10 November 2019

Levon Aronian Wins GCT Stage in Bucharest

Sergey Karjakin lost on tiebreak.


The 2019 Superbet Rapid & Blitz, the sixth stage of the Grand Chess Tour, finished in Bucharest on November 10. 

Le Quang Liem and Sergey Karjakin showed the best results in blitz having scored 11 points out of 18. The latter also shared 1-2 places in overall standings with Levon Aronian. 

In order to determine the strongest one, the grandmasters played a tiebreak. Levon Aronian won the additional match 1.5-0.5 to become the winner of the tournament. 




Final standings:


 


The next GCT event will take place in Kolkata on November 22-26. 

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