Grand Chess Tour events: Paris GCT and Leuven, Belgium

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Re: Grand Chess Tour events: Paris GCT and Leuven, Belgium

Post by Tim Harding » Wed Jun 21, 2017 4:45 pm

Magnus has already beaten MVL; world champion starting to bounce back.
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Re: Grand Chess Tour events: Paris GCT and Leuven, Belgium

Post by LawrenceCooper » Wed Jun 21, 2017 5:01 pm

Poor Caruana. Another point swing, this time Nakamura was the beneficiary.

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Re: Grand Chess Tour events: Paris GCT and Leuven, Belgium

Post by LawrenceCooper » Wed Jun 21, 2017 5:03 pm

Carlsen & So lead on 5/6 and play in rd 4 tomorrow.

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Re: Grand Chess Tour events: Paris GCT and Leuven, Belgium

Post by David Sedgwick » Wed Jun 21, 2017 8:28 pm

Tim Harding wrote:Two points at stake per game in rapid, one in blitz I assume?
That's correct, with the standings, prize money and Grand Chess Tour points determined by the aggregate points scored over the two formats.

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Re: Grand Chess Tour events: Paris GCT and Leuven, Belgium

Post by David Sedgwick » Wed Jun 21, 2017 8:31 pm

Day 1 Report: http://grandchesstour.org/blog/2017-paris-gct-day-1

I take the opportunity to mention that I am based at home this year, so anyone hoping to spot me on set will be disappointed.

I missed most of the action today owing to a routine hospital appointment.

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Re: Grand Chess Tour events: Paris GCT and Leuven, Belgium

Post by LawrenceCooper » Thu Jun 22, 2017 2:05 pm

LawrenceCooper wrote:Carlsen & So lead on 5/6 and play in rd 4 tomorrow.
Carlsen defeated So and is outright leader on 7, Nakamura is next on 6.

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Re: Grand Chess Tour events: Paris GCT and Leuven, Belgium

Post by Tim Harding » Thu Jun 22, 2017 3:40 pm

Big crunch Nakamura (8)-Carlsen (9) game coming up at 4pm.

Drawn, first game in the round to finish.
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Re: Grand Chess Tour events: Paris GCT and Leuven, Belgium

Post by Tim Harding » Thu Jun 22, 2017 5:02 pm

Caruana missed more wins, blundered horribly, has one draw from six games. Painful to watch.
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Re: Grand Chess Tour events: Paris GCT and Leuven, Belgium

Post by Tim Harding » Thu Jun 22, 2017 5:07 pm

Situation before tomorrow's round 7:
Carlsen (10) v Karjakin (5)
MVL (6) v Nakamura (9)
Bacrot (3) v Mamedyarov (8)
Grischuk (7) v Caruana (1)
So (7) v Topalov (4)
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Re: Grand Chess Tour events: Paris GCT and Leuven, Belgium

Post by Mick Norris » Fri Jun 23, 2017 8:56 am

Chess.com reports day 1 and day 2
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Re: Grand Chess Tour events: Paris GCT and Leuven, Belgium

Post by Mick Norris » Fri Jun 23, 2017 2:14 pm

Carlsen drew with Karjakin
MVL beat Nakamura
Bacrot drew with Mamedyarov
Grischuk beat Caruana
So drew with Topalov

Karjakin (6) v MVL (8)
Mamedyarov (9) v Topalov (5)
Nakamura (9) v So (8)
Bacrot (4) v Grischuk (9)
Caruana (1) v Carlsen (11)
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Re: Grand Chess Tour events: Paris GCT and Leuven, Belgium

Post by LawrenceCooper » Fri Jun 23, 2017 5:00 pm

1 Carlsen, Magnus 14/18 2851
2 Grischuk, Alexander 13/18 2779
3 Nakamura, Hikaru 12/18 2792
4 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 11/18 2784 & Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 11/18 2783
6 So, Wesley 9/18 2789
7 Karjakin, Sergey 8/18 2776
8 Topalov, Veselin 5/18 2725
9 Bacrot, Etienne 4/18 2688
10 Caruana, Fabiano 3/18 2782

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Re: Grand Chess Tour events: Paris GCT and Leuven, Belgium

Post by Christopher Kreuzer » Fri Jun 23, 2017 5:13 pm

Is that Carlsen's first tournament win this year?

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Re: Grand Chess Tour events: Paris GCT and Leuven, Belgium

Post by Steven DuCharme » Fri Jun 23, 2017 5:18 pm

Doesn't the blitz count for anything?
I float like a pawn island and sting like an ignored knight :mrgreen:

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Re: Grand Chess Tour events: Paris GCT and Leuven, Belgium

Post by Mick Norris » Fri Jun 23, 2017 5:19 pm

It isn't over yet; there's the blitz to follow

Carlsen won the Norway blitz
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