[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14109603"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
Nf3 d5 9. d4 O-O 10. c3 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bd6 12. g3 Rxe1 13. Nxe1 Nce7 14. Bd3 c6
15. Ndf3 g6 16. Ng2 f6 17. Bf4 Ng7 18. Qb3 Bg4 19. Nd2 Rb8 20. Re1 Bf5 21. Bf1
Be6 22. h4 Bf7 23. Qa4 Ra8 24. b4 Nc8 25. Qc2 Qc7 26. a4 Bxf4 27. Nxf4 Nd6 28.
a5 Re8 29. Rxe8+ Ngxe8 30. Qd1 Qe7 31. Bd3 Nc7 32. Kg2 Ncb5 33. Qc2 Na3 34. Qc1
Nac4 35. Qc2 Kg7 36. Ne2 Be6 37. Nf4 Bf7 38. Ne2 Be6 39. Nf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4126025"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 Ne7 7. Be2 Ng6 8. O-O f6
9. c4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 fxe5 11. Ng5 Qf6 12. g4 Nf4 13. Bxf4 exf4 14. Nxe6 Bxe6 15.
Bxe6 O-O-O 16. Re1 Kb8 17. Qf3 Bd6 18. Re4 h5 19. Bxd7 Rxd7 20. Rae1 Qg6 21. h3
hxg4 22. Qxg4 Qxg4+ 23. hxg4 f3 24. Re8+ Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Re3 Rf8 27. Nd2
Rf4 28. Nxf3 Rxg4+ 29. Kf1 a5 30. a4 Kc7 31. Ke2 b5 32. b3 Rf4 33. Re6 bxa4 34.
bxa4 c5 35. Ke3 g5 36. Re4 Rf5 37. dxc5 Rxc5 38. Kd3 Rf5 39. Nd4 Rxf2 40. Ne6+
Kc6 41. Nxg5 Ra2 42. Rc4+ Kb6 43. Ne4 Bb4 44. Nc3 Ra3 45. Kc2 Bxc3 46. Rxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. d4 d5 4. Bg5 e6 5. e3 Be7 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. Bd3 b6 8. Bb5
Bd7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. O-O Ne8 11. Bf4 Nd6 12. Bd3 c4 13. Bc2 f5 14. b3 b5 15. a4 a6
16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Nf7 18. Bg3 Bc6 19. Nf3 Bd6 20. axb5 axb5 21. Rxa8 Bxa8
22. Ra1 Bb7 23. Qd1 Bxg3 24. hxg3 Qc7 25. Qb1 Bc6 26. b4 g6 27. Ra6 Ra8 28.
Rxa8+ Bxa8 29. Qa2 Bc6 30. Qa6 Kg7 31. Nd2 Qb7 32. Qa5 g5 33. f4 g4 34. Kf2 Kf6
35. Bd1 h5 36. Bc2 Ke7 37. Qa1 Be8 38. Ke2 Nd8 39. Qh1 Qa7 40. Qh4+ Kd7 41. Qf6
Bf7 42. Nb1 Qa2 43. Kd2 Qb2 44. Qg7 Qa2 45. Qf8 Qa6 46. Kc1 Qd6 47. Qg7 Qe7 48.
Na3 Kc6 49. Qe5 Qa7 50. Kb2 Qb6 51. Qf6 Kc7 52. Qe7+ Kc8 53. Bd1 Qc6 54. Qa7 Be8
55. Qe7 Qd7 56. Qc5+ Qc7 57. Qf8 Qd7 58. Bc2 Nb7 59. Qf6 Nd6 60. Qf8 Kc7 61. Kc1
Qf7 62. Qxf7+ Bxf7 63. Kd2 Kc6 64. Ke2 Nc8 65. Kf2 Ne7 66. Bd1 Be8 67. Bc2 Kd6
68. Bd1 Ng6 69. Nb1 Ke7 70. Nd2 Kf6 71. Nf1 Kg7 72. Nd2 Kh6 73. Nf1 h4 74. gxh4
Nxh4 75. g3 Ng6 76. Nd2 Nh8 77. Bc2 Nf7 78. Nb1 Nd6 79. Nd2 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[ECO "A11"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Caro-Kann defensive system"]
[WhiteFideId "4101588"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. b4 Bg4 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qa4+ Bd7 7. Qb3 e6 8. Bb2
Nc6 9. a3 a5 10. b5 a4 11. Qd1 Na5 12. Nc3 Nb3 13. Rb1 Nc5 14. Be2 Bd6 15. O-O
O-O 16. d4 Nce4 17. Nxa4 Qa5 18. Nc5 Nxc5 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. Bd3 Bxa3 21. Ra1 Qb4
22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Nd4 f5 24. Qh5 Qe7 25. g4 Qf6 26. Kh1 Kh8 27. gxf5 e5 28. Nc2
Bc5 29. Rad1 Ra2 30. f3 Rb2 31. Rg1 Bxb5 32. Bxb5 Rxc2 33. Rde1 Rc3 34. Rg3 Bxe3
35. Rh3 h6 36. Ra1 Bf4 37. Bf1 Rg8 38. Rd1 d4 39. Bd3 Qg5 40. Qxg5 Bxg5 41. Rg3
Bf4 42. Rxg8+ Kxg8 43. Be4 b5 44. Rb1 Rc5 45. Kg2 Kg7 46. h4 Kf6 47. Ra1 0-1

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[ECO "A35"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, four knights system"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "5000017"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. a3 a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4 Bd6
9. Bb2 O-O 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Be2 Be6 12. O-O a5 13. Nb5 Be7 14. bxa5 Nxa5 15.
Nfd4 Bd7 16. Bc3 Nc6 17. a4 Ne4 18. Bb2 Nc5 19. Bf3 Ne5 20. Be2 Nc4 21. Bc3 Ne4
22. Be1 Bf6 23. Ra2 Re8 24. Bd3 Nc5 25. Bc2 g6 26. Bb4 Ne6 27. Bb3 Nxd4 28. Nxd4
Qb6 29. Bc3 Rec8 30. Ba1 Na5 31. Bxd5 Nc6 32. Nb5 Nb4 33. Bxf7+ Kxf7 34. Qxd7+
Be7 35. Bd4 Qc6 36. Qh3 Nxa2 37. Qxh7+ Ke8 38. h3 Rxa4 39. Rd1 Qe6 40. Qh8+ Kf7
41. Qh7+ Ke8 42. Qh8+ Kf7 43. Qh7+ Ke8 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Re1 h6 8. Nbd2
a5 9. Nf1 Bb6 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. Nxe3 Be6 12. Bb5 Ne7 13. Ba4 Ng6 14. Bc2 Re8 15.
d4 c6 16. Qd2 Qc7 17. Nf5 Rad8 18. Rad1 Bxa2 19. b3 a4 20. bxa4 Bc4 21. Qc1 Ne7
22. Ne3 Be6 23. Qb2 Ra8 24. c4 Ng6 25. Rb1 Ra7 26. Red1 Ng4 27. Nf5 Rd8 28. h3
Nf6 29. c5 dxc5 30. dxe5 Nd7 31. Rd2 Rb8 32. Nd6 c4 33. Rbd1 b5 34. Nd4 Ndxe5
35. axb5 Qxd6 36. Nxc6 Qxc6 37. Rd8+ Kh7 38. Rxb8 Qc7 39. Rdd8 c3 40. Qc1 Qc5
41. b6 Ra2 42. b7 Qb6 43. h4 Nc6 44. Ra8 Qxb7 45. Rxa2 Bxa2 46. Rd6 Nge5 47. f4
Qb6+ 48. Kh1 Ng4 49. e5+ g6 50. Qe1 Be6 51. h5 Kg7 52. hxg6 Nf2+ 53. Kh2 Ng4+
54. Kg3 Qc5 1-0

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "5000017"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 c5 3. Bb2 Nc6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Be7 7. Nxc6 dxc6 8.
Bd3 Qa5+ 9. Nd2 e5 10. O-O Be6 11. Nc4 Bxc4 12. Bxc4 Ba3 13. Qc1 Bxb2 14. Qxb2
O-O 15. b4 Qc7 16. h3 Rfd8 17. Rfd1 Rd6 18. Rxd6 Qxd6 19. Be2 Qe7 20. Rd1 g6 21.
Bc4 Rc8 22. a4 Rc7 23. Bb3 Rd7 24. Rxd7 Nxd7 25. Qc3 Nf6 26. Qc4 Kg7 27. b5 cxb5
28. axb5 b6 29. Kf1 Ne8 30. Qd5 Nf6 31. Qc4 Ne8 32. Qd5 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 Bd6 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nc3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. d4
Nc6 9. Be2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Re8 12. Rd1 Be5 13. Qd2 Bf5 14. O-O Rc8
15. Bf3 Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Qxd8 Rcxd8 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Bxe5 exf3 20. gxf3
Rd2 21. Kg2 Rxa2 22. Rc1 Rc2 23. Rxc2 Bxc2 24. b4 b6 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[ECO "D53"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Bg5 Be7"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "4101588"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8. dxc5
O-O 9. Rd1 Nxc5 10. Nf3 Bd7 11. Ne5 Rc8 12. Be2 Nfe4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nxe4 dxe4
15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. Qxe4 Qb4+ 17. Kf1 Rfd8 18. b3 Nf6 19. Qc2 Rxd1+ 20. Qxd1 Qa5
21. Bf3 Rd8 22. Qb1 Rd2 23. g3 g5 24. h3 Rxa2 25. Kg2 Qd2 26. Rf1 b6 27. Qc1 a5
28. c5 bxc5 29. Qxc5 Kg7 30. Qc1 Nd7 31. Qxd2 Rxd2 32. Rd1 Rxd1 33. Bxd1 Nc5 34.
Bc2 e5 35. f4 exf4 36. exf4 gxf4 37. gxf4 Ne6 38. Kg3 Kf6 39. Kg4 Nd4 40. Bd1
Kg6 41. Kh4 Nf5+ 0-1

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[ECO "B92"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Opovcensky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14109603"]
[BlackFideId "4126025"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8. Be2
e5 9. Nb3 Be7 10. Be3 Be6 11. Nd5 Nbd7 12. Qd3 O-O 13. O-O Bxd5 14. exd5 Rc8 15.
c4 Ne8 16. f3 g6 17. Kh1 Ng7 18. Bg1 Bg5 19. Rad1 h5 20. Nd2 f5 21. b4 h4 22. c5
dxc5 23. d6 cxb4 24. Qd5+ Kh7 25. Nc4 Bf4 26. Qxb7 Rf7 27. Nb6 Rc2 28. Qd5 Nxb6
29. Qxf7 Rxe2 30. Bxb6 Qxb6 31. Qe7 h3 32. g3 Qc5 33. gxf4 Qc2 34. Qh4+ Nh5 35.
Qxh3 Rd2 36. Rxd2 Qxd2 37. fxe5 Qxa2 38. d7 Qd5 39. e6 b3 40. Qh4 Qd3 41. Kg2 b2
42. d8=Q Qxf1+ 43. Kxf1 b1=Q+ 44. Kg2 Qa2+ 45. Kh3 1-0

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4126025"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
Nf3 d5 9. d4 O-O 10. g3 Re8 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Ne2 g5 13. b3 h6 14. h3 Bf6 15. c3
Nd6 16. Bg2 Bg7 17. Be3 Qd7 18. h4 f6 19. hxg5 hxg5 20. Bxg5 fxg5 21. Nxg5 Bg4
22. Bxd5+ Kh8 23. Kg2 Bh6 24. Qd3 Bf5 25. Rh1 Bxd3 0-1

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "4101588"]
[BlackFideId "14109603"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. h3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. Qe2 c5 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. e4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 a6 14. Bg5 b5 15.
Nxe6 Qxc4 16. Qxc4 bxc4 17. Nxf8 Kxf8 18. Rd4 Ne5 19. Rad1 Rc8 20. Na4 Rc6 21.
b3 cxb3 22. axb3 Rc2 23. f3 Ke8 24. R4d2 Rxd2 25. Bxd2 Bc6 26. Ra1 Nfd7 27. Be3
Nd3 28. Nc3 Bb7 29. Rd1 Nb4 30. Na4 f6 31. Nb2 Ne5 32. Bd4 Nbc6 33. Bc3 Bc8 34.
f4 Nd7 35. Nc4 Nc5 36. Nd6+ Bxd6 37. Rxd6 Bb7 38. b4 Na4 39. Ba1 Ke7 40. e5 fxe5
41. fxe5 Nb6 42. Rd3 Nxb4 43. Rg3 g6 44. Rg4 N6d5 45. Rh4 h5 46. g4 Nf4 47. gxh5
g5 48. Rg4 Bc8 49. Rxf4 gxf4 50. h6 Bf5 51. Kf2 Be4 52. Bc3 Nd3+ 53. Ke2 Ke6 54.
h4 Nxe5 55. h5 Ng4 56. Bg7 Kf7 57. Kf1 f3 58. Bd4 Nxh6 0-1

