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🏆 GCT Paris Rapid & Blitz (2021)

  PARTICIPANTS (sorted by highest achieved rating; click on name to see player's games)
Fabiano Caruana, Levon Aronian, Wesley So, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Vladimir Kramnik, Alireza Firouzja, Teimour Radjabov, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Peter Svidler, Richard Rapport, Etienne Bacrot

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GCT Paris Rapid & Blitz (2021)

The GCT Paris Rapid & Blitz was the second of five events of the $1,275,000 Grand Chess Tour 2021. It took place at the Mobilier National in Paris, France, from 18-22 June. Seven of the 10 tour regulars, So, Vachier-Lagrave, Firouzja, Aronian, Caruana, Radjabov and Rapport, were joined by event wild cards Nepomniachtchi, Svidler, Bacrot and Kramnik. The Rapid part was a 10-player round-robin and featured three rounds each day on the first three days, with a time control of 25 minutes for all moves, with a 10-second delay from move 1. The final two days were a Blitz double round-robin with 18 rounds of 5 minutes + 2-second delay. Rapid games counted double, with 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw. The games began each day at 2 pm local time. Svidler participated in the Rapid only, and Kramnik in the Blitz only. The tournament director was Tony Rich. Chief arbiter: Stephane Escafre. Number of games played: 45 Rapid + 90 Blitz = 135.

Wesley So won with 24.5/36 and earned 13 Grand Chess Tour points (GP):

                    1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   0   1   Pts   GP
 1 So              *** 1½1 211 111 101 2½½ 1½½ 2½½ 11½ 1-- -½1  24½  13
 2 Nepomniachtchi  1½0 *** 0½1 100 21½ 1½½ 1½1 11½ 21½ 2-- -1½  21½   -
=3 Vachier-Lagrave 000 2½0 *** 201 110 1½½ 00½ 11½ 2½1 0-- -11  18    7.5
=3 Firouzja        100 111 010 *** 11½ 110 1½1 100 011 1-- -11  18    7.5
=5 Aronian         110 00½ 101 10½ *** 1½1 01½ 1½½ 110 2-- -½1  17½   5.5
=5 Rapport         0½½ 1½½ 1½½ 101 1½0 *** 20½ 1½1 1½1 0-- -1½  17½   5.5
 7 Svidler         1½½ 1½0 21½ 1½0 20½ 01½ *** 0½0 110 1-- -01  17    -
 8 Caruana         0½½ 10½ 10½ 111 1½½ 1½0 2½1 *** 101 0-- -½0  16½   3
 9 Radjabov        10½ 00½ 0½0 200 101 1½0 101 110 *** 1-- -10  14    2
10 Bacrot          1-- 0-- 2-- 1-- 0-- 2-- 1-- 2-- 1-- *** ---  10    -
11 Kramnik         -½0 -0½ -00 -00 -½0 -0½ -10 1½- -01 --- ***   5½   -
Official site: https://grandchesstour.org/2021-gra...
Regulations: https://grandchesstour.org/2021-gra...
Chess-Results 1: http://chess-results.com/tnr566110....
Chess-Results 2: http://chess-results.com/tnr566111....
Chess.com: https://www.chess.com/news/view/wes...
ChessBase: https://en.chessbase.com/post/grand...
chess24: https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-t...
TWIC: https://theweekinchess.com/chessnew...
FIDE: https://ratings.fide.com/tournament...

Previous GCT event: GCT Bucharest Classic (2021). Next: GCT Croatia Rapid & Blitz (2021)

 page 4 of 6; games 76-100 of 133  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
76. Aronian vs Caruana  ½-½552021GCT Paris Rapid & BlitzD02 Queen's Pawn Game
77. Kramnik vs Nepomniachtchi  0-1642021GCT Paris Rapid & BlitzA13 English
78. Firouzja vs So  0-1322021GCT Paris Rapid & BlitzA45 Queen's Pawn Game
79. Rapport vs So  ½-½352021GCT Paris Rapid & BlitzA07 King's Indian Attack
80. Nepomniachtchi vs Firouzja 0-1652021GCT Paris Rapid & BlitzB30 Sicilian
81. Caruana vs Kramnik  ½-½832021GCT Paris Rapid & BlitzE54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System
82. Radjabov vs Aronian  0-1292021GCT Paris Rapid & BlitzD38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation
83. Vachier-Lagrave vs Svidler  0-1612021GCT Paris Rapid & BlitzA10 English
84. Svidler vs Rapport  1-0562021GCT Paris Rapid & BlitzB45 Sicilian, Taimanov
85. Aronian vs Vachier-Lagrave  0-1432021GCT Paris Rapid & BlitzA62 Benoni, Fianchetto Variation
86. Kramnik vs Radjabov  0-1282021GCT Paris Rapid & BlitzC02 French, Advance
87. Firouzja vs Caruana  0-1402021GCT Paris Rapid & BlitzC55 Two Knights Defense
88. So vs Nepomniachtchi  ½-½382021GCT Paris Rapid & BlitzD38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation
89. Rapport vs Nepomniachtchi  ½-½332021GCT Paris Rapid & BlitzD38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation
90. So vs Caruana  ½-½732021GCT Paris Rapid & BlitzE53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3
91. Firouzja vs Radjabov  1-0992021GCT Paris Rapid & BlitzC28 Vienna Game
92. Kramnik vs Vachier-Lagrave  0-1362021GCT Paris Rapid & BlitzB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
93. Aronian vs Svidler  ½-½452021GCT Paris Rapid & BlitzA06 Reti Opening
94. Aronian vs Rapport  1-0502021GCT Paris Rapid & BlitzA48 King's Indian
95. Svidler vs Kramnik  1-0502021GCT Paris Rapid & BlitzA37 English, Symmetrical
96. Vachier-Lagrave vs Firouzja 1-0732021GCT Paris Rapid & BlitzB22 Sicilian, Alapin
97. Radjabov vs So  ½-½152021GCT Paris Rapid & BlitzC67 Ruy Lopez
98. Caruana vs Nepomniachtchi  ½-½452021GCT Paris Rapid & BlitzD38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation
99. Rapport vs Caruana  1-0622021GCT Paris Rapid & BlitzA07 King's Indian Attack
100. Nepomniachtchi vs Radjabov  ½-½662021GCT Paris Rapid & BlitzA01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack
 page 4 of 6; games 76-100 of 133  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
Jun-26-21
Premium Chessgames Member		  Tabanus: Two GM draws were rejected, so 133 games.

Radjabov should have 1 GP perhaps if one has Bacrot/Kramnik together as no. 9 with 15.5 points. The official site has 17 pts for Caruana, I don't get it.

Jul-16-21  benderules: There is not a page about the GCT Croatia. Why?
Jul-16-21
Premium Chessgames Member		  Stonehenge: On the homepage, click on <more events>:

GCT Blitz Croatia (2021)

GCT Rapid Croatia (2021)

Jul-18-21  benderules: Thank you. Not easy to find.

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