Chess Classic
The Chess Classic were chess tournaments initiated by Hans-Walter Schmitt and held between 1994 and 2010. Among other things, the world champions in rapid chess and - also under rapid chess time control - the world champions in Chess960 and the Chess960 world champions in computer chess were determined.
Overview
The Chess Classic initially took place seven times in Frankfurt am Main (1994 to 2000) and then ten times in Mainz , a total of seventeen times . In Mainz, the Chess Classic , CCM for short, was held in the Rheingoldhalle . Hans-Walter Schmitt acquired the sponsors and was able to win Jens Beutel , the Lord Mayor of Mainz, as 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 man-to-machine combat (rapid chess and Chess960) and 26 simultaneous events (including Chess960) were carried out.
Pocket Fritz saw the light of day in 2001 in the Rheingoldhalle Mainz.
In 2002 Jens Beutel played against Viswanathan Anand, both supported by computers, on stage in the Rheingoldhalle.
The last events of the Chess Classic took place in August 2010, due to political circumstances.
Chess Classic Championship
| year | winner | Second | Third |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Alexei Shirov | Vladimir Kramnik | Péter Lékó |
| 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 Ponomarev | Duel |
| 2003 | Viswanathan Anand | Judit Polgár | Duel |
| 2004 | Viswanathan Anand | Alexei Shirov | 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 | Jan Nepomniachtchi | Viswanathan Anand |
| 2010 | Gata Kamsky | Vugar Gashimov | Levon Aronian |
Carmen Kass at Chess Classic 2004
The super model Carmen Kass from Estonia was the star guest in the Rheingoldhalle Mainz in 2004 at the Chess Classic and played a blitz game with Viswanathan Anand . Shortly before, Kass had been elected President of the Estonian Chess Federation. It was also about applying to host the 2008 Chess Olympiad , as Dresden was the second applicant.
On the occasion of the opening event on August 4, 2004, a press conference took place at which Carmen Kass commented on the Chess Olympiad. The adjacent video shows world champion Antoaneta Stefanowa , Carmen Kass with a few sentences in English, organizer Hans-Walter Schmitt and interviewer Hartmut Metz.
Rapid Open
From round 6 on August 8th in the Rheingoldhalle with Bacrot - Dautov , Georgiev - Grischuk, Rublevsky - Stefanova , Almasi , Cmilyte - Andersson , Hort , Uhlmann , Baramidze , Grischuk - Bacrot, Karjakin - Rublevsky, Stefanova - Ponomariov , Borik , Hans-Walter Schmitt and many other chess players.
| year | winner | Second | Third |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Alexander Chernin | Lev Gutman | Igor Khenkin |
| 1995 | Bogdan Lalić | Larry Christiansen | Alexander Chernin |
| 1996 | Eric Lobron | Christopher Lutz | Stefan Djurić |
| 1997 | Valery At | Lajos Portisch | Rafael Vaganian |
| 1998 | Fritz on Primergy | Stefan Djurić | Alberto David |
| 1999 | Loek van Wely | Vadim Milov | Mikhail Ulybin |
| 2000 | Sergei Rublevsky | Mikhail Gurevich | Peter Svidler |
| 2001 | Michael Adams | Vadim Milov | Oleg Eismont |
| 2002 | Viktor Bologan | Igor Glek | Evgeny Agrest |
| 2003 | Alexander Grischuk | Ivan Sokolov | Eric Lobron |
| 2004 | Alexander Grischuk | Rafael Vaganian | Sergei Rublevsky |
| 2005 | Teimour Radjabov | Levon Aronjan | 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 Aronjan |
Chess960 rapid chess world championships
| year | Attendees | winner | Second | Third |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | open | Péter Lékó | Michael Adams | Duel |
| 2003 | open | Peter Swidler | Péter Lékó | Duel |
| 2004 | open | Peter Swidler | Levon Aronjan | Duel |
| 2005 | open | Peter Swidler | Zoltán Almási | Duel |
| 2006 | open | Levon Aronjan | Peter Swidler | Duel |
| 2006 | Women | Alexandra Kosteniuk | Elisabeth Pähtz | Duel |
| 2006 | Seniors | Vlastimil hoard | Lajos Portisch | Duel |
| 2006 | Juniors | Pentala Harikrishna | Arkadij Naiditsch | Duel |
| 2007 | open | Levon Aronjan | Viswanathan Anand | Étienne Bacrot |
| 2008 | Women | Alexandra Kosteniuk | Kateryna Lahno | Viktorija Čmilytė |
| 2009 | open | Hikaru Nakamura | Levon Aronjan | Sergei Movsesjan |
FiNet Open Chess960
| year | winner | Second | Third |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Peter Swidler | Alexander Motylev | Daniel Fridman |
| 2003 | Levon Aronjan | Vadim Zvjaginsev | Konstantin Landa |
| 2004 | Zoltán Almási | Étienne Bacrot | Mihail Kobalija |
| 2005 | Levon Aronjan | Ivan Sokolov | Klaus Bischoff |
| 2006 | Étienne Bacrot | Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | Alexander Grischuk |
| 2007 | Viktor Bologan | Gata Kamsky | Vassili Ivanchuk |
| 2008 | Hikaru Nakamura | Sergei Movsesjan | Alexander Motylev |
| 2009 | Alexander Grischuk | Gata Kamsky | Rustam Kasimdzhanov |
Mini-Ordix and Mini-FiNet Open
From 2007 to 2009 special talent tournaments were held for the children. These were three Mini-Ordix-Open and three Mini-FiNet-Open: 2009 seven rounds with separate evaluation in 5 age groups (U16, U14, U12, U10 and U8) and in 2008 and 2007 six rounds each with separate evaluation for 4 age groups ( U14, U12, U10 and U8).
