11 May 2019
Magnus Carlsen Wins Rapid at Grand Chess Tour Event in Abidjan
Blitz is ahead.
Photo: Lennart Ootes
The first part of the 2019 Cote d’Ivoire Rapid & Blitz finished on May 10. In rapid, there are 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss.
Magnus Carlsen won the rapid tournament with 15 points. Hikaru Nakamura is second with 12 points, while Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Wesley So shared 3-4 places with 11 points.
Final standings:
1. Magnus Carlsen - 15
2. Hikaru Nakamura - 12
3-4. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Wesley So - 11
5. Ding Liren - 10
6. Wei Yi - 9
7-8. Sergey Karjakin, Veselin Topalov - 6
9-10. Ian Nepomniachtchi, Bassem Amin - 5.
A double round-robin blitz event will be held on May 11-12.
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