[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.20"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "classical variation (5.Bf4)"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "5000017"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2
Nc6 9. Rd1 Qa5 10. a3 Re8 11. Nd2 e5 12. Bg5 Nd4 13. Qb1 Bf5 14. Bd3 Bxd3 15.
Qxd3 Ne4 16. Nxd5 Nxg5 17. exd4 Bxd4 18. b4 Qd8 19. Qb3 Ne6 20. O-O Qd7 21. Nf3
f6 22. a4 Rac8 23. a5 Kh8 24. g3 Qc6 25. Rc1 b6 26. axb6 axb6 27. Rfe1 Rcd8 28.
b5 Qb7 29. h4 Bc5 30. Qb1 Nc7 31. Rcd1 Nxd5 32. cxd5 Rxd5 33. Qe4 Red8 34. Kg2
Qd7 35. Ra1 f5 36. Qc4 e4 37. Ng5 h6 38. Nh3 Rd4 39. Qb3 Rd3 40. Qc4 Qb7 41. Qe6
R3d6 42. Qxf5 e3+ 43. Qf3 Qxf3+ 44. Kxf3 exf2 45. Re2 Rd2 46. Rxd2 Rxd2 47. Rf1
Kg8 48. Nxf2 Rxf2+ 49. Rxf2 Bxf2 50. Kxf2 Kf7 51. Ke3 Ke6 52. Ke4 Kd6 53. Kf5
Kc5 54. Kg6 Kxb5 55. Kxg7 Kc6 56. Kxh6 b5 57. Kg7 b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.20"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "4126025"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O Bg7 7. d3 h5 8. h3 Bd7
9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. exd5 Nd4 11. c3 Nxe2+ 12. Qxe2 O-O 13. Bg5 Re8 14. Qd2 Qc8 15.
Kh2 e6 16. dxe6 Bxe6 17. Bh6 Bh8 18. Rfe1 Qd7 19. Be3 Rac8 20. d4 b5 21. Rad1
Qc7 22. b3 a5 23. dxc5 dxc5 24. Bf4 Qb6 25. Qe3 Rcd8 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Bg5 Rb8
28. Rd1 Re8 29. Bf4 Bg7 30. Rd6 Qa7 31. Bc6 Re7 32. Rd8+ Kh7 33. Bd6 c4 34. bxc4
bxc4 35. Ra8 Qxe3 36. fxe3 Bd7 37. Bxe7 Bxc6 38. Rxa5 Be4 39. Bb4 1-0

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.20"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[ECO "A33"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14109603"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. e4 Bb4 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Bd3 e5 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe2 d6 11. Na4 d5 12. a3 Bd6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15.
cxd5 cxd5 16. exd5 Qf4 17. Bb5 Bg4 18. Qe3 Qxe3 19. fxe3 Rab8 20. Nc3 Rfc8 21.
a4 Bc5 22. Rae1 Bh5 23. h3 Bg6 24. g4 Rd8 25. Rf2 Rd6 26. Kg2 a6 27. Bc6 Rb4 28.
a5 h5 29. Kg3 Rd8 30. Na4 Be7 31. Rc1 hxg4 32. hxg4 f5 33. Rxf5 Bxf5 34. gxf5
Kf7 35. Nb6 Rxb2 36. Nc4 Rb4 37. Nxe5+ Kf6 38. Nd3 Rb3 39. Rd1 Bd6+ 40. Kg4 Rg8
41. e4 g6 42. fxg6 Rxg6+ 43. Kf3 Ra3 44. Ke3 Be5 45. Rf1+ Ke7 46. Rf3 Bg7 47.
Rh3 Kd6 48. Kf4 Rf6+ 49. Ke3 Rf7 50. Rg3 Be5 51. Rg6+ Rf6 52. Rxf6+ Bxf6 53. Bb7
Bg5+ 54. Ke2 Kc7 55. Bxa6 Rxa5 56. Bc4 Ra4 57. Nc5 Rxc4 58. Ne6+ Kd6 59. Nxg5
Rxe4+ 60. Nxe4+ Kxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.20"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan declined"]
[WhiteFideId "4101588"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. b3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. d4 b6 11. Ba3 Ba6 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Rc1 Qa5 14. Qxd5 Qxa3
15. Qxc6 Bxe2 16. Rfe1 Rac8 17. Qa4 Qxa4 18. bxa4 Bxf3 19. Rxe7 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 a6
21. Rc4 Rc6 22. a5 Rb8 23. Ra7 h5 24. h4 Rb4 25. Rxb4 cxb4 26. Rb7 Rc2 27. Rb6
Rxa2 28. Rxa6 b3 29. Rb6 g6 30. Rxb3 Rxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.20"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 e6 4. Nd2 d5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. c3 Be7 7. h3 Bd6 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. e4 Rd8 13. Bc2 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Qe7
15. Qe2 Bd7 16. Rad1 Be8 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. h4 g6 19. Qe3 h5 20. Ng5 b6 21. Qg3
Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Re1 Kg7 24. Re3 Kg8 25. Bb3 Kh8 26. Ba4 Qe7 27. Qf3 Rc8
28. g4 hxg4 29. Qxg4 Rd8 30. h5 Rd5 31. Rg3 f6 32. Qxe6 Qxe6 33. Nxe6 Rxh5 34.
Nf4 Ra5 35. Nxg6+ Bxg6 36. Bxc6 Kh7 37. a3 Rc5 38. Bb7 Kg7 39. b4 Re5 40. f4 Re7
41. Bd5 f5 42. Kf2 Rc7 43. c4 Kf6 44. Ke3 Re7+ 45. Kd2 Rh7 46. Re3 Bf7 47. Bxf7
Kxf7 48. Rd3 Ke6 49. Kc3 Rh4 50. Rd4 Rh3+ 51. Rd3 Rh4 52. Rd4 Rh3+ 53. Kb2 a5
54. bxa5 bxa5 55. c5 Ke7 56. Rd5 a4 57. Rxf5 Rb3+ 58. Ka2 Rf3 59. Re5+ Kd7 60.
Re4 Rf2+ 61. Kb1 Kc6 62. Rc4 Re2 63. Kc1 Rf2 64. Kd1 Kb5 65. Ke1 Rb2 66. c6 Kxc4
67. c7 1-0

