Grand Chess Tour 2018

The tour consisted of four events, including three rapid and blitz and one classical event, and concluded in Tour Finals in London, where four top scorers qualified.{{Cite web|title=New format for Grand Chess Tour 2018|url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/new-format-for-grand-chess-tour-2018|date=December 10, 2017}} Each event consisted of 9 regular tour participants and 1 wildcard. Scoring system looked as follows:

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class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" ! Place !! Points (classical) !! Points (rapid/blitz)
1st	18/20*	12/13*
2nd	15	10
3rd	12	8
4th	10	7
5th	8	6
6th	6	5
7th	4	4
8th	3	3
9th	2	2
10th	1	1

The field was announced on January 29, 2018.{{Cite web|title=2018 Grand Chess Tour Participants, Event Dates, and Tour Point Regulations|url=https://grandchesstour.org/news/2018-grand-chess-tour-participants-event-dates-and-tour-point-regulations/|date=January 29, 2018}} The lineup was selected based on several criteria, including top three finish in previous edition, URS, average FIDE rating from February 1, 2017, to January 1, 2018, and personal invitation by GCT Advisory Board. Initially, it consisted of ten players, including reigning World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen and his predecessors – Viswanathan Anand and Vladimir Kramnik. However, Carlsen and Kramnik declined the invitations, with number of players reducing to nine and last spot being given to Sergey Karjakin. Both Carlsen and Kramnik later played as wildcards.

class="wikitable sortable" !Player !Country !Rating (January 2018) !class="unsortable"|Eligility criteria

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave |{{FRA}} |2793 |Runner-up of 2017 Grand Chess Tour

Levon Aronian |{{ARM}} |2797 |Third place in 2017 Grand Chess Tour

Fabiano Caruana |{{USA}} |2811 |Average rating

Wesley So |{{USA}} |2792 |Average rating

Hikaru Nakamura |{{USA}} |2781 |URS

Alexander Grischuk |{{RUS}} |2767 |URS

Shakhriyar Mamedyarov |{{AZE}} |2804 |URS

Viswanathan Anand |{{IND}} |2767 |Wildcard

Sergey Karjakin |{{RUS}} |2753 |Replacement

First leg of 2018 Grand Chess Tour took place on June 12–16 in Leuven City Hall, Leuven, Belgium. The wildcard for the event was Dutch Grandmaster Anish Giri, who ultimately finished on last place. The tournament was won by Wesley So.{{Cite web|title=2018 Your Next Move|url=https://grandchesstour.org/tours/2018/tournaments/2018-your-next-move/}}{{Cite web|title=Wesley So Wins Your Next Move Grand Chess Tour|url=https://www.chess.com/news/view/so-wins-your-next-move-grand-chess-tour|date=June 18, 2018}}{{Cite web|title=Leuven Grand Chess Tour: Viswanathan Anand's improved show helps him finish fifth; Wesley So wins tournament|url=https://www.firstpost.com/sports/leuven-grand-chess-tour-viswanathan-anands-improved-show-helps-him-finish-fifth-wesley-so-wins-tournament-4528261.html|work=Firstpost|date=June 15, 2018}}

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class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |+2018 Your Next Move, June 12–16 Leuven, Belgium ! !! Player !! Rapid !! Blitz !! Total !! {{abbr|TB|Rapid play-off between players who tied for 1st place}} !! Tour Points !! Prize money
style="background:#ccffcc;" | 1	align="left" | {{flagathlete|Wesley So|USA}}	14	8	22		13	$37,000
2	align="left" | {{flagathlete|Sergey Karjakin|RUS}}	10	11½	21½		9	$22,500
3	align="left" | {{flagathlete|Maxime Vachier-Lagrave|FRA}}	11	10½	21½		9	$22,500
4	align="left" | {{flagathlete|Hikaru Nakamura|USA}}	10	11	21		7	$15,000
5	align="left" | {{flagathlete|Levon Aronian|ARM}}	11	9½	20½		6	$12,500
6	align="left" | {{flagathlete|Alexander Grischuk|RUS}}	8	9½	17½		5	$10,000
7	align="left" | {{flagathlete|Shakhriyar Mamedyarov|AZE}}	9	8	17		4	$7,500
8	align="left" | {{flagathlete|Viswanathan Anand|IND}}	5	9½	14½		3	$7,500
9	align="left" | {{flagathlete|Fabiano Caruana|USA}}	7	6½	13½		2	$7,500
10	align="left" | {{flagathlete|Anish Giri|NED}}	5	6	11		WC (1)	$7,500

