The 2019 GRENKE Chess Classic is a 10-player round-robin held in Germany from 20-29 April.
The first 3 rounds are in Karlsruhe alongside the GRENKE Chess Open, then after two additional rounds in Karlsruhe and a rest day the last 4 rounds are in the Kulturhaus LA8 in Baden-Baden.
The field features World Champion Magnus Carlsen and other Top 10 players: Fabiano Caruana, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Vishy Anand and Levon Aronian.
The time control is 100 minutes for 40 moves, then 50 minutes for 20 moves and then 15 minutes to the end of the game, with a 30-second increment from move 1.
If players are tied for first place a rapid play-off will take place.
GM Caruana, Fabiano (2819) 
GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime (2773) 
GM Anand, Viswanathan (2774) 
GM Svidler, Peter (2735) 