1. Mini ORDIX Open U14 (2007)
Final result after 6 rounds with 107 participants: Constantin Göbel, Ramil Babayev and Anna Endress. The 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 result after 6 rounds with 35 participants: Anna Endress, Alexander Jussupow and Constantin Göbel. The 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 result after 6 rounds with 104 participants: Dennis Wagner , Joshua Aarash Hager and Johannes Carow . The 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 result after 6 rounds with 26 participants: Sebastian Kaphle, Carlo Pauly and Frederik Eigemann. The 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 result after 7 rounds with 72 participants: Alexander Donchenko, Dominik Will and Frederik Eigemann. The 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 result after 6 rounds with 32 participants: Johannes Carow , Carlo Pauly and Frederik Eigemann. The 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
The Chess960 Computer World Championships were held in Mainz from 2005 to 2009 as the highlight of the various exhibition fights between man and computer and man against computer .
| year | winner | Second | Third |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Spike (Volker Böhm, Ralf Schäfer) | Jonny (Johannes Zwanzger) | Glaurung (Tord Romstad) |
| 2006 | Shredder (Stefan Mayer-Kahlen) | Jonny (Johannes Zwanzger) | Icarus (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 Sjeng (Gian-Carlo Pascutto) |
Videos of the Chess Classic
Below are some videos about the Chess Classic in Mainz, like the first: Press conference and simultaneous games of the Chess Classic on August 14, 2002 with Hartmut Metz (moderator), Ruslan Ponomarjow (speaks about the daily routine of a world champion, Dagobert Kohlmeyer translates), Elisabeth Pähtz ( tells how she defeated the floods in Dresden), simultaneous play Ruslan Ponomarjow (with Eckhard Freise and Alfred Schlya ) and simultaneous play Alexandra Kosteniuk (with Claus Spahn and Jens Beutel).
Press conference and simultaneous games of the Chess Classic 2002 in Mainz
Award ceremony 2004
Swidler and Anand with speech by Jens BeutelPress conference 2004
Metz with Schirow, Anand, Aronjan and SwidlerLewon Aronjan kiebitzt
during a game of Rybka - Shredder, Mainz 2009FiNet Open 2009: Konnyu-Gashimov, Poldauf-Bacrot, Kamsky - Karsten Schulz
Rapid World Championship 2009: Anand, Nepomniachtchi, Aronian, Naiditsch, Schmitt
swell
- Chess Classic 2010 (2001 to 2010) on Chess Tigers (including details)
- History of the Chess Classic in Frankfurt and Mainz (2000 to 2010) on TeleSchach (tables, games and pictures)
literature
- Jussupow, Fietz, Metz: premiere of the top ten . Edition FCC, ISBN 3-931192-18-0 .
- KARL (Ed. Harry Schaack): Das Kulturelle Schachmagazin , Issue 2/2011, Focus: Chess Classic on pages 3 to 49, ISSN 1438-9673 .
- Frankfurter Chess Classic 1996 in the Stadthalle Ffm-Zeilsheim, 28.-30. June 1996 . SCHACH 96/3, p. 36.
- Frankfurt Chess Classic 1998 . SCHACH 1998, issue 7, pages 4 to 15.
- Frankfurt Chess Classic 1999 . SCHACH 1999, issue 8, pages 5 to 28.
- Hans-Walter Schmitt: Chess Classic Mainz 2009 . Rochade Europa, No. 5, pp. 5/7.
- Oliver Brendel: Chess Classic Mainz . SCHACHWELT - The magazine for chess players, September 2009, p. 16/18.
Individual evidence
- ↑ List of winners 1994 to 2010 (PDF; 84 kB) on Chess Tigers
- ↑ Hartmut Metz: Adams' and Leko's opponents out of your pocket - Pocket Fritz brings fun, but also danger to TeleSchess
- ^ KARL: Das Kulturelle Schachmagazin , Issue 2/2011, pp. 38/39, Eric van Reem: Mensch + Computer statt Mensch vs. Computer , ISSN 1438-9673 .
- ^ KARL: Das Kulturelle Schachmagazin , Issue 2/2011, p. 16, Hans-Walter Schmitt: Ende und Zukunft , ISSN 1438-9673 .
- ↑ The 12 games of Chess Classic Frankfurt 1996 on 365Chess (English)
- ↑ The 2 games of the Chess Classic Finale Frankfurt 1996 on 365Chess (English)
- ↑ The game for third place in the Chess Classic Frankfurt 1996 on 365Chess (English)
- ↑ Hartmut Metz: Nice chess in Mainz - Carmen Kass star guest at the Chess Classic / duel with world champion Antoaneta Stefanowa
- ↑ Eric van Reem: Bits and Bytes in All Modes . KARL: Das Kulturelle Schachmagazin, Issue 2/2011, pp. 36–39, ISSN 1438-9673 .
- ↑ Chess Classic Mainz on August 14, 2002: First day with press conference and simultaneous games on TeleSchess
