Participants
Alexander Grischuk • Fabiano Caruana • Hikaru Nakamura • Levon Aronian • Maxime Vachier-Lagrave • Shakhriyar Mamedyarov • Sergey Karjakin • Viswanathan Anand • Wesley So • Vladimir Kramnik (WC)
Schedule CET
Rapid (20 – 22 June)
Time | 20 June | TIME | 21 June | TIME | 22 June |
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14.00 | Round 1 | 12.00 | Round 4 | 14.00 | Round 7 |
15.30 | Round 2 | 13.30 | Round 5 | 15.30 | Round 8 |
17.00 | Round 3 | 15.00 | Round 6 | 17.00 | Round 9 |
Blitz (23 – 24 June)
Time | 23 June | Time | 24 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 |
Event |
Playing Dates * |
Prizes |
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Your Next Move |
12 - 16 June |
$150,000 |
Paris GCT |
20 - 24 June |
$150,000 |
Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz |
10 - 16 August |
$150,000 |
Sinquefield Cup |
17 - 28 August |
$300,000 |
GCT Finals (London) |
TBA December |
$300,000 |
Total GCT Prizes |
|
$1,050,000 |
DATES | June 20-24, 2018 |
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LOCATION | Groupe Canal+, 5 Boulevard de la République, 92100 Boulogne Billancourt |
FORMAT | 10-Player Round Robin |
Commentators |
English – GM Yasser Seirawan, IM Jovanka Houska, GM Alejandro Ramirez, GM Maurice Ashley and GM Romain Edouard Russian – GM Evgenij Miroshnichenko and GM Yaroslav Zherebukh French – Astrid Bard (Canal+ Anchor), IM Jean-Baptist Mullon, GM Yannick Pelletier and IM Almira Skripchenko |
PRIZE FUND | $150,000 |