| Grand Chess Tour Paris Rapid (2016) |
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The first leg of the four-tournament 2016 Grand Chess Tour was held in Paris, France, from June 9 to June 12. The tournament consisted of a two-day rapid round-robin and a two-day blitz double-round-robin; in the combined standings, the results of the rapid games counted double (2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss) while blitz games counted normally. In case of a tie for first place, a tie-break match would decide the winner. The rapid games were played on June 9 (5 rounds) and June 10 (4 rounds); the time control was 25 minutes per player with a 10-second increment per move. Blitz games and combined final results: Grand Chess Tour Paris Blitz (2016) Next Grand Chess Tour (see http://grandchesstour.org/2016-pari... for standings) leg: YourNextMove Rapid (2016) (rapid stage at Leuven, Belgium).
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Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Fressinet vs Vachier-Lagrave |
| ½-½ | 44 | 2016 | Grand Chess Tour Paris Rapid | D85 Grunfeld |
| 2. Fressinet vs Topalov |
| ½-½ | 45 | 2016 | Grand Chess Tour Paris Rapid | D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst |
| 3. Giri vs Kramnik |
| ½-½ | 44 | 2016 | Grand Chess Tour Paris Rapid | A14 English |
| 4. So vs Caruana |
| ½-½ | 43 | 2016 | Grand Chess Tour Paris Rapid | C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense |
| 5. Vachier-Lagrave vs Aronian |
| ½-½ | 56 | 2016 | Grand Chess Tour Paris Rapid | C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense |
| 6. Carlsen vs Nakamura |
 | ½-½ | 35 | 2016 | Grand Chess Tour Paris Rapid | E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights |
| 7. Topalov vs Giri |
| 1-0 | 44 | 2016 | Grand Chess Tour Paris Rapid | C28 Vienna Game |
| 8. Aronian vs So |
| 0-1 | 52 | 2016 | Grand Chess Tour Paris Rapid | D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav |
| 9. Nakamura vs Fressinet |
| 1-0 | 54 | 2016 | Grand Chess Tour Paris Rapid | D31 Queen's Gambit Declined |
| 10. Kramnik vs Vachier-Lagrave |
| 0-1 | 62 | 2016 | Grand Chess Tour Paris Rapid | A04 Reti Opening |
| 11. Caruana vs Carlsen |
| 0-1 | 48 | 2016 | Grand Chess Tour Paris Rapid | C78 Ruy Lopez |
| 12. Topalov vs Kramnik |
| 0-1 | 31 | 2016 | Grand Chess Tour Paris Rapid | C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense |
| 13. Carlsen vs Aronian |
| 1-0 | 68 | 2016 | Grand Chess Tour Paris Rapid | C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense |
| 14. Fressinet vs Caruana |
| 1-0 | 78 | 2016 | Grand Chess Tour Paris Rapid | D78 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6 |
| 15. Giri vs Nakamura |
| ½-½ | 35 | 2016 | Grand Chess Tour Paris Rapid | A14 English |
| 16. Carlsen vs So |
| 0-1 | 58 | 2016 | Grand Chess Tour Paris Rapid | C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense |
| 17. Nakamura vs Kramnik |
| ½-½ | 37 | 2016 | Grand Chess Tour Paris Rapid | D35 Queen's Gambit Declined |
| 18. Topalov vs Caruana |
| 0-1 | 29 | 2016 | Grand Chess Tour Paris Rapid | C45 Scotch Game |
| 19. Giri vs Aronian |
| ½-½ | 36 | 2016 | Grand Chess Tour Paris Rapid | D37 Queen's Gambit Declined |
| 20. Kramnik vs So |
| ½-½ | 56 | 2016 | Grand Chess Tour Paris Rapid | D78 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6 |
| 21. Caruana vs Giri |
| ½-½ | 45 | 2016 | Grand Chess Tour Paris Rapid | C80 Ruy Lopez, Open |
| 22. Vachier-Lagrave vs Carlsen |
| 0-1 | 26 | 2016 | Grand Chess Tour Paris Rapid | C78 Ruy Lopez |
| 23. Nakamura vs Topalov |
| 1-0 | 83 | 2016 | Grand Chess Tour Paris Rapid | A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto |
| 24. Aronian vs Fressinet |
| 1-0 | 49 | 2016 | Grand Chess Tour Paris Rapid | A20 English |
| 25. So vs Vachier-Lagrave |
| 0-1 | 52 | 2016 | Grand Chess Tour Paris Rapid | D83 Grunfeld, Grunfeld Gambit |
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Jun-09-16
 | | Chessgames Bookie: ♕ ANNOUNCEMENT ♕