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.20"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan accepted"]
[WhiteFideId "4126025"]
[BlackFideId "14109603"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Na3 a6 6. Nxc4 b5 7. Nce5 Nd5 8. d4
Be7 9. a4 Bb7 10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Bxa8 12. Qb3 Nb4 13. Nxf7 Bd5 14. Nxd8 Bxb3
15. Nb7 Bd5 16. Nc5 Nc2+ 17. Kd1 Bxf3 18. exf3 Nxd4 19. Nd3 O-O 20. Be3 Nbc6 21.
f4 Nb4 22. Bxd4 Rd8 23. Ke2 Rxd4 24. Rd1 Rxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.20"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Semi-Tarrasch, 5.cd"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. e4 Nc6 8.
Bb5 dxe4 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Ng5 Be6 11. O-O Bb4 12. Ncxe4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Ke7 14.
Bxc6 bxc6 15. Be3 Bd5 16. Bc5+ Kd7 17. Nf6+ gxf6 18. Bxb4 Rae8 19. f3 Re2 20.
Rf2 Rhe8 21. b3 f5 22. Rd1 a6 23. Rd4 h5 24. Kf1 Rxf2+ 25. Kxf2 f6 26. Bc3 Ra8
27. Rh4 Bf7 28. Bxf6 c5 29. Ra4 Kc6 30. Bc3 Kb5 31. h4 Be6 32. Ra5+ Kb6 33. b4
cxb4 34. Bxb4 Rc8 35. a3 Rc2+ 36. Kg3 Re2 37. Rc5 Bd7 38. Rd5 Kc7 39. Rd4 Re6
40. Rd2 Bb5 41. Kf4 Re2 42. Rxe2 Bxe2 43. Kg5 Bf1 44. Kxh5 f4 45. Kg4 Bxg2 46.
h5 Bf1 47. h6 Bd3 48. Kg5 Kc6 49. Kf6 Kd5 50. Kg7 Bf5 51. Bd2 1-0

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.20"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5000017"]
[BlackFideId "4101588"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. h3 Be6 7. Nc3 Nd7 8.
Ng5 Nf8 9. O-O Qe7 10. Na4 Bd6 11. Nf3 Ng6 12. Nc3 O-O-O 13. Be3 Nf4 14. Bxf4
exf4 15. e5 Bb4 16. Ne4 f5 17. exf6 gxf6 18. c3 f5 19. Neg5 Bd5 20. Re1 Qf6 21.
Qa4 Bd6 22. c4 Bxf3 23. Nxf3 Rhg8 24. Kh1 Qxb2 25. Qxa7 b6 26. Rf1 Kd7 27. Qa4
Ra8 28. Qb3 Qg7 29. Rg1 Ra3 30. Qb1 Qf7 31. Qc2 Qh5 32. Rae1 Kc8 33. Rb1 Bc5 34.
Rb3 Ra5 35. d4 Bd6 36. c5 bxc5 37. Qc4 Re8 38. Rgb1 Kd7 39. Ne5+ Bxe5 40. dxe5
Qg6 41. Qxf4 Qe6 42. Qd2+ 1-0

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.20"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. h3 Be6 7. Nc3 Qd6 8.
Be3 Bb6 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne2 Nd7 11. Ng3 f6 12. Qe2 a5 13. Nd2 Bxe3 14. fxe3 g6
15. Nf3 a4 16. Qf2 c5 17. a3 Ra6 18. Rad1 Qe7 19. c3 Bb3 20. Rc1 Rd6 21. d4 b6
22. h4 Bc4 23. Rfe1 h5 24. Qc2 b5 25. Nf1 Re6 26. N1d2 Nb6 27. b3 axb3 28. Nxb3
Bxb3 29. Qxb3 c6 30. dxe5 fxe5 31. Ng5 c4 32. Qb4 Qxb4 33. axb4 Rd6 34. Red1 Rd3
35. Ne6 Rf6 36. Nc5 Rxe3 37. Rd8+ Kg7 38. Rcd1 Re2 39. Rb8 Rff2 40. Rxb6 Rxg2+
41. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.20"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "classical attack, Marshall variation"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bf5 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nd7 14. g3 Re8
15. Kg2 Nf6 16. c4 Qd7 17. Bb2 Rad8 18. a4 h6 19. Rfe1 Nh7 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. d5
Ng5 22. Nxg5 hxg5 23. a5 cxd5 24. Qxd5 Qe7 25. Rd1 Bc5 26. Qf3 b6 27. Rd5 f6 28.
axb6 axb6 29. Bd4 Bxd4 30. Rxd4 Qe5 31. Qd3 Qe2 32. Qb3 Qe6 33. Qb5 Rc8 34. Qd5
Qxd5+ 35. cxd5 Kf7 36. Rb4 Rc5 37. Rxb6 Rxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.20"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[Variation "Italian four knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "5000017"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nc3 h6 6. h3 a6 7. O-O d6 8. Ne2 Na5
9. Bb3 Nxb3 10. axb3 O-O 11. Ng3 Re8 12. Re1 d5 13. exd5 Qxd5 14. Bd2 e4 15.
dxe4 Nxe4 16. Be3 Qxd1 17. Raxd1 Bd6 18. Nxe4 Rxe4 19. Nd2 Re8 20. Nc4 Bf5 21.
Nxd6 cxd6 22. Re2 Rac8 23. c3 Be6 24. b4 Bc4 25. Red2 Bb3 26. Ra1 Rc6 27. Ra5
Bc4 28. Rf5 f6 29. Rf4 d5 30. h4 Rce6 31. Kh2 Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.20"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan declined"]
[WhiteFideId "4101588"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. b3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bb2
Nc6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Bf6 12. Qd2 Nf4 13. gxf4 Qxd2 14. Nxd2
Bxb2 15. Rab1 Bf6 16. Rbc1 Rd8 17. Ne4 Be7 18. Rc7 Kf8 19. Rfc1 Rb8 20. e3 h6
21. Bf3 a5 22. Kg2 g5 23. fxg5 hxg5 24. h3 f5 25. Nc5 b6 26. Na4 Bd6 27. Rh7 Kg8
28. Ra7 Be5 29. Rc6 Rd6 30. Rxd6 Bxd6 31. Nc3 b5 32. Rxa5 b4 33. Nb5 Bc5 34. Nd4
Bxd4 35. exd4 Kf7 36. Ra7+ Kf6 37. Rc7 Ba6 38. d5 Bb7 39. d6 Bxf3+ 40. Kxf3 Rd8
41. Rb7 Rxd6 42. Rxb4 e5 43. a4 e4+ 44. Ke2 Ke5 45. a5 f4 46. Ra4 f3+ 47. Ke1
Rc6 48. a6 Rc1+ 49. Kd2 Rf1 1-0

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.20"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 b6 3. Bb2 Bb7 4. c4 Nf6 5. g3 g6 6. Bxf6 exf6 7. Nc3 Bxf3 8.
exf3 Nc6 9. Bg2 Bg7 10. Qe2+ Kf8 11. O-O f5 12. f4 Bf6 13. Rae1 Kg7 14. Qd3 Rc8
15. Re3 Nd4 16. Nb5 a6 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. Re2 Re8 19. Rfe1 Rxe2 20. Qxe2 d6 21.
Qe7 Bf6 22. Qb7 a5 23. Bd5 Rc7 24. Qxb6 Re7 25. Rxe7 Qxb6 26. Rxf7+ Kh8 27. Rf8+
Kg7 28. Rf7+ Kh8 29. Rxf6 Qb4 30. Rxd6 Qxd2 31. Rc6 Qd4 32. Kg2 Kg7 33. Rc7+ Kh8
34. h4 h5 35. a4 1-0