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class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: center;" |+class=nowrap|Your Next Move Rapid, June 12–14 ! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points
1	align=left| {{flagathlete|Wesley So|USA}}	2763	{{CNone}}	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	1	2	14
2	align="left" | {{flagathlete|Levon Aronian|ARM}}	2795	1	{{CNone}}	1	2	0	1	1	2	1	2	11
3	align="left" | {{flagathlete|Maxime Vachier-Lagrave|FRA}}	2777	1	1	{{CNone}}	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	11
4	align="left" | {{flagathlete|Hikaru Nakamura|USA}}	2813	0	0	1	{{CNone}}	1	2	2	0	2	2	10
5	align="left" | {{flagathlete|Sergey Karjakin|RUS}}	2743	1	2	1	1	{{CNone}}	1	2	0	1	1	10
6	align="left" | {{flagathlete|Shakhriyar Mamedyarov|AZE}}	2766	0	1	1	0	1	{{CNone}}	1	2	2	1	9
7	align="left" | {{flagathlete|Alexander Grischuk|RUS}}	2783	0	1	1	0	0	1	{{CNone}}	2	2	1	8
8	align="left" | {{flagathlete|Fabiano Caruana|USA}}	2753	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	{{CNone}}	0	2	7
9	align="left" | {{flagathlete|Viswanathan Anand|IND}}	2822	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	{{CNone}}	0	5
10	align="left" | {{flagathlete|Anish Giri|NED}}	2779	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	{{CNone}}	5

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class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: center;" |+class=nowrap|Your Next Move Blitz, June 15–16 ! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points
1	align=left| {{flagathlete|Sergey Karjakin|RUS}}	2816	{{CNone}}	½ ½	1 0	½ 0	1 1	½ ½	1 0	½ 1	1 1	½ 1	11½
2	align="left" | {{flagathlete|Hikaru Nakamura|USA}}	2878	½ ½	{{CNone}}	0 0	1 ½	0 1	1 1	1 1	1 1	½ 0	0 1	11
3	align="left" | {{flagathlete|Maxime Vachier-Lagrave|FRA}}	2837	0 1	1 1	{{CNone}}	½ 1	0 0	½ 1	½ 0	½ ½	½ 1	1 ½	10½
4	align="left" | {{flagathlete|Alexander Grischuk|RUS}}	2831	½ 1	0 ½	½ 0	{{CNone}}	½ 1	1 0	½ 1	½ ½	1 0	½ ½	9½
5	align="left" | {{flagathlete|Viswanathan Anand|IND}}	2817	0 0	1 0	1 1	½ 0	{{CNone}}	0 ½	½ ½	½ ½	1 1	½ 1	9½
6	align="left" | {{flagathlete|Levon Aronian|ARM}}	2809	½ ½	0 0	½ 0	0 1	1 ½	{{CNone}}	1 ½	½ ½	1 0	1 1	9½
7	align="left" | {{flagathlete|Shakhriyar Mamedyarov|AZE}}	2757	0 1	0 0	½ 1	½ 0	½ ½	0 ½	{{CNone}}	1 1	½ ½	0 ½	8
8	align="left" | {{flagathlete|Wesley So|USA}}	2856	½ 0	0 0	½ ½	½ ½	½ ½	½ ½	0 0	{{CNone}}	½ 1	1 1	8
9	align="left" | {{flagathlete|Fabiano Caruana|USA}}	2818	0 0	½ 1	½ 0	0 1	0 0	0 1	½ ½	½ 0	{{CNone}}	½ ½	6½
10	align="left" | {{flagathlete|Anish Giri|NED}}	2799	½ 0	1 0	0 ½	½ ½	½ 0	0 0	1 ½	0 0	½ ½	{{CNone}}	6

