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In a day of blitz full of twists and turns, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave just barely hung on to take the overall first place in the combined standings with a final score of 21/36. Viswanathan Anand, Jan-Krzysztof Duda and Hikaru Nakamura were the top finishers in the blitz tournament, each scoring 10½/18.
From July 27th to August 1st, ten participants play 9 rounds of rapid chess and 18 rounds of blitz in the Paris leg of the 2019 Grand Chess Tour. The tournament is facilitated by generous contributions from Vivendi, Canal+ and Colliers International and carries a total prize fund of USD $150,000.
The last day of action in France's capital starts one hour earlier, at 12:00 UTC (14:00 CEST / 8:00 AM EDT).
Vachier-Lagrave lost 102 Elo points in blitz but won the tournament overall!
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Players receive 5 minutes for the entire game with a 3-second delay from move 1.
Improve your chess with Tania Sachdev
On this DVD, well-known Indian WGM Tania Sachdev shows you how to evaluate certain positions and then find the right concepts and plans on the basis of her own games.
WGM J. Shahade, GM P. Svidler, GM A. Ramirez and GM M. Ashley
Seven of the twelve regular tour season players plus three wildcards (Alexander Grischuk, Jan-Krzysztof Duda and Daniil Dubov) are participating.
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Ratings as of May 8th, 2019
| # | FED | Name | URS* | FIDE Elo | Born |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NOR | Carlsen, Magnus | 2867 (1) | 2861 (1) | 1990 |
| 2 | USA | Nakamura, Hikaru | 2805 (2) | 2761 (11) | 1987 |
| 3 | FRA | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 2792 (3) | 2780 (6) | 1990 |
| 4 | USA | Caruana, Fabiano | 2791 (4) | 2816 (2) | 1992 |
| 5 | CHN | Ding, Liren | 2786 (5) | 2805 (3) | 1992 |
| 6 | AZE | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | 2777 (6) | 2781 (5) | 1985 |
| 7 | RUS | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | 2776 (7) | 2773 (8) | 1990 |
| 8 | ARM | Aronian, Levon | 2776 (8) | 2762 (10) | 1982 |
| 9 | RUS | Karjakin, Sergey | 2773 (9) | 2752 (16) | 1990 |
| 10 | USA | So, Wesley | 2772 (10) | 2754 (13) | 1993 |
| 11 | NED | Giri, Anish | 2766 (13) | 2787 (4) | 1994 |
| 12 | IND | Anand, Viswanathan | 2759 (15) | 2774 (7) | 1969 |
Players in bold are competing in Paris
Ratings as of July 26th, 2019
| # | FED | Name | URS* | FIDE Elo | Born |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RUS | Grischuk, Alexander | 2769 (11) | 2766 (7) | 1983 |
| 2 | POL | Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | 2737 (25) | 2729 (26) | 1998 |
| 3 | RUS | Dubov, Daniil | 2722 (32) | 2700 (38) | 1996 |
*URS stands for Universal Rating System, developed and used by the Grand Chess Tour
The three wildcard players in Paris en route to the players meeting | Photo: Lennart Ootes / Grand Chess Tour
Endgames of the World Champions from Fischer to Carlsen
Let endgame expert Dr Karsten Müller show and explain the finesses of the world champions. Although they had different styles each and every one of them played the endgame exceptionally well, so take the opportunity to enjoy and learn from some of the best endgames in the history of chess.
There are nine rounds of rapid chess (three games per day for three days), and 18 rounds of blitz (nine rounds per day over two days). The first four days begin at 13:00 UTC (15:00 CEST / 9:00 AM EDT), while the final day starts one hour earlier
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Time (CEST) |
July 27 |
Time (CEST) |
July 28 |
Time (CEST) |
July 29 |
|
15.00 |
Round 1 |
15.00 |
Round 4 |
15.00 |
Round 7 |
|
16.30 |
Round 2 |
16.30 |
Round 5 |
16.30 |
Round 8 |
|
18.00 |
Round 3 |
18.00 |
Round 6 |
18.00 |
Round 9 |
|
Time (CEST) |
July 31 |
Time (CEST) |
August 1 |
|
15.00 |
Round 1 |
14.00 |
Round 10 |
|
15.30 |
Round 2 |
14.30 |
Round 11 |
|
16.00 |
Round 3 |
15.00 |
Round 12 |
|
16.30 |
Round 4 |
15.30 |
Round 13 |
|
17.00 |
Round 5 |
16.00 |
Round 14 |
|
17.30 |
Round 6 |
16.30 |
Round 15 |
|
18.00 |
Round 7 |
17.00 |
Round 16 |
|
18.30 |
Round 8 |
17.30 |
Round 17 |
|
19.00 |
Round 9 |
18.00 |
Round 18 |
|
|
|
18.30 |
Playoffs / Prizegiving |
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