The Tata Steel Rapid & Blitz, taking place in the National Library of India, Kolkata, India from 22-26 November, is the 7th stage of the 2019 Grand Chess Tour, a series of 8 events in which the world's best players compete for a total prize fund of $1.75 million. Ding Liren won the 2019 Grand Chess Tour in London after beating Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 16-12 in the final. The Azerbaijani GM sacrificed two pawns for strong pressure and beautiful pieces, and the question was whether Anand could liquidate, and perhaps end up with an extra pawn. The Grand Chess Tour is a circuit of international events, each demonstrating the highest level of organization for the world's best players. You can follow them here as part of our live portal. Ding Liren won a splendid game with the white pieces against Maxime Vachier-Lagrave to take a six-point lead in the Grand Chess Tour final. Croatia Grand Chess Tour 2019 . 2019 Tour. ... Superbet Rapid & Blitz. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave defeated Magnus Carlsen to reach the final of the Grand Chess Tour playoff. They automatically qualified for the 2020 Grand Chess Tour together with Carlsen, who took home $60,000 … Now entering its fifth year, the series of events had previously slimmed down at least in classical chess, but now while all time controls will be more represented, there's a clear shift toward speeding up the action. ♚ 10 full tour participants ♚ 2 classical events ♚ 3 rapid and blitz events ♚ $1.275 million prize fund ♚ No GCT finals. The tournament is hosted in partnership between the Grand Chess Tour and Chess Club e4 from Zagreb and will see all 12 full tour participants compete over 11 rounds of classical chess for a prize fund of $325,000. 7/8/2019 – We saw history in the making, as Magnus Carlsen won his eighth tournament in a row at the second leg of the Grand Chess Tour in Zagreb. — Grand Chess Tour (@GrandChessTour) August 26, 2019. Day four of the Paris Grand Chess Tour finished with Vachier-Lagrave still in the lead, two points ahead of Alexander Grischuk and Ian Nepomniachtchi, with the latter collecting 5½ points on Tuesday. The Tour was created in partnership between the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis (Sinquefield Cup) and Chess Promotions, Ltd. (London Chess Classic). Replay; Results and Standings; Recap Articles; Photos; Croatia Grand Chess Tour. This is one of two classical events of the tour this year. The best player in the first nine rounds of Blitz, however, was Hikaru Nakamura, who scored 'plus four' to bridge the gap with those atop the standings table. Ding won against Levon Aronian in their semifinal match.. There will be twelve full GCT participants and a $1.75 Million Prize Fund. For the fourth year, the Grand Chess Tour lands in Paris. The 2019 Grand Chess Tour will be the most aggressive expansion to date, according to a statement from the tour yesterday. Najjači šahovski turnir na svijetu ponovno u Hrvatskoj! He won the European Team Chess Championship with Azerbaijan in 2009, 2013 and 2017. Day four of the Paris Grand Chess Tour finished with Vachier-Lagrave still in the lead, two points ahead of Alexander Grischuk and Ian Nepomniachtchi, with the latter collecting 5½ points on Tuesday. The FIDE Grand Prix 2019 is a series of four chess tournaments that forms part of the qualification cycle for the World Chess Championship 2020.The top two finishers who have not yet qualified qualify for the Candidates Tournament 2020.The top non-qualifying finisher is eligible for the wild card.The series is organized by World Chess, formerly known as Agon. Srpanj, 2021. His major individual achievements include joint first place in the 2007 Corus tournament, winning the 2008 Elista Grand Prix, 2017 Geneva Grand Prix, 2019 FIDE World Cup and 2021 Airthings Masters. The star Chinese grandmaster collected $150,000 for … The Paris event this year takes place in the Head Office of sponsors Vivendi from July 27 to August 1. The semi-finals will feature the 4 top players from the seven regular season tour events with each match consisting of classical, rapid and blitz games. Magnus Carlsen claimed third place with a 17-11 win against Levon Aronian.. Ding won the first prize of $150,000 while runner-up Vachier-Lagrave earned $100,000. Read the full press release and learn more about the 2021 tour on our website - www.grandchesstour.org. Ding Liren won the 2019 Grand Chess Tour after defeating Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France in the finals. 