Grand Chess Tour 2019 Paris Rapid & Blitz

[David Sedgwick]

The Grand Grand Chess Tour 2019 Paris Rapid & Blitz event takes place from Saturday 27th July until Thursday 1st August.

Saturday 27th July: Rapid Rounds 1-3 at 1400, 1530, 1700 (BST)
Sunday 28th July: Rapid Rounds 4-6 at 1400, 1530, 1700
Monday 29th July: Rapid Rounds 7-9 at 1400, 1530, 1700
Tuesday 30th July: Corporate Day
Wednesday 31st July: Blitz Rounds 1-9 at half hour intervals starting at 1400
Thursday 1st August: Blitz Rounds 10-18 at half hour intervals starting at 1300, followed by tiebreaks if required.

Time Limits: Rapid 25 minutes with 10 seconds delay; Blitz 5 minutes with 3 seconds delay;

Players: Viswanathan Anand, Fabiano Caruana, Daniil Dubov, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Anish Giri, Alexander Grischuk, Shakriyar Mamedyarov, Hikaru Nakamura, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave.

The draws will take place during the Technical Meeting at 1630 BST today, Friday 26th July. I shall post links to the pairings on here later, unless someone beats me to it.

[John McKenna]

Looks like the pairings for round 1 are -

1. Nakamura,H (2853/2902) v. Caruana,F (2817/2772)

2. Dubov,D (2771/2642):v. Vachier-Lagrave,M (2812/2948)

3. Anand,V (2735/2730) v. Nepomniatchi,I (2757/2815)

4. Grischuk,A (2744/2733) v. Mamedyarov,S (2810/2778)

5. Duda,J (2731/2778) v. Giri, A (2769/2770)

Ratings: (rapid/blitz) FIDE

[David Sedgwick]

Looks like the pairings for round 1 are -

1. Nakamura,H (2853/2902) v. Caruana,F (2817/2772)

2. Dubov,D (2771/2642):v. Vachier-Lagrave,M (2812/2948)

3. Anand,V (2735/2730) v. Nepomniatchi,I (2757/2815)

4. Grischuk,A (2744/2733) v. Mamedyarov,S (2810/2778)

5. Duda,J (2731/2778) v. Giri, A (2769/2770)

Ratings: (rapid/blitz) FIDE

Thanks John.

Not surprisingly, Nakamura v Caruana will be the feature game in Round 1.

I have attached the full pairings.

Live Games: https://grandchesstour.org/2019-grand-c ... Blitz-Live

[John McKenna]

Thanks for all the details, David.

Grischuk, Duda & Dubov are the wild cards, I see.

Looking forward to it...

[Nick Burrows]

Nakamura - Caruana: Draw
Dubov - Vachier Lagrave: 0-1
Anand - Nepo: Draw
Grischuk - Mamedyarov: Draw
Duda - Giri: 1-0

[John McKenna]

Quite possible, but I'd go for a Nepo win and a Duda draw.

[Nick Burrows]

Predictions are a mugs game!

[Mick Norris]

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