24 June 2017
Hikaru Nakamura Leads Paris GCT Blitz
Decisive rounds are ahead.
Photo by Lennart Ootes
The first 9 games of the Grand Chess Tour blitz tournament were played in Paris. Hikaru Nakamura grabbed the lead having scored 7 points. Magnus Carlsen is 1 point behind. Sergey Karjakin scored 5.5 points. Alexander Grischuk has got 4.5 points.
On June 25, the untimate round (9 games) of the blitz tournament will be played in the capital of France.
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