#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 Wesley So
YourNextMove (Rapid) (2018), Leuven BEL, rd 1, Jun-12
Spanish Game: Closed. Martinez Variation (C78)
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7 9. c3 O-O 10. Bc2 Re8 11. Re1 h6 12. Nbd2 b4 13. d4 Rb8 14. d5 bc3 15. bc3 Na5 16. Ba3 c6 17. c4 Qc7 18. Bd3 Nb7 19. Nb3 a5 20. Bc1 Bg4 21. Be3 Nd7 22. h3 Bf3 23. Qf3 Nbc5 24. Nc5 Nc5 25. Bc5 dc5 26. Bf1 Rb4 27. Red1 Reb8 28. g3 cd5 29. ed5 Bd6 30. h4 Qd7 31. Bd3 g6 32. g4 Qe7 33. h5 Qg5 34. hg6 fg6 35. Qg2 Rf8 36. Re1 Rb3 37. Re3 Rf4 38. Bf5 Rb2 39. Be6 Kg7 40. Rf1 Rc4 41. Qg3 Rbb4 42. Qh2 Rf4 43. Kh1 e4 44. f3 h5 45. Qh3 hg4 46. Bg4 Rb8 47. Qg3 Rh8 48. Kg2 Rg4
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