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

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
Year Winner Second Third
1996Alexei Shirov[2]Vladimir Kramnik[3]Péter Lékó[4]
1997Viswanathan AnandAnatoly KarpovEric Lobron
1998Viswanathan AnandVladimir KramnikGarry Kasparov
1999Garry KasparovViswanathan AnandVladimir Kramnik
2000Viswanathan AnandGarry KasparovVladimir Kramnik
2001Viswanathan AnandVladimir KramnikDuel
2002Viswanathan AnandRuslan PonomariovDuel
2003Viswanathan AnandJudit PolgárDuel
2004Viswanathan AnandAlexei SchirovDuel
2005Viswanathan AnandAlexander Grischukduel
2006Viswanathan AnandTeimour Radjabovduel
2007Viswanathan AnandLevon AronianRustam Kasimdzhanov
2008Viswanathan AnandMagnus CarlsenAlexander Morozevich
2009Levon AronianIan NepomniachtchiViswanathan Anand
2010Gata KamskyVugar GashimovLevon Aronian

Rapid Chess Open
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
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
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 Zoltán Almási Étienne Bacrot Mihail Kobalija
2005 Lewon Aronjan Ivan Sokolov Klaus Bischoff
2006 Étienne 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 Kasimdzhanov

Mini-Ordix und Mini-FiNet Open
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
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
  • 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
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
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