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.20"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "4126025"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 cxd4 6. exd4 Bf5 7. c3 e6 8. Qb3
Bd6 9. Bg3 Bxg3 10. hxg3 Qd6 11. Qxb7 Rb8 12. Qa6 O-O 13. Nb3 Bc2 14. Rc1 Bxb3
15. axb3 Ne4 16. Qa4 e5 17. Be2 exd4 18. cxd4 Rb6 19. O-O Rfb8 20. Rfe1 g6 21.
Bd3 Nb4 22. Bf1 Nc6 23. Re2 Kg7 24. Rec2 Nd8 25. Rc7 Rxb3 26. Rd7 Qf6 27. Rxd5
Rxf3 28. gxf3 Qxf3 29. Qc2 Nxf2 30. Bg2 Qe3 31. Kf1 Ng4 32. Be4 Qxg3 33. Re1 Ne6
34. Qg2 Ne3+ 35. Rxe3 Qxe3 36. Qf3 Qc1+ 0-1

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.20"]
[Round "3.5"]
[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 "2018.06.20"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. c3 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bd6 12. Bd3 Bd7 13. Nf1 Rxe1 14. Qxe1 f6
15. Bd2 Qe8 16. Qc1 Qf7 17. Bf4 Nce7 18. Ng3 Bxf4 19. Qxf4 Nd6 20. Re1 Re8 21.
h3 Ng6 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Qc1 Bb5 24. Bc2 a5 25. b3 b6 26. a4 Bc6 27. Bd3 Bb7
28. Nf1 Nf8 29. Ne3 Ne6 30. Qc2 g6 31. g3 c5 32. h4 Ng7 33. Qc1 Qe6 34. Bf1 Qe7
35. Ng2 Ne6 36. Ne3 Ng7 37. Bh3 Nge8 38. Ne1 c4 39. Qa3 cxb3 40. Qxb3 Nc4 41.
N1g2 Ned6 42. Nxc4 Nxc4 43. Qb5 g5 44. Bg4 Kg7 45. Kh2 Qc7 46. Be2 Bc6 47. Qb3
Qd7 48. Qb1 Bxa4 49. hxg5 fxg5 50. Bxc4 dxc4 51. Qxb6 Qf5 52. Qc7+ Bd7 53. Qxc4
Qxf2 54. Qc5 Qf5 55. d5 a4 56. c4 h5 57. Qd4+ Qf6 58. Qa7 Qf5 59. Qe3 Kf7 60.
Kg1 Qb1+ 61. Kh2 Qf5 62. Qa7 Kg6 63. Qb6+ Qf6 64. Qa7 Qd6 65. Kh1 a3 66. Ne3 a2
67. Qxa2 Qxg3 68. Qc2+ Kf6 69. Qe4 Qe5 70. Qf3+ Kg6 71. c5 g4 72. Qf2 Qe4+ 73.
Kg1 h4 74. c6 g3 75. Qc2 Qxc2 76. Nxc2 Bf5 77. Ne3 Bh3 78. Ng2 Kf6 79. d6 Ke6
80. d7 Ke7 81. Nxh4 Bxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.21"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Nf3 c6 10. h4 dxc4 11. g4 Qe7 12. g5 h5 13. Qxc4 Nd7 14. e3 c5 15.
Be2 b6 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. b4 Nd7 18. Rd1 a5 19. O-O axb4 20. Qxb4 Nc5 21. Qxb6
Ba6 22. Bxa6 Rxa6 23. Qb5 Rfa8 24. Rc1 Ra5 25. Qc6 e5 26. g6 Ne6 27. Nxe5 fxg6
28. Rfd1 Kh7 29. Nf3 Qf6 30. Rd6 R8a6 31. Qd7 Rxd6 32. Qxd6 Qxf3 33. Qxe6 Rf5
34. Qa2 Qg4+ 35. Kf1 Qh3+ 36. Ke1 Qh1+ 37. Kd2 Rxf2+ 38. Kd3 Qxh4 39. Qd5 Qa4
40. Rc3 Qd1+ 41. Kc4 Rd2 42. Qc6 h4 43. e4 Qf1+ 44. Kb3 h3 45. Qc4 Qxc4+ 46.
Kxc4 h2 47. Rh3+ Kg8 48. Kc3 Ra2 49. Kb3 Rf2 50. a4 g5 51. a5 g4 0-1

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.21"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5000017"]
[BlackFideId "14109603"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. Nbd2 dxe4 8.
dxe4 a5 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nxe5 Re8 11. Nb3 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Bb6 13. Nc4 Nxe4 14.
Nxb6 cxb6 15. f3 Nf6 16. Bg5 Nd5 17. c4 Nb4 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. a3 Na6 20. Kf2 c5
21. Nb5 Bxb5 22. cxb5 Nc7 23. Rd6 h6 24. Be3 Re6 25. Rad1 Nxb5 26. Rxe6 fxe6 27.
Rd7 Rc8 28. Bf4 c4 29. Be5 g5 30. Rg7+ Kf8 31. Rb7 Rc5 32. Bg7+ Ke8 33. Rxb6 Kf7
34. Bxh6 c3 35. bxc3 Nxa3 36. Rb7+ Kg6 37. Bf8 Rxc3 38. Bxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.21"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[ECO "A78"]
[Opening "Benoni"]
[Variation "classical with ...Re8 and ...Na6"]
[WhiteFideId "4126025"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 c5 6. d5 e6 7. Nc3 exd5 8. cxd5
d6 9. Nd2 Re8 10. O-O Na6 11. e4 Rb8 12. a4 Nb4 13. f3 Nd7 14. Nb5 Ne5 15. Nxa7
Bd7 16. Nb5 Qe7 17. Ra3 f5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. Kh1 Nxd5 20. Ne4 fxe4 21. Qxd5+ Be6
22. Qxe4 d5 23. Qc2 Rbd8 24. f4 Nc6 25. Rg3 Nb4 26. Qd1 Kh8 27. Bh5 Rf8 28. Re1
d4 29. Rxg7 Qxg7 30. Rxe6 Nd5 31. g3 Nf6 32. Bf3 Rfe8 33. Rxe8+ Rxe8 34. Nd6 Re6
35. Nc4 Ne4 36. Kg2 1-0

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.21"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[ECO "A36"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "ultra-symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4101588"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. e3 e6 6. b3 Nge7 7. Ba3 b6 8. Nge2 d5
9. cxd5 exd5 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. exd4 Ba6 13. Bf1 Bxf1 14. Kxf1 O-O
15. Rc1 Rc8 16. Kg2 Re8 17. Re1 Nf5 18. Qf3 Rxe1 19. Rxe1 Nxd4 20. Qxd5 Nc2 21.
Rd1 Qe8 22. Nb5 Qe2 23. Bc1 Bf8 24. Nxa7 Rc5 25. Qf3 Ne1+ 26. Rxe1 Qxe1 27. Be3
Rf5 28. Qa8 Qa5 29. a4 Re5 30. Nc6 0-1