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[ECO "D06"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "symmetrical (Austrian) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c5 3. cxd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nc3 Qa5 6. Nxd4 Nf6 7. g3 e5 8.
Nb3 Qc7 9. Bg2 Bb4 10. Bd2 O-O 11. O-O Rd8 12. Rc1 Nc6 13. Qc2 Be6 14. Bg5 Rac8
15. Qb1 Qb6 16. Na4 Qb5 17. Nac5 Bxb3 18. Nxb3 Qxe2 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Qf5 Ne7
21. Qxf6 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rd6 23. Qg5+ Ng6 24. h4 Be1 25. Qf5 Nf4 26. gxf4 Qxf2+
27. Kh1 Rg6 28. Rc2 Qxh4+ 29. Kg1 Bg3 30. Qxe5 Qg4 31. Rd2 Qh4 32. Nd4 Bh2+ 33.
Kf1 Qxf4+ 34. Qxf4 Bxf4 35. Re2 h5 36. Bxb7 Kf8 37. Bc6 Bc7 38. Be4 Ra6 39. Nf5
Re6 40. Bd3 Rb6 41. Rc2 Bd8 42. Rc8 Ke8 43. Bb5+ Rxb5 44. Nd6+ 1-0

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[ECO "C46"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Gunsberg variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. a3 Be7 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
e5 Ne8 9. Bd3 d5 10. O-O f6 11. Bf4 fxe5 12. Bxe5 Bf6 13. Qe2 Nd6 14. Rae1 Bxe5
15. Qxe5 Bf5 16. Na4 Qh4 17. Bxf5 Rxf5 18. Qe6+ Rf7 19. b3 Re8 20. Qxe8+ Nxe8
21. Rxe8+ Rf8 22. Re6 Rf6 23. Re3 h6 24. Nc5 Qg4 25. Nd3 Re6 26. h3 Qf5 27. Rfe1
Rxe3 28. Rxe3 Qf6 29. Re5 Kh7 30. b4 Qd6 31. Re3 a5 32. g4 axb4 33. axb4 Qf6 34.
Kg2 h5 35. Re5 hxg4 36. hxg4 Kg8 37. Re8+ Kf7 38. Re3 Qg5 39. Kg3 Kg8 40. Re8+
Kh7 41. Re3 Qh6 42. Kg2 Kg8 43. Re2 Qh4 44. f3 Qf6 45. Re5 Qh6 46. Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Adams attack"]
[WhiteFideId "5000017"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nf3 h6 8. Bc4
Qc7 9. Bb3 Be6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Be3 Be7 12. Nh4 O-O 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. exf5 b5 15.
Qe2 Nb6 16. Bxb6 Qxb6 17. a4 Rab8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Bf6 21.
Rfd1 Rfc8 22. c3 Rc7 23. Be4 b4 24. c4 b3 25. Ra3 Qc5 26. Bd5 e4 27. Ra4 Re7 28.
Kf1 e3 29. f4 Bxb2 30. Ra6 Bf6 31. g4 b2 32. Rb1 Qd4 33. Rxd6 Qxf4+ 0-1

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. h3 a6 5. a4 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 g6 8. Be3
Bg7 9. g3 O-O 10. Bg2 Bd7 11. O-O Ne5 12. Nde2 Nc4 13. Bc1 Rc8 14. b3 Ne5 15.
Bb2 b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Nd4 b4 18. Nd5 e6 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Qd2 Qb6 21. Kh2
Bg7 22. Rad1 Rfd8 23. f4 Nc6 24. Nxc6 Bxc6 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Qd4+ Qxd4 27. Rxd4
Ba8 28. Rf2 Rb8 29. Rfd2 Rb6 30. Rc4 d5 31. Rc7 Rc6 32. Rxc6 Bxc6 33. Rd4 Rb8
34. exd5 exd5 35. g4 Kf6 36. Kg3 Ke6 37. Bf1 Kd6 38. Rd2 Re8 39. h4 Kc5 40. Bg2
Re3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Vienna variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 dxc4 6. e3 b5 7. a4 c6 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qc2 a5 11. b3 cxb3 12. Qxc6 Rb8 13. Bxb5 Bb7 14. Qc1 Rc8 15.
Qd1 b2 16. Rb1 Bc3 17. Qb3 Nb6 18. Rxb2 Bd5 19. Qa3 Bxb2 20. Qxb2 h6 21. Bh4 Qc7
22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. e4 Ba8 24. Qa3 Kg7 25. Qe3 Rfd8 26. h3 Qd6 27. Rb1 Rb8 28. Re1
Rg8 29. Nf1 Kh7 30. Bd3 Qf8 31. N3h2 Qg7 32. Ng4 Kh8 33. Ng3 Qg5 34. f4 Qh4 35.
f5 Qg5 36. e5 Qxe3+ 37. Rxe3 Nd5 38. Re1 Rb3 39. Rd1 Nf4 40. Nxf6 Rxg3 0-1

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "5000017"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Bd3 Qc7 6. Nd2 Nf6 7. Ngf3 Bg4 8.
Nf1 e6 9. Ng3 Nh5 10. O-O Bd6 11. Re1 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Bh5 13. a4 Bg6 14. Bf1 O-O
15. Bd3 Rfe8 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Ng5 Qd7 18. Qg4 f6 19. Nh3 Kf7 20. Bf4 Bf8 21.
Re2 Ne7 22. Qf3 Kg8 23. Rae1 Nf5 24. g4 Nd6 25. g5 Ne4 26. Qd3 Qf7 27. f3 Nd6
28. Bxd6 Bxd6 29. f4 Re7 30. g3 Rae8 31. Qd2 a6 32. Kg2 Rf8 33. Qd3 Rfe8 34. Qd2
Rf8 35. Re3 Qe8 36. Qd1 Kf7 37. Nf2 fxg5 38. Nh3 gxf4 39. Rxe6 Rxe6 40. Ng5+ Kg8
41. Rxe6 Qd7 42. Qh1 1-0

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4126025"]
[BlackFideId "4101588"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O a6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. d4 exd4 8.
Nxd4 c5 9. Nc6 Qd7 10. Na5 Qa4 11. Bd2 Nxe4 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Be6 14. Qf3 d5
15. Rfe1 O-O-O 16. b3 Qb5 17. Bd2 Qb6 18. c4 Kb8 19. a3 g5 20. b4 g4 21. Qf6 Bd6
22. bxc5 Qxc5 23. Rab1+ Kc8 24. Nb7 Be7 25. Qb2 Qxa3 26. Qc2 dxc4 27. Nxd8 Rxd8
28. Be3 c3 29. Qe4 Rd5 30. g3 h5 31. Rec1 h4 32. Ra1 Qd6 33. gxh4 Bf5 34. Qc4 c2
35. Qe2 Bd3 36. Qxg4+ Bf5 37. Qf3 Qg6+ 38. Qg3 Bxh4 39. Qxg6 fxg6 40. Kg2 Kb7
41. Ra2 Bf6 42. Kf3 a5 43. Ke2 Bd3+ 44. Kf3 Rf5+ 45. Kg2 Be4+ 46. Kf1 Rb5 47.
Ke2 Rb3 48. Kd2 Bc3+ 49. Ke2 Bb2 50. Rg1 Bd3+ 51. Kd2 c1=Q+ 52. Rxc1 Bxc1+ 53.
Kxc1 Ka6 54. Rb2 Rxb2 55. Kxb2 Kb5 56. Kc3 Bf5 57. Bg5 c5 58. Be7 a4 59. Kb2 Kb4
60. Bf6 a3+ 61. Ka1 Kb3 62. Bg5 c4 63. Bc1 c3 64. h4 Be4 65. f4 Bf5 66. Be3 Kc2
67. Ka2 Kd1 68. Kxa3 Be6 69. f5 gxf5 70. h5 Bg8 71. h6 Ke2 72. Bg5 Kf3 73. h7
Bxh7 74. Kb3 Kg4 75. Bc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[ECO "C19"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer, advance, 6...Ne7"]
[WhiteFideId "14109603"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. h4 Qc7 8. h5 h6
9. Nf3 b6 10. a4 Ba6 11. Bb5+ Bxb5 12. axb5 a5 13. bxa6 Rxa6 14. Rxa6 Nxa6 15.
Qd3 Nb8 16. O-O Nd7 17. Bf4 O-O 18. Ra1 Rc8 19. Qd2 Kh7 20. Qd3+ Kg8 21. Qd2 Kh7
22. g4 Qc6 23. Qd3+ Kh8 24. Bg3 Ra8 25. Rxa8+ Qxa8 26. Bh4 Ng8 27. Kg2 Qa4 28.
g5 Qc4 29. Qd2 b5 30. Qf4 cxd4 31. Qxf7 d3 32. cxd3 Qg4+ 33. Bg3 Nc5 34. gxh6
gxh6 35. Nh4 Qg7 36. Ng6+ Kh7 37. Qe8 d4 38. cxd4 Qb7+ 39. Kh2 Nxd3 40. Qxe6 Qf3
41. Qd7+ 1-0

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan declined"]
[WhiteFideId "4101588"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. Re1 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qc2 Qb6 12. Bd2 c5 13. Na3 Bb7 14. Nc4 Qa6
15. Na5 Bc8 16. Rac1 Bd7 17. a3 Bb5 18. e4 Nb6 19. b3 Bd3 20. Qc3 Rac8 21. Bf4
Rfd8 22. Red1 c4 23. bxc4 Na4 24. Qe1 Nb2 25. e5 Rc7 26. Qc3 Nxd1 27. Rxd1 Bxc4
28. Rxd8+ Bxd8 29. Qd4 Bd5 30. Bxd5 exd5 31. Qxd5 Qc8 32. Nb3 Be7 33. Nd4 Qd7
34. Qxd7 Rxd7 35. Nc6 Bxa3 36. Be3 a6 37. Kg2 Rc7 38. Nd4 Bc5 39. e6 Bxd4 0-1

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[ECO "C46"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Gunsberg variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "14109603"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. a3 d5 5. Bb5 d4 6. Ne2 Bd6 7. d3 O-O 8. Bc4
Na5 9. Ba2 c5 10. Ng3 b5 11. O-O c4 12. Bd2 Be6 13. Ng5 Bg4 14. Qe1 Bc7 15. h3
Bd7 16. b4 c3 17. Bc1 Nc6 18. f4 h6 19. fxe5 Nxe5 20. Nf3 Nxf3+ 21. Rxf3 a5 22.
bxa5 Rxa5 23. Qf2 Be5 24. Bb3 b4 25. Nf5 Be6 26. Bxh6 Bxf5 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28.
Rxf5 Qd6 29. a4 Bh2+ 30. Kh1 Rxf5 31. Qxf5 Qe5 32. Rf1 Rh8 33. Rf3 Rh5 34. Qc8
Qc7 35. Qa6 Be5 36. a5 Rg5 37. Qb6 Qxb6 38. axb6 Kf8 39. b7 Ke7 40. g4 Kd8 41.
Bxf7 Kc7 42. Rf5 Rxf5 43. exf5 Nd7 44. g5 Nc5 0-1

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[ECO "E99"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "orthodox, Aronin-Taimanov, main line"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "4126025"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7
9. Ne1 Nd7 10. f3 f5 11. Be3 f4 12. Bf2 g5 13. Rc1 Ng6 14. c5 Nxc5 15. b4 Na6
16. Nb5 b6 17. Nd3 Rf7 18. Rc3 h5 19. h3 Bf6 20. Be1 Qd7 21. Nf2 Bd8 22. Qb3 Nb8
23. Bd2 a6 24. Na3 Qe7 25. Rfc1 Nd7 26. Nc4 Bb7 27. a4 Nf6 28. Qc2 Rg7 29. Be1
Rb8 30. Na3 Bc8 31. Qd1 Ra8 32. Nc4 Bd7 33. Nd2 Qe8 34. Ra1 Nh8 35. Qc2 Nf7 36.
Rxc7 Bxc7 37. Qxc7 b5 38. axb5 axb5 39. Rxa8 Qxa8 40. Qa5 Qe8 41. Kf1 Rg6 42.
Nb1 g4 43. Nc3 gxf3 44. gxf3 Qc8 45. Bxb5 Bxh3+ 46. Ke2 Rg1 47. Bc6 Bf1+ 48. Kd2
Ng5 49. Kc2 Nxf3 50. Bd2 Rg2 51. Qa7 Nd4+ 0-1

