Paris Grand Chess Tour

[MJMcCready]

Started today, the website is here http://grandchesstour.org/

http://chess24.com is also providing commentary.

World Champ Magnus lost in the first round on time, he was a queen up at the time!

[NickFaulks]

No, he won.

[MJMcCready]

He lost, rest assured he lost. Wrong info was reported.

[NickFaulks]

How do you get correct info?

[MJMcCready]

I follow chess24.com, also the Grand Chess Tour Twitter stream were both correct.

[MJMcCready]

We have video for round 2 now, so should be easier to follow. Big blow for Magnus.

[NickFaulks]

Also the official site is back up, which helps.

[MJMcCready]

Yes, and there is a ladder on the stage at the moment!

[Christopher Kreuzer]

Changing the light bulbs, maybe?

(Apparently, the loss on time was because it was too dark to see the clocks...)

[MJMcCready]

I thought it was the work of satan.

[MJMcCready]

Magnus making chess look easy in round 2 with a 26 move win with black against MVL.

[Christopher Kreuzer]

Topalov on 0/3 and elsewhere in round 3 Caruana is losing against Fressinet. Aronian has just cracked against Carlsen. And MVL beat So. So it will be Carlsen, Kramnik and Nakamura leading on 2/3. And everyone else(!) except Topalov will be on 50% (1.5/3).

[LawrenceCooper]

Topalov on 0/3 and elsewhere in round 3 Caruana is losing against Fressinet. Aronian has just cracked against Carlsen. And MVL beat So. So it will be Carlsen, Kramnik and Nakamura leading on 2/3. And everyone else(!) except Topalov will be on 50% (1.5/3).

Correct except for the rapid scoring as 2 for a win, 1 for a draw with the blitz being the normal 1, 0,5 & 0. Very impressive from Magnus to recover to be back in the joint lead after such a shock in round 1.

[LawrenceCooper]

Round 6 wins for Carlsen, MVL & Giri leave Magnus a point clear (0.5 in normal scoring) with three rounds left.

[Christopher Kreuzer]

Nakamura beat MVL after Carlsen and Giri drew in round 7, so they are tied for the lead.
Kramnik a point behind (in normal scoring) after beating Fressinet. Also on 4/7 is So and MVL.
Caruana on a bad run of losses and finishes against Kramnik and Nakamura.
Carlsen's run-in is Fressinet and Kramnik.
Nakamura's run-in is Aronian and Caruana.