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.21"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Larsen attack"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 Bf5 4. g3 e6 5. Bg2 Nbd7 6. c4 c6 7. O-O h6 8. d4 Be7
9. Nfd2 O-O 10. Nc3 a5 11. e3 Qb6 12. Qe2 Rfe8 13. Rfc1 Rad8 14. a3 Bf8 15. Qf1
Bg6 16. h3 Qa7 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Qb8 19. b5 e5 20. c5 h5 21. Na4 exd4 22.
Bxd4 Bf5 23. bxc6 bxc6 24. Nb6 Ne5 25. Bxe5 Qxe5 26. Nf3 Qc7 27. Nd4 Be4 28. Ra6
Qb7 29. Na4 Ra8 30. Rb6 Qd7 31. Nb2 Rec8 32. Nd3 Qe8 33. Nb4 Ra5 34. Rxc6 Rxc6
35. Nbxc6 Rxc5 36. Rxc5 Bxc5 37. Qc1 Bd6 38. Nb5 Bf8 39. Ncd4 Qa8 40. Nc3 Bb4
41. Nxe4 dxe4 42. Qb1 Bc3 43. Nb3 Qd5 44. Qc2 Qe5 45. Nc1 Bb4 46. Ne2 g6 47. Nd4
Kg7 48. Qc4 Bd6 49. h4 Qc5 50. Qxc5 Bxc5 51. Ne2 Bb4 52. Nf4 Kg8 53. Nh3 Bf8 54.
Nf4 Bd6 55. Nh3 Bf8 56. Kf1 Bg7 57. Ke2 Kf8 58. Kd2 Ke7 59. Kc2 Bh6 60. Kc3 Ke6
61. Kd4 Kf5 62. Nf4 Bg7 63. Nh3 Bh6 64. Kc4 Ke5 65. Kc3 Ng4 66. Kd2 f5 67. Bf1
Kf6 68. Bb5 Bf8 69. Ke2 Bd6 70. Kf1 Be5 71. Kg2 Bd6 72. Ng1 Be5 73. Ne2 Ke7 74.
Nc1 Nf6 75. Nb3 Ng4 76. Be2 Nf6 77. Na5 Bd6 78. Nc6+ Kf7 79. Bc4+ Kg7 80. Nd4
Ng4 81. Be2 Ne5 82. Bxh5 Kf6 83. Be2 Bc5 84. Nb5 Bb6 85. Nc3 Bc5 86. g4 Ke6 87.
g5 Be7 88. Bd1 Kf7 89. Nd5 Bd6 90. h5 gxh5 91. Bxh5+ Kg7 92. Nf4 Nd3 93. Ne6+
Kh7 94. Be8 Ne5 95. Nd4 Be7 96. Nxf5 Bxg5 97. Ng3 Ng4 98. Nf1 Kg7 99. Bc6 Nf6
100. Ng3 Ng4 101. Bxe4 Kf6 102. Kf3 Ne5+ 103. Ke2 Nf7 104. f4 Bh6 105. Kf3 Nd6
106. Bd3 Nb7 107. e4 Nc5 108. e5+ Kf7 109. Bc4+ Kg6 110. Kg4 Nd7 111. Bb5 Nc5
112. f5+ Kf7 113. Bc4+ Kg7 114. Nh5+ Kf8 115. Nf4 Nd7 116. Ng6+ Kg7 117. Bb5 Nf8
118. Ne7 Bc1 119. f6+ Kf7 120. Kf5 Bb2 121. Bc4+ Ke8 122. Nd5 Nd7 123. Bb5 1-0

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.21"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "5000017"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]

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. d5 b6 13. Nc3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 d6
15. c4 Bd7 16. Bb2 Qg5 17. Qf3 Qf5 18. Qc3 Nf6 19. Bd3 Qg5 20. Re1 Re8 21. Rxe8+
Nxe8 22. Qe1 Kf8 23. f3 h6 24. g4 f5 25. h3 Qg6 26. Qh4 Qf7 27. Kg2 fxg4 28.
hxg4 Qe7 29. Qf2 Nf6 30. Qd2 Ke8 31. Qf4 Kd8 32. Bd4 c5 33. Bc3 Be8 34. Kf2 Nd7
35. Bf5 Ne5 36. Be6 g5 37. Qe4 Qf6 38. Kg2 Bg6 39. Bxe5 Qxe5 40. Qxg6 Qe2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.21"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "14109603"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 g5 7. a4 Bg7 8. Re1 O-O
9. h3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nbd2 a6 12. Ne4 Nf4 13. a5 b5 14. axb6 cxb6 15. b4
Ne7 16. d4 Qc7 17. Bxf4 gxf4 18. Qe2 exd4 19. cxd4 Nf5 20. Rac1 Qd8 21. Qd2 Nxd4
22. Qxf4 Nxf3+ 23. Qxf3 Bb7 24. Qf5 Bxe4 25. Qxe4 a5 26. bxa5 bxa5 27. Re3 Rc8
28. Qf5 Rc7 29. Rg3 Qd6 30. Kh2 Rd8 31. Rc3 Kf8 32. Qh7 Qe5 33. Re3 Qa1 34. Rg4
Be5+ 35. g3 Bg7 36. Rf4 Rd1 37. Qe4 Bf6 38. h4 h5 39. Qa8+ Rd8 40. Qf3 Rd6 41.
Qxh5 Rd2 42. Bxf7 Rxf7 43. Qh6+ 1-0

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.21"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[ECO "D91"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "5.Bg5"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "4126025"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Nf3 Ne4 6. Bf4 O-O 7. Nxd5 c5 8. Qc2
f5 9. Bc7 Qd7 10. Be5 cxd4 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Qd1 Nc6 13. Nxd4 e6 14. Nxc6 exd5
15. Qd4+ Rf6 16. Nb4 dxc4 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. O-O-O Be6 19. Nxf6 Qxd4 20. Rxd4 Nxf2
21. Nh5+ gxh5 22. Rg1 Kf6 23. g3 Ke5 24. Rf4 Ng4 25. Bg2 Ne3 26. Kd2 Nxg2 27.
Rxg2 b5 28. Rh4 Rd8+ 29. Kc1 Bf7 30. Rf2 Rd7 31. e3 a5 32. Rd4 Re7 33. Rdf4 Be6
34. Rh4 Bf7 35. e4 fxe4 36. Rxe4+ Kxe4 37. Re2+ Kf3 38. Rxe7 Bg6 39. Re5 Kg2 40.
Rxb5 Kxh2 41. Rg5 a4 42. Kd2 Kh3 43. Kc3 h4 44. gxh4 Kxh4 45. Rg1 Kh3 46. Kxc4
Kh2 47. Rg5 Be8 48. Kb4 h5 49. Re5 Bf7 50. Rf5 Be8 51. Rf8 Bd7 52. Rh8 Bg4 53.
Kxa4 Kg3 54. b4 1-0

