| GCT Bucharest Rapid & Blitz (2019) |
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The Superbet Rapid & Blitz took place in the Stejarii Country Club in Bucharest, Romania from 6-10 November. It was the 6th stage of the 2019 Grand Chess Tour, a series of eight events in which the world's best players competed for a total prize fund of $1.75 million. Seven of the 12 tour regulars, Caruana, Giri, Mamedyarov, Anand, Aronian, Karjakin and So, were joined by event wild cards Artemiev, Le Quang Liem and Korobov. The Rapid section was a 10-player single round-robin, and featured three rounds each day on the first three days, with a time control of 25 minutes for all moves and a 10-second delay from move 1. The final two days were a Blitz double round-robin, with 18 rounds of 5 minutes + 3-second delay. Rapid games counted double, with 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw. A two-player tie for first place would be resolved by a 2-game rapid mini-match (10 + 5) and if necessary an Armageddon game (5 vs 4). Tournament director: Graham Jurgensen. Chief arbiter: Dinu-Ioan Nicula. Aronian and Karjakin ended on 20/36 and earned 11 Grand Chess Tour points (GP): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Pts GP
1 Aronian *** 1½0 0½½ 1½1 1½1 110 1½½ 210 1½1 2½½ 20 11
2 Karjakin 1½1 *** 21½ 1½1 1½½ 2½½ 01½ 10½ 11½ 001 20 11
3 Anand 2½½ 00½ *** 00½ 011 21½ 1½½ 1½½ 111 201 19½ 8
4 Le Quang Liem 1½0 1½0 21½ *** 111 11½ 010 110 1½1 0½1 19 7
5 Korobov 1½0 1½½ 200 100 *** 2½0 1½½ 2½0 111 110 18½ 6
=6 Artemiev 101 0½½ 00½ 10½ 0½1 *** 2½1 1½1 1½½ 2½1 18 4½
=6 Giri 1½½ 20½ 1½½ 201 1½½ 0½0 *** 2½½ 0½½ 1½½ 18 4½
=8 So 001 11½ 1½½ 101 0½1 1½0 0½½ *** 2½½ 011 16½ 2½
=8 Mamedyarov 1½0 10½ 100 1½0 100 1½½ 2½½ 0½½ *** 211 16½ 2½
10 Caruana 0½½ 210 010 2½0 101 0½0 1½½ 200 000 *** 14 1
Aronian won the playoff for 1st place by 1½ to ½: GCT Bucharest Rapid & Blitz (Tiebreaks) (2019)
Official site: https://grandchesstour.org/2019-gra...
Chess-Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr486166....
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TWIC: https://theweekinchess.com/chessnew... Previous GCT event: Sinquefield Cup (2019). Next: GCT Kolkata Rapid & Blitz (2019)
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Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Caruana vs So |
 | 1-0 | 36 | 2019 | GCT Bucharest Rapid & Blitz | C53 Giuoco Piano |
| 2. Giri vs So |
| 1-0 | 39 | 2019 | GCT Bucharest Rapid & Blitz | E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 |
| 3. So vs Mamedyarov |
| 1-0 | 73 | 2019 | GCT Bucharest Rapid & Blitz | A22 English |
| 4. Giri vs Le Quang Liem |
| 1-0 | 40 | 2019 | GCT Bucharest Rapid & Blitz | B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation |
| 5. A Korobov vs Anand |
 | 1-0 | 27 | 2019 | GCT Bucharest Rapid & Blitz | D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation |
| 6. Caruana vs Karjakin |
| 1-0 | 99 | 2019 | GCT Bucharest Rapid & Blitz | A28 English |
| 7. Anand vs Aronian |
| 1-0 | 79 | 2019 | GCT Bucharest Rapid & Blitz | C53 Giuoco Piano |
| 8. V Artemiev vs Giri |
| 1-0 | 30 | 2019 | GCT Bucharest Rapid & Blitz | B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange |
| 9. Mamedyarov vs Giri |
| 1-0 | 42 | 2019 | GCT Bucharest Rapid & Blitz | E34 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation |
| 10. Anand vs Caruana |
| 1-0 | 34 | 2019 | GCT Bucharest Rapid & Blitz | C55 Two Knights Defense |
| 11. Karjakin vs Anand |
| 1-0 | 70 | 2019 | GCT Bucharest Rapid & Blitz | C53 Giuoco Piano |
| 12. A Korobov vs Caruana |
| 1-0 | 50 | 2019 | GCT Bucharest Rapid & Blitz | E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System |
| 13. Anand vs V Artemiev |
| 1-0 | 41 | 2019 | GCT Bucharest Rapid & Blitz | B42 Sicilian, Kan |
| 14. Aronian vs So |
| 1-0 | 30 | 2019 | GCT Bucharest Rapid & Blitz | B90 Sicilian, Najdorf |
| 15. Le Quang Liem vs Giri |
| 1-0 | 33 | 2019 | GCT Bucharest Rapid & Blitz | B23 Sicilian, Closed |
| 16. Karjakin vs Anand |
| 1-0 | 44 | 2019 | GCT Bucharest Rapid & Blitz | C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense |
| 17. Caruana vs Karjakin |
| 1-0 | 28 | 2019 | GCT Bucharest Rapid & Blitz | A28 English |
| 18. Anand vs Mamedyarov |
| 1-0 | 56 | 2019 | GCT Bucharest Rapid & Blitz | C50 Giuoco Piano |
| 19. So vs Karjakin |
| 1-0 | 28 | 2019 | GCT Bucharest Rapid & Blitz | E01 Catalan, Closed |
| 20. Caruana vs Anand |
| 1-0 | 55 | 2019 | GCT Bucharest Rapid & Blitz | C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense |
| 21. Le Quang Liem vs V Artemiev |
| 1-0 | 60 | 2019 | GCT Bucharest Rapid & Blitz | B28 Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation |
| 22. Le Quang Liem vs Caruana |
| 1-0 | 36 | 2019 | GCT Bucharest Rapid & Blitz | B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation |
| 23. A Korobov vs Mamedyarov |
| 1-0 | 45 | 2019 | GCT Bucharest Rapid & Blitz | D80 Grunfeld |
| 24. Caruana vs A Korobov |
| 1-0 | 34 | 2019 | GCT Bucharest Rapid & Blitz | B90 Sicilian, Najdorf |
| 25. So vs Aronian |
| 1-0 | 53 | 2019 | GCT Bucharest Rapid & Blitz | E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 |
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Nov-09-19
 | | HeMateMe: ever play 'Shot a Minute' with beer? you pour beer into shot glasses and have to knock over a shot every minute. Harder than you might think. |
