Paris GCT joined the Grand Chess Tour in 2016 thanks to the generous sponsorship of Colliers International, Vivendi and DailyMotion and will once again be the first stop on the 2017 Grand Chess Tour. Paris is the first stop of the 2017 Grand Chess Tour. The participants will play 9 games of rapid chess and 18 games of blitz for a total prize fund of $150,000!
| DATES | June 21-25, 2017 |
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| LOCATION | Groupe Canal+, 1 Place du Spectacle, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France |
| FORMAT | 10-Player Round Robin |
| PRIZE FUND | $150,000 |
| Commentators |
English - GM Yasser Seirawan, GM Cristian Chirila, IM Jovanka Houska, GM Maurice Ashley and GM Romain Edouard Spanish - GM Alejandro Ramirez and WIM Ivette Garcia French - GM Yannick Pelletier, IM Almira Skripchenko and IM Jean-Baptiste Mullon |
| SPECTATORS | The playing venue will not be open to the public this year but a number of parallel events have been planned at the Chateau Asnieres in conjunction with the French Chess Federation. Click here for more details. |
| Photos | For event photos, visit our Flickr page. |
Participants
Magnus Carlsen • Hikaru Nakamura • Wesley So • Maxime Vachier-Lagrave • Sergey Karjakin • Fabiano Caruana • Alexander Grischuk (WC) • Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (WC) • Veselin Topalov (WC)• Etienne Bacrot (WC)
Final Tournament Standings
Schedule CET
Rapid (21 – 23 June)
| Time | 21 June | 22 June | 23 June |
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| 14.00 | Round 1 | Round 4 | Round 7 |
| 15.30 | Round 2 | Round 5 | Round 8 |
| 17.00 | Round 3 | Round 6 | Round 9 |
Blitz (24 – 25 June)
| Time | 24 June | Time | 25 June |
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| 14.00 | Round 1 | 12.00 | Round 10 |
| 14.30 | Round 2 | 12.30 | Round 11 |
| 15.00 | Round 3 | 13.00 | Round 12 |
| 15.30 | Round 4 | 13.30 | Round 13 |
| 16.00 | Round 5 | 14.00 | Round 14 |
| 16.30 | Round 6 | 14.30 | Round 15 |
| 17.00 | Round 7 | 15.00 | Round 16 |
| 17.30 | Round 8 | 15.30 | Round 17 |
| 18.00 | Round 9 | 16.00 | Round 18 |
| 16.30 | Playoffs | ||
| 18:30 | Prizegiving |
The Grand Chess Tour will be complemented this year by a traveling exhibition of chess-related art and artifacts from the Dr. Jeanne and Rex Sinquefield Collection and the permanent collection of the World Chess Hall of Fame. Spectators can view the exhibit June 21-25 at the Chateau D'Asnieres-Sur-Seine.
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