The strongest classical match I’ve gained: Keymer

Vincent Keymer was a wunderkind in German chess and was one destined for greatness and the 20-year-old confirmed why he’s rated so extremely with a flawless efficiency within the Quantbox Chennai Grandmasters match right here.

Keymer drew a topsy-turvy eighth spherical match towards Dutchman Jorden van Foreest on Thursday to assert the title with a recreation to spare. The icing on the cake was that he broke into the highest 10 of the FIDE reside rankings for the primary time after his seventh-round win over Awonder Liang.

Keymer took up chess on the age of 5 and was taught the principles by his mother and father. At 11, he was profitable tournaments and was known as distinctive by the legendary Garry Kasparov in 2016 and the next 12 months he grew to become a Grandmaster. Keymer hasn’t regarded again since.

Keymer supplied a glimpse of his capabilities when he gained the Weissenhaus Freestyle Chess Grand Slam towards a world-class discipline on house turf early within the 12 months. He scored wins over Alireza Firouzja, Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana within the last three knockout video games to attain a memorable triumph.

Asked the place he rated the victory in Chennai, a delighted Keymer stated: “It means rather a lot. Yeah, it’s crucial, I believe it’s the strongest classical match I’ve ever gained, and in addition profitable it with one spherical to go and fairly a long way is actually, very nice.”

Yet, he isn’t celebrating already. “I’m simply gonna attempt to not destroy my efficiency tomorrow, after which I can actually name it a really good match, and yeah, that can actually go away a superb feeling for the upcoming occasions,” he added.

The encounter towards van Foreest was in all probability his sternest take a look at within the match right here and he managed to return by means of unscathed and is blissful about it. Having damaged into the highest 10, Keymer desires to remain put.