#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
Hikaru Nakamura vs Wesley So
Your Next Move (Rapid) (2018), Leuven BEL, rd 7, Jun-14
Queen’s Pawn Game (A45)
1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. dc5 e6 5. b4 a5 6. c3 Bd7 7. Qb3 ab4 8. cb4 b6 9. Bd6 Ne4 10. Qb2 Nd6 11. cd6 Qf6 12. Qf6 gf6 13. b5 Bd6 14. a4 Ke7 15. Bd3 Rc8 16. Ne2 e5 17. f3 f5 18. Ra2 Be6 19. Rc2 Bb4 20. Kf1 Ra4 21. Rc8 Bc8 22. Nec3 Bc3 23. Nc3 Ra3 24. Nd5 Kd6 25. Nb6 Be6 26. Bb1 Kc5 27. Nc8 Bc8 28. Kf2 Be6 29. g4 fg4 30. Bh7 Nd7 31. Rb1 Ra2 32. Kg3 gf3 33. h4 f5 34. Kf3 Nf6
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