Pay Day is only five days away! All active ChessBookie players will receive a free 1,000 chessbucks on Tuesday, June 14 - if you haven't joined the game yet, place some bets now or you'll miss out on the bonus (not to mention the fun!). To qualify as active you only have to place one bet before Pay Day, though placing many bets is of course encouraged :) For those who're already active, this is a good time to play aggressively and take risks - even if things go completely wahoonie-shaped now, the extra c$1,000 will put you back on your legs, and one lucky bet can turn everything around. Betting on tomorrow's games is now open:
Grand Chess Tour Paris (rapid) rd 6: Topalov - Carlsen
Grand Chess Tour Paris (rapid) rd 6: Nakamura - So
Grand Chess Tour Paris (rapid) rd 6: Caruana - Vachier-Lagrave
Grand Chess Tour Paris (rapid) rd 7: Carlsen - Giri
Grand Chess Tour Paris (rapid) rd 7: Vachier-Lagrave - Nakamura
Grand Chess Tour Paris (rapid) rd 7: Aronian - Caruana
Grand Chess Tour Paris (rapid) rd 8: Kramnik - Caruana
Grand Chess Tour Paris (rapid) rd 8: Fressinet - Carlsen
Grand Chess Tour Paris (rapid) rd 8: Nakamura - Aronian
Grand Chess Tour Paris (rapid) rd 9: Carlsen - Kramnik
Grand Chess Tour Paris (rapid) rd 9: So - Fressinet
Grand Chess Tour Paris (rapid) rd 9: Caruana - Nakamura
You can also bet on whether Carlsen or Nakamura will score more points tomorrow: Grand Chess Tour Paris (rapid): Carlsen vs. Nakamura
If you don't have enough chessbucks to bet on everything, don't worry - you can bet on the early games, cash in and then bet on the later games. Good luck everybody, and have fun! |
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| Jun-09-16 | | chesslearner1991: After the unfortunate loss to Wesley, the way he played the next 3 games clearly shows why he is a champ. |
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Jun-09-16
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| Jun-09-16 | | john barleycorn: <The first leg of the four-tournament 2016 Grand Chess Tour ... the results of the rapid games count double (2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss) ....> Why does it not show in the table? |
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| Jun-09-16 | | BOSTER: Maybe, pos. black to play 25... Kramnik'd play Rxc1 in game vs Topalov. |
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| Jun-09-16 | | blackdranzer: Why Anand is not playing?..I mean , y did he pull out at the last minute? |
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| Jun-10-16 | | whiteshark: Highlights of day 1 presented by GM 'Hutch' Niclas Huschenbeth : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6cI... ENJOY! |
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| Jun-10-16 | | scholes: Anand is playing in leon. Hopefully he plays Wei Yi in the final. Wei Yi is defending champion. |
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| Jun-10-16 | | Clemens Scheitz: Thanks <whiteshark>, there's also good info in here: https://www.chess.com/news/paris-gc... Are we going to see a forum opening for the Leon tournament? |
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| Jun-10-16 | | capafan: Interesting results for the Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense. 1(win)-2(draw)-4(loss)
but it is rapids after all |
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| Jun-10-16 | | chesslearner1991: Caruana used to be one of the best rapid player next to Carlsen. Only in blitz he was way behind. Now he proved that he is no good in shorter time controls, period. |
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| Jun-10-16 | | ndg2: Surprised by the bad performance of Caruana. Comparatively weaker in Blitz, yes, but he is ranked top 5 in rapid. |
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Jun-10-16
| | Chessgames Bookie: Nakamura backers made big profits today - will tomorrow be your turn? Betting on day 1 of blitz is now open: Grand Chess Tour Paris (blitz): Day 1 Best Score
Grand Chess Tour Paris (blitz) rd 1: Carlsen - So
Grand Chess Tour Paris (blitz) rd 2: Carlsen - Caruana
Grand Chess Tour Paris (blitz) rd 2: Nakamura - Vachier-Lagrave
Grand Chess Tour Paris (blitz) rd 3: Vachier-Lagrave - Carlsen
Grand Chess Tour Paris (blitz) rd 3: Aronian - Nakamura
Grand Chess Tour Paris (blitz) rd 4: Nakamura - Kramnik
