thomas306
@thomas306 · in Chess Tactics · 15.11.2026 · edited
Happy Birthday, Vincent!
The strongest German player GM Vincent Keymer turned 22 today. Especially Vincents success in 2025 made him a real heavyweight. In November 2025, he claimed #4 of the FIDE classical ratings, with solely Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana above him. Keymers displays exceptional positional understanding. This could be overserved especially in his spectacular success in Freestyle chess tournaments, defeating Alireza Firouzja, Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana back to back and claiming the title in Weissenhaus 2025 (image).
In the same year, Keymer won the Chennai Grandmasters and the GCT: Super Chess Classic Romania 2026, a classical tournament with 9 of the most world elite players. In round two, Keymer (white) faced Romanian GM Bogdan-Daniel Deac (black). Deac got completely outplayed, and white has many good moves. However after Qd8??, one particularly beautiful move, which Keymer carefully prepared a move before, seals the deal completely for white, leading the engine to indicate a mate in 10.
White to play and win.
www.freestyle-chess.com/news/keymer-wins-freestyle-chess-…
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- Version from 15.11.2026 18:14 Happy Birthday, Vincent! The strongest German player GM Vincent Keymer turned 22 today. Especially Vincents success in 2025 made him a real heavyweight. In November 2025, he claimed #4 of the FIDE classical ratings, with solely Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana above him. Keymers displays exceptional positional understanding. This could be overserved especially in his spectacular success in Freestyle chess tournaments, defeating Alireza Firouzja, Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana back to back and claiming the title in Weissenhaus 2025 (image). In the same year, Keymer won the Chennai Grandmasters and the GCT: Super Chess Classic Romania 2026, a classical tournament with 9 of the most world elite players. In round two, Keymer (white) faced Romanian GM Bogdan-Daniel Deac (black). Deac got completely outplayed, and white has many good moves. However after Qd8??, one particularly beautiful move, which Keymer carefully prepared a move before, seals the deal completely for white, leading the engine to indicate a mate in 10. White to play and win. https://www.freestyle-chess.com/news/keymer-wins-freestyle-chess-grand-slam-in-weissenhaus-2/#media-block_bbeee27bfb09c32d325ff45411519a35
- Version from 15.11.2026 18:13 https://www.freestyle-chess.com/news/keymer-wins-freestyle-chess-grand-slam-in-weissenhaus-2/#media-block_bbeee27bfb09c32d325ff45411519a35 Happy Birthday, Vincent! The strongest German player GM Vincent Keymer turned 22 today. Especially Vincents success in 2025 made him a real heavyweight. In November 2025, he claimed #4 of the FIDE classical ratings, with solely Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana above him. Keymers displays exceptional positional understanding. This could be overserved especially in his spectacular success in Freestyle chess tournaments, defeating Alireza Firouzja, Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana back to back and claiming the title in Weissenhaus 2025. In the same year, Keymer won the Chennai Grandmasters and the GCT: Super Chess Classic Romania 2026, a classical tournament with 9 of the most world elite players. In round two, Keymer (white) faced Romanian GM Bogdan-Daniel Deac (black). Deac got completely outplayed, and white has many good moves. However after Qd8??, one particularly beautiful move, which Keymer carefully prepared a move before, seals the deal completely for white, leading the engine to indicate a mate in 10. White to play and win.
- Version from 15.11.2026 17:58 https://www.vincent-keymer.de/images/Photos/2025_Freestyle_Chess_Weissenhaus_Bonhage.jpg Happy Birthday, Vincent! The strongest German player GM Vincent Keymer turned 22 today. Especially Vincents success in 2025 made him a real heavyweight. In November 2025, he claimed #4 of the FIDE classical ratings, with solely Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana above him. Keymers displays exceptional positional understanding. This could be overserved especially in his spectacular success in Freestyle chess tournaments, defeating Alireza Firouzja, Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana back to back and claiming the title in Weissenhaus 2025. In the same year, Keymer won the Chennai Grandmasters and the GCT: Super Chess Classic Romania 2026, a classical tournament with 9 of the most world elite players. In round two, Keymer (white) faced Romanian GM Bogdan-Daniel Deac (black). Deac got completely outplayed, and white has many good moves. However after Qd8??, one particularly beautiful move, which Keymer carefully prepared a move before, seals the deal completely for white, leading the engine to indicate a mate in 10. White to play and win.
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