8/1/2119 – Day four of the Paris Grand Chess Tour finished with Vachier-Lagrave still in the lead, two points ahead of Alexander Grischuk and Ian Nepomniachtchi, with the latter collecting 5½ points on Tuesday. The best player in the first nine rounds of Blitz, however, was Hikaru Nakamura, who scored 'plus four' to bridge the gap with those atop the standings table. The current US champion is tied in fourth place with Fabiano Caruana and Vishy Anand. Live games and commentary starting at 12:00 UTC (14:00 CEST / 8:00 AM EDT). | Photo: Justin Kellar / Grand Chess Tour
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Blitz - Day 2
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).
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Pairings and results - Blitz
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Round 7
Round 8
Round 9
Round 10
Round 11
Round 12
Round 13
Round 14
Round 15
Round 16
Round 17
Round 18
Final standings - Rapid
Players
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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2019 Grand Chess Tour participants
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
Paris Rapid & Blitz wildcards
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
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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7/4/2022 – The Candidates Tournament is the ultimate qualifier for the FIDE World Championship. Eight prominent grandmasters compete for the right to face reigning world champion Magnus Carlsen in a match for the crown. The event is a double round-robin held in Madrid, Spain, from 16 June to 5 July 2022. Rounds kick off at 15.00 CEST (09.00 ET, 18.30 IST). Follow the games live with expert commentary!
Looks like Mamedyarov left most of his energy at the Fide grand prix tournament - which was a big win for him. He isn't doing so hot in this one. It makes it even more impressive how he managed to beat MVL in that final match, considering how well MVL is performing in this quick type of play tournament so far.
Arthur Berger 7/28/2019 12:11
Your chart shows wrong birth year for Dubov - should be 1996, not 1988.
chessgod0 7/27/2019 08:20
Correction: Grischuk was not born in 1983, not 1975.
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