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.21"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "4101588"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Bb3
Ba7 9. h3 Be6 10. Bc2 d5 11. Ng5 Qe8 12. Ndf3 Rd8 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Qe2 Nh5 15.
Kh2 Nf4 16. Bxf4 Rxf4 17. Rae1 Qf7 18. Ba4 b5 19. Bb3 h6 20. a4 Kh8 21. axb5
axb5 22. Bc2 Rf8 23. d4 exd4 24. exd5 exd5 25. Qd3 g6 26. Re2 dxc3 27. bxc3 Bc5
28. Rfe1 Bd6 29. Kg1 Rxf3 30. gxf3 Qf4 31. Kf1 Qxf3 32. Qxg6 Qh1+ 33. Qg1 Qxh3+
34. Qg2 Qxc3 35. Re6 Qd2 36. Rd1 Qf4 37. Rd3 Bc5 38. Rxc6 Qxf2+ 39. Qxf2 Rxf2+
40. Ke1 Rxc2 41. Kd1 Rc4 42. Rxc7 Rd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.21"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 h6 8. h3 a5
9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Bb5 Qb8 11. Re2 Qa7 12. Ba4 Rab8 13. Nf1 b5 14. Bb3 a4 15. Bxe6
fxe6 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Rxe3 d5 18. Ng3 b4 19. Re2 bxc3 20. bxc3 a3 21. Rb1 Rxb1
22. Qxb1 Rb8 23. Qc1 Qa6 24. Rd2 Rb5 25. Kh2 Qa5 26. exd5 exd5 27. d4 Ne4 28.
Nxe4 dxe4 29. Nxe5 Nxe5 30. dxe5 Rxe5 31. Rd4 Re8 32. Qe3 Qe5+ 33. g3 Qe6 34. c4
Qb6 35. Kg2 Qb2 36. Rd2 Qb4 37. Rc2 Qb1 38. Rd2 Qb4 39. Rd4 Qb2 40. Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.21"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[ECO "C10"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Rubinstein variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 Ngf6 7. Nxf6+ Bxf6 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. O-O e5 10. Be3 exd4 11. Bxd4 c5 12. Be3 Bxb2 13. Rb1 Bf6 14. Nd2 Bd4
15. Bxd4 cxd4 16. Nb3 Nb6 17. Nxd4 Rb8 18. c4 Qc7 19. Rc1 Nd7 20. Qa4 a6 21. Qa3
Qc5 22. Qc3 Nf6 23. Rb1 b5 24. Qb2 Bf5 25. Nxf5 Qxf5 26. Rfc1 Rfc8 27. cxb5 Rxb5
28. Rxc8+ Qxc8 29. Rc1 Qe6 30. Qd2 g5 31. Bf1 Re5 32. Qb2 a5 33. Rc6 Qf5 34. Qd4
Kg7 35. Bd3 Rd5 36. Bxf5 Rxd4 37. Bc2 Rd2 38. Kf1 Ng4 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.21"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, Capablanca variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4101588"]
[BlackFideId "14109603"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Be7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
Be6 9. a3 a5 10. Bd2 Kh8 11. Rc1 Nxc3 12. Rxc3 f6 13. Qa4 Nb4 14. e4 c5 15. Be3
b6 16. Nd2 Bd7 17. Qd1 Nc6 18. a4 Be6 19. Bg4 Bg8 20. Nc4 Bd6 21. g3 Bc7 22. Na3
Qe7 23. Nb5 Rad8 24. h4 Bb8 25. h5 Qe8 26. Kg2 Ne7 27. Qe2 f5 28. exf5 Nxf5 29.
Bg5 Nd4 30. Qd1 Nxb5 31. axb5 Rd4 32. Be3 Bd5+ 33. Kg1 Rb4 34. h6 gxh6 35. Bxh6
Qg6 36. Bxf8 Rxg4 37. Qe1 Rh4 38. f3 Rh3 39. Kg2 Qh5 40. Qe3 Rh2+ 41. Kg1 Qh3
42. Bg7+ Kg8 0-1

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.21"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Adams attack"]
[WhiteFideId "5000017"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. a4
Be7 9. Bc4 O-O 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Nd2 Nc5 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Be6 14. Bxe6 Nxe6
15. O-O Qc6 16. a5 d5 17. exd5 Qxd5 18. b3 Rad8 19. Nc4 Qe4 20. Qc1 Bf6 21. Re1
Qc6 22. Ra4 Rfe8 23. Rb4 Rd5 24. Rd1 Red8 25. Rxd5 Qxd5 26. Rb6 Be7 27. Qd2 Qe4
28. Qe2 Rd7 29. Qf3 Qxf3 30. gxf3 Bd8 31. Rd6 Rxd6 32. Nxd6 Bxa5 33. Nxb7 Bb4
34. Bb6 Kf8 35. Nd8 Nf4 36. Nc6 Bc3 37. Kh2 Ke8 38. Bc5 Ne6 39. Be3 f5 40. Kg2
g5 41. Kf1 h5 42. Ke2 h4 43. Kd3 g4 44. fxg4 fxg4 45. Ke2 gxh3 46. Kf1 a5 47.
Bb6 Kd7 48. Nxa5 Bxa5 49. Bxa5 Nd4 50. Kg1 Nxc2 51. Kh2 e4 52. Kxh3 e3 53. fxe3
Nxe3 54. Be1 Nf5 55. Bxh4 Nxh4 56. Kxh4 Kc6 57. b4 Kb5 58. Kh5 Kxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.21"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Nf3 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 b6 9. Bg5 Ba6 10. Qa4 Qd7 11. Qc2 c5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. g3 Bb7
15. Bg2 Rd8 16. O-O Nd7 17. Ng5 fxg5 18. Bxb7 Rab8 19. Bg2 cxd4 20. Rxd4 Ne5 21.
Rfd1 Rxd4 22. Rxd4 Rd8 23. Qd2 Rxd4 24. Qxd4 Qc7 25. h3 h6 26. f4 gxf4 27. gxf4
Ng6 28. e3 Nh4 29. Be4 Nf5 30. Bxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.21"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[ECO "B52"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky attack, 3...Bd7"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "4126025"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Re1 Nc6 7. c3 e6 8.
d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Be7 13. Rc1 O-O 14. Rc3
Rfc8 15. h4 Bd8 16. Rd3 Qc7 17. Ng5 h6 18. Nh3 Ne7 19. Bc3 b5 20. Nf4 Nf5 21.
Qg4 Bxh4 22. Nh5 g6 23. Nf6+ Bxf6 24. exf6 Qd8 25. Qf4 Qxf6 26. g4 Qh4 27. Bd2
Ng7 28. Kg2 f5 29. Rg3 Rc2 30. Rh1 Qg5 31. Rxh6 Qxf4 32. Bxf4 fxg4 33. Rxg4 Nf5
34. Rh3 Rf8 35. Be5 Kf7 36. Rh7+ Kg8 37. Rh3 Kf7 38. Rg5 Ke7 39. Rxg6 Rf7 40.
Rg8 Rf8 41. Rh7+ Rf7 42. Rhh8 Ne3+ 43. Kh3 Rcxf2 44. Re8+ Kd7 45. Rd8+ Kc6 46.
Rd6+ Kb7 47. Rxe6 Rf8 48. Re7+ Ka8 49. Rhh7 R2f3+ 50. Kh2 Rf2+ 51. Kh3 R2f3+ 52.
Kh2 Rf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.22"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[ECO "C70"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Caro variation"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 g6 6. a4 b4 7. h4 d6 8. Ng5 Nh6
9. Bd5 Bd7 10. d4 Nxd4 11. c3 bxc3 12. bxc3 c6 13. Bxf7+ Nxf7 14. cxd4 Bg7 15.
Nxf7 Kxf7 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Ra3 Rb8 18. Nd2 Be6 19. Nf3 Re8 20. Nxe5+ dxe5 21.
Rd3 Qe7 22. Ba3 c5 23. h5 g5 24. O-O Red8 25. Rf3+ Kg8 26. Qc1 Rbc8 27. Bb2 Rd4
28. Bxd4 exd4 29. Rg3 g4 30. f4 Qh4 31. f5 Bf7 32. Qf4 Bxh5 33. Rh3 1-0