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[ECO "B29"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rubinstein; Rubinstein counter-gambit"]
[WhiteFideId "5000017"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nxd5 exd5 6. d4 Nc6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Qxd5 d6 9. exd6 Qb6 10. Qe4+ Be6 11. Qh4 f6 12. Bc4 Bxf2+ 13. Qxf2 Bxc4 14. b3
Qxf2+ 15. Kxf2 Bf7 16. c4 Kd7 17. Ba3 a5 18. Nd2 Rhe8 19. Rhe1 Ne5 20. Kg1 a4
21. Ne4 b6 22. Nc3 Ra6 23. Nb5 Rc8 24. Bb2 Nc6 25. Rad1 Bg6 26. Re7+ Nxe7 27.
dxe7+ Kxe7 28. Ba3+ Ke8 29. Re1+ Kd8 30. Rd1+ Ke8 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. a4
a5 9. Re1 Bg4 10. Nbd2 Nb6 11. Bb5 Bd6 12. Ne4 Ne7 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd6 cxd6 15.
Qxd4 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nc6 17. Qg4 Qf6 18. Bg5 Qg6 19. Be3 Nd5 20. Qxg6 hxg6 21.
Rad1 Nxe3 22. Rxe3 Rfd8 23. f4 Kf8 24. Kg2 Ne7 25. Red3 Nf5 26. Rd5 b6 27. Be2
Rac8 28. Rb5 Rc6 29. Bg4 Rc4 30. Bxf5 gxf5 31. Kg3 Rxa4 32. Rxb6 Ra2 33. Rd5 g6
34. c4 Rc8 35. Rd4 Kg7 36. h3 Ra4 37. b3 Ra3 38. f3 a4 39. bxa4 Rxa4 40. Rbxd6
Raxc4 41. Rxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 O-O
9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Be3 Nd4 11. Bxd4 exd4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Rc8 14. a4 c6 15. Bb3
d5 16. axb5 axb5 17. exd5 c5 18. h3 Bh5 19. Re1 Bd6 20. Ra6 Qf6 21. Rc6 Rce8 22.
g4 Bg6 23. Kg2 h5 24. g5 Qd8 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. c3 dxc3 27. bxc3 Bf5 28. Bc2 Qd7
29. Ng1 g6 30. d4 Bxc2 31. Qxc2 Bf8 32. c4 bxc4 33. Qxc4 Rd8 34. dxc5 Qxd5+ 35.
Qxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "14109603"]
[BlackFideId "5000017"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8.
h3 Bb6 9. Re1 Nd7 10. a4 a5 11. Nc4 Ba6 12. Nxb6 cxb6 13. d4 c5 14. dxe5 dxe5
15. Nh2 Bb7 16. Ng4 h5 17. Ne3 Bxe4 18. Qxh5 f5 19. f3 Nf6 20. Qg6 f4 21. fxe4
fxe3 22. Bxe3 Qe8 23. Qxe8 Rfxe8 24. Bg5 Rad8 25. Kf2 Rd4 26. Bxf6 Rf8 27. Ke3
Rxf6 28. c3 Rd8 29. Rad1 Rdf8 30. Rd5 Rg6 31. Re2 Rg3+ 32. Kd2 Re8 33. Rd6 Rb8
34. Kc2 Kh7 35. Kb3 1-0

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Torre attack"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. c3 d6 6. e4 c5 7. d5 h6 8. Bh4 e6
9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. O-O Re8 12. Re1 Qc7 13. Bc4 Rad8 14. h3 a6 15. a4
g5 16. Bxe6 Rxe6 17. Bg3 Qe7 18. Qc2 Re8 19. Rad1 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Qb3 b4
22. Qa4 Qb7 23. Nc4 bxc3 24. Nxd6 Rxd6 25. Rxd6 cxb2 26. Rb1 Nxe4 27. Rxc6 Nc3
28. Rc7 Qb8 29. Qd7 Rf8 30. Rb7 Qxb7 31. Qxb7 Nxb1 32. Be5 Nd2 33. Bxb2 Nxf3+
34. gxf3 Bxb2 35. Qxb2 Re8 36. Qb5 Re6 37. f4 gxf4 38. Qb8+ Kg7 39. Qxf4 Rg6+
40. Kf1 Re6 41. Qf5 c4 42. Qc5 Kg8 43. Qxc4 Kg7 44. Kg2 Rg6+ 45. Kf3 Rf6+ 46.
Kg4 Rg6+ 47. Kh5 Rg5+ 48. Kh4 Rg6 49. Qd4+ Kg8 50. f4 1-0

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4126025"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7
9. Bd2 O-O 10. h3 b4 11. a5 Rb8 12. c3 h6 13. Re1 Re8 14. d4 Bf8 15. d5 bxc3 16.
bxc3 Ne7 17. Ba4 g5 18. c4 Ng6 19. Nc3 Bg7 20. Qc2 Nf4 21. Reb1 Rxb1+ 22. Rxb1
Rf8 23. Bxd7 Nxd7 24. Nd1 Ne2+ 25. Kf1 Nd4 26. Nxd4 exd4 27. f3 Ne5 28. Nf2 h5
29. Nd3 Qe7 30. Nxe5 Qxe5 31. Qd3 Re8 32. Kf2 g4 33. hxg4 hxg4 34. fxg4 Qxe4 35.
Qxe4 Rxe4 36. Kf3 Re7 37. Rb7 Kh7 38. c5 Re5 39. Rxc7 Rxd5 40. cxd6 Rxd6 41.
Rxf7 Kg6 42. Rb7 Rf6+ 43. Ke2 d3+ 44. Kxd3 Rf2 45. Rb6+ Kf7 46. Rxa6 Rxg2 47. g5
Rg3+ 48. Ke4 Rg2 49. Bf4 Bc3 50. Kf5 Ra2 51. g6+ Ke8 52. Ra8+ Kd7 53. Ra7+ Kc6
54. Rc7+ 1-0

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "4101588"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Re1 a5 8. h3 h6
9. Bb3 Be6 10. Nbd2 Bxb3 11. axb3 Re8 12. Nf1 d5 13. Qe2 Qd7 14. Nh4 Rad8 15.
Qf3 dxe4 16. dxe4 Qd3 17. Be3 Qxe4 18. Bxc5 Qxh4 19. Ng3 Qg5 20. Be3 Qg6 21.
Rad1 e4 22. Qf5 Qxf5 23. Nxf5 Nd5 24. Bc1 Kh7 25. Kh2 g5 26. f3 exf3 27. Rxe8
Rxe8 28. Rxd5 Re1 29. Be3 Ne7 30. Bf2 Re2 31. Nxe7 Rxf2 32. Rf5 Rxg2+ 33. Kh1
Rxb2 34. Rxf7+ Kh8 35. Kg1 Rxb3 36. Kf2 a4 37. Nd5 Kg8 38. Rxc7 a3 39. Kxf3 a2
40. Rc8+ Kf7 41. Ra8 Ke6 42. Ke4 Rb2 43. Nb4 Rh2 44. Rxa2 Rxh3 45. Re2 Kd6 46.
Nd3 h5 47. Rb2 Kc7 48. Rb5 g4 49. Nf4 Kc6 50. c4 Rh4 51. Ng6 Rh1 52. Ne5+ Kc7
53. Kf4 Rf1+ 54. Kg5 g3 55. Rb2 Rf2 56. Rb1 g2 57. Rg1 Rc2 58. Kxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "classical variation (5.Bf4)"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3
Nc6 9. Qc2 Qa5 10. Rd1 Re8 11. Nd2 e5 12. Bg5 Nd4 13. Qc1 Bf5 14. Bxf6 Nc2+ 15.
Ke2 Nd4+ 16. Ke1 Nc2+ 17. Ke2 Nd4+ 18. Ke1 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[ECO "C46"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Gunsberg variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "4101588"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. a3 d5 5. Bb5 Nxe4 6. Qe2 Qd6 7. Nxe4 dxe4 8.
Qxe4 Bd7 9. d3 O-O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Qe2 Qg6 12. Be3 Bd6 13. Nd2 a6 14. Ba4 f5
15. f3 h5 16. Kh1 h4 17. h3 Nd4 18. Bxd7+ Kxd7 19. Qd1 Ne6 20. Nc4 Qf6 21. c3
Kc8 22. b4 Rd8 23. Qb3 Be7 24. b5 Nc5 25. Bxc5 Bxc5 26. bxa6 Qxa6 27. Nxe5 Rhe8
28. d4 Bd6 29. f4 Re7 30. a4 Rde8 31. Qb5 g5 32. Ng6 Qxb5 33. Nxe7+ Rxe7 34.
axb5 Bxf4 35. Rae1 Rf7 36. Re6 Kd7 37. d5 b6 38. c4 Rf8 39. Ra1 Bd6 40. Kg1 g4
41. Rf1 g3 42. Rf3 f4 43. Rh6 Ra8 44. Rf1 Ra2 45. Rf6 Be5 46. Rf5 Kd6 47. Re1
Bd4+ 48. Kh1 Be3 49. Rf6+ Kc5 50. Rc6+ Kd4 51. Rd1+ Kc3 52. Rf6 Kxc4 53. d6 cxd6
54. Rf5 d5 55. Rb1 d4 0-1

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf"]
[WhiteFideId "5000017"]
[BlackFideId "4126025"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bg5
Be6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Nd5 Nd7 11. Bc4 Rc8 12. Qe2 Nb6 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Bxe6
Qxe6 15. a5 Nd7 16. c3 Qc4 17. Nd2 Qxe2+ 18. Kxe2 Nc5 19. f3 Ke7 20. Nc4 Rc6 21.
Ne3 g6 22. b4 Nd7 23. Rac1 h5 24. Nd5+ Ke6 25. c4 f5 26. Kd3 Rcc8 27. Rhf1 Nf6
28. Nxf6 Kxf6 29. Rfd1 Ke6 30. Ke3 Rh7 31. Rd5 f4+ 32. Kd3 g5 33. c5 Rd7 34. Kc4
g4 35. Rcd1 Rc6 36. h4 gxf3 37. gxf3 Ke7 38. Rxd6 Rdxd6 39. Rxd6 Rxd6 40. cxd6+
Kxd6 41. b5 1-0

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 Na5 7. Bb3 c6 8. d4 Qc7
9. Qd3 Be7 10. Ne2 O-O 11. Ng3 c5 12. dxc5 dxc5 13. Bd2 Nxb3 14. axb3 Rd8 15.
Qe2 b6 16. Bc3 Bd6 17. Nd2 Bg4 18. Qe3 Nd7 19. Nc4 Nf8 20. Nf5 Bxf5 21. exf5 f6
22. Qe4 Be7 23. Rfe1 Qc8 24. Ne3 Rd7 25. f4 Qb7 26. Qxb7 Rxb7 27. fxe5 fxe5 28.
Bxe5 Nd7 29. Bc3 Rf8 30. Nd5 Bd8 31. g4 Nf6 32. Bxf6 Bxf6 33. Nxf6+ Rxf6 34.
Re8+ Kh7 35. Rae1 h5 36. h3 Rd7 37. Kg2 hxg4 38. hxg4 g6 39. R1e7+ Rf7 40. f6
Kh6 41. Rxd7 Rxd7 42. Re5 g5 43. Kf3 Kg6 44. Rf5 Kf7 45. Rxg5 Kxf6 46. Rf5+ Kg6
47. Ke3 Rd1 48. c3 Rg1 49. Rf8 Rg2 50. Kd3 Rxb2 51. Kc4 Kg5 52. Rg8+ Kf4 53. g5
Kf5 54. Rg7 Ra2 55. Rg8 Ra3 56. Rg7 a6 57. b4 cxb4 58. cxb4 Re3 59. Ra7 b5+ 60.
Kd5 Re5+ 61. Kc6 Re6+ 62. Kb7 Kxg5 63. Rxa6 Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "classical variation (5.Bf4)"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "14109603"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Nh5 8. Bd3
Nxf4 9. exf4 b6 10. b4 a5 11. a3 c6 12. O-O Qc7 13. g3 Ba6 14. Kg2 Bxd3 15. Qxd3
Ra7 16. h4 Rfa8 17. Rab1 axb4 18. axb4 h5 19. Rfe1 Bf6 20. f5 exf5 21. Qxf5 g6
22. cxb6 Qd6 23. Qd3 Nxb6 24. Ne2 Ra3 25. Rb3 Nc4 26. Nf4 Rxb3 27. Qxb3 Ra3 28.
Qc2 Kg7 29. Re6 Qd7 30. Ne5 Qa7 31. Nxc6 Ra2 32. Nxa7 Rxc2 33. Re2 Rc1 34. Nxd5
Bxd4 35. Nc6 Nb6 36. Nxd4 Nxd5 37. Rb2 Rc4 38. Nc2 Nb6 39. Ne3 Rd4 40. b5 Kf8
41. Kf3 Ke8 42. Ke2 Ke7 43. Rc2 Rb4 44. Rc6 Rb2+ 45. Kf1 Na4 46. b6 Kf8 47. Nc4
Rb4 48. Ke2 Kg7 49. Kd3 Rb3+ 50. Kd4 Rb1 51. Ke5 Rb4 52. Kd6 Nxb6 53. Nxb6 Rb2
54. Nd5 Rxf2 55. Rc3 Re2 56. Re3 Ra2 57. Nf4 Ra6+ 58. Kd5 Ra5+ 59. Ke4 Ra4+ 60.
Kf3 Ra7 61. Rc3 Rb7 62. Rc6 Rb3+ 63. Kg2 Rb2+ 64. Kh3 Rb7 65. Nd5 Rb5 66. Rd6
Rc5 67. Rd7 Ra5 68. Kg2 Ra2+ 69. Kf3 Ra3+ 70. Ne3 Ra6 71. Rb7 Rf6+ 72. Ke4 Re6+
73. Kd4 Rf6 74. Ke4 Re6+ 75. Kf3 Rf6+ 76. Kg2 Ra6 77. Nc4 Rf6 78. Rd7 Kf8 79.
Nd6 Kg8 80. Rd8+ Kh7 81. Kg1 Kh6 82. Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. e3 d5 6. c4 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5+ 8. Nbd2
Qxc5 9. Rc1 Nc6 10. a3 a5 11. Be2 Rd8 12. O-O dxc4 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Qxa3
15. Nxc4 Qb4 16. Nb6 Rb8 17. Rc4 Qd6 18. Qa1 Be6 19. Ra4 Ng4 20. Bxg4 Bxd4 21.
Rxd4 Qxb6 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Ra4 Rd5 24. Rb1 Rbd8 25. h3 Qc7 26. b4 Qc2 27. Qa2
Rd1+ 28. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 29. Kh2 Qxa2 30. Rxa2 axb4 31. Rb2 Rd5 32. Rxb4 b5 33. Kg3
Kf7 34. Kf3 Ke8 35. Rh4 h5 36. Re4 Kd7 37. Ke2 Kd6 38. g4 hxg4 39. Rxg4 g5 40.
f4 gxf4 41. Rxf4 Kc5 42. Re4 e5 43. Rg4 b4 44. Rg8 b3 45. h4 e4 46. Rc8+ Kb4 47.
Rb8+ Kc3 48. Rc8+ Kb2 49. Rh8 Kc2 50. Rc8+ Kb1 51. Kf2 b2 52. Kg3 Rd3 53. h5 Ka2
54. Ra8+ Ra3 55. Rb8 Rxe3+ 56. Kf4 Rb3 57. Ra8+ Ra3 0-1

