The first leg of the 2016 Grand Chess Tour is set to take place from 9-12th June at La Maison de la Chimie in Paris, France. Ten Grandmasters will compete in the round robin rapid on 9-10th June and double round robin blitz on 11-12th June. The total prize fund is $150,000.
Participants:
Levon Aronian, Fabiano Caruana, Anish Giri, Vladimir Kramnik, Hikaru Nakamura, Wesley So, Veselin Topalov, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Magnus Carlsen, and Laurent Fressinet
Live games will be daily on Chessdom.com with TCEC chess engines analysis by Komodo, Stockfish, and Houdini, as well as the Dailymotion live video player. Here is a trailer by Dailymotion games on the Paris Grand Chess Tour.
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Trailer – Paris Grand Chess Tour by parisgrandchesstour
