#agadmator The 2018 YNM Leuven Rapid & Blitz tournament will be the first stop on the 2018 Grand Chess Tour. 2017 saw World Champion Magnus Carlsen ease to a comfortable victory but there will definitely be a new champion this year as Magnus is not returning to defend his title. New faces include Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura, Alexander Grischuk and Shakriyar Mamedyarov none of whom participated in the 2017 edition. They will be joined by GM Anish who will once again participate in Leuven as a Wildcard for the event.
DATES June 12 – 16, 2018
LOCATION Leuven City Hall, Belgium
FORMAT 10-Player Round Robin
PRIZE FUND $150,000
COMMENTATORS
English – GM Yasser Seirawan, IM Jovanka Houska, GM Alejandro Ramirez, GM Maurice Ashley and GM Nigel Short
Russian – GM Evgenij Miroshnichenko and GM Yaroslav Zherebukh
Fabiano Caruana vs Levon Aronian
Your Next Move (Rapid) (2018), Leuven BEL, rd 8, Jun-14
Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense (C65)
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d5 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O de4 8. de4 a5 9. a4 Qe7 10. h3 Ne8 11. Re1 Nd6 12. Bd3 Be6 13. Nf1 f6 14. Be3 Be3 15. Ne3 Qf7 16. Qe2 Rfd8 17. Red1 Ne7 18. h4 Nec8 19. Bc2 Nb6 20. Nd2 Nbc4 21. Ndc4 Nc4 22. Nd5 Bd5 23. ed5 Nd6 24. c4 b6 25. Ra3 f5 26. Rc3 e4 27. c5 bc5 28. Rc5 Re8 29. Rc1 Re7 30. Bd1 f4 31. Qe1 f3 32. R1c3 Rf8 33. Qf1 Qg6 34. Kh2 Qg4 35. Rc7 Qh4 36. Kg1 Re5
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