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.22"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4126025"]
[BlackFideId "5000017"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Qxd5 8. Qb3
Qd6 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Qc2 Rad8 11. b4 Bb6 12. Nc4 Qxd3 13. Qxd3 Rxd3 14. Nxb6 Rxf3
15. gxf3 cxb6 16. Re1 Rc8 17. Bd2 Bd5 18. Re3 h6 19. Bf1 Rd8 20. Be1 Be6 21. b5
Ne7 22. Rxe5 Ng6 23. Re3 Nh7 24. Rd3 Rf8 25. Rd4 Ng5 26. Be2 Nf4 27. Bd1 Ngh3+
28. Kf1 Rc8 29. Bc2 Bc4+ 30. Rxc4 Rxc4 31. Rd1 g6 32. Rd8+ Kg7 33. Bd2 Ne6 34.
Rb8 Nhg5 35. Ke2 Nc5 36. Bb3 Rh4 37. Be3 Nge6 38. Ra8 a6 39. bxa6 bxa6 40. Bxe6
fxe6 41. Bxc5 bxc5 42. Rxa6 Kf6 43. Ra5 Rxh2 44. Rxc5 Rh1 45. a4 Ra1 46. a5 g5
47. Ke3 Ra4 48. c4 Ra3+ 49. Ke4 Ra2 50. Ke3 Ra3+ 51. Ke4 Ra2 52. Ke3 Ra3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.22"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[ECO "D04"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. a3 Bxc5 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4
Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 a6 10. b4 Be7 11. Ke2 b5 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. Bb2 Nbd7 14. Rhd1 Rfc8
15. Rac1 Nb6 16. Nb1 Nfd5 17. Bd4 Nc4 18. Nfd2 Nxd2 19. Nxd2 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 a5
21. Bxb5 axb4 22. axb4 Bxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.22"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "4101588"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nbd2 Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. c3 Bb6 8.
d4 c6 9. dxe5 cxb5 10. exf6 Qxf6 11. O-O O-O 12. a4 bxa4 13. Nc4 Bc7 14. Ne3 b5
15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Qg4 Be5 17. f4 Bb8 18. Be3 Bb7 19. Rad1 a5 20. Nb6 h5 21. Qe2
Qe7 22. e5 d6 23. Nxa8 Bxa8 24. Qxb5 dxe5 25. f5 Qh4 26. Qe2 Bc6 27. Qf2 Qc4 28.
f6 g6 29. Qg3 Bc7 30. h3 Rb8 31. Rd2 Qe6 32. Qg5 Qe8 33. Re1 Qf8 34. Bf2 Kh7 35.
Kh2 e4+ 36. Bg3 Rb5 37. Qh4 Qb8 38. Bxc7 Qxc7+ 39. Qg3 Qb7 40. Qd6 Rf5 41. Qf8
Qc7+ 42. Kh1 Rxf6 43. Rd8 g5 44. Qh8+ Kg6 45. Rg8+ Kf5 46. Rf1+ 1-0

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.22"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[ECO "C89"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Marshall counter-attack, 11...c6"]
[WhiteFideId "14109603"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d3 Bd6 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Qf3 Qh4 15.
g3 Qh3 16. Be3 Bxd3 17. Nd2 Qf5 18. Bd4 Rfe8 19. a4 h6 20. Kg2 Qxf3+ 21. Nxf3
Rac8 22. Kg1 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Bg6 24. axb5 axb5 25. h4 f6 26. Ra1 Bf7 27. Ra7 Bf8
28. Nd2 Rc7 29. Kf1 c5 30. Rxc7 Nxc7 31. Bxf7+ Kxf7 32. Be3 Ke6 33. Ke2 Kd5 34.
h5 c4 35. g4 Ne6 36. f3 Bd6 37. Ne4 Be5 38. Kd2 Nf4 39. Ng3 Ne6 40. Nf5 Bd6 41.
Kc2 b4 42. b3 cxb3+ 43. Kxb3 bxc3 44. Kxc3 Bf8 45. Kd3 Ng5 46. Ke2 Ne6 47. f4
Nd8 48. Kf3 Nc6 49. Bb6 Ne7 50. Ne3+ Kc6 51. Bd4 Nc8 52. g5 fxg5 53. fxg5 hxg5
54. Kg4 Kd7 55. Kxg5 Ke6 56. Kg6 Ne7+ 57. Kh7 g6 58. hxg6 Nxg6 59. Kxg6 Bd6 60.
Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.22"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Opening "King's pawn opening"]
[WhiteFideId "5000017"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Qe2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. c3 Nc6 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. Bd3 Nd7 12. c4 f5 13. Qd1 c6 14. Nc3 cxd5 15.
cxd5 Kh8 16. Be3 Ng8 17. Rc1 a6 18. Rc2 Bh6 19. Bxh6 Nxh6 20. Qd2 f4 21. Rfc1
Ng8 22. f3 Ngf6 23. Nd1 a5 24. Nf2 Nc5 25. Bb5 Qb6 26. Rxc5 dxc5 27. a4 c4 28.
Qc3 Qd6 29. Qxc4 Rac8 30. Qxc8 Rxc8 31. Rxc8+ Kg7 32. Nd3 Nh5 33. Kf1 Qb6 34.
Nc5 Kh6 35. Ke1 Ng3 36. Kd1 Kh5 37. Kc2 Kh4 38. Kb1 Nh5 39. Ka2 Kg3 40. Nd3 Qd4
41. Rc2 Nf6 42. Nc5 Qd1 43. Kb3 g5 44. Nd3 Nd7 45. Kc3 Nb6 46. Nxe5 Qe1+ 47. Kb3
Qb4+ 48. Ka2 Nxa4 49. Bxa4 Qxa4+ 50. Kb1 Qd4 51. Nc4 a4 52. d6 Qd1+ 53. Rc1 Qd3+
54. Rc2 b5 55. Nd2 b4 56. Kc1 b3 57. Rc3 Qxd6 0-1

