23 June 2018

Wesley So Leads Grand Chess Tour Leg in Paris

Sergey Karjakin pursues him.

Photo: Lennart Ootes
Photo: Lennart Ootes

The rapid part of the Grand Chess Tour second leg finished in Paris.  

Standings after 9 rounds (2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw):

1. Wesley So - 12
2-3. Sergey Karjakin, Hikaru Nakamura - 11
4-6. Levon Aronian, Viswanathan Anand, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave - 9
7. Fabiano Caruana - 8
8-10. Alexander Grischuk, Vladimir Kramnik, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov - 7



On June 23rd-24th the participants will play 18 blitz rounds.

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