For the first time ever, the Chess Center Baden-Baden (aka Schachzentrum Baden-Baden) will host a category 19 Grandmaster tournament, the GRENKE Chess Classic Baden-Baden. This event will follow the tradition of great chess tournaments that the well-known South German Spa town has established over the last two centuries.

The tournament is scheduled for February 7th – 17th 2013. The venue will be the historical halls of Kulturhaus LA8 (house of culture) in the center of Baden-Baden. The games will start daily at 15:00 CET, the last round starts at 13:00 CET.

Live games with analysis here


The participants in the double round robin will be:

- Viswanathan Anand, World Champion, 43 years, India
- Fabiano Caruana, 20 years, Italy
- Michael Adams, 41 years, England
- Arkadij Naiditsch, 27 years, Germany
- Daniel Fridman, 36 years, Germany
- Georg Meier, 25 years, Germany

To complement the main event, several side tournaments – each limited to 80 players – will take place:

Chess Classic ELO Open (9 rounds, 9 days, only for players ELO 1800+) 7th – 15th Feb 2013
Chess Classic Fasching (6 rounds, 3 days, open to all) 9th – 11th Feb 2013
Chess Classic Ferien (6 rounds, 3 days, open to all) 14th – 16th Feb 2013

Official website: www.schachzentrum-baden-baden.de