Grand Chess Tour Begins with Rapid in Paris

The Big three of American chess, GMs Wesley So, Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana are all currently playing in the first event of the Grand Chess Tour, the Paris rapids. The first day of rapids saw World Champ Magnus Carlsen and US Champ Wesley So take an early lead with 5/6 each (2 points for each win in the rapid portion), while Caruana had a tough start, losing his first three games.

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[Event "Paris Grand Chess Tour"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2017.06.21"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]
[WhiteClock "0:00:29"]
[BlackClock "0:06:36"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. c4 c6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qb3
Nxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Nd2 e6 11. e4 Nc6 12. e5 b6 13. O-O Ba6 14. Re1 Rc8 15.
Qd1 Re8 16. a4 Na5 17. Re3 Qd7 18. h4 Nc4 19. Nxc4 Bxc4 20. h5 a5 21. Ba3 b5
22. Bd6 bxa4 23. Bf1 Bxf1 24. Kxf1 Rc4 25. Kg2 Bh6 26. Rf3 Rec8 27. Qd3 Bg5 28.
Rh1 Kg7 29. g4 Qb7 30. hxg6 fxg6 31. Rf6 Bxf6 32. exf6+ Kg8 33. Be7 R4c7 34.
Bd6 Rxc3 35. Qe2 Qf7 36. g5 h5 37. Qb5 e5 38. Bxe5 Qe6 39. Rh4 Qf5 40. Qxd5+
Kh8 41. f7+ Kh7 42. Qb7 Qxg5+ 43. Bg3 Rxg3+ 44. fxg3 Rc2+ 45. Kf3 Qf5+ 46. Ke3
Rc3+ 47. Ke2 Qd3+ 48. Ke1 Rc1+ 49. Kf2 Rc2+ 0-1[/pgn]

https://twitter.com/GrandChessTour/status/877560898268798976

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[Event "Paris Grand Chess Tour"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2017.06.21"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2851"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Norway"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]
[WhiteClock "0:08:03"]
[BlackClock "0:07:31"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. e3 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. Be2 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 b6 14. Nd2
Be6 15. Nf1 Na5 16. Ne3 Rac8 17. Rc1 Rfd8 18. Bd3 Rc7 19. g3 g6 20. Ng2 Nc4 21.
Rc2 Re7 22. Qc1 Bf5 23. Rxe7 Bxd3 24. Rxa7 g5 25. Rd2 Nxd2 26. Qxd2 Be4 27. Ne1
Re8 28. a4 Bf3 0-1

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Follow along on the Grand Chess Tour website, twitter starting at 8 AM EST tomorrow and on Saint Louis Chess Club's YouTube channel, where there is a full replay. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeZPoPXdcl8&t=3s