GRENKE Chess Open will be held in Karlsruhe from March 29 to April 2. The venue will be Congress Centre Karlsruhe. The prize fund of the event 60.000 EUR.

Grenke Chess Open is divided in 3 sections.

A-Open (for Players national rating/ELO >1850)
B-Open (for players national rating/ELO C-Open (for Players national rating /ELO

Already 86 title holders have registered for the tournament. The top seeded are GM Richard Rapport, GM Rustam Kasimdzhanov, GM Loek van Wely, GM Alexei Shirov, the top local player GM Daniel Fridmann, GM Konstantin Landa, GM Rainer Buhmann, etc.

Live game with analysis will be provided daily with the best chess software competing in the Top Chess Engine Championship – Komodo, Houdini, and Stockfish.

Grenke Chess Open 2018 participants

1 GM Rapport, Richard
2 GM Kasimdzhanov, Rustam
3 GM van Wely, Loek
4 GM Shirov, Alexei
5 GM Fridmann, Daniel
6 Sadzikowski, Daniel
7 GM Landa, Konstantin
8 GM Huschenbeth, Niclas
9 GM Buhmann, Rainer
10 GM Ghosh, Diptayan
11 GM Mikhalevski, Victor
12 GM Burmakin, Vladimir
13 GM Kollars, Dmitrij
14 GM Lobron, Eric
15 IM Noe, Christopher
16 IM Abel, Dennes
17 GM Schmaltz, Roland
18 WGM Zatonskih, Anna
19 IM Hirneise, Tobias
20 IM Vogel, Roven
21 GM Inkiov, Ventzislav
22 FM Martin, Julian
23 FM Motuz, Karol
24 IM Carlstedt, Jonathan
25 IM Senthilvel, Nitin
26 IM Gokerkan, Cem Kaan
27 IM Zysk, Robert
28 FM Brüdigam, Martin
29 IM Kopylov, Michael
30 IM Lagunow, Alexander
31 FM Bänziger, Fabian
32 IM Bräuer, Franz
33 FM Sinz, Bernhard
34 FM Harff, Marcel
35 IM Colpe, Malte
36 FM Lokander, Martin
37 IM Seyb, Alexander
38 Pfreundt, Jakob
39 IM Philippe, Christophe
40 IM Mereddy, Chakravarthi Reddy
41 FM Parvanyan, Ashot
42 IM Runic, Zoran
43 FM Lagunow, Raphael
44 FM Kramer, Julian
45 IM K, Rathnakaran
46 FM Schmidek, Emil
47 Tugui, Adrian
48 IM Nandigani, Krishna teja
49 FM Ondersteijn, Niels
50 FM Coenen, Michael
51 FM Keinanen, Toivo
52 WGM Lubbe, Melanie
53 FM Flick, Antoine
54 WGM Savina, Anastasia
55 FM Rafiee, Makan
56 FM Buckels, Valentin
57 FM Sylvan, Jacob
58 FM Sawlin, Leonid
59 IM Song, Julien
60 FM Koscielski, Janusz
61 FM Schitco, Ivan
62 Reuker, Jari
63 Das, Soham
64 FM Farmani Anosheh, Armin
65 Kopylov, Daniel
66 IM Donchenko, Anatoly
67 FM Napoli, Nicolò
68 FM Euler, Gerd
69 FM Rieß, Alexander
70 WGM Rapport, Jovana
71 FM Muckle, Julius
72 FM Marcziter, Dmitrii
73 FM Zachary, Mathéo
74 FM Ehmann, Thilo
75 WIM Osmanodja, Filiz
76 Anibar, Ahmed
77 FM Hove Kristensen, Kåre
78 FM Namyslo, Holger
79 FM Zwahr, Paul
80 FM Ackermann, Hans Werner
81 FM Gungl, Theo
82 FM Wisnet, Dominic
83 IM Polajzer, Danilo
84 Rücker, Benjamin
85 Stijve, Theo
86 Nazarenus, Moritz
87 FM Bomans, Arno
88 Fecker, Noah
89 FM Dedebas, Emre Emin
90 Balint, Vilmos
