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The Paris Grand Chess Tour Rapid and Blitz tournament took place 20th to 24th June 2018. Players: Fabiano Caruana, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Vladimir Kramnik (Wild Card), Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Sergey Karjakin, Wesley So, Hikaru Nakamura, Alexander Grischuk, Levon Aronian and Viswanathan Anand. Hikaru Nakamura won the event on the strength of his blitz performance ahead of Sergey Karjakin and Wesley So (who again led after the rapid phase). Final tables below.

Rk	SNo	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	RapPts	RapScore	Blitz	Total
1	2	Nakamura, Hikaru	g	USA	2769	5.5	11	12	23
2	3	Karjakin, Sergey	g	RUS	2782	5.5	11	10.5	21.5
3	1	So, Wesley	g	USA	2778	6	12	9	21
4	4	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	2764	4.5	9	11	20
5	5	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	g	FRA	2789	4.5	9	10.5	19.5
6	6	Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	2759	4.5	9	8	17
7	9	Grischuk, Alexander	g	RUS	2766	3.5	7	9	16
8	8	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	g	AZE	2808	3.5	7	8.5	15.5
9	7	Caruana, Fabiano	g	USA	2816	4	8	5.5	13.5
10	10	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2792	3.5	7	6	13

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GCT Rapid Paris 2018 Paris FRA (FRA), 20-24 vi 2018															cat. XXII (2782)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	So, Wesley	g	USA	2778	*	½	½	½	1	½	1	0	1	1	6	2907
2.	Nakamura, Hikaru	g	USA	2769	½	*	½	½	½	1	1	½	½	½	5½	2863
3.	Karjakin, Sergey	g	RUS	2782	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	5½	2862
4.	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	2764	½	½	½	*	0	½	0	1	1	½	4½	2784
5.	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	g	FRA	2789	0	½	½	1	*	½	½	1	0	½	4½	2781
6.	Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	2759	½	0	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	1	4½	2784
7.	Caruana, Fabiano	g	USA	2816	0	0	½	1	½	½	*	½	0	1	4	2735
8.	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	g	AZE	2808	1	½	0	0	0	½	½	*	1	0	3½	2699
9.	Grischuk, Alexander	g	RUS	2766	0	½	½	0	1	½	1	0	*	0	3½	2704
10.	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2792	0	½	0	½	½	0	0	1	1	*	3½	2701

