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David Sedgwick
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Grand Chess Tour 2018
Grand Chess Tour Paris
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Re: Grand Chess Tour Paris
The external relayers do not seem to have picked this up.David Sedgwick wrote: ↑Tue Jun 19, 2018 6:05 pmThe early start on Thursday 21st June is to avoid a clash with the France v Peru World Cup game (kick-off 1600 BST).
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Re: Grand Chess Tour Paris
There's a nice line in the round 4 Aronian game:
[Event "Paris"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.06.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Aronian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E36"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[SourceDate "2018.06.21"]
[Event "Paris"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.06.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Aronian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E36"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[SourceDate "2018.06.21"]
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Re: Grand Chess Tour Paris
Vishy Anand explains his win over Vladimir Kramnik in Paris and also reveals how seven grandmasters missed their train from Leuven to Paris.
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Re: Grand Chess Tour Paris
Final rankings after the rapid & blitz:
1 Nakamura, Hikaru 23/36 2803
2 Karjakin, Sergey 21½/36 2785
3 So, Wesley 21/36 2783
4 Aronian, Levon 20/36 2789
5 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 19½/36 2794
6 Anand, Viswanathan 17/36 2775
7 Grischuk, Alexander 16/36 2789
8 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 15½/36 2788
9 Caruana, Fabiano 13½/36 2790
10 Kramnik, Vladimir 13/36 2787
1 Nakamura, Hikaru 23/36 2803
2 Karjakin, Sergey 21½/36 2785
3 So, Wesley 21/36 2783
4 Aronian, Levon 20/36 2789
5 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 19½/36 2794
6 Anand, Viswanathan 17/36 2775
7 Grischuk, Alexander 16/36 2789
8 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 15½/36 2788
9 Caruana, Fabiano 13½/36 2790
10 Kramnik, Vladimir 13/36 2787