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Awonder Liang switches from Classical to Freestyle, to face Carlsen in R6

20 Apr, 2025by gprevenasΣκακιστικά νέα

The rules of Grenke Chess 2025 allow players to switch from Classical to Freestyle after round 4. By switching, the players keep the points and new pairings are constructed. Awonder Liang, one of the leaders in the open section, has decided to make that switch and will be paired against Magnus Carlsen in round 6. Carlsen is sole leader of Grenke chess after R5 with perfect score


Around 50 players have made the switch from Classical to Freestyle. Here are the new pairings of Grenke round 6.

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Grenke Freestyle round 6 pairings


Bo. White Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Black Rtg
1 GM Liang, Awonder 2692 4½ – 5 GM Carlsen, Magnus 2837
2 GM Mendonca, Leon Luke 2643 4½ – 4½ GM Maghsoodloo, Parham 2684
3 GM Sarana, Alexey 2672 4½ – 4½ GM Pultinevicius, Paulius 2558
4 GM Jobava, Baadur 2600 4½ – 4½ GM Bluebaum, Matthias 2662
5 GM Keymer, Vincent 2718 4 – 4 GM Aryan Chopra, 2620
6 GM Karthikeyan, Murali 2651 4 – 4 GM Caruana, Fabiano 2776
7 GM Nepomniachtchi, Ian 2757 4 – 4 GM Anton Guijarro, David 2639
8 GM Svane, Rasmus 2625 4 – 4 GM Dominguez Perez, Leinier 2738
9 GM Niemann, Hans Moke 2736 4 – 4 GM Movsesian, Sergei 2591
10 GM Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan 2618 4 – 4 GM Yu, Yangyi 2714
11 GM Mikhalevski, Victor 2513 4 – 4 GM Esipenko, Andrey 2696
12 GM Yoo, Christopher Woojin 2588 4 – 4 GM Van Foreest, Jorden 2681
13 GM Tabatabaei, M. Amin 2661 4 – 4 GM Fridman, Daniel 2582
14 GM Pranesh M, 2572 4 – 4 GM Oparin, Grigoriy 2660
15 GM Mamedov, Rauf 2657 4 – 4 GM Gokerkan, Cem Kaan 2489
16 GM Erigaisi Arjun, 2782 3½ – 3½ GM Bogner, Sebastian 2545
17 GM Livaic, Leon 2536 3½ – 3½ GM Aravindh, Chithambaram VR. 2749
18 GM Schoppen, Casper 2529 3½ – 3½ GM So, Wesley 2748
19 IM Kilic, Eray 2473 3 – 3 IM Song, Julien 2309
20 GM Aronian, Levon 2747 3½ – 3½ GM Kadric, Denis 2533
21 IM Assaubayeva, Bibisara 2494 3½ – 3½ GM Le, Quang Liem 2729
22 GM Rapport, Richard 2722 3½ – 3½ IM Finek, Vaclav 2501
23 IM Feuerstack, Aljoscha 2458 3½ – 3½ GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 2722
24 GM Sindarov, Javokhir 2706 3½ – 3½ GM Klekowski, Maciej 2474
25 GM Robson, Ray 2692 3½ – 3½ GM Raja Harshit, 2474
26 GM Grischuk, Alexander 2682 3½ – 3½ IM Koelle, Tobias 2459
27 IM Pantzar, Milton 2445 3½ – 3½ GM Svane, Frederik 2668
28 GM Navara, David 2665 3½ – 3½ IM Druska, Juraj 2442
29 GM Dardha, Daniel 2650 3½ – 3½ IM Sorensen, Hampus 2436
30 GM Bacrot, Etienne 2633 3½ – 3½ GM Wirig, Anthony 2433
31 GM Kollars, Dmitrij 2623 3½ – 3½ IM Gschnitzer, Adrian 2430
32 GM Kamsky, Gata 2603 3½ – 3½ IM Leisch, Lukas 2407
33 IM Hacker, Jonas 2370 3½ – 3½ GM Huschenbeth, Niclas 2601
34 WGM Heinemann, Josefine 2342 3½ – 3½ GM Piorun, Kacper 2577
35 GM Sonis, Francesco 2576 3½ – 3½ FM Kueppers, Timo 2292
36 FM Huber, Benedikt 2261 3½ – 3½ GM Smeets, Jan 2568
37 Boev, Viktor 2235 3½ – 3½ GM Vogel, Roven 2557