Round 1 (June 20, 2018)
So, Wesley	- Caruana, Fabiano	1-0	67	A45	Trompowsky
Karjakin, Sergey	- Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	½-½	60	A33	English Symmetrical
Aronian, Levon	- Grischuk, Alexander	1-0	39	B23	Sicilian Closed
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	- Anand, Viswanathan	½-½	57	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Nakamura, Hikaru	½-½	30	A14	Reti Opening
Round 2 (June 20, 2018)
Nakamura, Hikaru	- Aronian, Levon	½-½	41	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	- Caruana, Fabiano	½-½	37	C42	Petroff's Defence
Anand, Viswanathan	- Kramnik, Vladimir	1-0	42	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	- So, Wesley	1-0	51	D41	Semi-Tarrasch Defence
Grischuk, Alexander	- Karjakin, Sergey	½-½	24	A13	Reti Opening
Round 3 (June 20, 2018)
So, Wesley	- Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	1-0	35	A04	Dutch System
Karjakin, Sergey	- Nakamura, Hikaru	½-½	81	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Aronian, Levon	- Anand, Viswanathan	½-½	31	C50	Giuoco Piano
Caruana, Fabiano	- Grischuk, Alexander	0-1	36	A45	Trompowsky
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	1-0	49	A14	Reti Opening
Round 4 (June 21, 2018)
Nakamura, Hikaru	- Caruana, Fabiano	1-0	123	A06	Zukertort Opening
Anand, Viswanathan	- Karjakin, Sergey	½-½	38	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	- Aronian, Levon	0-1	51	E32	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Grischuk, Alexander	- Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	1-0	36	A78	Benoni
Kramnik, Vladimir	- So, Wesley	0-1	30	A36	English Botvinnik
Round 5 (June 21, 2018)
So, Wesley	- Grischuk, Alexander	1-0	54	D91	Gruenfeld 5.Bg5
Karjakin, Sergey	- Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	1-0	43	C55	Two Knights Defence
Aronian, Levon	- Kramnik, Vladimir	½-½	42	C50	Giuoco Piano
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	- Nakamura, Hikaru	½-½	40	C53	Giuoco Piano
Caruana, Fabiano	- Anand, Viswanathan	½-½	40	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Round 6 (June 21, 2018)
Nakamura, Hikaru	- Grischuk, Alexander	½-½	52	B52	Sicilian Rossolimo
Aronian, Levon	- So, Wesley	½-½	38	C10	French Rubinstein
Anand, Viswanathan	- Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	½-½	58	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	- Caruana, Fabiano	½-½	30	E32	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Karjakin, Sergey	0-1	42	A28	English Four Knights
Round 7 (June 22, 2018)
So, Wesley	- Nakamura, Hikaru	½-½	22	D04	Queen's Pawn Game
Karjakin, Sergey	- Aronian, Levon	½-½	60	C89	Ruy Lopez Marshall
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	- Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	1-0	33	C70	Ruy Lopez
Caruana, Fabiano	- Kramnik, Vladimir	1-0	46	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Grischuk, Alexander	- Anand, Viswanathan	½-½	52	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Round 8 (June 22, 2018)
Karjakin, Sergey	- So, Wesley	½-½	39	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Aronian, Levon	- Caruana, Fabiano	0-1	64	C24	Bishop's Opening
Anand, Viswanathan	- Nakamura, Hikaru	0-1	57	B00	Owen or Nimzowitsch Defence
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	- Grischuk, Alexander	1-0	65	A48	King's Indian Defence /c2-c4
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	½-½	59	A48	King's Indian Defence /c2-c4
Round 9 (June 22, 2018)
So, Wesley	- Anand, Viswanathan	½-½	50	A45	Trompowsky
Nakamura, Hikaru	- Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	½-½	64	B29	Sicilian Defence
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	- Aronian, Levon	1-0	61	A28	English Four Knights
Caruana, Fabiano	- Karjakin, Sergey	½-½	78	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Grischuk, Alexander	- Kramnik, Vladimir	0-1	59	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin

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GCT Blitz Paris 2018 Paris FRA Wed 20th Jun 2018 - Sun 24th Jun 2018 Leading Final Round 18 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pts	Perf
1	Nakamura, Hikaru	g	USA	2769	**	½½	½½	½½	½½	1½	01	½1	11	11	12	2908
2	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	2764	½½	**	½½	0½	½½	½½	½1	1½	11	½1	11	2864
3	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	g	FRA	2789	½½	½½	**	11	½0	½½	01	1½	10	1½	10.5	2838
4	Karjakin, Sergey	g	RUS	2782	½½	1½	00	**	1½	1½	0½	10	11	1½	10.5	2839
5	So, Wesley	g	USA	2778	½½	½½	½1	0½	**	0½	1½	½½	½½	½½	9	2782
6	Grischuk, Alexander	g	RUS	2766	0½	½½	½½	0½	1½	**	½½	01	½½	1½	9	2784
7	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	g	AZE	2808	10	½0	10	1½	0½	½½	**	½½	01	01	8.5	2758
8	Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	2759	½0	0½	0½	01	½½	10	½½	**	½½	½1	8	2741
9	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2792	00	00	01	00	½½	½½	10	½½	**	10	6	2656
10	Caruana, Fabiano	g	USA	2816	00	½0	0½	0½	½½	0½	10	½0	01	**	5.5	2637
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