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed defence"]
[WhiteFideId "14109603"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 O-O
9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Be3 Nd4 11. Bxd4 exd4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Rc8 14. a4 c6 15. Bb3
d5 16. h3 Bh5 17. axb5 axb5 18. exd5 c5 19. c4 dxc3 20. bxc3 Bd6 21. c4 bxc4 22.
dxc4 Qf6 23. Bc2 Bxf3 24. Qxf3 Qxf3 25. gxf3 Ra8 26. Rfe1 g6 27. Ba4 Rfd8 28.
Bb5 Rxa1 29. Rxa1 Be5 30. Ra7 Rd6 31. Rc7 Bd4 32. Kg2 Rf6 33. f4 h6 34. Rc6 Rxf4
35. f3 Be3 36. d6 Rd4 37. d7 Kg7 38. Rc8 Bg5 39. Rxc5 Rd2+ 40. Kf1 Bh4 41. Rc8
Rf2+ 42. Kg1 Rxf3 43. c5 Rc3 44. c6 Rc1+ 45. Kg2 Rc2+ 46. Kf3 f5 47. c7 1-0

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "East Indian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4126025"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Be2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. b3 Nc6 7. Bb2 e5 8. dxe5
Ng4 9. c4 Ngxe5 10. Nc3 Re8 11. Qd2 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 Ne5 13. Be2 Be6 14. Rac1 Nd7
15. Bf3 Rb8 16. Rfd1 a6 17. Ne4 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 Qe7 19. Qd4 Red8 20. Nc3 Ne5 21.
Be2 Nc6 22. Qd2 Ne5 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. cxd5 Rbc8 25. b4 Nd7 26. h3 Nf6 27. a4 Kg7
28. a5 Qe8 29. Qd4 Qe5 30. Qd3 h6 31. Rc4 Rd7 32. Rdc1 Qxd5 33. Qxd5 Nxd5 34.
Bg4 f5 35. Bf3 b5 36. axb6 Nxb6 37. Rc6 Rb8 38. Rxc7 Rxc7 39. Rxc7+ Kf6 40. Ra7
Nc4 41. Rb7 Rxb7 42. Bxb7 a5 43. Ba6 d5 44. bxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4101588"]
[BlackFideId "5000017"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 Nc6 7. c3 Nf6 8.
Bd3 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Bg5 Qb6 11. b4 O-O 12. Nd2 Rad8 13. Rfe1 Rfe8 14. Nb3 Qc7
15. Rac1 h6 16. Bf4 Qc8 17. b5 Nb8 18. c4 Nbd7 19. c5 Nf8 20. a4 Ne6 21. a5 Nxf4
22. Qxf4 Nh5 23. Qf3 e5 24. dxe5 Rxe5 25. Rxe5 Bxe5 26. b6 Nf4 27. Bf1 Ne6 28.
bxa7 Qa8 29. Re1 Bg7 30. Qg4 h5 31. Qb4 Qxa7 32. Qb6 Qxb6 33. cxb6 Bc3 34. Rd1
d4 35. Bc4 Rc8 36. Bxe6 fxe6 37. Nxd4 Bxa5 38. Rb1 e5 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[ECO "A29"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, kingside fianchetto"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Bc5 7. O-O O-O 8. d3
Re8 9. Bd2 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Nd4 11. Rc1 Bb6 12. Re1 Bg4 13. Bxd4 exd4 14. a3 c6 15.
Nd2 a5 16. Bf3 Be6 17. Qa4 Bc7 18. Ne4 Bd5 19. Nc5 Rb8 20. Bxd5 Qxd5 21. Qc4
Red8 22. b4 axb4 23. axb4 Qh5 24. b5 Ba5 25. Rf1 cxb5 26. Qxb5 b6 27. Qa4 Qxe2
28. Na6 Ra8 29. Nc7 Rac8 30. Qb5 Bc3 31. Nd5 Qe6 32. Nf4 Qd6 33. Rb1 Rb8 34.
Rfc1 h6 35. Rc2 Rdc8 36. Re2 Qc6 37. Nd5 Kh7 38. Qb3 Re8 39. Rc2 Re5 40. Nxc3
Rc5 41. Qxf7 dxc3 42. d4 Rc4 43. d5 Qg6 44. Qxg6+ Kxg6 45. Rb3 b5 46. Rcxc3 Rxc3
47. Rxc3 b4 48. Rb3 Kf5 49. Kf1 Ke5 50. Ke2 Kxd5 51. Kd3 Kc5 52. Kc2 Rf8 53. f4
Re8 54. Rd3 Kc4 55. Rd7 Re2+ 56. Kb1 Kb3 57. Rd3+ Kc4 58. Rd7 Rxh2 59. Rxg7 Kb3
60. Kc1 Rh1+ 61. Kd2 Kb2 62. f5 Rf1 63. g4 b3 64. Ke2 Rf4 65. Ke3 Rf1 66. Ke2
Rf4 67. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Nf3 Qb6 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. a4 a6
9. a5 Qd8 10. Be2 b5 11. axb6 Qxb6 12. Rb1 Bb5 13. O-O Nbd7 14. Re1 O-O 15. h3
Rfd8 16. Nd2 Rab8 17. Nc4 Qc7 18. Qd2 Ne8 19. Bf1 Bxc4 20. Bxc4 Qa5 21. Qd3 Nc7
22. Ra1 Qb4 23. Na4 Ne5 24. Bxe5 Bxe5 25. c3 Qb7 26. Rf1 Qc8 27. f4 Bg7 28. Rae1
Qd7 29. b3 Nb5 30. Ra1 Kh8 31. Ra2 e6 32. dxe6 fxe6 33. f5 exf5 34. exf5 d5 35.
f6 Bf8 36. Bxb5 Qxb5 37. Qg3 Bd6 38. Qf2 Bf8 39. f7 Qc6 40. Re2 d4 41. Qe1 d3
42. Re6 Qd5 43. Nb6 d2 44. Nxd5 dxe1=Q 45. Rfxe1 Rxd5 46. Re8 Rdd8 47. R1e6 Kg7
48. Rxd8 Rxd8 49. Rxa6 Rd3 0-1

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5000017"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8.
Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Rxe8+ Nxe8 12. c3 d5 13. Bf4 g6 14. Nd2 Ng7
15. Nf3 c6 16. Be5 Bg4 17. Bf4 Ne6 18. Be3 Bg5 19. h3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Bxe3 21.
Qxe3 Qb6 22. Qd2 Re8 23. Re1 Qd8 24. Bd3 Nc7 25. Re3 Kg7 26. Qe2 Rxe3 27. Qxe3
Qe8 28. Qxe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "4101588"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. a4 d6 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 h6
9. h3 Re8 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. b4 Bxc4 12. Nxc4 Ba7 13. Qc2 d5 14. Ne3 Bxe3 15. Bxe3
Qd7 16. b5 axb5 17. axb5 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 Ne7 19. Nxe5 Qxb5 20. c4 dxc4 21. Nxc4
Ng6 22. Rb1 Qa6 23. Bd4 Nh5 24. Be3 Ngf4 25. Kh2 Qc6 26. g4 b5 27. Na3 Qd6 28.
Nxb5 Qe5 29. gxh5 Nxd3+ 30. Kg1 Qxe4 31. Rb3 Rd8 32. Nd4 c5 33. Qxd3 Qd5 34. Rb5
Qxh5 35. Qc2 Qxh3 36. Qf5 Qh4 37. Rxc5 g6 38. Qf3 Rb8 39. Kg2 Qe7 40. Qd5 Re8
41. Rc6 Kh7 42. Nf3 Rd8 43. Qe5 Qd7 44. Rc4 Kg8 1-0

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "4126025"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 e5 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 O-O 7. d3 Nc6 8. Nbd2
b5 9. Nf1 b4 10. Ng3 h6 11. d4 bxc3 12. bxc3 cxd4 13. cxd4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4
15. Qxd4 Ng4 16. Qd1 Nf6 17. Be3 Be6 18. Bf3 d5 19. e5 Nh7 20. Nh5 Ng5 21. Nf4
Nxf3+ 22. Qxf3 Qd7 23. Qg3 Kh7 24. h3 Rac8 25. Rad1 Rc3 26. Nh5 Rg8 27. Qf4 Rc4
28. Rd4 Qa4 29. Nf6+ Bxf6 30. exf6 g5 31. Rxc4 Qxc4 32. Qxc4 dxc4 33. Bxa7 Ra8
34. Bd4 Rxa2 35. Re3 Kg6 36. g4 Ra6 37. f3 Rd6 38. Bc3 Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "classical variation (5.Bf4)"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "14109603"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. g4 dxc4 8. Bxc4
c5 9. g5 Nh5 10. Bg3 g6 11. Qe2 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nb6 13. Bb3 Bb4 14. Nf3 Bd7 15.
Rd1 Qe7 16. O-O Nxg3 17. hxg3 Bc6 18. Nb5 Rfd8 19. Nbd4 Be4 20. Bc2 Bd5 21. e4
Bxa2 22. b3 e5 23. Nf5 gxf5 24. exf5 e4 25. f6 Qe6 26. Nd4 Qh3 27. Bxe4 Re8 28.
Qf3 Nd7 29. Bf5 Ne5 30. Qe2 Ng4 31. Bxg4 Rxe2 32. Bxh3 Re5 33. Rd3 Rd8 34. Ra1
Bc5 35. Rxa2 Rxd4 36. Rxd4 Bxd4 37. Rd2 Bb6 38. Rc2 Rc5 39. Re2 h5 40. Bg2 Kf8
41. Bh3 Rxg5 42. Bd7 Kg8 43. Re7 Rd5 44. Be8 Rf5 45. Bxf7+ Kf8 46. Bc4 Rxf6 47.
Re2 Bc5 48. Kg2 b6 49. f3 Rg6 50. Re5 Bd6 51. Rf5+ Kg7 52. f4 h4 53. Rf7+ Kh6
54. Kh3 hxg3 55. Kg2 Rg4 56. Rf6+ Rg6 57. Rf7 Rg4 58. f5 Be5 59. Re7 Re4 60. f6
Rf4 61. Rxe5 Rxf6 62. Re7 a5 63. Kxg3 Kg5 64. Re5+ Rf5 65. Rxf5+ Kxf5 66. Kf3
Ke5 67. Ke3 Kd6 68. Kd4 Kc6 69. Be2 b5 70. Bf3+ Kb6 71. Bg2 a4 72. b4 Ka6 73.
Kc5 1-0

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "classical variation (5.Bf4)"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "14109603"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Nh5 8. Bd3
Nxf4 9. exf4 b6 10. b4 a5 11. a3 c6 12. O-O Qc7 13. g3 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. Qe2
Rfa8 16. b5 cxb5 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Qxe7 Rc8 19. Rfb1 bxc5 20. Rxb5 Re6 21. Qg5
h6 22. Qxd5 Rd6 23. Qc4 cxd4 24. Qxc7 Rxc7 25. Rxa5 d3 26. Rd1 Kh7 27. Rb5 Rc2
28. Rb4 Nc5 29. Rd4 Rxd4 30. Nxd4 Ra2 31. Nb5 Kg6 32. Kg2 f5 33. Kf3 Ne4 34.
Rxd3 Rxf2+ 35. Ke3 Rxh2 36. g4 Rh3+ 37. Kd4 Rxd3+ 38. Kxd3 Nc5+ 39. Kd4 Nb3+ 40.
Kc3 Na5 41. gxf5+ Kxf5 42. Nd4+ Kg4 43. Kd3 h5 44. f5 h4 45. Ke2 Nc4 46. a4 Kg3
47. Kf1 h3 48. Kg1 Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Torre attack"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "4126025"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. c3 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Nbd7 8. b4
a5 9. Nd4 h6 10. Bh4 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Be2 Ne5 13. O-O Nd3 14. a3 axb4 15.
axb4 Rxa1 16. Qxa1 g5 17. Bg3 f5 18. f3 f4 19. fxe4 fxg3 20. Bxd3 gxh2+ 21. Kxh2
Qc7+ 22. Kg1 Qg3 23. Qa2+ e6 24. Rxf8+ Bxf8 25. Qf2 Qe5 26. Be2 Kg7 27. Bh5 Qf6
28. Qxf6+ Kxf6 29. Bg4 Ke5 30. Kf2 Be7 31. Ke2 Kxe4 32. Bxe6 Bxe6 33. Nxe6 h5
34. Nd4 h4 35. c6 bxc6 36. Nxc6 Bd6 37. Nd4 g4 38. Nb3 Be5 39. Nd2+ Kf5 40. b5
Bxc3 41. Nc4 Bf6 42. b6 Bd8 43. b7 Bc7 44. Nd2 Ke5 45. Kd3 Kd5 46. e4+ Kc6 47.
Kd4 h3 48. gxh3 gxh3 49. Nf3 Kxb7 50. e5 h2 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. a4
a5 9. Re1 Bg4 10. Nbd2 Nb6 11. Bb5 Bd6 12. Ne4 Na7 13. h3 Bh5 14. d4 Nxb5 15.
axb5 exd4 16. g4 Bg6 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. Qxd4 Qxd4 19. Nxd4 a4 20. Bf4 Rfc8 21.
Rad1 Nc4 22. Re2 Re8 23. Bc1 Kf8 24. f4 Rxe2 25. Nxe2 f6 26. Rd7 Rc8 27. Rd4 Bf7
28. Kf2 Ke8 29. Re4+ Kf8 30. f5 Rd8 31. Nd4 Rd5 32. Re2 Re5 33. Rxe5 fxe5 34.
Nc2 Be8 35. Ne3 Bxb5 36. Nxc4 Bxc4 37. Bg5 Ke8 38. Bh4 Kd7 39. f6 gxf6 40. Bxf6
Ke6 41. Bd8 c6 42. h4 Bb3 43. Ke3 Bd1 44. g5 Kd5 45. Bf6 Bh5 46. Kd3 Bg6+ 47.
Ke3 Kc4 48. Bxe5 Kb3 49. c4 Kxc4 50. Kd2 Kb3 51. Kc1 c5 52. Bd6 b6 53. Be7 c4
54. Bf6 b5 55. Kd2 b4 56. Be7 c3+ 57. bxc3 bxc3+ 58. Kc1 a3 0-1