91 FM Schmitzer, Klaus
92 Schiffer, Stefan
93 Hecht, Carsten
94 WIM Schöne, Maria
95 FM Kersten, Uwe
96 Giessmann, Stephan
97 Wachinger , Nikolas
98 WFM Georgescu, Lena
99 IM Chandrasekar, Praveen Kumar
100 FM Henrich, Thomas
101 FM Kucuksari, Kaan
102 Bussard, Christian
103 Prill, Daniel
104 Steinheimer, Jürgen
105 Jacobs, Florian
106 Svane, Frederik
107 FM Jiménez Martínez, Jose Vicente
108 Tran, Thanh Kien
109 FM Vatter, Hans-Joachim
110 FM Isik, Alparslan
111 Stein, Robert
112 Kannenberg, Karl-Heinz
113 Lara López, Sergio
114 Banos, Oscar
115 WFM Goossens, Hanne
116 Mütsch, Annmarie
117 Linsenmeyer, Mario
118 WIM Schneider, Jana
119 Ciolek, Andreas
120 Humburg, Philipp
121 Kiefer, Daniel
122 Cofmann, Veaceslav
123 Müller, Philipp
124 Tischendorf, Michael
125 FM Löw, Gerald
126 Everett, Elijah
127 Leutwyler, Martin
128 Brandt, Sebastian
129 Welzel, Philipp
130 WFM Travkina, Anastasia
131 Pfatteicher, Lukas
132 Erdmann, Stefan
133 Heidel, Nicolas
134 IM Sobolevsky, Leonid
135 Etlender, Roman
136 Pahud, Cedric
137 Krämer, Enrico
138 Nguyen, Alex Dac Vuong
139 WFM Rogozenco, Teodora
140 van der Valk, Niklas
141 Palozza, Christian
142 Pajeken, Jakob Leon
143 Korba, Roman
144 FM Müller, Michael
145 Klings, Peter
146 Großhans, Ralf-Michael
147 Schlenker, Jörg
148 Kull, Florian
149 Karsay, Pascal
150 Regez, Markus
151 Ongut, Tamás Günes
152 Färber, David
153 Köllner, Ruben
154 Warnecke, Tobias
155 Levrand, Roland
156 Prestel, Oliver
157 Suvorov, Alexander
158 Spiegel, Stefan
159 Alonso García, Aaron
160 Boelhouwer, Collin
161 Adocchio, Giampiero
162 Schulz, Vladimir
163 WIM Schweitzer, Victoria
164 Lopez-Rojas, Jeffrey
165 Barillaro, Luca
166 Trifan, Andrei Ioan
167 Parvanyan, Alfred
168 Nickel, Rüdiger
169 Fischer, Daniel
170 Weidel, Albrecht
171 Doll, Stefan
172 Voss, Gunther
173 FM Wiley, Tom
174 Van de Perre, Tom
175 Schenker, Roberto
176 Pappelis, Dimitrios
177 Brem, Stephan
178 White, Stuart
179 Reuker, Matthias
180 Sosovicka, Jakub
181 WFM Leveikina, Jevgenija
182 WFM çaglar, Sila
183 Germer, Philipp
184 Meiser, Markus
185 Kutzner, Stephen
186 Alvarez Morales, Miguel
187 Jerie, Sven
188 Wagner, Hans
189 Weishäutel, Moritz
190 Bentel, Robin
191 Villwock, Martin
192 Colbow, Collin
193 WIM Kunze, Kerstin
194 Mädler, Thomas
195 WFM Brendel, Bergit
196 Buschle, Lukas
197 Dobrikov, Marco
198 Musiolik, David
199 Bleecke, Sebastian
200 Karimi, Farhad
201 Thomas, Ingo
202 Suvorov, Luca
203 Heldt, Nils-Lennart
204 Bischoff, Ulrich
205 Heß, Steffen
206 Leibbrand, Udo
207 Sanati, Charlotte
208 Scholzen, Wolfgang
209 Pubantz, Jan
210 WFM Schulze, Lara
211 Wilhelm, Robert
212 Feldman, Antony
213 König, Dirk
214 Szalewa, Sven
215 Wolf, Rainer
216 Carnot, Luca
217 Englert, Jon
218 Bernardini, Tommaso
