2019-08-01

Grand Chess Tour Paris 2019

The Grand Chess Tour Paris 2019 is held between 27th of July to 1st of August 2019 in Paris, France.
This is the third stop on the 2019 Grand Chess Tour with a total prize fund of $150,000.
Rate of play:  9 rounds of rapid and 18 rounds of blitz. In case of a tie for the 1st place there will be a playoff between all the players involved.
The competition features famous chess players as: Hikaru Nakamura; Maxime Vachier-Lagrave; Fabiano Caruana; Shakhriyar Mamedyarov; Ian Nepomniachtchi; Anish Giri; Viswanathan Anand; Alexander Grischuk; Jan-Krzysztof Duda; Daniil Dubov

Official site

Schedule in UTC:

July 27 - 3 rounds of rapid starting at 14:00
July 28 - 3 rounds of rapid starting at 14:00
July 29 - 3 rounds of rapid starting at 14:00
July 30 - rest day
July 31 - 9 rounds of blitz starting at 14:00
August 1 - 9 rounds of blitz starting at 14:00


Watch the games of the Grand Chess Tour Paris 2019 with computer analysis LIVE on ChessBomb.

Read the recaps from previous issues of the tournament  and watch the games with computer analysis at ChessBomb:
Riga FIDE Grand Prix 2019
Grand Chess Tour Croatia 2019

Read the organiser's recaps:
2019 Paris Rapid & Blitz - Day 4
2019 Paris Rapid & Blitz - Day 3
2019 Paris Rapid & Blitz - Day 2
2019 Paris Rapid & Blitz - Day 1

Read the reports on Chess.com
Peter Doggers - Vachier-Lagrave Wins Paris Grand Chess Tour In "Horror Show" 
Peter Doggers - Paris Rapid & Blitz Grand Chess Tour: Vachier-Lagrave Struggles, Still Leads
Peter Doggers - Paris Rapid & Blitz Grand Chess Tour: Vachier-Lagrave Takes Over 
Peter Doggers - Paris Rapid & Blitz: Anand, Caruana Lead After Day 1