The first round of the massive Grenke Chess 2025 (live games / information and schedule) saw practically no upsets. We have to go down to board 43 to actually find a result that is not a victory for the favorite.
Round 2 and 3 were a different story. Not only we saw a massive amount of upsets, but in many cases the underdogs had the chance to win even more games, just blundering in key moments a favorable position.
Round 2 unexpected results (top 50 boards)
Board 2: Arjun Erigaisi – Cem Kaan Gokerkan 1/2-1/2
Board 5: Maciej Klekowski – Chithambaram VR. Aravindh 1-0
Board 6: Shakhriyar Mamedyarov – Tobias Koelle 1/2-1/2
Board 13: Juraj Druska – Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 1-0
Board 14: Vincent Keymer – Anthony Wirig 1/2-1/2
Board 20: Thal Abergel – Parham Maghsoodloo 1/2-1/2
Board 31: Daniel Dardha – Georg Seul 1/2-1/2
Board 37: Sergey Sklokin – Chopra Aryan 1/2-1/2
Board 39: Ole Poeck – Dennis Wagner 1/2-1/2
Board 41: Baadur Jobava – Santiago Beltran Rueda 1/2-1/2
Board 43: Christopher Woojin Yoo – Niilo Man Nissinen 1/2-1/2
Board 44: Timo Kueppers – Daniel Fridman 1/2-1/2
Round 3 unexpected results (top 20 boards)
Board 2: Fabiano Caruana – Etienne Bacrot 0-1
Board 3: Leon Luke Mendoca – Ian Nepomniachtchi 1-0
Board 4: Wesley So – Dmitij Kollars 0-1
Board 5: David Guijarro Anton – Levon Aronian 1/2-1/2
Board 6: Leinier Dominguez Perez – Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus 1/2-1/2
Board 7: Rasmus Svane – Hans Niemann 1/2-1/2
Board 8: Le Quang Liem – Gata Kamsky 1/2-1/2
Board 13: Pranesh – Ray Robson 1-0
Board 14: Jan Smeets – Alexander Grischuk 1-0
Board 17: Frederik Svane – Leon Livacic 1/2-1/2
Board 18: Denis Kadric – David Navara 1/2-1/2