219 Azimi, Reza
220 Paulus, Jeffrey
221 Goldinger, Peter
222 Nägele, Hans-Jürgen
223 Härig, Wilfried
224 Ivanov, Alexander
225 Kuhn, Gerhard
226 Seehaus, Dr. Bernhard
227 Gebhardt, Uwe
228 Schäfer , Sven
229 Döserich, Jürgen
230 Fischer, Daniel
231 Bender, Leon
232 Bender, Leon
233 Scheynin, Julia
234 Mock, Markus
235 Wu, Leon
236 Oupindrin, Narayanin
237 Zweschper, Erich
238 CM Unat, Can Haktan
239 Westerweele, Henrik
240 Hommer, Jeremy
241 Boyens, Birger
242 Muckle, Richard
243 Koppen, Harald
244 Haugner, Jan
245 Gerhard, Prill
246 Martin, Richard
247 Casagrande, Federico
248 Kreis, Karl-Heinz
249 Ojaos Peñalver , Abel
250 Kuntz, Hans-Jürgen
251 Kneis, Harald
252 Maselli, Daniel
253 Chennaoui, Yasin
254 Lochte, Szilvia
255 Fabregas, Oliver
256 Frõmbgen, Andreas
257 Grunert, Friedrich
258 Do, Nam
259 Bangert, Udo
260 Zachary, Bastian
261 Dorr, Jörg
262 Perréard , Nicolas
263 Oltmanns, Jan
264 Hemmings, Martin
265 Schwarz, Jochen
266 Heeke, Guido
267 Gerhardt, Dirk
268 Koll, Lukas
269 Khamenya, Vitalia
270 Retzlaff, Thomas
271 Klöditz, Uwe
272 Cordes, Lothar
273 CM Foerster-Yialamas, Lucas
274 Plaza Reino, Agustin
275 Winker, Mathias
276 Stark, Timo
277 Muths, Lukas
278 Koll, Linus
279 Fröhlich, Franziska
280 Kemper, Yannick
281 Costa, Leonardo
282 Minor, Viatcheslav
283 Bondarchuk, Vadim
284 CM Oncel, Ilie
285 Schuster, Ullrich
286 Bräunlin, Klaus
287 Lawrenz, Denny
288 Rotzinger, Markus
289 Doll, Alexander
290 Kaminski, Robert
291 Geweniger, Tim
292 Nedkov, Peter
293 Martus, Jürgen
294 Dr. Steinhauser, Martin
295 Vladlmir, Zotin
296 Schott, Reimund
297 Schneider, Birgit
298 Kirsch, Sebastian
299 Schnepel, Thomas
300 Stierle, Martin
301 Fecker, Jan
302 Machetti, Diego
303 Horata, Hakan
304 Nitsche, Thomas
305 Wezel, Sebastian
306 Mileo, Pierpaolo
307 Hammer, Klaus
308 Haug, Siegmund
309 Reinkoester, Michael
310 Zschorsch, Peter
311 Kleih, Julian
312 Schwarz, Manuel
313 Schweitzer, Marc
314 Sistig, Max
315 Schimmer, Michael
316 Shahisavandi, Abdollah
317 Handel, Oliver
318 Stark, Sven
319 Bartmann, Florian
320 Plaza Reino, Mercedes
321 Roß, Dr. Norbert
322 Schmitt-Schott, Joscha
323 Boerma, Daniel
324 Zirlik, Rudi
325 Reitz, Helmut
326 Ilzhöfer, Karl-Heinz
327 Schumacher, Markus
328 Mucke, Sebastian
329 Neiwert, Nick
330 Nyenhuis, Yannek
331 Kafetzi, Angeliki
332 Weigert , Matthias
333 Triantafillidis, Simeon
334 Bohner, Jörg
335 Kelemen, Alexander
336 Sikorski, Thomas
337 Rühl, Volker
338 Schrader, Christian
339 Deuer, Marius
340 Köllner, Ophelia
341 EL FEZARI, Mohamed Amin
342 Schönbuchner, Gerhard
343 Weiland, Thomas
344 Apelt, Andreas
345 Van Hoorebeke, Jimmy
346 Ponomarev, Maximilian
347 Reinisch, Markus
348 Nitsche, Nikolai
349 Prietzel, Ralf
350 Fleckenstein, Wolfgang
351 Künitz, Klaus