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5000017"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 O-O
9. Nc3 h6 10. h3 Re8 11. Nd5 Bf8 12. c4 Rb8 13. Bd2 bxc4 14. Ba4 Bd7 15. Nxf6+
Qxf6 16. Rc1 Rb7 17. Rxc4 Nb8 18. b4 Bb5 19. Rc3 c5 20. bxc5 dxc5 21. Bb3 Rd7
22. Bd5 Rxd5 23. exd5 e4 24. dxe4 Bxf1 25. Qxf1 Rxe4 26. Qb1 Re8 27. Re3 Rxe3
28. Bxe3 Nd7 29. Nd2 Qd6 30. Qb7 Nf6 31. Nc4 Qxd5 32. Qxa6 Ne4 33. Kh2 Qd3 34.
Qa4 h5 35. Ne5 Qd5 36. f4 Nd6 37. Qd7 Qe4 38. Bd2 Qd4 39. Nf3 Qd3 40. a4 c4 41.
Bb4 c3 42. Ne5 Qd4 43. Bxd6 Qxf4+ 44. Kh1 c2 45. Nd3 Qxd6 46. Qxd6 Bxd6 47. a5
Kf8 48. a6 Bc5 49. g4 hxg4 50. hxg4 Ke7 51. Kg2 Kd7 52. Nxc5+ 1-0

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "10.5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Burn variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "4101588"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6 8.
Be3 Bd6 9. Bd3 b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. O-O-O Nd5 12. c4 Nxe3 13. fxe3 Qe7 14. e4 e5
15. c5 bxc5 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Bb5+ c6 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. Bc4 Bc8 20. Rhf1 Be6 21.
Bxe6 Qxe6 22. Kb1 O-O 23. Rf5 Rab8 24. Rxc5 Rb4 25. Qc2 Rfb8 26. b3 Rxe4 27.
Rxc6 Qe8 28. Rc1 Rd4 29. Rc8 Rd8 30. Rxb8 Rxb8 31. Qc5 Qe4+ 32. Rc2 a6 33. Kb2
Rd8 34. g3 g6 35. Qc3 Qe6 36. Qc6 Qe5+ 37. Qc3 Rd4 38. a4 h5 39. Ka2 Qd5 40. Ka3
Rd3 41. Qc4 Qd6+ 42. Ka2 Kg7 43. Qc6 Qxc6 44. Rxc6 Rd2+ 45. Ka3 Rxh2 46. Rxa6 h4
47. gxh4 Rxh4 48. a5 g5 49. Rb6 g4 50. Rb4 f5 51. a6 Rh8 52. Rf4 Kf6 53. b4 Kg5
54. Rf1 g3 55. b5 Ra8 56. Kb4 f4 57. Ka5 g2 58. Rg1 f3 59. b6 Kf4 60. b7 Rh8 61.
a7 Ke3 62. b8=Q Rh5+ 63. Ka4 Rh4+ 64. Ka3 f2 65. Qg3+ Ke2 66. Rxg2 1-0

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 b5 3. e3 Bb7 4. Nf3 a6 5. c4 bxc4 6. Bxc4 e6 7. Nc3 d5 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. O-O Be7 10. Na4 c5 11. Nxc5 Nxc5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Rc1 Bd6 14. Qa4+ Qd7
15. Qxd7+ Kxd7 16. Ne5+ Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Rhc8 18. f3 Ne8 19. Bxh7 g6 20. h4 Nd6 21.
h5 gxh5 22. Kf2 Nc4 23. Bc3 Rc7 24. b3 Nd6 25. Be5 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 a5 27. Rh1 a4
28. Rxh5 a3 29. Rh4 Bc6 30. Bd3 Bb5 31. Ke2 Rc8 32. Bxb5+ Nxb5 33. Kd2 Rg8 34.
Rg4 Rxg4 35. fxg4 Kc6 36. Kd3 Kc5 37. Bg7 Kd6 38. Bf8+ Kc6 39. Bg7 Kd6 40. e4 e5
41. Bf8+ Ke6 42. exd5+ Kxd5 43. Bb4 e4+ 44. Ke3 Nd4 45. Bf8 Nb5 46. g5 Nc3 47.
Bxa3 Nxa2 48. Bf8 Nc3 49. b4 Nb5 50. Bc5 Ke5 51. g4 Nc7 52. Bd4+ Kd5 53. Bf6 Nb5
54. Kf4 Nd6 55. Be7 Nb5 56. Bc5 Nd4 57. Bb6 Ne6+ 58. Kf5 Nd4+ 59. Kf4 Ne6+ 60.
Kf5 Nd4+ 61. Kf6 e3 62. b5 e2 63. Ba5 Nf3 64. Kxf7 Nxg5+ 65. Kf6 Nh3 66. Kf5 Kc5
67. b6 Kc6 68. Ke5 Ng5 69. Kf4 Nf7 70. Ke3 e1=Q+ 71. Bxe1 Kxb6 72. Ke4 Kc6 73.
Bd2 Kd7 74. Kf5 Ke8 75. Kf6 Kf8 76. Bb4+ Kg8 77. Be7 Nh6 78. g5 Nf7 79. g6 Nh8
80. g7 Ng6 81. Kxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Opening "QGD Slav defence"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. Nf3 a6 7. Rc1 Nh5 8. Bd2
Nf6 9. Bf4 Nh5 10. Bd2 Nf6 11. Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[ECO "B08"]
[Opening "Pirc"]
[Variation "classical system, 5.Be2"]
[WhiteFideId "5000017"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. d5 Nb8 8. Re1
c6 9. h3 b6 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. Qd2 Nbd7 12. a4 a6 13. dxc6 Bxc6 14. Bd3 e5 15. Bh6
Nc5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. b4 Nxd3 18. cxd3 Re8 19. d4 Bb7 20. d5 Rc8 21. Qe3 Rc4 22.
b5 Qc7 23. Rac1 Rc8 24. bxa6 Bxa6 25. Na2 Nxe4 26. Rxc4 Qxc4 27. Nxe5 dxe5 28.
Qxe4 Qxa2 29. Qxe5+ Kg8 30. Qd4 Qc4 31. Qxb6 Qxa4 32. d6 Bb5 33. Qb7 Rf8 34. Rc1
Bd7 35. Qd5 Qf4 36. Rc7 Be6 0-1

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[ECO "C70"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Caro variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4101588"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 g6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Na5 8. O-O
Bg7 9. Re1 Ne7 10. e5 O-O 11. Bg5 c5 12. Bd5 Rb8 13. Nb3 Nxb3 14. axb3 h6 15.
Bh4 Rb6 16. Nc3 g5 17. Bg3 Nf5 18. Ne4 Nxg3 19. hxg3 Bxe5 20. c3 d6 21. Qh5 Bg7
22. Rad1 b4 23. f4 gxf4 24. gxf4 bxc3 25. bxc3 Qd7 26. Rd3 Qf5 27. Qf3 Be6 28.
Ng3 Qg4 29. Qe4 Re8 30. Nf5 Rbb8 31. Rg3 Qxf5 0-1

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "classical variation (5.Bf4)"]
[WhiteFideId "4126025"]
[BlackFideId "14109603"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Nh5 8. Be2
Nxf4 9. exf4 b6 10. b4 a5 11. a3 c6 12. O-O axb4 13. axb4 Rxa1 14. Qxa1 Qc7 15.
g3 bxc5 16. bxc5 f6 17. Re1 e5 18. Bd3 g5 19. Qb1 Rf7 20. fxe5 fxe5 21. Nxe5
Nxe5 22. Rxe5 Bd7 23. Ne2 Bf6 24. Re3 Qc8 25. Bc2 Qf8 26. Qe1 Kg7 27. Qd2 Kg8
28. Nc1 Qg7 29. Ne2 Qf8 30. Qd3 Bg4 31. Nc1 Re7 32. Nb3 Qf7 33. Rxe7 Qxe7 34.
Qe3 Bd7 35. Nd2 g4 36. Qxe7 Bxe7 37. f4 gxf3 38. Nxf3 Bf6 39. Kf2 h6 40. Ne5 Be8
41. h4 Kf8 42. Ke3 Ke7 43. Kf4 Kd8 44. Kf5 Ke7 45. Ba4 Bg7 46. Nxc6+ Bxc6 47.
Bxc6 Bxd4 48. Kg6 Bxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "12.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "4126025"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. h3 a6 5. a4 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 g6 8. Nxc6
bxc6 9. Bc4 Qc7 10. a5 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. Be3 Nd7 13. Bd4 Bxd4 14. Qxd4 Qa7 15.
Qd2 Rb8 16. b3 Ne5 17. Be2 Be6 18. Kh2 Nd7 19. f4 f6 20. Na4 Kg7 21. Bd3 Bf7 22.
Qe2 Ra8 23. Bc4 Bxc4 24. Qxc4 Qc7 25. Nc3 Qb7 26. Rae1 Rf7 27. Ne2 Qb5 28. Qc3
c5 29. Qa1 Qc6 30. Nc3 Rb8 31. Re3 Rb4 32. Nd5 Rd4 33. Qe1 f5 34. Nc3 e6 35.
exf5 exf5 36. Re7 d5 37. Re6 Qb7 38. Qa1 Nf6 39. Na4 Qc7 40. Qe1 Rxf4 41. Rxf4
Qxf4+ 42. Kg1 Ne4 43. Nxc5 Nxc5 44. Qc3+ Kh6 45. Qxc5 Qc1+ 46. Kh2 Qf4+ 47. Kg1
Qc1+ 48. Kh2 Qf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "12.2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Semi-Tarrasch, 5.cd"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd5 7. Bd2 Be7 8.
e4 Nxc3 9. Bxc3 O-O 10. Be2 Qb6 11. Qb3 Qxb3 12. Nxb3 Rd8 13. f3 b6 14. Rd1
Rxd1+ 15. Kxd1 Ba6 16. a3 Kf8 17. Nd4 Bf6 18. h4 h5 19. e5 Bxe5 20. Nxe6+ fxe6
21. Bxe5 Bxe2+ 22. Kxe2 Nc6 23. Bc3 Rd8 24. g4 Kf7 25. gxh5 Nd4+ 26. Kf2 Nf5 27.
Rg1 Rh8 28. Rg5 Rh7 29. a4 Nxh4 30. Ke3 Nf5+ 31. Kd3 Rh8 32. Kc4 a6 33. Kb3 b5
34. axb5 Rb8 35. Rg4 Rxb5+ 36. Rb4 Ng3 37. Rxb5 axb5 38. Kb4 Nxh5 39. Kxb5 Nf4
40. Kc6 Nd5 41. Bd2 Kf6 42. b4 Nxb4+ 43. Bxb4 Kf5 44. Bd6 g5 45. Bg3 e5 46. Kd5
g4 47. fxg4+ Kxg4 48. Bxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "12.3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "14109603"]
[BlackFideId "4101588"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O a6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. Re1 Bg4 8.
Nbd2 Be7 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nf1 Nd7 11. Ng3 Bg6 12. d4 O-O 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Be3 Bd6
15. Qe2 a5 16. Rad1 Qb8 17. b3 a4 18. Nh4 axb3 19. cxb3 Nc5 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21.
Rc1 Na6 22. h4 Qb5 23. Rc4 Nb8 24. h5 Nd7 25. hxg6 fxg6 26. Qg4 Rf7 27. Re2 Nf8
28. Nf1 c5 29. Nh2 Qe8 30. Nf3 Ne6 31. Qxg6 Rf6 32. Qxe8+ Rxe8 33. Ne1 Kf7 34.
Nd3 Rh8 35. f3 g5 36. Nxc5 Bxc5 37. Bxc5 Rfh6 38. Be3 Rh1+ 39. Kf2 c5 40. a4 Rb1
41. Bxc5 Rhh1 42. Be3 Rhf1+ 43. Kg3 Rxb3 44. a5 Ra3 45. Bb6 Nf4 46. Rc7+ Kg6 47.
Rec2 Nh5+ 48. Kh2 g4 49. fxg4 Nf6 50. g3 Nxg4+ 51. Kg2 Rff3 52. R2c6+ Nf6 53.
Bf2 Kg5 54. Rg7+ Kh6 55. Rf7 Kg6 56. Rb7 Kg5 57. Rb5 Ng4 58. Be1 Rfd3 59. Rb2
Ne3+ 60. Kh3 Ng4 61. a6 Kh5 62. Rb8 Re3 63. Rh8+ Kg5 64. Bd2 Nf2+ 65. Kg2 Nxe4
66. Bxe3+ Rxe3 67. a7 Rxg3+ 68. Kf1 Ra3 69. a8=Q 1-0

