16 June 2018

Wesley So Wins Your Next Move Grand Chess Tour in Leuven

Sergey Karjakin is the first in blitz and second in the event. 

Photo by Lennart Ootes
Photo by Lennart Ootes

The final 9 rounds of the blitz section of the Your Next Move Grand Chess Tour were played in Leuven on June 16th. 

Sergey Karjakin showed the best result in blitz having scored 11.5 points out of 18. Maxim Vachier-Lagrave is 1 point behind. Hikaru Nakamura has got 10 points. 



Blitz standings:

1. Sergey Karjakin - 11.5/18 
2. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave - 10.5 
3. Hikaru Nakamura - 10 
4-5. Levon Aronian, Alexander Grischuk - 9.5 
6. Viswanathan Anand - 8.5 
7. Wesley So - 8 
8. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov - 7 
9. Anish Giri - 6 
10. Fabiano Caruana - 5.5.

The Grand Chess Tour event in Leuven was won by Wesley So with 22 points (rapid + blitz).   Sergey Karjakin and Maxim Vachier-Lagrave shared 2-3 places with 21.5 points. 

Final standings:

1. Wesley So - 22 
2-3. Sergey Karjakin, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave - 21.5
4. Levon Aronian - 20.5
5. Hikaru Nakamura - 20
6. Alexander Grischuk - 17.5
7. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov - 16 
8. Viswanathan Anand - 13.5
9. Fabiano Caruana - 12.5
10. Anish Giri - 11.



The second stage of the Grand Chess Tour 2018 will take place in Paris on June 20th-24th.

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