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Magnus Carlsen retains a one point lead over Wesley So going into the final day of the YourNextMove tournament in Leuven, Belgium.

Carlsen established his lead in the rapid stage of the competition and the pair tied on 5/9 on the first day of the blitz, in spite of Carlsen winning their individual game.

Carlsen's play was a long way short of his best, losses to Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (busted out of the opening) and to Fabiano Caruana, and an escape after dropping a piece against Viswanathan Anand were the low points. Carlsen did manage wins against Veselin Topalov, Vladimir Kramnik and So. He also missed a sharp winning move (58..Kf4!) in the final game against Hikaru Nakamura. According to 2700.com Live Ratings Ding Liren is now the blitz number one after Carlsen lost over 40 rating points and Nakamura 17, but there are another 9 rounds to change this.

Wesley So who had been solid in the rapid also had an up and down day winning four games and losing three. Levon Aronian was top scorer with 5.5/9, 7 of the 10 players scored 50% or better in the blitz.

Blitz Round 9 (of 18) standings: Aronian 5.5pts, Carlsen, Kramnik, Nakamura and So 5pts, Anand, MVL 4.5pts, Topalov 4pts, Caruana 3.5pts, Giri 3pts.

Combined standings: 1st Carlsen 17pts, 2nd Wesley So 16pts, 3rd Aronian 15.5, 4th Anand 14.5, 5th-6th Caruana, MVL 12.5pts, 7th-9th Kramnik, Topalov, Nakamura 12pts 10th Giri 11pts.

GCT Blitz YourNextMove Leuven BEL (BEL), 17-20 vi 2016																						cat. XXII (2792)
					1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10
1.	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	2792	*	*	½	.	0	.	½	.	1	.	½	.	½	.	1	.	1	.	½	.	5½	2872
2.	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2855	½	.	*	*	1	.	½	.	1	.	½	.	0	.	1	.	0	.	½	.	5	2828
3.	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2812	1	.	0	.	*	*	½	.	1	.	½	.	0	.	½	.	1	.	½	.	5	2833
4.	Nakamura, Hikaru	g	USA	2787	½	.	½	.	½	.	*	*	0	.	½	.	1	.	½	.	½	.	1	.	5	2835
5.	So, Wesley	g	USA	2770	0	.	0	.	0	.	1	.	*	*	½	.	1	.	1	.	1	.	½	.	5	2837
6.	Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	2770	½	.	½	.	½	.	½	.	½	.	*	*	1	.	½	.	0	.	½	.	4½	2794
7.	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	g	FRA	2789	½	.	1	.	1	.	0	.	0	.	0	.	*	*	½	.	1	.	½	.	4½	2792
8.	Topalov, Veselin	g	BUL	2761	0	.	0	.	½	.	½	.	0	.	½	.	½	.	*	*	1	.	1	.	4	2752
9.	Caruana, Fabiano	g	USA	2804	0	.	1	.	0	.	½	.	0	.	1	.	0	.	0	.	*	*	1	.	3½	2710
10.	Giri, Anish	g	NED	2782	½	.	½	.	½	.	0	.	½	.	½	.	½	.	0	.	0	.	*	*	3	2668

Round 1 (June 19, 2016)
Carlsen, Magnus	- Aronian, Levon	½-½	43	C50	Giuoco Piano
Kramnik, Vladimir	- So, Wesley	1-0	38	A07	Barcza System
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	- Nakamura, Hikaru	0-1	34	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Topalov, Veselin	- Anand, Viswanathan	½-½	59	A21	English Opening
Caruana, Fabiano	- Giri, Anish	1-0	34	A06	Zukertort Opening
Round 2 (June 19, 2016)
Aronian, Levon	- Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	½-½	61	A04	Dutch System
Nakamura, Hikaru	- Kramnik, Vladimir	½-½	45	D00	Queen's Pawn Game
So, Wesley	- Caruana, Fabiano	1-0	74	A35	English Symmetrical
Anand, Viswanathan	- Giri, Anish	½-½	27	C50	Giuoco Piano
Topalov, Veselin	- Carlsen, Magnus	0-1	48	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Round 3 (June 19, 2016)
Carlsen, Magnus	- Anand, Viswanathan	½-½	57	D38	QGD Ragozin
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Aronian, Levon	1-0	36	A07	Barcza System
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	- Topalov, Veselin	½-½	72	D78	Gruenfeld 3.g3
Caruana, Fabiano	- Nakamura, Hikaru	½-½	69	A05	Various
Giri, Anish	- So, Wesley	½-½	57	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Round 4 (June 19, 2016)
Aronian, Levon	- Caruana, Fabiano	1-0	34	E21	Nimzo Indian 4.Nf3
Carlsen, Magnus	- Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	0-1	37	B53	Sicilian Hungarian
Nakamura, Hikaru	- Giri, Anish	1-0	48	D11	Slav Defence
Anand, Viswanathan	- So, Wesley	½-½	49	C53	Giuoco Piano
Topalov, Veselin	- Kramnik, Vladimir	½-½	52	A13	Reti Opening
Round 5 (June 19, 2016)
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Carlsen, Magnus	0-1	53	A04	Dutch System
So, Wesley	- Nakamura, Hikaru	1-0	71	A18	English Opening
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	- Anand, Viswanathan	0-1	51	A08	Barcza System
Caruana, Fabiano	- Topalov, Veselin	0-1	41	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Giri, Anish	- Aronian, Levon	½-½	88	C50	Giuoco Piano
Round 6 (June 19, 2016)
Aronian, Levon	- So, Wesley	1-0	22	A09	Reti Opening
Carlsen, Magnus	- Caruana, Fabiano	0-1	90	E21	Nimzo Indian 4.Nf3
Anand, Viswanathan	- Nakamura, Hikaru	½-½	45	C50	Giuoco Piano
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	- Kramnik, Vladimir	1-0	48	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Topalov, Veselin	- Giri, Anish	1-0	53	A09	Reti Opening
Round 7 (June 19, 2016)
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Anand, Viswanathan	½-½	48	A04	Dutch System
Nakamura, Hikaru	- Aronian, Levon	½-½	53	A45	Trompowsky
So, Wesley	- Topalov, Veselin	1-0	38	B54	Sicilian Rauzer
Caruana, Fabiano	- Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	0-1	51	A04	Dutch System
Giri, Anish	- Carlsen, Magnus	½-½	50	C55	Two Knights Defence
Round 8 (June 19, 2016)
Carlsen, Magnus	- So, Wesley	1-0	30	D11	Slav Defence
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Caruana, Fabiano	1-0	36	A04	Dutch System
Anand, Viswanathan	- Aronian, Levon	½-½	31	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	- Giri, Anish	½-½	59	C77	Ruy Lopez Anderssen
Topalov, Veselin	- Nakamura, Hikaru	½-½	132	A13	Reti Opening
Round 9 (June 19, 2016)
Aronian, Levon	- Topalov, Veselin	1-0	73	A14	Reti Opening
Nakamura, Hikaru	- Carlsen, Magnus	½-½	62	E11	Bogo Indian Defence
So, Wesley	- Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	1-0	76	A04	Dutch System
Caruana, Fabiano	- Anand, Viswanathan	1-0	70	A01	Larsen Opening
Giri, Anish	- Kramnik, Vladimir	½-½	35	C50	Giuoco Piano

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