Carlsen Wins Grand Chess Tour Leuven
After winning the rapid rounds with an impressive 4/4 performance on Day 2 of the tournament, World Champion Magnus Carlsen even cemented his dominance with an 11/18 performance in the blitz rounds.
Thus, making him the runaway winner of the combined rapid and blitz games that comprise the whole of the Grand Chess Tour 2016 — Your Next Move — Leuven, Belgium. Final combined results follow:
Wesley So makes it to the 2nd place at the conclusion of this Leuven leg. He is followed, this time closely behind, by Levon Aronian and Viswanathan Anand, by half a point each.
Remembering the Grand Chess Tour Paris
Remember that Hikaru Nakamura was the king of the Grand Chess Tour Paris 2016, and thus, he earned 13 GCT points in that tour. But he finished 7th place in Leuven, making him earn 4 GCT points only this time, or a total of 17 points so far.
Wesley So earned 7 GCT points for placing 4th in Paris, but he earned 10 GCT points in Leuven (second place), for a total of 17 points as well.
Magnus Carlsen, on the other hand, was 2nd place in Paris (10 GCT points) and 1st in Leuven (13 GCT points), earning him a total of 23 GCT points so far — a clear first in the Grand Chess Tour 2016 race. However, he was just a wildcard for the Paris and Leuven stops of the whole tour — thus, making him ineligible for the entire tour’s title and the corresponding grand prizes, unless he plays in the last wildcard slot of the London Chess Classic. (One needs to play at least 3 tournaments in order to qualify for the overall title. See Grand Chess Tour website for more info.)
Grand Chess Tour 2016 Standings — after Paris and Leuven
Thus, the overall standings — so far — after Paris and Leuven, are as follows:
With Carlsen being just a wildcard player in both Paris and Leuven, that leaves Hikaru Nakamura and Wesley So leading the race so far and should be battling it out for the first place in the next two stops at Sinquefield Cup and the London Chess Classic.
Details of the next two stops follow:
- Sinquefield Cup: August 1-16, 2016 • Saint Louis, USA • Classical
- London Chess Classic: December 8-19, 2016 • London, England • Classical
Replay all the games:
- Your Next Move — Grand Chess Tour 2016 Rapid Games
- Your Next Move — Grand Chess Tour 2016 Blitz Games
- Grand Chess Tour Paris 2016 – Rapid Round
- Grand Chess Tour Paris 2016 – Blitz Round
Photo credits:
- Grand Chess Tour
- Chessbase for the crosstable
Ricky Farole
go idol..basta gawin mo lng iyong best..sa larong chess..dahil sa larong chess naka dipende sa laro dahil pareho parehong kaayong mga magaling..masaya na ako na may wesley so na isang filipino.
naka abot sa mas mataas na level sa larangan ng larong ahedres..good luck idol..at champion sa mga filipino..
Jhune Solatorio
go go go wesley…
Paul Almon Arpon
Sana may tournmnt din sila dito sa pilipinas….
J.t. Retes
Tama…pero never na siyang matawag na pilipino great sa larangan ng chess or asya dahil siya ay amerikano na dba GM E.Torre?
John Smith
go wesley!!! 10 yrs ago nag laban tayo sa worldchessnetwork.com 5 loss ako!!
Edlor N. Lumenario
kasalanan ng putang inang politika sa sports kaya us ang dinadalang bandila ni wesley so ngaun…san nakakita na di man lang bigyan ng pinansyal na suporta ung atleta ntin dahil sa away ng dalawang samahan ng chess sa pinas…pero go wesley so….proud pa rin kami sau…
Stephanie Hardwall
Are you nuts of all the Filipino chess players here in the Philippines Wesley So got the most support he needed be it a financial support or competition anywhere around the world so shut up idiot seems like you were born yesterday and you don’t know the truth about his decision to leave the Philippines
Stephanie Hardwall
Maybe you didn’t also know that he dump his family huh
Alvin Campong
Ronald De Leon
tumpak k Edlor N. Lumenario
Nhoj Retxej Yajad Atnapaz
wla talagang kwenta ang NCFP sa pilipinas puro kurakot kaya GM natin di na sa atin.
Cent GAn
GM natin ibang bansa na ang pinapasikat.. palibhasa sa bulsa ng kurakot napupunta ang pera na budget nila…
Jotham M. Bambalan
magaling pala yang si Wesley ? good luck