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TOURNAMENT STANDINGS
Your Next Move (Blitz) Tournament

Magnus Carlsen11/18(+7 -3 =8)[games]
Levon Aronian10/18(+4 -2 =12)[games]
Wesley So9.5/18(+5 -4 =9)[games]
Viswanathan Anand9.5/18(+4 -3 =11)[games]
Hikaru Nakamura9.5/18(+4 -3 =11)[games]
Vladimir Kramnik9/18(+5 -5 =8)[games]
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave9/18(+5 -5 =8)[games]
Fabiano Caruana8.5/18(+6 -7 =5)[games]
Anish Giri8/18(+2 -4 =12)[games]
Veselin Topalov6/18(+3 -9 =6)[games]

Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
Your Next Move (Blitz) (2016)

The second leg of the 2016 Grand Chess Tour was held in Leuven, Belgium, from June 17 to June 20. 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. Your Next Move, a Belgian nonprofit, organized and sponsored the event.

The blitz games (5 minutes/player + 2 seconds/move) were played on June 19 and June 20. Magnus Carlsen, who led by one point after the rapid section, also had the best score in blitz and won by two and a half points in the combined results.

Final standings

Rapid Blitz Total GCT points (total) Carlsen 12 11 23 13 (23) So 11 9.5 20.5 10 (17) Aronian 10 10 20 8 (14) Anand 10 9.5 19.5 7 (7) Caruana 9 8.5 17.5 6 (9) Vachier-Lagrave 8 9 17 5 (13) Nakamura 7 9.5 16.5 4 (17) Giri 8 8 16 2.5 (7.5) Kramnik 7 9 16 2.5 (6.5) Topalov 8 6 14 1 (3)

Prizes: $37,500 for the winner (based on the combined results); $30,000 for the runner-up; $15,000 for 3rd–5th; $7,500 for 6th–10th; $150,000 in total.

Also see: YourNextMove Rapid (2016)

Website: (1) http://grandchesstour.org/2016-your... , (2) http://www.yournextmove.be/

Previous leg: Grand Chess Tour Paris Rapid (2016) / Grand Chess Tour Paris Blitz (2016)

 page 3 of 4; games 51-75 of 90  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
51. Caruana vs Carlsen 0-1362016Your Next Move (Blitz)A09 Reti Opening
52. Giri vs Topalov  1-0472016Your Next Move (Blitz)D78 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6
53. So vs Aronian  ½-½402016Your Next Move (Blitz)C89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall
54. Nakamura vs Anand 0-1332016Your Next Move (Blitz)A21 English
55. Nakamura vs So  ½-½522016Your Next Move (Blitz)D05 Queen's Pawn Game
56. Aronian vs Giri  ½-½472016Your Next Move (Blitz)D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
57. Aronian vs Nakamura  ½-½352016Your Next Move (Blitz)E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights
58. Aronian vs Anand  1-0602016Your Next Move (Blitz)D17 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
59. Nakamura vs Topalov  1-0472016Your Next Move (Blitz)D02 Queen's Pawn Game
60. So vs Carlsen  ½-½452016Your Next Move (Blitz)A80 Dutch
61. Giri vs Vachier-Lagrave  ½-½672016Your Next Move (Blitz)A15 English
62. Caruana vs Kramnik 1-0542016Your Next Move (Blitz)C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense
63. Anand vs Caruana  ½-½442016Your Next Move (Blitz)C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense
64. Kramnik vs Giri 1-0252016Your Next Move (Blitz)D03 Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation)
65. Vachier-Lagrave vs So  ½-½312016Your Next Move (Blitz)A36 English
66. Carlsen vs Nakamura ½-½582016Your Next Move (Blitz)E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights
67. Topalov vs Aronian  ½-½232016Your Next Move (Blitz)A28 English
68. Topalov vs Vachier-Lagrave  ½-½372016Your Next Move (Blitz)A20 English
69. Anand vs Topalov  1-0342016Your Next Move (Blitz)B90 Sicilian, Najdorf
70. Aronian vs Carlsen  ½-½552016Your Next Move (Blitz)A90 Dutch
71. Nakamura vs Vachier-Lagrave 0-1682016Your Next Move (Blitz)B90 Sicilian, Najdorf
72. So vs Kramnik  0-1412016Your Next Move (Blitz)A14 English
73. Giri vs Caruana  ½-½442016Your Next Move (Blitz)C50 Giuoco Piano
74. Giri vs Anand  ½-½392016Your Next Move (Blitz)A14 English
75. Caruana vs So  ½-½622016Your Next Move (Blitz)A04 Reti Opening
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Kibitzer's Corner
Jun-21-16
Premium Chessgames Member
  chancho: Thanks CG.
Jun-21-16  catlover: I'm going to show my ignorance here, but what is the difference between "rapid" and "blitz"?
Jun-21-16  1971: 25:5 min
Jun-21-16  Pulo y Gata: Maxime's energy flagged in this double event after a strong showing in the earlier outing in another venue, but he still produced some very interesting chess here. Here's to hoping he conquers greater heights!
Jun-22-16  siamesedream: https://www.arctic.com/secno/magnus...
Jun-24-16  Sokrates: <catlover: I'm going to show my ignorance here, but what is the difference between "rapid" and "blitz"?> In the old days (i.e. when I was in my 20th!) rapids was 25 to 45 minutes each, blitzes always 5 minutes each. Nowadays there are bonuses, I believe, for each move as an addition. IMO the quality of the play is immensely different. Whereas time management is paramount in blitzes, you have decent possibilities to establish a strategy in rapids.
Jun-24-16  catlover: <Sokrates> Thanks!

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