Magnus Carlsen may have been down by 3 points when the rapid rounds of the tournament concluded against the then leader Wesley So, but after a spectacular performance of 14.5/18 in the blitz rounds, Carlsen came out the runaway winner of the second leg of the Grand Chess Tour 2017, the Your Next Move 2017, which happened in Leuven, Belgium.
This is a back-to-back tournament wins for Carlsen as he also won the the tour’s Paris leg last month. Remember that the Grand Chess Tour 2017 is composed of 5 tournaments as follows:
Your Next Move 2017 Final Ranking
Thus, GCT points for Your Next Move 2017 are awarded as follows:
Grand Chess Tour 2017 Ranking after Paris and Leuven (GCT Points)
Take note that only Magnus Carlsen, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, and Wesley So took part in both the Paris and Leuven leg, thus naturally they’re at the top of the ranking so far:
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Replay all the games in Your Next Move 2017:
Jet Shunammite Tizon
Alright
Ren Valdeza Delima
sayang, it would’ve been wesley.
Luz Däo
Congratulation GM MC
Dondon Soriano
The god of chess is still invincible
Ferdinand M Elpedes
Wesley So might perform better in St. Louis.
Nicko Villacruz
yes