19 June 2018
Grand Chess Tour to Be Continued in Paris
Russia is represented by Vladimir Kramnik, Sergey Karjakin and Alexander Grischuk
Photo by Lennart Ootes
The second stage of the Grand Chess Tour will be held in Paris on June 20th-24th.
The line-up: Fabiano Caruana (standard rating - 2816, USA), Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (2808, Azerbaijan), Vladimir Kramnik (2792, Russia), Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (2789, France), Sergey Karjakin (2782, Russia), Wesley So (2778, USA), Hikaru Nakamura (2769, USA), Alexander Grischuk (2766, Russia), Levon Aronian (2764, Armenia), and Viswanathan Anand (2759, India).
9 rounds of rapid chess (25 minutes with a 10-second delay) are played on the first 3 days (June 20th-22th), with wins worth 2 points. 18 rounds of blitz (5 minutes with a 3-second delay) follow on the final 2 days (June 23th-24th), with wins worth 1 point.
The games start at 3 p.m. (Moscow time).
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