Grenke Chess Classic
The Grenke Chess Festival is an annual chess event held in the German cities of Karlsruhe and Baden-Baden and sponsored by Grenke AG. The Grenke Chess Classic was a strong closed tournament first held in 2013, which featured many of the world's top players. Since 2016, an Open tournament has been held concurrently, with the winner qualifying for the subsequent Classic tournament. In 2020, the Festival was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It returned in 2024 after a five-year hiatus, with the Classic tournament featuring a new rapid time control (45+10). In 2025, the Classic tournament was discontinued, and a new Grenke Freestyle Chess Open was announced in partnership with the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour.
| Tournament | Year | Location | Winner(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grenke Freestyle Chess Open | 2025 | Karlsruhe (Germany) |
Magnus Carlsen
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| Grenke Open | 2025 | Karlsruhe (Germany) | |
| Grenke Chess Classic | 2024 | Karlsruhe and Baden-Baden (Germany) |
Magnus Carlsen
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| Grenke Open | 2024 | Karlsruhe (Germany) |
Hans Moke Niemann
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| Grenke Chess Classic | 2019 | Karlsruhe and Baden-Baden (Germany) |
Magnus Carlsen
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| Grenke Open | 2019 | Karlsruhe (Germany) | |
| Grenke Chess Classic | 2018 | Karlsruhe and Baden-Baden (Germany) |
Fabiano Caruana
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| Grenke Open | 2018 | Karlsruhe (Germany) |
Vincent Keymer
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| Grenke Chess Classic | 2017 | Karlsruhe and Baden-Baden (Germany) |
Levon Aronian
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| Grenke Open | 2017 | Karlsruhe (Germany) |
Nikita Vitiugov
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| Grenke Open | 2016 | Karlsruhe (Germany) |
Matthias Blübaum
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| Grenke Chess Classic | 2015 | Baden-Baden (Germany) |
Magnus Carlsen
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| Grenke Chess Classic | 2014 | Baden-Baden (Germany) |
Arkadij Naiditsch
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| Grenke Chess Classic | 2013 | Baden-Baden (Germany) |
Viswanathan Anand
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