The GRENKE Chess Classic 2024 is a 6-player double round-robin, held from the 26th of March to the 1st of April in Karlsruhe, Germany.

The world's strongest grandmasters Magnus Carlsen, Ding Liren, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Richard Rapport, and Vincent Keymer clash for the title alongside Open 2019 winner Daniel Fridman.

The event has two stages: a 10-round double round-robin followed by a 2-round playoff match to determine final standings. The first stage results seed the playoff pairings.

Time control is 45 minutes for the entire game with a 10-second increment from move 1.

In case of a tie in any of the stages, the tiebreaker consists of two 10+2 rapid games per pairing, followed by two 5+2 blitz games per pairing if needed. Finally, an Armageddon game decides the placements, with White having 6 minutes, Black having 5 minutes, and Black winning on a draw.

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Round-robin standings

Rank	Player	Elo	Perf	Score	Games
1	GM Carlsen, Magnus	2823	2846	7	10
2	GM Rapport, Richard	2708	2792	6	10
3	GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	2755	2710	5	10
4	GM Ding, Liren	2818	2626	4	10
4	GM Keymer, Vincent	2627	2664	4	10
4	GM Fridman, Daniel	2569	2674	4	10

Round-robin tiebreak standings

Rank	Player	Elo	Perf	Score	Games
4	GM Keymer, Vincent	2627	3010	2.5	3
5	GM Ding, Liren	2818	2514	1.5	4
6	GM Fridman, Daniel	2569	2629	1	3

Playoff standings

Rank	Player	Elo	Score	Games
1	GM Carlsen, Magnus	2823	1.5	2
2	GM Rapport, Richard	2708	0.5	2

3	GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	2755	1	2
3	GM Keymer, Vincent	2627	1	2

5	GM Ding, Liren	2818	1.5	2
6	GM Fridman, Daniel	2569	0.5	2

Playoff tiebreak standings

Rank	Player	Elo	Score	Games
3	GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	2755	1.5	2
4	GM Keymer, Vincent	2627	0.5	2

Final standings

Rank	Player
1	GM Carlsen, Magnus
2	GM Rapport, Richard
3	GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime
4	GM Keymer, Vincent
5	GM Ding, Liren
6	GM Fridman, Daniel