Paris: Nakamura wins rapid tournament

6/10/2016 – The rapid tournament of the Grand Chess Tour Paris was exciting to the end. After five rounds Hikaru Nakamura and Magnus Carlsen were sharing the lead with 3.5/5 each, and on day two both tried hard to win the tournament. In the end Nakamura, who scored 3.5/4 out of the four last rounds, had the better of it and finished half a point ahead of Carlsen.

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Round eight, the penultimate round, proved to be crucial. While Nakamura won against Aronian Carlsen had much more time on the clock and the much better position against Laurent Fressinet but failed to convert his advantage to a win. Now Nakamura was leading by half a point before the ninth and final round.

Hikaru Nakamura

Thus, the last round had to decide who would win the Rapid Event of the Paris Grand Chess Tour. Carlsen was playing with White against Vladimir Kramnik and had to hope that Nakamura would stumble with Black against Fabiano Caruana.

Carlsen once again showed his amazing ability to keep calm under pressure and managed to convert a slightly better position gradually into a win. But this time Nakamura proved to be more lucky. In a sharp game he profited from the fact that Caruana was not in top form and missed a couple of chances to put Nakamura under serious pressure.

GM Maurice Ashley (right) interviews Anish Giri

Anish Giri

Could not get going: Fabiano Caruana (left)

Jennifer Shahade and Yasser Seirawan commented the games from St. Louis

The stage in the "Maison de la Chimie" in Paris

Results:

1. round, 09.06.2016, 14:00
Br.	Nr.	Elo		Name	Result		Name	Elo	Nr.
1	1	2846	GM	Nakamura Hikaru	½ - ½	GM	Kramnik Vladimir	2799	10
2	2	2771	GM	Topalov Veselin	0 - 1	GM	Caruana Fabiano	2829	9
3	3	2738	GM	Giri Anish	½ - ½	GM	Aronian Levon	2739	8
4	4	2695	GM	Fressinet Laurent	½ - ½	GM	Vachier-Lagrave Maxime	2784	7
5	5	2878	GM	Carlsen Magnus	0 - 1	GM	So Wesley	2652	6
2. round, 09.06.2016, 15:30
Br.	Nr.	Elo		Name	Result		Name	Elo	Nr.
1	10	2799	GM	Kramnik Vladimir	½ - ½	GM	So Wesley	2652	6
2	7	2784	GM	Vachier-Lagrave Maxime	0 - 1	GM	Carlsen Magnus	2878	5
3	8	2739	GM	Aronian Levon	1 - 0	GM	Fressinet Laurent	2695	4
4	9	2829	GM	Caruana Fabiano	½ - ½	GM	Giri Anish	2738	3
5	1	2846	GM	Nakamura Hikaru	1 - 0	GM	Topalov Veselin	2771	2
3. round, 09.06.2016, 17:00
Br.	Nr.	Elo		Name	Result		Name	Elo	Nr.
1	2	2771	GM	Topalov Veselin	0 - 1	GM	Kramnik Vladimir	2799	10
2	3	2738	GM	Giri Anish	½ - ½	GM	Nakamura Hikaru	2846	1
3	4	2695	GM	Fressinet Laurent	1 - 0	GM	Caruana Fabiano	2829	9
4	5	2878	GM	Carlsen Magnus	1 - 0	GM	Aronian Levon	2739	8
5	6	2652	GM	So Wesley	0 - 1	GM	Vachier-Lagrave Maxime	2784	7
4. round, 09.06.2016, 18:30
Br.	Nr.	Elo		Name	Result		Name	Elo	Nr.
1	10	2799	GM	Kramnik Vladimir	0 - 1	GM	Vachier-Lagrave Maxime	2784	7
2	8	2739	GM	Aronian Levon	0 - 1	GM	So Wesley	2652	6
3	9	2829	GM	Caruana Fabiano	0 - 1	GM	Carlsen Magnus	2878	5
4	1	2846	GM	Nakamura Hikaru	1 - 0	GM	Fressinet Laurent	2695	4
5	2	2771	GM	Topalov Veselin	1 - 0	GM	Giri Anish	2738	3
5. round, 09.06.2016, 20:00
Br.	Nr.	Elo		Name	Result		Name	Elo	Nr.
1	3	2738	GM	Giri Anish	½ - ½	GM	Kramnik Vladimir	2799	10
2	4	2695	GM	Fressinet Laurent	½ - ½	GM	Topalov Veselin	2771	2
3	5	2878	GM	Carlsen Magnus	½ - ½	GM	Nakamura Hikaru	2846	1
4	6	2652	GM	So Wesley	½ - ½	GM	Caruana Fabiano	2829	9
5	7	2784	GM	Vachier-Lagrave Maxime	½ - ½	GM	Aronian Levon	2739	8
6. round, 10.06.2016, 14:00
Br.	Nr.	Elo		Name	Result		Name	Elo	Nr.
1	10	2799	GM	Kramnik Vladimir	½ - ½	GM	Aronian Levon	2739	8
2	9	2829	GM	Caruana Fabiano	0 - 1	GM	Vachier-Lagrave Maxime	2784	7
3	1	2846	GM	Nakamura Hikaru	½ - ½	GM	So Wesley	2652	6
4	2	2771	GM	Topalov Veselin	0 - 1	GM	Carlsen Magnus	2878	5
5	3	2738	GM	Giri Anish	1 - 0	GM	Fressinet Laurent	2695	4
7. round, 10.06.2016, 15:30
Br.	Nr.	Elo		Name	Result		Name	Elo	Nr.
1	4	2695	GM	Fressinet Laurent	0 - 1	GM	Kramnik Vladimir	2799	10
2	5	2878	GM	Carlsen Magnus	½ - ½	GM	Giri Anish	2738	3
3	6	2652	GM	So Wesley	½ - ½	GM	Topalov Veselin	2771	2
4	7	2784	GM	Vachier-Lagrave Maxime	0 - 1	GM	Nakamura Hikaru	2846	1
5	8	2739	GM	Aronian Levon	1 - 0	GM	Caruana Fabiano	2829	9
8. round, 10.06.2016, 17:00
Br.	Nr.	Elo		Name	Result		Name	Elo	Nr.
1	10	2799	GM	Kramnik Vladimir	1 - 0	GM	Caruana Fabiano	2829	9
2	1	2846	GM	Nakamura Hikaru	1 - 0	GM	Aronian Levon	2739	8
3	2	2771	GM	Topalov Veselin	0 - 1	GM	Vachier-Lagrave Maxime	2784	7
4	3	2738	GM	Giri Anish	½ - ½	GM	So Wesley	2652	6
5	4	2695	GM	Fressinet Laurent	½ - ½	GM	Carlsen Magnus	2878	5
9. round, 10.06.2016, 18:30
Br.	Nr.	Elo		Name	Result		Name	Elo	Nr.
1	5	2878	GM	Carlsen Magnus	1 - 0	GM	Kramnik Vladimir	2799	10
2	6	2652	GM	So Wesley	1 - 0	GM	Fressinet Laurent	2695	4
3	7	2784	GM	Vachier-Lagrave Maxime	½ - ½	GM	Giri Anish	2738	3
4	8	2739	GM	Aronian Levon	1 - 0	GM	Topalov Veselin	2771	2
5	9	2829	GM	Caruana Fabiano	0 - 1	GM	Nakamura Hikaru	2846	1