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The Croatia Grand Chess Tour event took place in Zagreb 26th June to 8th July 2019. 12 players 11 rounds. Players: Carlsen, Caruana, Ding, Giri, Vachier-Lagrave, Nepomniachtchi, Mamedyarov, Anand, Nakamura, So, Aronian and Karjakin. Magnus Carlsen scored one of his most impressive results when he scored +5 in a tournament without a weak link. Carlen certainly rated it one of his very best performances afterwards.

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Croatia GCT 2019 Zagreb CRO (CRO), 26 vi-8 vii 2019															cat. XXII (2782)
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1.	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2875	*	½	½	½	1	1	1	½	½	½	1	1	8	2948
2.	So, Wesley	g	USA	2754	½	*	½	½	½	1	½	½	½	1	½	1	7	2886
3.	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	2752	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	½	½	6	2820
4.	Caruana, Fabiano	g	USA	2819	½	½	½	*	½	½	0	½	½	½	1	1	6	2814
5.	Giri, Anish	g	NED	2779	0	½	½	½	*	0	1	½	½	1	½	½	5½	2782
6.	Ding, Liren	g	CHN	2805	0	0	½	½	1	*	1	½	½	½	½	½	5½	2779
7.	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	g	RUS	2775	0	½	½	1	0	0	*	½	1	1	½	½	5½	2782
8.	Karjakin, Sergey	g	RUS	2748	½	½	0	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	5	2748
9.	Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	2767	½	½	½	½	½	½	0	½	*	0	½	½	4½	2718
10.	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	g	AZE	2774	½	0	½	½	0	½	0	½	1	*	½	½	4½	2717
11.	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	g	FRA	2779	0	½	½	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	*	½	4½	2717
12.	Nakamura, Hikaru	g	USA	2754	0	0	½	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	*	4	2682