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| Nov-09-19 | | boz: Mamedysrov-Korobov
I can't believe Korobov got away with that. |
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| Nov-10-19 | | mike1: well.... two " wild cards" are leading this event. No matter what happens in the last rounds, well picked! |
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Nov-10-19
 | | MissScarlett: Artemiev went on a roll downhill yesterday (=6 -3) in the blitz. |
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Nov-10-19
 | | halito27: Woo hoo! Le Quang Liem! I live in Vietnam and he's a national hero here; everyone knows him. So good for chess! |
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Nov-10-19
| | MissScarlett: Artemiev rebounded today (+5 =4). |
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Nov-10-19
 | | chancho: Artemiev is not ready for prime time, yet.
But Le Quang Liem looks to be ready to play amongst the elite. No doubt about it.
Seeing him competing with the likes of So, Ding, and Yangi seems most apropos to me. |
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| Nov-10-19 | | jerry crus: <Tsamba's luster is that of a fool's gold. Only bopols think it can last a long time> Hey Filipino Crab, he almost got the blitz section today if not for last game lost. He beat caruana twice in blitz. |
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| Nov-10-19 | | torrefan: Carlsen is the highest rated in almost all categories and places high (if not winning them) in all tournaments he plays in. And he is world champion. That's talent. Wesley So is not the highest rated in any category, he is not even in the top ten of standard chess. In many tournaments he even lands in the bottom. And he is "world champion". That's tsamba. |
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| Nov-10-19 | | Carrots and Pizza: Caruana and So got spanked in this tournament. Must be very humbling for these elite players. So has really fallen in the last year or thereabouts. He was #2 in the world on the live rating list a few years ago, if I'm not mistaken and looked quite promising. Some were wondering if he would be a WCC challenger. He's still young, so there is still time, but, I doubt he's ever going to the top now. |
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Nov-10-19
| | HeMateMe: can chessplayers drink? I would guess most are lightweights. However, Mikhail Tal would be the exception! |
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Nov-10-19
 | | perfidious: <HMM>, I can vouch for that. |
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| Nov-10-19 | | parmetd: I don't think So has ever been #2 has he? |
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Nov-10-19
| | perfidious: <parmetd>, believe he got to live number two very briefly, but that spot has been something of a revolving door for any and all putative challengers these last few years. |
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| Nov-10-19 | | torrefan: Carlsen is the god of chess. So those who reach no.2 can boast of being the world chess champ of humans |
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| Nov-11-19 | | torrefan: 4th place again... |
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Nov-11-19
| | perfidious: Yeah, just ask the biographer...new math, don't you know. |
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| Nov-11-19 | | dwavechess: 6 Players didn´t reach Number 1 because of Carlsen:Caruana, Aronian, Vachier Lagrave, Nakamura, So and Mamedyarov and In My Count I add Karjakin(only#4) but reach WCC final |
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| Nov-11-19 | | DirkMcCallahan: The homepage says that "finishing in the top 2 overall...will secure a berth in the 2020 Candidates Tournament." Surely that's wrong?! |
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Nov-12-19
 | | Tabanus: Yes, that's wrong. |
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| Nov-12-19 | | virginmind: The official site says: „the players fight for one of the four key qualifying spots to the GCT Finals in London.” https://grandchesstour.org/2019-gra... |
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Nov-15-19
 | | FSR: parmetd: in mid-2017 So was No. 2 in the world. |
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| Nov-16-19 | | wordfunph: just another tsamba |
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Nov-16-19
| | FSR: <parmetd> https://www.washingtonpost.com/spor... <Wesley Barbasa So (born October 9, 1993) is a Filipino-American chess grandmaster and current World Fischer Random Chess Champion. He is a three-time Filipino Chess Champion and was U.S. Chess Champion in 2017. On the March 2017 FIDE rating list, he was ranked number two in the world and had an Elo rating of 2822, making him the fifth-highest rated player in history.> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wesle... |
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| Nov-20-19 | | Pedro Fernandez: Hi <AylerKupp>, I still don't understand why Giri is already classified by rating, sorry. Currently Giri is 2776 while MVL is 2777, and yet has to take the rating into account until January. Which is the reason? Thanks and regards |
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