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 tournament right here.
Keymer drew a topsy-turvy eighth spherical match towards Dutchman Jorden van Foreest on Thursday to assert the title with a sport to spare. The icing on the cake was that he broke into the highest 10 of the FIDE dwell 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 foundations by his mother and father. At 11, he was successful tournaments and was known as distinctive by the legendary Garry Kasparov in 2016 and the next yr he grew to become a Grandmaster. Keymer hasn’t regarded again since.
Keymer offered a glimpse of his capabilities when he received the Weissenhaus Freestyle Chess Grand Slam towards a world-class subject on dwelling turf early within the yr. He scored wins over Alireza Firouzja, Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana within the remaining three knockout video games to realize a memorable triumph.
Asked the place he rated the victory in Chennai, a delighted Keymer stated: “It means a lot. Yeah, it’s very important, I think it’s the strongest classical tournament I have ever won, and also winning it with one round to go and quite some distance is really, really nice.”
Yet, he isn’t celebrating already. “I’m just gonna try to not ruin my performance tomorrow, and then I can really call it a very nice tournament, and yeah, that will really leave a good feeling for the upcoming events,” he added.
The encounter towards van Foreest was in all probability his sternest check within the tournament right here and he managed to come back by unscathed and is completely satisfied about it. Having damaged into the highest 10, Keymer desires to remain put.
