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Grand Chess Tour Paris 2016 (6-9)

Hikaru Nakamura wins the GCT Paris Rapid

Nakamura won the rapid section of the Grand Chess Tour Paris tournament. Photo © Spectrum Studio.

Nakamura won the rapid section of the Grand Chess Tour Paris tournament. Photo © Spectrum Studio. | http://grandchesstour.org/photos-paris-2016

Hikaru Nakamura won the Rapid section of Grand Chess Tour Paris tournament. He was half a point clear of World Champion Magnus Carlsen. This result will be combined with the result of the blitz to find an over all winner of the event.

After a draw with Wesley So in the first game of the day Nakamura scored successive wins against Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Levon Aronian and then finally against Fabiano Caruana. Caruana lost all four games on the second day and this final loss was perhaps the worst. Caruana played a bad opening but Nakamura over-reached and was in big trouble before some inaccurate moves led to a drawn position. Caruana then contrived to get himself checkmated.

Magnus Carlsen was a little less impressive than on day 1. He did beat a struggling Veselin Topalov in round 6 but then drew against Anish Giri in a game with white where he was never really better and failed to convert a great chance against Laurent Fressinet. He ground down Vladimir Kramnik in quite impressive style in the final round but it didn't prove enough to catch Nakamura.

Final Standings (points count double in the final standings after the blitz): Nakamura 7 points, Carlsen 6.5pts, So, Vachier-Lagrave 5.5pts, Kramnik 5pts, Giri, Aronian 4.5pts, Fressinet 2.5pts, Topalov, Caruana 2pts.

There are 18 rounds of blitz over the weekend to follow.

GCT Rapid Paris 2016 Paris FRA (FRA), 8-14 vi 2016 cat. XXII (2784)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2787 * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 7 3003
2. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2855 ½ * 0 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 2942
3. So, Wesley g USA 2770 ½ 1 * 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 2865
4. Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime g FRA 2789 0 0 1 * 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 2863
5. Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2812 ½ 0 ½ 0 * ½ ½ 1 1 1 5 2823
6. Giri, Anish g NED 2782 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ 1 0 ½ 2784
7. Aronian, Levon g ARM 2792 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * 1 1 1 2783
8. Fressinet, Laurent g FRA 2687 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 * ½ 1 2628
9. Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2761 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 ½ * 0 2 2566
10. Caruana, Fabiano g USA 2804 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 * 2 2561
Round 1 (June 9, 2016)
Nakamura, Hikaru - Kramnik, Vladimir ½-½ 37 D35 QGD Exchange
Carlsen, Magnus - So, Wesley 0-1 58 C65 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Giri, Anish - Aronian, Levon ½-½ 36 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Fressinet, Laurent - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime ½-½ 44 D85 Gruenfeld Defence
Topalov, Veselin - Caruana, Fabiano 0-1 29 C45 Scotch Game
Round 2 (June 9, 2016)
Nakamura, Hikaru - Topalov, Veselin 1-0 83 A29 English Four Knights
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime - Carlsen, Magnus 0-1 26 C78 Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Kramnik, Vladimir - So, Wesley ½-½ 56 D78 Gruenfeld 3.g3
Aronian, Levon - Fressinet, Laurent 1-0 49 A20 English Opening
Caruana, Fabiano - Giri, Anish ½-½ 45 C80 Ruy Lopez Open
Round 3 (June 9, 2016)
Carlsen, Magnus - Aronian, Levon 1-0 68 C65 Ruy Lopez Berlin
So, Wesley - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 0-1 52 D83 Gruenfeld 4.Bf4
Giri, Anish - Nakamura, Hikaru ½-½ 35 A14 Reti Opening
Fressinet, Laurent - Caruana, Fabiano 1-0 78 D78 Gruenfeld 3.g3
Topalov, Veselin - Kramnik, Vladimir 0-1 31 C65 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Round 4 (June 9, 2016)
Nakamura, Hikaru - Fressinet, Laurent 1-0 54 D31 Semi-Slav Defence
Kramnik, Vladimir - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 0-1 62 A04 Dutch System
Aronian, Levon - So, Wesley 0-1 52 D15 Slav Defence
Topalov, Veselin - Giri, Anish 1-0 44 C24 Bishop's Opening
Caruana, Fabiano - Carlsen, Magnus 0-1 48 C78 Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Round 5 (June 9, 2016)
Carlsen, Magnus - Nakamura, Hikaru ½-½ 35 E21 Nimzo Indian 4.Nf3
So, Wesley - Caruana, Fabiano ½-½ 43 C65 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime - Aronian, Levon ½-½ 56 C65 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Giri, Anish - Kramnik, Vladimir ½-½ 44 A14 Reti Opening
Fressinet, Laurent - Topalov, Veselin ½-½ 45 D58 Queens Gambit Tartakover
Round 6 (June 10, 2016)
Nakamura, Hikaru - So, Wesley ½-½ 38 D38 QGD Ragozin
Kramnik, Vladimir - Aronian, Levon ½-½ 43 C53 Giuoco Piano
Giri, Anish - Fressinet, Laurent 1-0 22 C45 Scotch Game
Topalov, Veselin - Carlsen, Magnus 0-1 41 C84 Ruy Lopez Centre Attack
Caruana, Fabiano - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 0-1 51 A48 King's Indian Defence /c2-c4
Round 7 (June 10, 2016)
Carlsen, Magnus - Giri, Anish ½-½ 28 C24 Bishop's Opening
So, Wesley - Topalov, Veselin ½-½ 50 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime - Nakamura, Hikaru 0-1 36 C65 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Aronian, Levon - Caruana, Fabiano 1-0 60 A09 Reti Opening
Fressinet, Laurent - Kramnik, Vladimir 0-1 34 C65 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Round 8 (June 10, 2016)
Nakamura, Hikaru - Aronian, Levon 1-0 61 D35 QGD Exchange
Kramnik, Vladimir - Caruana, Fabiano 1-0 58 A07 Barcza System
Giri, Anish - So, Wesley ½-½ 33 D38 QGD Ragozin
Fressinet, Laurent - Carlsen, Magnus ½-½ 71 D05 Colle System
Topalov, Veselin - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 0-1 51 B51 Sicilian Rossolimo
Round 9 (June 10, 2016)
Carlsen, Magnus - Kramnik, Vladimir 1-0 63 D35 QGD Exchange
So, Wesley - Fressinet, Laurent 1-0 31 A30 English Symmetrical
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime - Giri, Anish ½-½ 36 C77 Ruy Lopez Anderssen
Aronian, Levon - Topalov, Veselin 1-0 55 A09 Reti Opening
Caruana, Fabiano - Nakamura, Hikaru 0-1 55 A14 Reti Opening

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