1 August 2019
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Wins Paris GCT Rapid & Blitz Tournament
Alexander Grischuk and Ian Nepomniachtchi shared 3-4 places.
Photo: Lennart Ootes
The 2019 Paris GCT Rapid & Blitz tournament finished on August 1. The players got 2 points for a win and 1 point for a draw in rapid.
Jan-Krzysztof Duda won the second part of blitz having scored 6.5 points out of 9. Viswanathan Anand is half a point behind. Alexander Grischuk, Fabiano Caruana, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, and Ian Nepomniachtchi got 4.5 points.
Final standings (rapid + blitz):
1. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) - 21 points
2. Viswanathan Anand (India) - 20.5
3-4. Alexander Grischuk, Ian Nepomniachtchi (both from Russia) - 20
5. Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Poland) - 19.5
6. Fabiano Caruana (USA) - 19
7. Hikaru Nakamura (USA) - 18.5
8. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan) - 15
9. Daniil Dubov (Russia) - 14
10. Anish Giri (Netherlands) - 12.5
GCT Current Standings
The next GCT stage will be the 2019 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz (August 10-14).
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