29 July 2019

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Wins Rapid Tournament at Paris GCT

Alexander Grischuk is second, Ian Nepomniachtchhi and Vishy Anand share 3-4 places.

Photo: Lennart Ootes
Photo: Lennart Ootes

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) won the rapid part of the Paris GCT tournament having scored 13 points out of 18 (a player gets 2 points for a win and 1 point for a draw).

The Russian Alexander Grischuk is second with 12 points. Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia) and Viswanathan Anand (India) shared 3-4 places with 10 points.



Standings after rapid event:

1. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave - 13 points
2. Alexander Grischuk - 12
3-4. Ian Nepomniachtchi, Viswanathan Anand - 10
5-6. Fabiano Caruana, Jan-Krzysztof Duda - 9
7. Hikaru Nakamura - 8 
8-9. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Daniil Dubov - 7
10. Anish Giri - 5.

July 30 is the tournament's rest day. The first part of the blitz event will be played on July 31.  

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