Round 1 (June 26, 2019)
So, Wesley	- Ding, Liren	1-0	50	A20	English Opening
Caruana, Fabiano	- Nakamura, Hikaru	1-0	40	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Giri, Anish	- Carlsen, Magnus	0-1	23	B30	Sicilian Rossolimo
Anand, Viswanathan	- Nepomniachtchi, Ian	0-1	32	C55	Two Knights Defence
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	- Karjakin, Sergey	½-½	27	E20	Nimzo Indian
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	- Aronian, Levon	½-½	50	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Round 2 (June 27, 2019)
Carlsen, Magnus	- Anand, Viswanathan	½-½	78	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
So, Wesley	- Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	½-½	29	A04	Dutch System
Aronian, Levon	- Giri, Anish	½-½	55	E06	Catalan
Ding, Liren	- Karjakin, Sergey	½-½	51	E00	Catalan
Nepomniachtchi, Ian	- Caruana, Fabiano	1-0	50	B33	Sicilian Sveshnikov
Nakamura, Hikaru	- Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	½-½	25	D85	Gruenfeld Defence
Round 3 (June 28, 2019)
Caruana, Fabiano	- Carlsen, Magnus	½-½	68	C80	Ruy Lopez Open
Giri, Anish	- So, Wesley	½-½	33	C50	Giuoco Piano
Karjakin, Sergey	- Nakamura, Hikaru	½-½	77	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Anand, Viswanathan	- Aronian, Levon	½-½	41	C53	Giuoco Piano
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	- Nepomniachtchi, Ian	0-1	32	E60	King's Indian without Nc3
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	- Ding, Liren	½-½	33	C50	Giuoco Piano
Round 4 (June 29, 2019)
Carlsen, Magnus	- Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	½-½	59	A15	English counter King's Fianchetto
So, Wesley	- Anand, Viswanathan	½-½	27	A20	English Opening
Aronian, Levon	- Caruana, Fabiano	½-½	37	D04	Queen's Pawn Game
Ding, Liren	- Nakamura, Hikaru	½-½	45	D27	QGA
Nepomniachtchi, Ian	- Karjakin, Sergey	½-½	35	C53	Giuoco Piano
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	- Giri, Anish	½-½	46	C83	Ruy Lopez Open
Round 5 (June 30, 2019)
Caruana, Fabiano	- So, Wesley	½-½	41	C53	Giuoco Piano
Giri, Anish	- Ding, Liren	0-1	64	D45	Anti-Meran Variations
Karjakin, Sergey	- Carlsen, Magnus	½-½	42	D30	Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Anand, Viswanathan	- Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	½-½	43	B52	Sicilian Rossolimo
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	- Aronian, Levon	½-½	39	D38	QGD Ragozin
Nakamura, Hikaru	- Nepomniachtchi, Ian	½-½	65	D85	Gruenfeld Defence
Round 6 (July 1, 2019)
Carlsen, Magnus	- Nakamura, Hikaru	1-0	43	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
So, Wesley	- Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	1-0	29	A15	English counter King's Fianchetto
Aronian, Levon	- Karjakin, Sergey	1-0	55	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Giri, Anish	- Anand, Viswanathan	½-½	59	C81	Ruy Lopez Open Keres Variation
Ding, Liren	- Nepomniachtchi, Ian	1-0	35	A20	English Opening
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	- Caruana, Fabiano	0-1	37	C78	Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Round 7 (July 3, 2019)
Caruana, Fabiano	- Giri, Anish	½-½	54	D78	Gruenfeld 3.g3
Nepomniachtchi, Ian	- Carlsen, Magnus	0-1	31	B30	Sicilian Rossolimo
Karjakin, Sergey	- So, Wesley	½-½	30	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Anand, Viswanathan	- Ding, Liren	½-½	27	C88	Ruy Lopez Closed
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	- Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	½-½	27	E60	King's Indian without Nc3
Nakamura, Hikaru	- Aronian, Levon	½-½	31	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Round 8 (July 4, 2019)
So, Wesley	- Nakamura, Hikaru	1-0	55	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Aronian, Levon	- Nepomniachtchi, Ian	½-½	27	D91	Gruenfeld 5.Bg5
Giri, Anish	- Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	1-0	31	B30	Sicilian Rossolimo
Ding, Liren	- Carlsen, Magnus	0-1	59	E06	Catalan
Anand, Viswanathan	- Caruana, Fabiano	½-½	54	B52	Sicilian Rossolimo
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	- Karjakin, Sergey	½-½	36	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Round 9 (July 5, 2019)
Carlsen, Magnus	- Aronian, Levon	½-½	49	D39	QGD Ragozin
Caruana, Fabiano	- Ding, Liren	½-½	58	C88	Ruy Lopez Closed
Nepomniachtchi, Ian	- So, Wesley	½-½	42	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Karjakin, Sergey	- Giri, Anish	½-½	33	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	- Anand, Viswanathan	1-0	45	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Nakamura, Hikaru	- Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	½-½	43	B51	Sicilian Rossolimo
Round 10 (July 6, 2019)
So, Wesley	- Carlsen, Magnus	½-½	36	E34	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Caruana, Fabiano	- Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	½-½	52	B01	Centre Counter
Giri, Anish	- Nakamura, Hikaru	½-½	39	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Ding, Liren	- Aronian, Levon	½-½	38	A14	Reti Opening
Anand, Viswanathan	- Karjakin, Sergey	½-½	45	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	- Nepomniachtchi, Ian	½-½	39	B10	Caro Kann
Round 11 (July 7, 2019)
Carlsen, Magnus	- Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	1-0	37	D85	Gruenfeld Defence
Aronian, Levon	- So, Wesley	½-½	44	C53	Giuoco Piano
Nepomniachtchi, Ian	- Giri, Anish	0-1	36	B51	Sicilian Rossolimo
Karjakin, Sergey	- Caruana, Fabiano	½-½	66	A61	Benoni
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	- Ding, Liren	½-½	52	D41	Semi-Tarrasch Defence
Nakamura, Hikaru	- Anand, Viswanathan	½-½	42	E35	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2

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