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "12.4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[ECO "B42"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Kan, Polugaievsky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Qg4 g6 8. Qe2
d6 9. a4 Nc6 10. O-O Ne5 11. Kh1 Nf6 12. Nc3 Bd7 13. f4 Nxd3 14. cxd3 O-O 15.
Be3 b5 16. a5 Bc6 17. Rf3 Re8 18. Rh3 Bf8 19. Rf1 Bg7 20. Na2 Bb7 21. Nb4 Rc8
22. Bd4 Qe7 23. Bc3 h5 24. Qe1 e5 25. fxe5 dxe5 26. Rhf3 Qe6 27. Na1 Rc7 28.
Nac2 Rd7 29. Ne3 Ng4 30. Ned5 f5 31. h3 Nh6 32. Qf2 f4 33. d4 g5 34. dxe5 Bxe5
35. Bxe5 Qxe5 36. Nd3 Qd6 37. Nc5 Bxd5 38. Nxd7 Bxe4 39. Qb6 Qxd7 40. Qxh6 Bxf3
41. Rxf3 Qg7 42. Qxh5 Re6 43. Rd3 Qe7 44. Rd5 Re5 45. Qg6+ Kh8 46. Rd6 Qf8 47.
Qh5+ Kg8 48. Rg6+ 1-0

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "12.5"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch"]
[Variation "Schmidt variation"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "5000017"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 d5 7. e5 Ng4 8.
O-O Bc5 9. Bf4 g5 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Nc3 Nxe5 12. Qh5 Nxd3 13. cxd3 f6 14. Rac1 Bf5
15. Rfe1 Bxd3 16. Qh3 Bg6 17. Qe6+ Bf7 18. Qxc6 Bb6 19. Na4 d4 20. Nxb6 cxb6 21.
h4 Bd5 22. Qa4 gxh4 23. Qxd4 Bxg2 24. Qf4 Bd5 25. Rc7 Rf7 26. Rxf7 Kxf7 27. Kh2
Qb8 28. a3 Qxf4+ 29. Bxf4 Rg8 30. Be3 Be6 31. Rg1 Rd8 32. Rc1 Rd7 33. Rc8 Rd1
34. Rc1 Rd7 35. Rc8 Kg6 36. Rc6 Bd5 37. Rc2 Be6 38. Rc6 Bf5 39. Rc4 h3 40. Rd4
Rc7 41. Rd6 Kf7 42. Bd4 Be6 43. Be3 Rc2 44. Rd2 Rc8 45. Rd1 Rg8 46. Rg1 Rd8 47.
Rc1 Rd7 48. Rc6 h5 49. a4 Bd5 50. Rc1 Bg2 51. b4 Kg6 52. a5 bxa5 53. bxa5 a6 54.
Bb6 h4 55. Re1 Rd5 56. Rc1 Kf5 57. Re1 Re5 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "13.1"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan declined"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 b5 8. a4 b4
9. Ne5 Qxd4 10. Nxc4 c6 11. Rd1 Qc5 12. Be3 Qh5 13. Nbd2 Ng4 14. Nf1 Nxe3 15.
Nfxe3 a5 16. Rd2 Ba6 17. Rad1 Ra7 18. b3 Bf6 19. h4 Qc5 20. Qe4 Qe7 21. Rd6 c5
22. Bf3 Bd4 23. Rb6 Nd7 24. Rd6 Ne5 25. Rb6 Nd7 26. Rd6 Ne5 27. Rb6 Qc7 28. Rxd4
cxd4 29. Qxe5 Qxe5 30. Nxe5 dxe3 31. Nc6 Raa8 32. fxe3 Rfe8 33. Ne7+ Kf8 34.
Bxa8 Rxa8 35. Nc6 Bxe2 36. Kf2 Bd1 37. Nd4 e5 38. Ke1 exd4 39. Kxd1 dxe3 40. Ke2
Rc8 41. Rb5 Rc3 42. Rxa5 Rxb3 43. Rb5 g6 44. a5 Kg7 45. a6 Ra3 46. Rxb4 Rxa6 47.
Kxe3 Rf6 48. Rb5 Rf5 49. Rb6 Kh6 50. Rb4 Rf6 51. Rb5 Rf1 52. Ke2 Rf5 53. Rb4 f6
54. g4 Ra5 55. Kf3 Ra3+ 56. Kg2 f5 57. Rf4 Ra5 58. Kg3 Kg7 59. gxf5 gxf5 60. Rb4
Kg6 61. Rb7 Ra3+ 62. Kg2 h6 63. Rb5 Rc3 64. Ra5 Rd3 65. Rb5 f4 66. Ra5 Rg3+ 67.
Kh2 h5 68. Rb5 Rg4 69. Kh3 f3 70. Rb3 Rf4 71. Rb1 Kf5 72. Kg3 f2 73. Rf1 Rg4+
74. Kxf2 Rf4+ 75. Kg2 Rxf1 76. Kxf1 Kg4 77. Kg2 Kxh4 78. Kh2 Kg4 79. Kg2 h4 80.
Kh2 h3 81. Kg1 Kg3 82. Kh1 h2 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "13.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5000017"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8.
Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Ne8 10. Re1 d5 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Nxd6 13. Nd2 c6 14. c3 Bf5
15. Nf3 Qb6 16. Qb3 Qxb3 17. axb3 a6 18. b4 Rfe8 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. Nd2 Kf8 21.
f3 Ke7 22. Re1+ Kd8 23. Rxe8+ Kxe8 24. Kf2 Bc2 25. Be2 Kd7 26. h4 Kc7 27. Nf1
Kb6 28. Ne3 Bg6 29. Ke1 Nf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "13.3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Opening "Pirc defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. f4 b5 6. Bd3 Ng4 7. Bd2 e5 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Qf3 exf4 10. Bxf4 Bg7 11. O-O-O O-O 12. Bxb5 Qa5 13. Bc4 Bxc3 14. bxc3
Na6 15. Ne2 Nc5 16. Rhf1 Qa3+ 17. Kd2 Qa4 18. Bd3 Nf6 19. Ke1 Bg4 20. Qe3 Ncxe4
21. Qd4 Qa5 22. Qb4 Qxb4 23. cxb4 Rfe8 24. h3 Bxe2 25. Bxe2 Nd5 26. Rd3 Nxb4 27.
Rb3 Nxc2+ 28. Kd1 Nd4 29. Re3 Nxe2 30. Kxe2 Nc3+ 31. Kd3 Nxa2 32. Kc4 a5 33. Ra1
Rxe3 34. Bxe3 Nb4 35. Bh6 f6 36. Kc5 Kf7 37. h4 Nd3+ 38. Kxc6 a4 39. Kb5 a3 40.
Kc4 Ne5+ 41. Kb3 g5 42. hxg5 Kg6 43. gxf6 Kxh6 44. Ka2 Kg6 45. Rf1 Nf7 46. Rf3
Ra6 47. Rg3+ Kxf6 48. Rh3 h6 0-1

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "13.4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[ECO "A49"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto without c4"]
[WhiteFideId "4101588"]
[BlackFideId "4126025"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Re1 Nbd7 7. e4 e5 8. Nc3
Re8 9. h3 c6 10. a4 b6 11. Bg5 Bb7 12. Qd2 Qc7 13. Rad1 a6 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Qd6
Qxd6 16. Rxd6 h6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Nd2 Rad8 19. Nc4 Rxd6 20. Nxd6 Re7 21. Rd1
Bf8 22. Nxb7 Rxb7 23. Rd8 Rc7 24. Bf1 a5 25. Bd3 Kg7 26. Kg2 Be7 27. Ra8 Nd7 28.
Bc4 Nc5 29. b3 Nb7 30. Ra7 Bd6 31. Ba6 Nc5 32. Rxc7 Bxc7 33. Bc8 Kf6 34. h4 h5
35. Kf3 Ke7 36. Nd1 Kd8 37. Bh3 Bd6 38. Nb2 b5 39. Ke3 bxa4 40. bxa4 Bc7 41. Bf1
Bb6 42. Kf3 Ke7 43. Bc4 f5 44. exf5 gxf5 45. Be2 Kf6 46. Kg2 Kg6 47. Bf3 e4 48.
Be2 Ne6 49. c3 f4 50. f3 fxg3 51. Kxg3 Bc7+ 52. Kf2 Bb6+ 53. Kf1 Nc5 54. fxe4
Bd8 55. e5 Bxh4 56. Bf3 Bg3 57. Nc4 Nxa4 58. Bxc6 Nxc3 59. e6 Kf6 60. Nxa5 Kxe6
61. Kg2 Bc7 62. Nc4 Kf6 63. Ne3 Ke5 64. Be8 Ke4 65. Nf1 h4 66. Kh3 Bd8 67. Bg6+
Kf4 68. Bd3 Nd5 69. Bc4 Nc3 70. Kg2 Ne4 71. Be6 Ng5 72. Bd7 Ba5 73. Nh2 Be1 74.
Nf1 Bc3 75. Bc8 Ke4 76. Bb7+ Kf5 77. Ne3+ Ke5 78. Bc8 Ke4 79. Nd1 Bd4 80. Nf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "13.5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "14109603"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. Ba4 O-O 8.
c3 Bb6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 c6 11. Nd2 d5 12. Bb3 dxe4 13. Nxe4 g5 14. Bg3 Nxe4 15.
dxe4 Qf6 16. Qh5 Be6 17. Bxe6 Qxe6 18. h4 Qf6 19. Rad1 Rad8 20. hxg5 hxg5 21.
Qg4 Qe7 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Rd1 Rxd1+ 24. Qxd1 f6 25. Kf1 Qe6 26. Qb3 Qxb3 27.
axb3 a5 28. Ke2 Kf7 29. f3 Ke6 30. Be1 Bc5 31. Kd3 b5 32. b4 axb4 33. cxb4 Bd4
34. Bc3 Bb6 35. b3 Ba7 36. Bd2 Bb6 37. Be3 Bc7 38. Bc5 Kf7 39. Ke3 Kg6 40. Kf2
Bb8 41. Kg3 Bc7 42. Kg4 Bb8 43. Be7 Bc7 44. Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "14.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "4101588"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. d4 Nc6 8. e3 b6
9. c4 Ba6 10. Ne5 Rc8 11. Nd2 cxd4 12. Nxc6 Rxc6 13. Bxd4 Rc7 14. Qe2 Bb4 15.
Rfd1 Qe7 16. a3 Bxd2 17. Qxd2 dxc4 18. Be5 Rd7 19. Bxf6 1-0