38 GM Grigoriants, Sergey 2552 3½ – 3½ Kukushkin, Ivan 2030
39 GM Grandelius, Nils 2640 3 – 3 FM Dathe, Frederick 2311
40 GM Kraemer, Martin 2577 3 – 3 FM Tuncer, Tuna 2328
41 FM Becker, Matthias 2320 3 – 3 GM Basso, Pier Luigi 2508
42 FM Sklokin, Sergey 2305 3 – 3 IM Aizenberg, Benny 2450
43 IM Zatonskih, Anna 2300 3 – 3 IM Kucuksari, Kaan 2440
44 IM Wagner, Dinara 2435 3 – 3 FM Moritz, Aron 2305
45 IM Scholz, Christian, Dr. 2284 3 – 3 IM Rosner, Jonas 2430
46 CM Meyers, Mark 2267 3 – 3 IM Krause, Benedict 2420
47 IM Souleidis, Georgios 2418 3 – 3 FM Ringuet, Noe 2304
48 WGM Berend, Elvira 2252 3 – 3 GM Abergel, Thal 2415
49 GM Yankelevich, Lev 2413 3 – 3 IM Beltran Rueda, Santiago 2278
50 IM Dionisi, Thomas 2410 3 – 3 FM Wehner, Roland 2249
51 Casagrande, Federico 2180 3 – 3 IM Reuker, Jari 2406
52 Szakmary, Domonkos 2154 3 – 3 IM Dobrikov, Marco 2404
53 IM Hess, Max 2400 3 – 3 CM Ferey, Antonin 2236
54 CM Kumala, Aleksander 2131 3 – 3 IM Pastar, Slaven 2359
55 FM Zienkiewicz, Jan 2348 3 – 3 Zolfagharian, Kevin 2207
56 FM Szalay-Ocsak, Bank 2126 3 – 3 IM Loeffler, Stefan 2345
57 FM Miller, Eduard 2338 3 – 3 Jeschke, Jan 2139
58 Tibke, Jonas 2030 3 – 3 FM Dragicevic, Drazen 2334
59 FM Tomaszewski, Kacper 2330 3 – 3 Kremser, Michael 2024
60 Hillermann, Vinzenz 2227 2½ – 2½ GM Wagner, Dennis 2607
61 Koehler, Christian Friedrich 2223 2½ – 2½ GM Tang, Andrew 2529
62 IM Injac, Teodora 2455 2½ – 2½ FM Ciolek, Andreas 2198
63 FM Moeller, Hendrik 2217 2½ – 2½ GM Deviatkin, Andrei 2442
64 Stichter, Constantin Paul 2189 2½ – 2½ IM Thavandiran, Shiyam 2398
65 IM Abel, Dennes 2389 2½ – 2½ Wolter, Detlev 2169
66 FM Moehn, Hans 2385 2½ – 2½ FM Olsson, Linus 2166
67 Kearns, Christopher 2186 2½ – 2½ FM Ruiz Buendia, Miguel 2353
68 IM Langheinrich, Ferenc 2347 2½ – 2½ Maisch, Julian 2153
69 Colonetti, Fabio 2170 2½ – 2½ IM Seul, Georg 2329
70 WIM Muetsch, Annmarie 2329 2½ – 2½ Lohr, Maximilian 2151
71 FM Zieher, Hartmut 2144 2½ – 2½ FM Dauner, Benedikt 2324
72 Duson, Robin 2131 2½ – 2½ IM Zeller, Frank 2318
73 CM Soucek, Jan 2309 2½ – 2½ Kuehn, Kolja 2126
74 Schormann, Conrad 2111 2½ – 2½ IM Lammers, Markus 2304
75 FM Poeck, Ole 2304 2½ – 2½ Wu, Luka 2109
76 CM Heron, Andrew 2100 2½ – 2½ FM Hoeffer, David 2295
77 FM Franc, Borna 2281 2½ – 2½ Isacesco, Frederic 2066
78 IM Brendel, Oliver 2278 2½ – 2½ Hess, Markus, Dr. 2057
79 FM Gallasch, Jonas 2277 2½ – 2½ Paeslack, Luis 2032
80 Arns, Alexander 1985 2½ – 2½ CM Nissinen, Niilo Man 2268
81 Alshihawi, Obai 1963 2½ – 2½ IM Cotonnec, Melkior 2265
82 FM Jahncke, Giso 2241 2½ – 2½ Kuever, Bastian 1920
83 IM Bournel, Antoine 2423 2 – 2½ Valean, David-Andrei 1961
84 FM Noy, Eyal 2346 2 – 2 FM Ahn, Martin 2124
85 FM Knudsen, Simon 2289 2 – 2 Mueller, Elias 2115
86 Dieterle, Patrik 2125 2 – 2 FM Mundorf, Johannes 2288
87 FM Ruff, Maximilian 2235 2 – 2 Schallner, Marc 2101
88 Uhlmann, Tim 2108 2 – 2 FM Mostertman, Milan 2218
89 Hofmann, Lorenz 2104 2 – 2 CM Laemmel, Sebastian 2210
90 Tischler, Michel 2080 2 – 2 FM Bach, Matthias 2207
91 Brandt, Sebastian 2198 2 – 2 Morgenthaler, Stefan 2074