Grand Chess Tour Paris (blitz) rd 4: Carlsen - Aronian
Grand Chess Tour Paris (blitz) rd 5: Kramnik - Carlsen
Grand Chess Tour Paris (blitz) rd 5: Vachier-Lagrave - So
Grand Chess Tour Paris (blitz) rd 6: Nakamura - Topalov
Grand Chess Tour Paris (blitz) rd 7: Topalov - Carlsen: DRAW NO BET
Grand Chess Tour Paris (blitz) rd 8: So - Nakamura
Grand Chess Tour Paris (blitz) rd 9: Nakamura - Carlsen
Good luck everybody, and have fun! |
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| Jun-10-16 | | Pulo y Gata: Hurrah for Naka! |
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| Jun-10-16 | | fisayo123: Ding Liren should have been here instead of Topalov. |
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| Jun-10-16 | | Bureaucrat: What a finish! Well done, Naka. |
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| Jun-10-16 | | Jim Bartle: Three serious tailenders, -14 among them. |
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| Jun-10-16 | | ajile: When they said "Grand Chess Tour" I thought they were going to do a tournament with Grand Chess. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand...
Guess not..
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| Jun-10-16 | | shintaro go: Caruana is the anti-Grischuk |
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| Jun-10-16 | | Marmot PFL: Topalov at his peak and Caruana today seem very similar. Extremely tough in classical chess but fast play isn't their strength. |
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| Jun-10-16 | | Jambow: Some level 1 top tier chess players are only level 2 when the time is reduced. Topalov and Caruana seem to be those players... Nakamura put on a show for sure, 3000 TPR impressive indeed. Carlsen right behind probably sick about first round loss. Good show... blitz tomorrow. |
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| Jun-10-16 | | fisayo123: Caruana is actually a very good rapid player. I'm not sure what these two kibitzers above are talking about. Topalov on the other hand is just past it and shouldn't be here. China's number 1 should be here. |
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| Jun-10-16 | | The Rocket: There are three things certain in life: death, taxes, and that Carlsen as white beats Kramnik. It never works out when you are playing an improved version of yourself.. Those type of matchups are result-wise never in doubt. |
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| Jun-10-16 | | thegoodanarchist: <fisayo123: ...
Topalov on the other hand is just past it and shouldn't be here. China's number 1 should be here.> Topa has earned it, as shown by FIDE rapid chess rankings, where he is above all the Chinese players: Rank Name Title Country Rating Games B-Year
1 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2878 0 1990
2 Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2846 0 1987
3 Karjakin, Sergey g RUS 2818 0 1990
4 Nepomniachtchi, Ian g RUS 2812 0 1990
5 Dominguez Perez, Leinier g CUB 2803 0 1983
6 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2799 0 1975
7 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2795 0 1969
8 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2791 0 1985
9 Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2788 0 1987
10 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime g FRA 2784 0 1990
11 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2771 0 1969
12 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2771 0 1975
13 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2767 11 1983
14 Sjugirov, Sanan g RUS 2765 0 1993
15 Wang, Hao g CHN 2763 0 1989
However, Hao Wang deserves to be here too. |
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| Jun-11-16 | | Atking: In such time control random result has a its influence. Carlsen was winning vs So and forgot the clock and Caruana got a clearly winning position vs Nakamura and self destructif. One or two self destruction put in left and Carlsen, Nakamura, MVL will have been the final result of the rapid Tournament. A pity result for Caruana, he was obviously out form. |
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