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "14.2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[ECO "A37"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4126025"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 e6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nb5 d5 8. cxd5
Qa5+ 9. Nd2 exd5 10. Nd6+ Kf8 11. Nxc8 Rxc8 12. O-O Nge7 13. Nf3 h6 14. h4 Bf6
15. Bd2 Qb6 16. b4 Kg7 17. Rb1 Ne5 18. a4 Nxf3+ 19. exf3 h5 20. Re1 Rhe8 21. Bf1
Nf5 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Bd3 Ne3 24. Qb3 Qd6 25. Re1 Re6 26. b5 Nc4 27. Bxc4 dxc4
28. Qxc4 Rxe1+ 29. Bxe1 d3 30. Bd2 Qd4 31. Qb3 Qb2 32. Qxd3 Qa1+ 33. Kg2 Qxa4
34. Be3 a6 35. bxa6 bxa6 36. Qd6 Qa1 37. Bc5 Kh7 38. Qd5 Kg7 39. Qd6 Kh7 40. Qd5
Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "14.3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[ECO "B41"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Kan, Maroczy bind (Reti variation)"]
[WhiteFideId "14109603"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qd3 Qc7 8. Nc2
Bc5 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. Kh1 d6 12. f4 Bd7 13. a3 Rad8 14. b4 Ba7 15. Bb2
Rfe8 16. Rad1 Bc8 17. Bf3 Ne7 18. g3 b6 19. Ne2 e5 20. Ne3 b5 21. cxb5 axb5 22.
Nc3 Bd7 23. Bg2 Qb7 24. Qe2 Bc6 25. Qd3 exf4 26. Rxf4 Bxe3 27. Rxf6 gxf6 28.
Qxe3 Ng6 29. Qf2 Ne5 30. Qxf6 Qe7 31. Qf4 Qe6 32. Ne2 Qg6 33. Nd4 Bd7 34. Nf3
Bg4 35. Nh4 Qh5 36. Rd4 Be6 37. Rd2 h6 38. Ba1 Qg5 39. Qf2 Rc8 40. Rd1 Rc4 41.
Nf3 Qh5 42. Bb2 Rec8 43. Rxd6 Ng4 44. Qd2 Kh7 45. Kg1 Qg6 46. Nh4 Qg5 47. Nf3
Qxd2 48. Rxd2 Rc2 49. Bd4 Rxd2 50. Nxd2 Rc1+ 51. Bf1 Bc4 52. h3 Nh2 53. Kxh2
Bxf1 54. g4 Rc2 55. Be3 Ra2 56. Kg3 Bd3 57. Kf4 Rxa3 58. Nf3 Rb3 59. Bc5 Bc4 60.
h4 f6 61. Nd4 Rh3 62. h5 Rh1 63. Be7 Rf1+ 64. Ke3 Re1+ 65. Kf4 Bd3 66. Bxf6
Rxe4+ 67. Kf3 Re1 68. Kf4 Rb1 69. Be7 Kg7 70. Bc5 Kf6 71. Nf3 Rf1 72. Ke3 Bc4
73. Bf8 Bd5 74. Nd2 Rg1 75. Bxh6 Rxg4 76. Bf4 Kf5 77. Bd6 Rh4 78. Bc5 Rxh5 79.
Kd4 Ke6 80. Nf1 Rh4+ 81. Kc3 Ke5 82. Ne3 Ke4 83. Kd2 Rh2+ 84. Kc3 Rh3 85. Kd2
Bc4 86. Nd1 Rh2+ 87. Kc3 Re2 88. Nf2+ Kf3 89. Nd1 Bd5 90. Nb2 Be4 91. Nd1 Rc2+
92. Kb3 Rc1 93. Nc3 Bd3 94. Kb2 Rh1 95. Kb3 Rh2 96. Ka3 Bc4 97. Bd4 Rc2 98. Bf6
Ke3 99. Be5 Kd3 100. Bf6 Bf7 101. Bg7 Rg2 102. Bf6 Kc4 103. Ne4 Bg8 104. Nc3 Rg3
105. Be5 Re3 106. Bf6 Re6 107. Bg7 Ra6+ 108. Kb2 Kxb4 109. Bf8+ Kc4 110. Ne4 b4
111. Nd6+ Kd3 112. Nb7 Ra2+ 113. Kb1 Kc3 114. Bg7+ Kc4 115. Kxa2 Kb5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "14.4"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[ECO "E34"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical, Noa variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "5000017"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Qxc3 O-O 9. Nf3 c6 10. h4 Nd7 11. g4 Qe7 12. g5 h5 13. e3 dxc4 14. Bxc4 b6 15.
O-O-O Bb7 16. g6 fxg6 17. Ng5 Rf6 18. f4 b5 19. Ba2 c5 20. d5 c4 21. Nxe6 Bxd5
22. Rxd5 Rxe6 23. Rxb5 Rxe3 24. Bxc4+ Kh8 25. Qd4 Re4 26. Qd5 Qe8 27. Bd3 Nf6
28. Qb7 Re7 29. Qa6 Rc8+ 30. Kb1 Re6 31. Qa5 Rd8 32. Bc2 Re2 33. Re5 Rxe5 34.
Qxe5 Qc6 35. Rg1 Ng4 36. Qe4 Qxe4 37. Bxe4 Kh7 38. f5 Rd4 39. fxg6+ Kh6 40. Bb7
Ne5 41. Re1 Nxg6 42. Re6 Rxh4 43. b4 Rf4 44. b5 Rf6 45. Rxf6 gxf6 46. a4 Ne5 47.
Bd5 Nd7 48. a5 Kg5 49. Kc2 Kf4 50. Bc6 Nc5 51. Kc3 Ke5 52. Kc4 Kd6 53. Bf3 h4
54. b6 axb6 55. axb6 f5 56. Kd4 Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "14.5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e3 d5 3. b3 Nf6 4. Bb2 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. O-O e6 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. Ne5
Rc8 9. d3 Nd7 10. Nxc6 Rxc6 11. Nd2 Nf6 12. f4 Bd6 13. Nf3 O-O 14. Ne5 Bxe5 15.
fxe5 Nd7 16. Qh5 Qe8 17. Qh4 Qb8 18. Qf4 f6 19. exf6 Qxf4 20. exf4 Nxf6 21. Rae1
d4 22. a4 Nd5 23. Bc1 b6 24. Bd2 a6 25. Re4 Nf6 26. Re5 Kf7 27. h3 Rd8 28. f5
Re8 29. g4 h6 30. Kg2 exf5 31. Rxe8 Nxe8 32. Rxf5+ Nf6 33. Kf3 g6 34. Re5 g5 35.
Be1 Nd7 36. Rf5+ Ke6 37. Bg3 b5 38. axb5 axb5 39. Ke2 b4 40. Rf1 Ra6 41. Kd2 Ra8
42. Re1+ Kf6 43. Rf1+ Ke6 44. Re1+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "15.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Be2 Nf6 4. c3 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8.
Re1 c4 9. Na3 Rc8 10. b3 cxb3 11. axb3 O-O 12. Nb1 Qb6 13. d4 e5 14. Bb2 d5 15.
exd5 exd4 16. c4 Nc5 17. Bxd4 Qxb3 18. Bxc5 Qxd1 19. Rxd1 Rxc5 20. Rxa7 Rxc4 21.
Rxb7 Nxd5 22. g3 Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "15.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan declined"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "4101588"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 b6 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. d4 Bb7 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nc3 Nd7 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Qd3 Qe7 14. Rad1 Rfd8
15. Qc3 Nf6 16. Qe5 Rac8 17. Nh4 Bxg2 18. Rxd8+ Qxd8 19. Kxg2 Bf8 20. Nf3 Rc2
21. Rb1 Qd5 22. Qxd5 Nxd5 23. Kf1 Nb4 24. Nd4 Rc8 25. a3 Nd5 26. Rc1 Rxc1+ 27.
Bxc1 a6 28. e4 Nc3 29. f3 Bc5 30. Nc6 b5 31. Ke1 f5 32. b4 Bd6 33. Bb2 Na4 34.
Bd4 fxe4 35. fxe4 Kf7 36. Kd2 g6 37. Ke3 Ke8 38. Na5 e5 39. Ba7 Kd7 40. Kd2 Bc7
41. Nb3 Nb2 42. Bf2 Nc4+ 43. Kc3 Kc6 44. Nd2 Nxd2 45. Kxd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "15.3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5000017"]
[BlackFideId "14109603"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 O-O
9. Nc3 Na5 10. Ba2 Be6 11. b4 Nc6 12. Nd5 Nd4 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Nxd4 exd4 15.
Bxe6 fxe6 16. Bd2 e5 17. f4 exf4 18. Bxf4 a5 19. Qh5 c6 20. a4 axb4 21. axb5 Be7
22. Bg3 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 Qb6 24. Qg4 Kh8 25. Qd7 Bg5 26. Qxd6 Rc8 27. bxc6 h6 28.
c7 Qb7 29. h4 Be3+ 30. Kh2 Rg8 31. Qa6 1-0

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "15.4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "4126025"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. c4 O-O 5. g3 d6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. Bg2 c6 8. O-O
Re8 9. Nc3 e5 10. e4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5 12. Re1 Ng4 13. h3 Ne5 14. Re3 Qb6 15.
Nc2 a5 16. Bf1 Be6 17. Rb1 a4 18. b4 Ncd7 19. Na3 Qxb4 20. Bc1 Qa5 21. f4 Nxc4
22. Nxc4 Bxc4 23. Bxc4 Bxc3 24. Rxb7 d5 25. Rxd7 dxc4 26. Qc2 Bf6 27. Qxc4 Re7
28. Rd1 Rd8 29. Rxd8+ Qxd8 30. e5 Bg7 31. Rd3 Rd7 32. Rxd7 Qxd7 33. Qxa4 Qxh3
34. Qb3 h5 35. Qf3 h4 36. Qg2 Qg4 37. gxh4 Qxh4 38. Qxc6 Qe1+ 39. Kg2 Qe2+ 40.
Kg3 Qxa2 41. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "15.5"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. Nbd2 Nd7 7. O-O c5 8. c3 Nc6
9. Nb3 c4 10. Nbd2 b5 11. Re1 b4 12. Nf1 Be7 13. Ng3 Bg6 14. Be3 O-O 15. h4 Bxh4
16. Nxh4 Qxh4 17. cxb4 Nxb4 18. Qd2 Nc2 19. Rac1 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 f6 21. exf6 Rxf6
22. b3 cxb3 23. axb3 Raf8 24. Rc7 Nb6 25. Bf3 Nc8 26. Qe5 Qf4 27. Qxf4 Rxf4 28.
Rxe6 Rxd4 29. Rec6 Nb6 30. Rxa7 Rf6 31. Rcc7 Rf7 32. Rxf7 Bxf7 33. Rb7 Nc8 34.
Nf5 Rf4 35. Rb8 1-0

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "16.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Semi-Tarrasch, 5.cd"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qa4+ Bd7 7. Qxd4 exd5 8.
e3 Nc6 9. Qd1 Bb4 10. Bd2 O-O 11. a3 Ba5 12. Be2 Bg4 13. O-O d4 14. exd4 Nxd4
15. Nxd4 Qxd4 16. Be3 Qxd1 17. Bxd1 Bxc3 18. bxc3 b6 19. Bd4 Bxd1 20. Bxf6 Bb3
21. Bd4 Rfe8 22. Rfe1 f6 23. f3 Kf7 24. Kf2 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Re8 26. Rxe8 Kxe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "16.2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[ECO "D04"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "4101588"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 cxd4 5. exd4 Nc6 6. Ne5 a6 7. Bd3 g6 8. O-O
Bg7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nd2 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. Nf3 Nc5 13. Nd4 Bg4 14. f3 Bd7 15.
Bg5 Re8 16. Bh4 b5 17. Kh1 Rc8 18. Bf1 Qb6 19. Qd2 a5 20. a3 Qb7 21. Rad1 Ne6
22. Nxe6 Bxe6 23. Bf2 Rb8 24. b4 Ra8 25. Bc5 axb4 26. Bxb4 Rab8 27. Qd4 Red8 28.
Qh4 Rd7 29. Rd4 Qc7 30. Qg3 Bf5 31. Re3 Bc2 32. Qe1 e6 33. h4 Bf8 34. Qf2 Bb3
35. h5 Bc5 36. Bxc5 Qxc5 37. Qh4 Qxa3 38. hxg6 fxg6 39. Kh2 Qc1 40. Re1 Qxc3 41.
Rd3 Qc2 42. Qf6 Re8 43. Ra1 Bc4 44. Ra6 Rf7 45. Rxe6 Rxf6 46. Rxe8+ Rf8 0-1

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "16.3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "East Indian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "14109603"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Be2 O-O 5. O-O b6 6. c4 Bb7 7. a3 e6 8. b4 c5
9. Bb2 d6 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. h3 Qe7 12. Rc1 Rac8 13. Qb3 Rfd8 14. Rfd1 Ba8 15.
Bc3 d5 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. Qb2 cxb4 19. axb4 Nb6 20. Bd4 Ne8 21.
Bxg7 Nxg7 22. Ra1 Ne8 23. Ne5 Rc7 24. Nd3 Qf6 25. Qxf6 Nxf6 26. Nc5 Ba8 27. Ndb3
Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Nfd5 29. b5 Kf8 30. Bf1 Ke7 31. Rd2 Nc3 32. f3 Bd5 33. e4 Bxb3
34. Nxb3 Nc4 35. Rd4 Na3 36. Rb4 Nc2 37. b6 Nxb4 38. bxc7 Kd7 39. e5 Kxc7 40. f4
Kb6 41. Nd2 Nbd5 42. Nc4+ Kc5 43. g3 Ne4 44. Kg2 Kd4 45. Kf3 g5 46. h4 gxf4 47.
gxf4 a5 48. Nxa5 Nd2+ 49. Kf2 Nxf1 50. Kxf1 Ke4 51. Nb7 Kxf4 52. Nd8 Kxe5 53.
Nxf7+ Kf6 54. Nd6 Ne3+ 55. Kf2 Nf5 56. Ne4+ Ke5 57. Ng5 h6 58. Nf3+ Kf4 59. h5
Kg4 60. Ne5+ Kxh5 61. Kf3 Kg5 62. Nf7+ Kf6 63. Nd8 e5 64. Kg4 Ng7 65. Nb7 h5+
66. Kf3 Kf5 67. Nd6+ Ke6 68. Ne4 Kd5 69. Nf6+ Kd4 70. Ne4 Ne8 71. Ng3 Nf6 72.
Ke2 e4 73. Kd2 Ke5 74. Ke3 h4 75. Nf1 Ng4+ 76. Ke2 Kf4 77. Nd2 h3 78. Kf1 e3 79.
Nb3 Kg3 80. Nd4 h2 81. Ne2+ Kf3 0-1