92 Richter, Leonard 2198 2 – 2 Kribben, Matthias, Dr. 2060
93 Medvedovski, Michael 2058 2 – 2 Vogel, Constantin 2193
94 Geist, Tim 2054 2 – 2 Klein, Joachim 2186
95 Schimnatkowski, Lukas 2185 2 – 2 Hoffmann, Jens 2057
96 Diyap, Murat 2168 2 – 2 Shevkunov, Vladyslav 2050
97 Gramb, Marius 2165 2 – 2 Braeutigam, Thomas 2032
98 Cervelli, Eduard 2052 2 – 2 Ahner, Thomas 2164
99 CM Quilter, Thomas A 2162 2 – 2 Rosenboom, Niko 2030
100 Berresheim, Helmut 2033 2 – 2 Player, Edmund C 2161
101 CM Sliwicki, Damian 2157 2 – 2 Leck, Gerrit 2028
102 Leibbrand, Udo 2027 2 – 2 Ellis, Antoine 2156
103 Thomsen, Phil 2156 2 – 2 Bleuzen, Cedric 2003
104 Dietze, Sebastian 2151 2 – 2 Rombach, Michael 2019
105 WFM Khrapko, Marharyta 2146 2 – 2 Wong, Yen-Hsiu Elliot 1987
106 Ott, Mathias 2017 2 – 2 FM Loew, Gerald 2142
107 Nickel, Ruediger 1983 2 – 2 FM Balint, Vilmos 2140
108 Seidel, Knut 1974 2 – 2 Stork, Christopher 2132
109 Schinkowski, Christoph 2130 2 – 2 Blaschke, Henri Johannes 1964
110 Loheide, Michel 1955 2 – 2 FM Bremond, Eric 2129
111 CM Germer, Philipp 2129 2 – 2 Schoettker, Jochen 1955
112 Pfatteicher, Lukas 2210 1½ – 2 Degro, Heiko 1948
113 Zenari, Marco 2142 1½ – 1½ Heinke, Jasper 2052
114 Emans, Job 2134 1½ – 1½ Leck, Jakob 2046
115 Dunn, Andrew M 2117 1½ – 1½ Doenitz, Christian, Dr. 2015
116 Nickel, Arno 2052 1½ – 1½ D’angerio, Alessandro 2106
117 Kommer, Bas 2086 1½ – 1½ Reimold, Jonas 2039
118 Werner, Martin, Dr. 2021 1½ – 1½ Keller, Yannik 2083
119 Kern, Nicolas 2080 1½ – 1½ Merz, Leander 1957
120 Wagner, Bernd 2069 1½ – 1½ Wadhwa, Aayush 1916
121 Baeumer, Frank 1966 1½ – 1½ Herms Agullo, Jordi 2068
122 Musaelyan, Arshavir 1961 1½ – 1½ Bahmann, Micha 2061
123 Markina, Sofiia 1887 1½ – 1½ Nicolai, Tim 2053
124 FM Haag, Wolfgang 2175 1 – 1 Sesselmann, Christoph 2031
125 Spieker, Michael 2024 1 – 1 Germer, Marcel 2130
126 Hoffmann, Tim 2011 1 – 1 Narr, Kevin 2128
127 Farmani Anosheh, Yasha 2114 1 – 1 Jaeschke, Benno 2008
128 Siegert, Gregor 2113 1 – 1 Cabela, Filip 2000
129 Steinhart, Karl-Heinz 2110 1 – 1 Gold, Jan Christian 1997
130 Hell, Pascal 2103 1 – 1 Hematyar, Fardin 1990
131 Luhn, Robert 1988 1 – 1 Huhn, Stefan 2076
132 Schaub, Marc 1956 1 – 1 Mrotzek, Alexander 2071
133 Wu, Leon 2067 1 – 1 Schmitt, Hans Walter 1986
134 Stara, Zuzana 2060 1 – 1 Mueller, Mark 1979
135 Bratu, Mircea 2046 1 – 1 Woelk, Marvin 1958
136 Barthel, Ansgar 2042 1 – 1 Bugaj, Hanna 1953
137 Heyl, Thomas 1935 1 – 1 CM Sadeghi, Hassan Roger 2038
138 Schottmueller, Christoph 1943 1 – ½ Wiesner, Frank 2048
139 Richter, Daniel 1937 ½ – ½ Tencati, Giuseppe 2031
140 Wiesner, Alexander 1962 ½ – ½ Precour, Juergen 2010
141 Volk, Oskar 2001 ½ – ½ Standhartinger, Joachim 1980
142 WFM Matskevich, Varvara 1989 ½ – ½ Halas, Julia 1978
143 Gabriel, Josef 1994 0 – bye
144 GM Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 2748 1½ – not paired
145 IM Caprio, Guido 2405 1½ – not paired
146 Aleskerov, Faik 2315 2 – not paired
147 Falk, Ulrich, Prof. Dr. 2238 0 – not paired
148 FM Fichter, Fabian 2235 1½ – not paired
149 CM Hauser, Carlos, Dr. 2219 1 – not paired
150 Hamid, Emran 2203 1 – not paired