Fabiano Luigi Caruana (born South Miami Florida 30 July 1992) is the official United States National Chess Champion and the second highest ranked player in the world.
He is a natural born US citizen who also possesses an Italian citizenship by his maternal parentage.
At a very young age in Park Slope Brooklyn, he was recognized as a chess prodigy.
The first half of the tournament (7 out of 14 rounds) have been played in March last year. It was cut off due to the pandemic. The second half resumes this month, continuing with where the standings were before it was cut off:
Read more here.
Grand Chess Tour 2018 is a five-leg tour composed of the rapid and blitz games in Leuven and Paris, and rapid, blitz and classical games tournaments in St. Louis later this year. The final leg in London will played among the top 4 finishers in the first four legs.
At the end of each leg, GCT points are awarded to each player based on their rankings. By the end of the second leg in Paris, Wesley So leads the cumulative GCT points:
There goes the conclusion of the Paris Grand Chess Tour 2018, the second leg of the Grand Chess Tour 2018. Right before the final round, Hikaru Nakamura only needed a draw to ultimately bag home the title. But it was not enough for him, as he even played and won his last round game against Fabiano Caruana.
Replay all the Paris rapid and blitz games.
As the second leg of Grand Chess Tour continues in Paris, Wesley So takes solo lead at the end of Day 2 — after 6 rapid rounds. This, after he defeated Vladimir Kramnik and Alexander Grischuk and drew with Levon Aronian during the day.
Replay Day 2 games below:[replay]
[csvtable file=”http://chesshive.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/gtcpr_d2_ranking.csv”]
Replay all rapid games in Paris GCT 2018.
Official scoring after Round 6 rapid games:
The second leg of the Grand Chess Tour 2018, the Paris GCT 2018, kicked off just 4 days after Leuven. The format is still the same: 5 days, 9 rapid, and 18 blitz games. Vladimir Kramnik plays wildcard in Anish Giri‘s stead.
Day 1 was action-packed, as expected in rapid games. 7 out of the 15 games were decisive. Replay Day 1 games below:[replay]
[csvtable file=”http://chesshive.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/gtcpr_d1_ranking.csv”]
The official scoring system awards 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw. Thus, here’s the official scores after Day 1 of three rapid games:
Stay tuned for more chess action from Paris.
Watch the coverage here:
The first leg of the Grand Chess Tour 2018, the Your Next Move 2018, came to a conclusion. After 5 days of play, 9 rounds of rapid and 18 rounds of blitz games, Wesley So emerged victorious being just half a point ahead of the contenders: Sergey Karjakin and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave.
The last round indeed was full of drama. Going into the final round, So was just half a point ahead of Karjakin and MVL — he needed a win to secure the title, while a draw could mean tie-break games. Watching the live coverage, you can see the disappointment in So’s face as he resigned his last blitz game against Hikaru Nakamura. Yet, to his surprise, both Karjakin and MVL lost their respective games as well. Thus, Wesley So was crowned the champion.