16 August 2018

Hikaru Nakamura Wins GCT Stage in Saint Louis

And takes the lead in 2018 series. 

Photo: Lennart Ootes
Photo: Lennart Ootes

On August 15th, the participants of the 2018 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz played final 9 rounds of blitz. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave showed the best result in blitz - 13.5 points. Hikaru Nakamura is 3 points behind, while Alexander Grischuk is third with 9.5 points.  

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Hikaru Nakamura won the GCT stage in Saint Louis having scored 22.5 points in rapid and blitz. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave finished second with 21.5 points. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov is on the third place with 21 points. 

Final standings (rapid & blitz):

1. Hikaru Nakamura - 22.5
2. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave - 21.5
3. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov - 21
4. Fabiano Caruana - 20
5. Levon Aronian - 18
6. Sergey Karjakin - 17
7. Leinier Dominguez - 16
8. Alexander Grischuk - 15.5
9. Wesley So - 15
10. Viswanathan Anand - 13.5

Hikaru Nakamura has taken the lead in the 2018 Grand Chess Tour series with 33 points. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave is second with 25 points, while Sergey Karjakin is third with 24 points. 



The next stage of the Grand Chess Tour also takes place in Saint Louis. Sinquefield Cup is held on August 17-28. The line-up: Magnus Carlsen (Norway, 2842), Fabiano Caruana (USA, 2822), Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan, 2801), Wesley So (USA, 2780), Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France, 2779), Hikaru Nakamura (USA, 2777), Sergey Karjakin (Russia, 2773), Viswanathan Anand (India, 2768), Levon Aronian (Armenia, 2767), and Alexander Grischuk (Russia, 2766).
 
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