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "16.4"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[ECO "A37"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4126025"]
[BlackFideId "5000017"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Bf5 7. d3 Qd7 8. Nd5
Nf6 9. Bd2 O-O 10. Bc3 Nxd5 11. cxd5 Nd4 12. Nh4 Bg4 13. f3 Bh3 14. Bxh3 Qxh3
15. e3 Nf5 16. Nxf5 Qxf5 17. e4 Qd7 18. Qb3 b5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qc3+ Kg8 21. f4
Rac8 22. f5 c4 23. d4 Qc7 24. a4 b4 25. Qxb4 Rb8 26. Qd2 Rb3 27. a5 Qb7 28. Rf2
Qb4 29. fxg6 hxg6 30. Rc1 Qxd2 31. Rxd2 Rd3 32. Rxd3 cxd3 33. Kf2 Rb8 34. Ke3
Rxb2 35. Kxd3 Rb3+ 36. Kc4 Rb2 37. Kd3 Rb3+ 38. Kd2 Rb2+ 39. Ke3 Rxh2 40. Rc7
Kf8 41. Rxa7 Ra2 42. a6 f6 43. g4 Ra3+ 44. Kd2 Kf7 45. Ra8 f5 46. gxf5 gxf5 47.
exf5 Ra5 48. a7 Kg7 49. Kc3 Ra1 50. Kb4 Rb1+ 51. Kc4 Rc1+ 52. Kb5 Rb1+ 53. Kc6
Ra1 54. Kc7 Ra2 55. Kd8 Kf7 56. Kd7 Ra1 57. f6 exf6 58. Kxd6 Kg7 59. Ke6 1-0

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "16.5"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Opening "QGD Slav defence"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bg5 Nf6 5. Bxf6 gxf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. e3 Nd7 8.
Bd3 f5 9. h3 h5 10. h4 Nf6 11. Nge2 Bd6 12. Qb3 a6 13. Rc1 b5 14. a4 b4 15. Nb1
Bd7 16. Qd1 Qa5 17. b3 Ne4 18. Kf1 Ke7 19. f3 Nf6 20. Kf2 Qb6 21. Nd2 f4 22. e4
Be5 23. exd5 Bxd4+ 24. Kf1 Nxd5 25. Nc4 Ne3+ 26. Nxe3 Bxe3 27. Rc4 Rac8 28. g3
Rxc4 29. Bxc4 Bc6 30. Nxf4 Bxf4 31. gxf4 Qe3 32. Rh3 Rg8 0-1

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "17.1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[ECO "D05"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game, Rubinstein (Colle-Zukertort) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Bd3 d5 5. b3 Nc6 6. O-O Be7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Nbd2
b6 9. a3 Bb7 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Rac1 Rac8 12. c4 dxc4 13. bxc4 cxd4 14. exd4 Rfe8
15. Rfe1 Qb8 16. Ne4 Na5 17. Neg5 Qf4 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Qxe6+ Kh8 20. Ne5 Bf8
21. Qh3 Kg8 22. Nd7 Ne4 23. f3 Ng5 24. Qh5 Re3 25. Ne5 Rxd3 26. Nxd3 Qf5 27. d5
Nxc4 28. Ba1 Bxd5 29. Kh1 Rc6 30. Nf2 Qg6 31. Qg4 Ne3 32. Rxc6 Nxg4 33. Rxg6
Nxf2+ 0-1

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "17.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[ECO "C24"]
[Opening "Bishop's opening"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Ne2 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Be6 8.
Ne4 Be7 9. Bb3 O-O 10. f4 exf4 11. Nxf4 Nxf4 12. Bxf4 Nd4 13. Bxe6 Nxe6 14. Be5
Qd5 15. Bc3 f5 16. Nd2 Bf6 17. Kh1 Rae8 18. Qf3 Qxf3 19. Nxf3 Bxc3 20. bxc3 g6
21. Rfe1 Kg7 22. Kg1 Nc5 23. Kf2 Kf6 24. Nd4 Ne6 25. a4 Nxd4 26. cxd4 Rxe1 27.
Rxe1 Rd8 28. Rb1 b6 29. Ke3 f4+ 30. Ke4 g5 31. a5 Re8+ 32. Kf3 Re3+ 33. Kf2 h5
34. axb6 axb6 35. Ra1 Re7 36. Ra8 Rd7 37. c3 g4 38. Rf8+ Kg5 39. Rg8+ Kf5 40.
Rf8+ Kg5 41. Rg8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "17.3"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[ECO "B52"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky attack, Sokolsky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "4126025"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 e5 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d3 g6 8. h4
h6 9. h5 g5 10. Nd2 Bg7 11. g4 Nf6 12. f3 O-O 13. Nf1 Nd4 14. Be3 Ne8 15. Ng3
Nc7 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Be5 19. Nf5 Kh7 20. a3 a5 21. a4 Ra6 22.
b3 Rb6 23. Qc2 Rb4 24. Ke2 Ra8 25. Ra3 Ra6 26. Rc1 Qd8 27. Qd1 Qf6 28. Rc4 Rab6
29. Rxb4 Rxb4 30. Ra1 Bf4 31. Qc2 Qe5 32. Kf1 Qe8 33. Ke2 Qe5 34. Kf1 Qe8 35.
Re1 Qe5 36. Kg2 Rb6 37. Re2 Rb4 38. Qa2 Rb6 39. Rc2 Qe8 40. Re2 Be5 41. Re1 Rb4
42. Ra1 Qd8 43. Qc2 Qb6 44. Rb1 Qd8 45. Qd1 Qe8 46. Ra1 Qd7 47. Qc2 Qe8 48. Re1
Qd8 49. Ra1 Qb6 50. Ra3 Qd8 51. Kf1 Qe8 52. Ke2 Bf4 53. Kd1 Be5 54. Kc1 Qd8 55.
Kd1 Qe8 56. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "17.4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5000017"]
[BlackFideId "4101588"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8.
Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Bc7 13. Nf5 d5 14. Ne7+ Kh8
15. Nxc8 Rxc8 16. d3 f5 17. Bd2 Nf6 18. g3 Qd7 19. Qf3 Ng4 20. Bh3 h5 21. Bf4
Bb6 22. Bxg4 fxg4 23. Qe2 Rce8 24. Qd2 Bd4 25. c3 Bf6 26. Bg5 Be5 27. Re2 Bd6
28. Rxe8 Rxe8 29. Re1 Rxe1+ 30. Qxe1 Kh7 31. Qe3 Qf5 32. Be7 Bxe7 33. Qxe7 Qxd3
34. Qxb7 Qd1+ 35. Kg2 Qf3+ 36. Kg1 Qd1+ 37. Kg2 Qf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "17.5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "14109603"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a6 7. Re1 h6 8. Bb3 O-O
9. h3 Re8 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Bc2 d5 12. exd5 Qxd5 13. b4 Bf8 14. a4 b5 15. Qe2
Rad8 16. axb5 axb5 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. dxe4 Qc4 19. Qxc4 Bxc4 20. Be3 Bd6 21. Nd2
Be6 22. Red1 Ra8 23. Bd3 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Rb8 25. Ra3 f6 26. Kf1 Kf7 27. Ke2 h5 28.
h4 Ke8 29. f3 Bf7 30. Kd1 Nd8 31. Nb3 Bxb3+ 32. Rxb3 Ne6 33. Kc2 Rb7 34. Bf1 Ke7
35. g3 g6 36. Bh3 c6 37. Ra3 Nc7 38. Kb3 Ke8 39. Ra1 Ke7 40. Ba7 Ne6 41. Be3 Nc7
42. g4 hxg4 43. fxg4 Ne6 44. g5 fxg5 45. hxg5 Nf4 46. Bc8 Rc7 47. Ra8 c5 48. Ba6
cxb4 49. cxb4 Rc4 50. Ra7+ Kf8 51. Bd2 Rxe4 52. Bxb5 Ne6 53. Bc4 Nd4+ 54. Kb2
Nc6 55. Bd5 Rd4 56. Bxc6 Rxd2+ 57. Kc3 Rd4 58. b5 Bb4+ 59. Kb3 Bc5 60. Rd7 Rxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "18.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3
Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Rc1 c6 11. Bf4 Bxf4 12. exf4 Bg4 13. Be2 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Re8
15. g3 Nb6 16. b3 Qd6 17. Qd3 Re7 18. Rfe1 Rae8 19. Re5 Nbd7 20. Rc2 Qb4 21.
Rxe7 Rxe7 22. Kg2 Nf8 23. h4 Ne6 24. Ne2 Nc7 25. Qc3 Qxc3 26. Rxc3 Kf8 27. h5
Ne4 28. Rc2 Nd6 29. Kf1 Re8 30. a4 a5 31. Nc1 Ne6 32. Ne2 Ra8 33. Bg4 f5 34. Bf3
Ra6 35. Rc3 Rb6 36. Ke1 Rb4 37. Rd3 b5 38. Rc3 bxa4 39. bxa4 Nc4 40. Rc1 Rxa4
41. Nc3 Ra3 42. Be2 Nd6 43. Bd1 Nxd4 44. Ne2 N6b5 45. Nxd4 Nxd4 46. Rb1 Nb5 47.
Be2 Nd6 48. Rb6 Rc3 49. Ra6 Rc5 50. f3 Ke7 51. Ra7+ Kf6 52. h6 gxh6 53. Bd3 Rc3
54. Kd2 Ra3 55. Ra6 Ra2+ 56. Ke1 Rg2 57. Rxc6 Ke7 58. Rc7+ Ke6 59. Rxh7 Nf7 60.
Bb5 Rxg3 61. Be8 Nd6 62. Kf2 Rh3 63. Bc6 d4 64. Kg2 Rh4 65. Kg3 Rh1 66. Kg2 Ra1
67. Rxh6+ Ke7 68. Rh7+ Kf8 69. Rd7 Nc4 70. Rxd4 Rc1 71. Bb5 Nb6 72. Rd6 Nc4 73.
Ra6 Ke7 74. Kf2 Rc2+ 75. Kg3 Ne3 76. Rxa5 Rg2+ 77. Kh4 Rg1 78. Ra6 Kf7 79. Ra3
Ng2+ 80. Kg3 Ne1+ 81. Kf2 Rh1 82. Bc4+ Kf6 83. Ra6+ Kg7 84. Ra7+ Kf6 85. Rf7+
Kg6 86. Rc7 Nc2 87. Rc6+ Kg7 88. Rc7+ Kf6 89. Rc6+ Kg7 90. Rd6 Nb4 91. Be6 Kf6
92. Bc8+ Ke7 93. Rd7+ Kf6 94. Rd4 Rb1 95. Rd6+ Ke7 96. Rh6 Nd3+ 97. Ke3 Nc5 98.
Bxf5 Rb3+ 99. Kf2 Kf7 100. Kg3 Rb2 101. Rc6 Rb5 102. Kg4 Ra5 103. Rb6 Na4 104.
Rb7+ Kf6 105. Rb8 Nc3 106. Rb6+ Ke7 107. Be4 Ra1 108. f5 Rg1+ 109. Kf4 Kf7 110.
Ke5 Ra1 111. Rb7+ Kf8 112. Rc7 Ra5+ 113. Kf6 Ra6+ 114. Kg5 Ne2 115. f6 Ra5+ 116.
Kg4 Ra6 117. Kf5 Ra5+ 118. Kg4 Ra6 119. Kg5 Ra5+ 120. Kh6 Nf4 121. Bg6 Ra8 122.
Rh7 1-0

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "18.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[ECO "A35"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, four knights system"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "5000017"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8.
Nxd5 Qxd5 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 Bd7 11. Nd4 Qd6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bxc6 Qxc6 14. Rc1
Qa6 15. Rxc5 b6 16. Rc2 Qxa2 17. b4 Qa4 18. Rc4 Qxd1 19. Rxd1 Rfc8 20. b5 Be5
21. Rd2 Rxc4 22. dxc4 Rc8 23. Rd7 Rc7 24. Rxc7 Bxc7 25. Kg2 f5 26. Bd2 Kf7 27.
Kf3 Bd6 28. h3 e6 29. e4 Ke7 30. g4 fxg4+ 31. hxg4 h5 32. Bg5+ Kd7 33. Be3 e5
34. Kg3 Be7 35. f3 h4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "18.3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, Capablanca variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4101588"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Bd2 O-O 6. e3 Re8 7. Be2 d5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. O-O Nb6 10. a3 Bf8 11. b4 Bf5 12. Qc2 Qd7 13. Rfd1 Rad8 14. Ne4 Nd5 15.
b5 Nb8 16. a4 c6 17. Qb2 Qc7 18. Rac1 a5 19. Ng3 Bg4 20. b6 Qe7 21. Bxa5 Nd7 22.
h3 Bxf3 23. Bxf3 Ra8 24. Be1 Qa3 25. Qxa3 Bxa3 26. Bxd5 Bxc1 27. Bc4 Bxe3 28.
fxe3 Nxb6 29. a5 Nxc4 30. dxc4 Red8 31. Rb1 Rd3 32. Kf2 Rd7 33. Ne4 Ra7 34. Nc5
Re7 35. a6 b5 36. cxb5 cxb5 37. Rxb5 Ra8 38. Rb7 Ree8 1-0

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "18.4"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4126025"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d5 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Qb3 O-O 8. O-O
Qxb3 9. axb3 e4 10. dxe4 Nxe4 11. Bf4 Bb6 12. Nbd2 Nxd2 13. Nxd2 Be6 14. Nc4
Rfd8 15. Nxb6 cxb6 16. b4 a6 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Bc7 Rd2 19. Bxb6 Rxb2 20. h3 Ra2
21. Rxa2 Bxa2 22. Rd1 Bc4 23. Rd7 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Blitz Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "18.5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[ECO "B29"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rubinstein; Rubinstein counter-gambit"]
[WhiteFideId "14109603"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nxd5 exd5 6. d4 Nc6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Bd3 d6 9. exd6 O-O 10. O-O Qxd6 11. Re1 h6 12. Be3 Bg4 13. Bxc5 Qxc5 14. h3 1/2-1/2

