Blog Return; Baden-Baden Predictions

The GRENKE Chess Classic is taking place in Baden-Baden, Germany.  It is a Double-Round Robin, Category XIX tournament with an average rating of 2714.2.

World Champ Anand headlines the GRENKE Chess Classic

The 6 Participants:
World #6 Vishy Anand, India, 2780 (World Champion)
World #13 Fabiano Caruana, Italy, 2757 (#1 World Junior)
World #23 Michael Adams, England, 2725 (#1 England)
World #37 Arkadij Naiditsch, Germany, 2716 (2013 Wijk aan Zee Group B Champion)
World #78 Daniel Fridman, Germany, 2667 (Husband of 4-time US Woman's Champion Anna Zatonskih)
World #108 Georg Meier, Germany, 2640 (Co-captain of Webster University chess team)

Round 1-3 Results:

Round 1, February 7
Naiditsch - Fridman 1/2
Adams - Anand 1/2
Caruana - Meier 1-0

Naiditsch, the sole winner in Round 2 in Baden-Baden

Round 2, February 8
Fridman - Meier 1/2
Anand - Caruana 1/2
Naiditsch - Adams 1-0

Caruana - Naiditsch, 1-0, the sole decisive game of Round 3

Round 3, February 9
Adams - Fridman 1/2
Caruana - Naiditsch 1-0
Meier - Anand 1/2

Caruana leads GRENKE by a full point after 3 rounds

Standings after Round 3:
1. Caruana 2.5/3
2-4. Naiditsch, Fridman, Anand 1.5/3
5-6. Adams, Meier 1.0/3

Live Ratings after Round 3 (2700+ players only):
#6 Anand 2777 (-3 points, no ranking changes)
#10 Caruana 2765.1 (+8.1 points, +3 ranking spots, passes Ivanchuk, Morozevich, Grischuk)
#24 Naiditsch (no change from Baden-Baden, +5 ranking spots (from Bundesliga), passes Dominguez, Giri, Tomashevsky, Adams, Areschenko)
#28 Adams 2721.1 (-5.1 points from Baden-Baden, -5 rankings spots, passed by Vachier-Lagrave, Dominguez, Giri, Tomashevsky, Naiditsch)

My Round 4 (February 10) Predictions:
Fridman - Anand 1/2
Naiditsch - Meier 0-1
Adams - Caruana 1/2

Round 4-10 Pairings:

4th round on 10 February 2013 at 15:00
Fridman Daniel	2667		Anand Vishy	2780
Naiditsch Arkadij	2716		Meier Georg	2640
Adams Michael	2725		Caruana Fabiano	2757
5th round on 11 February 2013 at 15:00
Caruana Fabiano	2757		Fridman Daniel	2667
Meier Georg	2640		Adams Michael	2725
Anand Vishy	2780		Naiditsch Arkadij	2716
6th round on 13 February 2013 at 15:00
Fridman Daniel	2667		Naiditsch Arkadij	2716
Anand Vishy	2780		Adams Michael	2725
Meier Georg	2640		Caruana Fabiano	2757
7th round on 14 February 2013 at 15:00
Meier Georg	2640		Fridman Daniel	2667
Caruana Fabiano	2757		Anand Vishy	2780
Adams Michael	2725		Naiditsch Arkadij	2716
8th round on 15 February 2013 at 15:00
Fridman Daniel	2667		Adams Michael	2725
Naiditsch Arkadij	2716		Caruana Fabiano	2757
Anand Vishy	2780		Meier Georg	2640
9th round on 16 February 2013 at 15:00
Anand Vishy	2780		Fridman Daniel	2667
Meier Georg	2640		Naiditsch Arkadij	2716
Caruana Fabiano	2757		Adams Michael	2725
10th round on 17 February 2013 at 13:00
Fridman Daniel	2667		Caruana Fabiano	2757
Adams Michael	2725		Meier Georg	2640
Naiditsch Arkadij	2716		Anand Vishy	2780