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.22"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[ECO "C24"]
[Opening "Bishop's opening"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "2020009"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 a5 8.
a3 Nbd7 9. O-O a4 10. Ba2 O-O 11. Re1 Re8 12. d4 exd4 13. exd5 Rxe1+ 14. Qxe1
cxd5 15. Rb1 Qb6 16. Nf1 Nf8 17. Qd1 Ne6 18. Ng3 Bd7 19. Ne2 Re8 20. Nfxd4 h6
21. c3 Nc5 22. Qc2 Qd6 23. f3 g6 24. Rd1 Kg7 25. Qc1 b6 26. Bb1 Re5 27. Bc2 Ne8
28. Ng3 Qf6 29. f4 Re7 30. Rf1 Ne4 31. Bxe4 dxe4 32. Qe3 Qd6 33. f5 Nf6 34. fxg6
fxg6 35. Nge2 Qxh2+ 36. Kxh2 Ng4+ 37. Kg1 Nxe3 38. Re1 Nc4 39. Nf4 Re5 40. b3
axb3 41. Nxb3 g5 42. Ne2 e3 43. Ned4 Nxa3 44. Ra1 Nb5 45. c4 Nxd4 46. Nxd4 Re4
47. Nc2 Be6 48. Ra7+ Kf6 49. Rb7 e2 50. Kf2 Bxc4 51. Rxb6+ Kf5 52. Rxh6 e1=Q+
53. Nxe1 Re2+ 54. Kf3 g4+ 55. Kg3 Rxe1 56. Rh5+ Kg6 57. Rc5 Re4 58. Ra5 Be6 59.
Ra3 Kg5 60. Ra5+ Bf5 61. Ra8 Re3+ 62. Kf2 Rb3 63. g3 Rb2+ 64. Kg1 Rg2+ 0-1

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.22"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "East Indian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4101588"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Be2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. b3 e5 7. dxe5 Ng4 8. Bb2
Nc6 9. Nc3 Ngxe5 10. Qd2 Re8 11. Rad1 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 Ne5 13. Be2 Be6 14. Nb5 a6
15. Nd4 Bd7 16. c4 b5 17. Ba1 bxc4 18. bxc4 Rb8 19. c5 dxc5 20. Nb3 Bb5 21. Nxc5
Qxd2 22. Rxd2 Red8 23. Rc2 Rb6 24. Bxe5 Bxe5 25. g3 Rc6 26. Rfc1 Bxe2 27. Rxe2
Bd6 28. Rd2 Be7 29. Rxd8+ Bxd8 30. Kf1 f5 31. Ke2 Kf7 32. Kd3 Rd6+ 33. Ke2 Rc6
34. f3 Be7 35. Nb3 Rxc1 36. Nxc1 Ke6 37. Kd3 Kd5 38. Nb3 Bb4 39. e4+ fxe4+ 40.
fxe4+ Ke5 41. Nd4 Bc5 42. Nf3+ Kd6 43. Ng5 Bg1 44. Nf3 Bb6 45. Kc4 h5 46. Kb4
Ke6 47. a4 Bf2 48. Kc4 Bb6 49. h3 Bf2 50. g4 hxg4 51. hxg4 Kd6 52. Kb4 Ke6 53.
Kc3 Bc5 54. Kd3 Bf2 55. Ke2 Bc5 56. Kd3 Bf2 57. Kc4 Kd6 58. Kb4 Ke6 59. Kc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.22"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Torre attack"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "4126025"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Qb6 8. Rb1
h6 9. Bh4 cxd4 10. exd4 Qe6+ 11. Be2 Qb6 12. Bd3 Qe6+ 13. Be2 Qb6 14. Ne5 Nfd7
15. f4 g5 16. Nxd7 Bxd7 17. fxg5 hxg5 18. Bxg5 Bf5 19. Nf3 Bxb1 20. Qxb1 e5 21.
dxe5 Nd7 22. Bf4 Rae8 23. Ng5 Qg6 24. Qxg6 fxg6 25. e6 Ne5 26. Bb5 Re7 27. Bxe5
Bxe5 28. Bd7 Rf4 29. Nf3 Bf6 30. Ke2 Rh7 31. Rd1 Rh5 32. h3 Kf8 33. Rd3 Ke7 34.
Kd2 a5 35. a4 b6 36. Kc2 Re4 37. Kd1 Rf4 38. Ke2 Re4+ 39. Kf2 Rf5 40. g3 g5 41.
g4 Rff4 42. Rxd5 Re5 43. Rd3 Rc5 44. Ke3 Rcc4 45. Nd4 Bxd4+ 46. cxd4 Rf1 47. Bb5
Rc2 48. d5 Kd6 49. Rb3 Re1+ 50. Kd4 Rc5 51. Bc6 Rd1+ 52. Ke4 Rf1 53. Rxb6 Rf4+
54. Ke3 Rc1 55. Kd2 Rh1 56. Kc2 Rxh3 57. Bb5+ Kc5 58. Rc6+ Kxd5 59. e7 Rf2+ 60.
Kb1 Re3 61. Rc7 Rfe2 62. Bxe2 Rxe2 63. Ka2 Re4 64. Ka3 Kd6 65. Ra7 1-0

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.22"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "14109603"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 Ne7 8. d4 Bb6
9. Bd3 d5 10. Nxe5 Nxe4 11. Nd2 Nd6 12. Nb3 f6 13. Nf3 Bf5 14. Nc5 Bxd3 15. Qxd3
Re8 16. Bf4 Bxc5 17. dxc5 Ne4 18. b4 Ng6 19. Bh2 a5 20. a3 c6 21. c4 axb4 22.
axb4 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 dxc4 24. Qxc4+ Kh8 25. Nd4 Qd7 26. f3 Ng5 27. Bd6 Ne5 28. Qc2
Nef7 29. Qf5 Qxf5 30. Nxf5 g6 31. Ng3 Nxd6 32. cxd6 Rd8 33. Ra7 Rd7 34. h4 Nf7
35. Ne4 Nxd6 36. Nxd6 Rxd6 37. Rxb7 Rd4 38. Rb6 f5 39. Rxc6 Rxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.22"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, Romanishin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 Qe7 7. Be2 d5 8. d4
exd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 c5 11. Qh4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Be6 13. Bb5+ Bd7 14. Bd3 Ng4
15. Qxe7+ Kxe7 16. Bd2 Ne5 17. Be2 a5 18. Bc3 f6 19. f4 Nf7 20. O-O-O b6 21. g4
Be6 22. a3 Rad8 23. g5 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Rg8 25. h4 h6 26. Rg1 hxg5 27. fxg5 fxg5
28. hxg5 Nd6 29. g6 Nf5 30. Kd2 Rh8 31. Be5 Rd8+ 32. Ke1 Nxe3 33. Bxg7 Nc2+ 34.
Kf2 Nd4 35. Bh5 Rd5 36. Bd1 Rf5+ 37. Ke3 Rd5 38. Bh8 b5 39. b4 axb4 40. axb4
Nf5+ 41. Kf4 Nd6 42. Bg4 Bxg4 43. Kxg4 Ne8 44. Re1+ Kd7 45. bxc5 Rxc5 46. Be5
Rc2 47. Kf3 Rc6 48. Rg1 Nf6 49. g7 Ng8 50. Ke4 Rc8 51. Rf1 Re8 52. Rf7+ Ke6 53.
Rf8 Kd7 54. Kd5 Rc8 55. Bd6 Re8 56. Rf7+ Kd8 57. Ra7 Re1 58. Ra8+ Kd7 59. Rxg8
Rd1+ 60. Kc5 Rg1 61. Ra8 1-0

