Mega chess festival that has been organised first in Frankfurt, then in
Mainz by the German organiser Hans Walter Schmitt since 1994. The festival includes a Rapid Chess Open, Random Chess matches and a VIP Rapid Chess matches. Due to economic difficulties Classic Mainz will not have an edition in 2011.
The Chess Classical Rapid Match winners were: 1996 Alexei Shirov, 1997 Viswanathan Anand, 1998 Viswanathan Anand, 1999 Garry Kasparov, 2000 Viswanathan Anand, 2001 Viswanathan Anand, 2002 Viswanathan Anand, 2003 Viswanathan Anand, 2004 Viswanathan Anand, 2005 Viswanathan Anand, 2006 Viswanathan Anand, 2007 Viswanathan Anand, 2008 Viswanathan Anand, 2009 Levon Aronian, 2010 Gata Kamsky.
The Ordix Open winners were: 1994 Alexander Chernin, 1996 Eric Lobron, 1997 Valery Beim, 1998 Vishy Anand, 1999 Fritz 6 and Luck Van Wely, 2000 Sergey Rublevsky, 2001 Michael Adams, 2002 Viktor Bologan, 2003 Alexander Grischuk, 2004 Alexander Grischuk, 2005 Radjabov, 2006 Rustam Kasimdzhanov, 2007 David Navara, 2008 Ian Nepomniachtchi, 2009 Rustam Kasimdzhanov, 2010 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov.
Mega chess festival that has been organised first in Frankfurt, then in
Mainz by the German organiser Hans Walter Schmitt since 1994. The festival includes a Rapid Chess Open, Random Chess matches and a VIP Rapid Chess matches. Due to economic difficulties Classic Mainz will not have an edition in 2011. The Chess Classical Rapid Match winners were: 1996 Alexei Shirov, 1997 Viswanathan Anand, 1998 Viswanathan Anand, 1999 Garry Kasparov, 2000 Viswanathan Anand, 2001 Viswanathan Anand, 2002 Viswanathan Anand, 2003 Viswanathan Anand, 2004 Viswanathan Anand, 2005 Viswanathan Anand, 2006 Viswanathan Anand, 2007 Viswanathan Anand, 2008 Viswanathan Anand, 2009 Levon Aronian, 2010 Gata Kamsky. The Ordix Open winners were: 1994 Alexander Chernin, 1996 Eric Lobron, 1997 Valery Beim, 1998 Vishy Anand, 1999 Fritz 6 and Luck Van Wely, 2000 Sergey Rublevsky, 2001 Michael Adams, 2002 Viktor Bologan, 2003 Alexander Grischuk, 2004 Alexander Grischuk, 2005 Radjabov, 2006 Rustam Kasimdzhanov, 2007 David Navara, 2008 Ian Nepomniachtchi, 2009 Rustam Kasimdzhanov, 2010 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov.