groups were Anna Endress U14 Constantin Gobel U12 Stephan Hansch U10 and Bjorn 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 Muller 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 Muller U8 Chess960 Computer World Championship edit nbsp 5 Livingston Chess960 Computer World Championship 2009 in Mainz The 4 Programmes Deep Thought Shredder Rybka and Ikarus With their Programmers 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 5 Jahr Winner Second Place Third Place 2005 Spike Volker Bohm Ralf Schafer Jonny Johannes Zwanzger Glaurung Tord Romstad 2006 Shredder Stefan Mayer Kahlen Jonny Johannes Zwanzger Ikarus Muntsinn amp Munjong Kolss 2007 Rybka Vasik Rajlich Shredder Stefan Mayer Kahlen Spike Volker Bohm Ralf Schafer 2008 Rybka Vasik Rajlich Shredder Stefan Mayer Kahlen Naum Alexander Naumov 2009 Rybka Vasik Rajlich Shredder Stefan Mayer Kahlen Deep thought Gian Carlo Pascutto Further reading editJussupow Fietz Metz Premiere der Top Ten Edition FCC ISBN 3 931192 18 0 KARL Hrsg Harry Schaack Das Kulturelle Schachmagazin Heft 2 2011 Schwerpunkt Chess Classic auf den Seiten 3 bis 49 ISSN 1438 9673 Frankfurter Chess Classic 1996 in der Stadthalle Ffm Zeilsheim 28 30 Juni 1996 SCHACH 96 3 S 36 Frankfurter Chess Classic 1998 SCHACH 1998 Heft 7 Seiten 4 bis 15 Frankfurter Chess Classic 1999 SCHACH 1999 Heft 8 Seiten 5 bis 28 Hans Walter Schmitt Chess Classic Mainz 2009 Rochade Europa Nr 5 S 5 7 Oliver Brendel Chess Classic Mainz SCHACHWELT Das Magazin fur Schachspieler September 2009 S 16 18References editFootnotes Siegerliste 1994 bis 2010 PDF 84 kB auf Chess Tigers Die 12 Partien Chess Classic Frankfurt 1996 auf 365Chess englisch Die 2 Partien des Chess Classic Finale Frankfurt 1996 auf 365Chess englisch Die Partie um den dritten Platz der Chess Classic Frankfurt 1996 auf 365Chess englisch Eric van Reem Bits und Bytes in allen Modi KARL Das Kulturelle Schachmagazin Heft 2 2011 S 36 39 ISSN 1438 9673 Sources Chess Classic 2010 2001 bis 2010 auf Chess Tigers inklusive Details Historie der Chess Classic in Frankfurt und Mainz 2000 bis 2010 auf TeleSchach de Tabellen Partien und Bilder Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Chess Classic amp oldid 1222567061, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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