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.22"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[ECO "B29"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rubinstein variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nc3 e6 5. b3 Nc6 6. Bb2 Nxc3 7. dxc3 d5 8. exd6
Qxd6 9. Bd3 Ne5 10. Be2 Bd7 11. Qxd6 Bxd6 12. c4 Nc6 13. O-O-O Bf4+ 14. Kb1 f6
15. g3 Bc7 16. Nd2 b6 17. Ne4 Ke7 18. f4 Rad8 19. Nc3 Nd4 20. Bd3 Bc6 21. Rhf1
h5 22. Rde1 Kf7 23. Be4 h4 24. g4 h3 25. Bc1 Rh4 26. Bxc6 Nxc6 27. Rg1 Nd4 28.
Ref1 Nc6 29. Be3 Ne7 30. Bf2 Rhh8 31. Bg3 f5 32. gxf5 exf5 33. Rf3 Rd7 34. Bf2
Ng8 35. Nd5 Bd8 36. Be1 Bf6 37. Kc1 Rh6 38. Bd2 Bd4 39. Rgg3 Nf6 40. Nxf6 Bxf6
41. Rxh3 Rxh3 42. Rxh3 Rd4 43. Kd1 Re4 44. a4 Be7 45. Rf3 a5 46. Be3 Re6 47. Ke2
Rh6 48. h3 Rg6 49. Bf2 Re6+ 50. Re3 Bd6 51. Rxe6 Kxe6 52. Bh4 Kd7 53. Bg5 Be7
54. h4 g6 55. Kf3 Ke6 56. Kg3 Bf6 57. Bh6 Kf7 58. Kh3 Be7 59. Bg5 Bf6 60. Kg3
Ke6 61. Kf3 Be7 62. Kg2 Bf6 63. Kg3 Kf7 64. c3 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.22"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "5000017"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Bg3 b6 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 Bb7 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Bxd5 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. a3 h6 12. e4 Bb7 13. Bxd6 cxd6 14. O-O Nf6 15.
Nd2 Qe7 16. Rc1 Rac8 17. Qe2 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Rc8 19. Rxc8+ Bxc8 20. g3 Qc7 21. Qd1
e5 22. d5 Kf8 23. Qc2 Qxc2 24. Bxc2 Ke7 25. Bd3 Ne8 26. Nf1 g6 27. Ne3 Ng7 28.
Kg2 f5 29. f4 fxe4 30. Bxe4 exf4 31. gxf4 Nf5 32. Bxf5 Bxf5 33. Kf3 Kf6 34. h4
Bd7 35. Ke4 b5 36. Nd1 Bf5+ 37. Kf3 Bd7 38. Nc3 a6 39. Ne4+ Ke7 40. Ke3 Bf5 41.
Ng3 Bh3 42. Kf3 Bf5 43. Nf1 Kf6 44. Ne3 Ke7 45. h5 Kf6 46. hxg6 Kxg6 47. Kg3 Be4
48. Kg4 Bf5+ 49. Kg3 Be4 50. Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.22"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4126025"]
[BlackFideId "4101588"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nbd2 a5 8. h3
Bd7 9. Re1 a4 10. Nf1 Ne7 11. Bxd7 Nxd7 12. d4 Bb6 13. Ng3 Re8 14. Bg5 Nf8 15.
Be3 exd4 16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17. Nxd4 Neg6 18. Qc2 Ne6 19. Rad1 Nef4 20. Nf3 Qf6 21.
Re3 Qe6 22. c4 Nxg2 23. Kxg2 Nf4+ 24. Kg1 Qxh3 25. Ne1 Qg4 26. Ng2 g5 27. Rd2 f5
28. Qd1 Qxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Nxg2 30. Kxg2 f4 31. Re2 fxg3 32. Kxg3 Re5 33. Rd5 Rae8
34. f3 Kg7 35. b3 axb3 36. axb3 h5 37. Ra2 Kf6 38. b4 Rxd5 39. cxd5 Ke5 40. b5
b6 41. Ra7 Rc8 42. Ra4 Rf8 43. Ra7 Rc8 44. Ra4 Rh8 45. Rc4 Rh7 46. Ra4 h4+ 47.
Kg4 h3 48. Ra1 Rh4+ 49. Kg3 h2 50. Rh1 Rh8 51. Kg4 Kd4 52. Kxg5 Ke3 53. f4 Kxe4
54. f5 Kf3 55. f6 Kg2 56. Rc1 h1=Q 57. Rxh1 Rxh1 58. Kf5 Kf3 59. f7 Rh8 0-1

[Event "GCT Rapid Paris 2018"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2018.06.22"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2020009"]
[BlackFideId "14109603"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. Ba4 O-O 8.
Nd2 d5 9. exd5 Qxd5 10. Bb3 Qc6 11. Qf3 Bd7 12. h3 Rae8 13. Re1 b5 14. Qxc6 Bxc6
15. Nf3 Bxf3 16. gxf3 c6 17. c3 Bb6 18. a4 Rd8 19. axb5 cxb5 20. Bc2 Nd7 21. f4
Nc5 22. Rd1 f6 23. Be3 Rd6 24. fxe5 fxe5 25. d4 exd4 26. Bxd4 Rfd8 27. Re1 Kf8
28. Re5 Nd7 29. Rxb5 Bxd4 30. cxd4 a6 31. Rb3 Nf6 32. Bd3 Rxd4 33. Bxa6 Ra8 34.
Raa3 g6 35. Be2 Rxa3 36. bxa3 Rd2 37. Bf3 Ra2 38. Rb8+ Kg7 39. Ra8 Kh6 40. Ra7
Kg5 41. Kg2 Ne8 42. Bd5 Ra1 43. a4 Nd6 44. Bc6 h5 45. a5 Nf5 46. a6 Nh4+ 47. Kh2
Ra2 48. Ra8 Rxf2+ 49. Kg1 Ra2 50. Bb5 Nf3+ 51. Kf1 Kf4 52. Bc6 Ne5 53. Bd5 Ra5
54. Bb7 Kg3 55. Re8 Nc4 56. Re6 g5 57. Ke2 Ra3 58. Re4 Ra2+ 59. Kd3 Nd6 60. Re3+
Kh4 61. Re2 Ra3+ 62. Kc2 Ra5 63. Re3 Ra1 64. Kb2 Ra5 65. Rb3 g4 66. hxg4 hxg4
67. Rb4 Kh3 68. Kb3 g3 69. Ra4 Rb5+ 70. Rb4 Ra5 71. Rb6 Ne8 72. Rh6+ Kg4 73.
Rg6+ Kf4 74. Kb4 Ra1 75. Kc5 Nc7 76. Kb6 Nxa6 77. Bxa6 Rxa6+ 78. Kxa6 1/2-1/2