8/2/2019 – The Paris leg of the Grand Chess Tour had a final day full of ups and downs, as Maxime Vachier-Lagrave kept the lead all throughout despite a topsy-turvy performance. Croatia Grand Chess Tour The 2019 Croatia Grand Chess Tour is a 12-player classical all-play-all tournament taking place from 26 June to 8 July 2019 in the Novinarski Dom in Zagreb, Croatia. Magnus Carlsen escaped from a lost position vs. Levon Aronian and increased his unbeaten streak to 107 games. Replay; Results and Standings; Recap Articles; Tata Steel Chess India Rapid & Blitz. The Côte d’Ivoire Rapid & Blitz is the 1st stage of the 2019 Grand Chess Tour, with World Champion Magnus Carlsen heading a 10-player field that features 7 tour regulars and wild cards Wei Yi, Veselin Topalov and Bassem Amin. Magnus Carlsen and all the regular tour players will compete for a … Last update 07.07.2019 21:32:21, Creator/Last Upload: gm zlatko klaric The Frenchman beat the world champion in a tiebreak of their semifinal and will now face Ding Liren in the final. Grand Chess Tour 2019 series. The Superbet Rapid & Blitz, taking place in the Stejarii Country Club in Bucharest, Romania from 6-10 November, is the 6th stage of the 2019 Grand Chess Tour, a series of 8 events in which the world's best players compete for a total prize fund of $1.75 million. This rapid and blitz tournament is the third stop on the 2019 Tour. Grand Chess Tour 2019: Magnus Carlsen defeats Viswanathan Anand in round 7 ... Day three of the India leg of the Grand Chess Tour witnessed the highly-awaited round seven clash between Carlsen and Anand, who were facing off on Indian soil for the first time since … 31 were here. No player had a long-enough winning streak to overcome the Frenchman, with Ian Nepomniachtchi and Alexander Grischuk missing chances to catch up repeatedly. Viswanathan Anand vs. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov was a great, strategical fight between material and activity. The Grand Chess Tour is expanding in 2019 to eight tournaments. 2019 GCT Finals in London The exciting finale of the 2019 Grand Chess Tour will once again be fought out as part of the London Chess Classic. Grand Chess Tour 2021 Players Announced! The world champion defeated Maxime Vachier-Lagrave from the white side of a Grünfeld to finish in clear first place a full point ahead of his closest pursuer with a 'plus five' score. The event takes place in the Pullman Abidjan Hotel in Abidjan, Ivory Coast from May 8-12 and has a $150,000 prize fund. Replay; Results and Standings; Recap Articles; Photos; Paris Rapid & Blitz. The Your Next Move Blitz and Rapid in Leuven is replaced by tournaments in India, Ivory Coast and Romania and a new classical tournament is planned for Croatia. The 2019 Croatia Grand Chess Tour tournament will be the first of two classical events and the second stop on the 2019 Grand Chess Tour. The 2019 Croatia Grand Chess Tour takes place June 26 to July 8 at the Novinarski Dom in Zagreb, Croatia. Commentary is provided by Wouter Bik and GMs Roeland Pruijssers, Aman Hambleton and Simon Williams at Twitch.tv/chess. Overview; Tour Standings; Côte d’Ivoire Rapid & Blitz. The Grand Chess Tour 2021, a series of five top tournaments (two with classical time-controls, three in rapid and blitz mode) announced the ten players that will compete as full 2021 tour participants: Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Ding Liren, Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Alexander Grischuk, Levon Aronian, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Teimour Radjabov, and Anish Giri. The Paris Rapid & Blitz is the 3rd stage of the 2019 Grand Chess Tour, a series of 8 events in which the world's best players compete for a total prize fund of $1.75 million. The Tata Steel Chess India Rapid & Blitz Grand Chess Tour games start each day at 2 p.m. local time which is 09:30 CET, 03:30 a.m. Eastern and 12:30 a.m. Pacific. 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