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Post by Tim Harding » Fri Jun 10, 2016 5:54 pm

But Nakamura beat Aronian while Carlsen was held by Fressinet in a curious ending.
So Hikaru in sole lead with one round to go in rapid.

Last round: amazing 12 Rg1 by MVL and in reply Giri has used more than half his allotted time! 13 mins 19 seconds on one move.
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Re: Paris Grand Chess Tour

Post by JustinHorton » Fri Jun 10, 2016 6:41 pm

Carlsen-Kramnik a draw? Don't think I believe that.

EDIT: I see it's been corrected.
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Re: Paris Grand Chess Tour

Post by Tim Harding » Fri Jun 10, 2016 6:44 pm

Carlsen won. So did Nakamura after being first worse and then in drawn ending. So Hikaru remains in sole lead ahead of the blitz.

Caruana lost all four games today!
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Re: Paris Grand Chess Tour

Post by Tim Harding » Fri Jun 10, 2016 6:48 pm

Nakamura's "half-point", lead as Svidler called it, is a whole point really because the blitz games count 1, the rapid 2.
Two cycles of blitz to come on Saturday and Sunday.

Standings:
Nakamura 14, Carlsen 13,
MVL and So 11, Kramnik 10
Aronian & Giri 9
Fressinet 5, Caruana & Topalov 4
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Re: Paris Grand Chess Tour

Post by MJMcCready » Sat Jun 11, 2016 12:30 pm

Day three starting very shortly.
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Re: Paris Grand Chess Tour

Post by LawrenceCooper » Sat Jun 11, 2016 1:21 pm

MJMcCready wrote:Day three starting very shortly.
A slight accident for Kramnik whilst pressing for a win :oops:
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Re: Paris Grand Chess Tour

Post by MJMcCready » Sat Jun 11, 2016 1:30 pm

Yes, that was quite a blunder.
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Re: Paris Grand Chess Tour

Post by LawrenceCooper » Sat Jun 11, 2016 1:50 pm

5 draws in round 2 of the blitz :shock:
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Re: Paris Grand Chess Tour

Post by LawrenceCooper » Sat Jun 11, 2016 3:36 pm

After five rounds of the blitz the overall scores are:

1 Nakamura, Hikaru 17½/23 2846
2 Carlsen, Magnus 16½/23 2878
3 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 14½/23 2784
4 So, Wesley 13/23 2652
5 Giri, Anish 12½/23 2738
6 Aronian, Levon 12/23 2739
7 Kramnik, Vladimir 12/23 2799
8 Fressinet, Laurent 6½/23 2695
9 Caruana, Fabiano 5½/23 2829
10 Topalov, Veselin 5/23 2 771
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Re: Paris Grand Chess Tour

Post by Christopher Kreuzer » Sat Jun 11, 2016 4:20 pm

In round 6, Topalov was winning against Nakamura, pushed a pawn to the promotion square and pressed the clock (without replacing the pawn with a piece). This was clearly ruled an illegal move and Nakamura was declared the winner. Carlsen was smiling broadly after watching this.
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Post by NickFaulks » Sat Jun 11, 2016 4:24 pm

Christopher Kreuzer wrote: Carlsen was smiling broadly after watching this.
I'm sure everyone was. This is what chess is all about.
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Re: Paris Grand Chess Tour

Post by MJMcCready » Sat Jun 11, 2016 4:28 pm

Silly Topalov.
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Re: Paris Grand Chess Tour

Post by Christopher Kreuzer » Sat Jun 11, 2016 4:32 pm

Maybe Carlsen was smiling because he plays Topalov next?

When is the game between Carlsen and Nakamura?
Round 8 or Round 9?

Is there an official list of pairings anywhere?
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Re: Paris Grand Chess Tour

Post by Mike Truran » Sat Jun 11, 2016 4:37 pm

Nakamura or Topalov - not sure which one I most like seeing lose..... :twisted:
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Re: Paris Grand Chess Tour

Post by Roger de Coverly » Sat Jun 11, 2016 4:56 pm

Christopher Kreuzer wrote:In round 6, Topalov was winning against Nakamura, pushed a pawn to the promotion square and pressed the clock (without replacing the pawn with a piece). This was clearly ruled an illegal move and Nakamura was declared the winner.
Evidently the Paris arbiter's answer to Joey Stewart's question from April.

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