352 Rouditser, Benjamin
353 Bernard, Adrian
354 Härig, Wolfram
355 Kirsch, Martin
356 Graf, Michael
357 Schneider, Kevin
358 Stijve, Niels
359 Bauer, Dieter
360 Wunderlich, Fabian
361 Kammerer, Utz
362 Meyer, Marcel
363 Nebojsa , Vuckovic
364 Wegmer, Leon
365 Morczynski, Joachim
366 Chaus, Maria
367 Flemming, Klaus
368 Kaltenbronn, Ludwig
369 Kissel, Ralf
370 Bentel, Armin
371 Moretti, Filippo
372 Schneider, Edward
373 Herlt, Klaus
374 Hauk, Roland
375 Buchmann, Christophe
376 Pogosian, Norair
377 Jungklaus, Lars
378 Schneider, Matthias
379 Pubantz, Richard
380 Probst, Ilias
381 Torralba Luzzy, Ricardo
382 Dirix, Stefan
383 Hänselmann, Hendrik
384 Parviz, Khadempour
385 Triantafillidis, Dimitrios
386 Lehmann, Tornalf
387 Ohler, Julius
388 Oupindrin, Timothy
389 Friedel, Roland
390 Spreer, Lutz
391 Mayer, Dietmar
392 Schneider, Katharina
393 Dietz, Helena
394 Mönk, Andreas
395 Kappus, Holger
396 Mecke, Hansjörg
397 Pohle, Saskia
398 Stiefelmeyer, Michael
399 Roos, Matthias
400 Uhlarz, Jörg
401 Lautenbach, Max
402 Späth, René
403 Waaijenberg, Annette
404 Mock, Gabriel
405 Doll, Rebecca
406 Wiedenbruch, Paul
407 Jahraus, Marlis
408 Rubinshtein, Kamilla
409 Schulze, Lukas
410 Bangert, Rüdiger
411 Zhou, Lepu Coco
412 Kandler, Christoph
413 Banzhaf, Steffen
414 Schulz, Victor
415 Dietz, Daniel
416 Sundui, Chinguun
417 Schranckenmuller, Danièle
418 Maszewski, Mario
419 Goodwin, David
420 Lambrecht, Niklas
421 Gijsbers, Joop
422 Ratniece, Laura
423 Ermitsch, Magnus
424 Svane, Freja
425 Mayer, Alex
426 Wittmer, Maximilian
427 Korek, Jakob Alexander
428 Schulz, Hannah
429 Beck, Daniel
430 Stein, Julian
431 Paulat, Horst
432 Pieczka, Kevin
433 Plaza Reino, Mateo
434 Dietsche, Birgit
435 Fecker, Sina
436 Ljuca, Rijad
437 Unutmaz, Ergun
438 Färber, Sophie
439 Schneider, Anna
440 Ljuca, Semir
441 Echt, Pascal
442 Kuschminder, Paul
443 Gerhardt, Pascal
444 Klüppel, Werner
445 Kriegbaum, Erwin
446 Schulz, Hélène
447 Fischer, Darja
448 Zhou, Qing
449 Leithoff, Hans-Georg
450 Dietrich, Malte
451 Jouani, Zakharia
452 Morczynski, Ryszard
453 Stracke, André
454 Khera, Rajat
455 Medeuov, Sajat
456 Muths, Matthias
457 McDonald, Margaret
458 Gauder, Marcel
459 Terre, Paul
460 Wiencken, Marcus
461 Englert, Lin
462 Martin, Anastasia
463 Nguyen, Jenny Ha Linh
464 Reimold, Horst
465 Lauer, Dieter
466 Bazar García, Vicente
467 Yang, Christian
468 Torosyan, Bagrat
469 Khachaturyan, Konstantin
470 Stankovic, David
471 Marcziter, Alex
472 Ramazanov, Deniz
473 Schwab, Tizian
474 Gauder, Jürgen
475 Yang, Marco
476 Lukes, Alexander
477 Weltin, Wieland
478 Aghabekyan, Ani
479 Koch, Steffen
480 Khachaturyan, Viktoria
481 Wieczorek , Martin
482 Jacobsen, Fynn
483 Fischer, Johannes
484 Wiedenbruch, Silke
485 Zhou, Leyi Charlotte
486 Schulze, Tim