Paris Grand Chess Tour took place on June 20–24 in Paris, France and was second event of 2018 Grand Chess Tour. Former world champion Vladimir Kramnik played as wildcard. The event was won by Hikaru Nakamura.{{Cite web|title=2018 Paris Grand Chess Tour|url=https://grandchesstour.org/tours/2018/tournaments/paris-grand-chess-tour-2/}}{{Cite web|title=Paris GCT Rapid and Blitz 2018|url=https://www.chess.com/events/2018-paris-grand-chess-tour|work=The Week in Chess|date=June 19, 2018}}

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class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |+2018 Paris GCT, June 20–24 Paris, France ! !! Player !! Rapid !! Blitz !! Total !! {{abbr|TB|Rapid play-off between players who tied for 1st place}} !! Tour Points !! Prize money
style="background:#ccffcc;" | 1	align="left" | {{flagathlete|Hikaru Nakamura|USA}}	11	12	23		13	$37,500
2	align="left" | {{flagathlete|Sergey Karjakin|RUS}}	11	10½	21½		10	$25,000
3	align="left" | {{flagathlete|Wesley So|USA}}	12	9	21		8	$20,000
4	align="left" | {{flagathlete|Levon Aronian|ARM}}	9	11	20		7	$15,000
5	align="left" | {{flagathlete|Maxime Vachier-Lagrave|FRA}}	9	10½	19½		6	$12,500
6	align="left" | {{flagathlete|Viswanathan Anand|IND}}	9	8	17		5	$10,000
7	align="left" | {{flagathlete|Alexander Grischuk|RUS}}	7	9	16		4	$7,500
8	align="left" | {{flagathlete|Shakhriyar Mamedyarov|AZE}}	7	8½	15½		3	$7,500
9	align="left" | {{flagathlete|Fabiano Caruana|USA}}	8	5½	13½		2	$7,500
10	align="left" | {{flagathlete|Vladimir Kramnik|RUS}}	7	6	13		WC (1)	$7,500

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class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: center;" |+class=nowrap|Paris GCT Rapid, June 20–22 ! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points
1	align=left| {{flagathlete|Wesley So|USA}}	2763	{{CNone}}	1	1	2	1	1	2	0	2	2	12
2	align="left" | {{flagathlete|Sergey Karjakin|RUS}}	2743	1	{{CNone}}	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	11
3	align="left" | {{flagathlete|Hikaru Nakamura|USA}}	2813	1	1	{{CNone}}	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	11
4	align="left" | {{flagathlete|Maxime Vachier-Lagrave|FRA}}	2777	0	1	1	{{CNone}}	2	1	1	2	1	0	9
5	align="left" | {{flagathlete|Levon Aronian|ARM}}	2795	1	1	1	0	{{CNone}}	1	0	2	1	2	9
6	align="left" | {{flagathlete|Viswanathan Anand|IND}}	2822	1	1	0	1	1	{{CNone}}	1	1	2	1	9
7	align="left" | {{flagathlete|Fabiano Caruana|USA}}	2753	0	1	0	1	2	1	{{CNone}}	1	2	0	8
8	align="left" | {{flagathlete|Shakhriyar Mamedyarov|AZE}}	2766	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	{{CNone}}	0	2	7
9	align="left" | {{flagathlete|Vladimir Kramnik|RUS}}	2775	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	{{CNone}}	2	7
10	align="left" | {{flagathlete|Alexander Grischuk|RUS}}	2783	0	1	1	2	0	1	2	0	0	{{CNone}}	7

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class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: center;" |+class=nowrap|Paris GCT Blitz, June 23–24 ! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points

1

align=left| {{flagathlete|Hikaru Nakamura|USA}}

2878

{{CNone}}

½ ½

½ ½

½ ½

½ ½

1 ½

0 1

½ 1

1 1

1 1

12

2

align="left" | {{flagathlete|Levon Aronian|ARM}}

2809

½ ½

{{CNone}}

½ ½

0 ½

½ ½

½ ½

½ 1

1 ½

1 1

½ 1

11

3

align="left" | {{flagathlete|Maxime Vachier-Lagrave|FRA}}

2837

½ ½

½ ½

{{CNone}}

1 1

½ 0

½ ½

0 1

1 ½

1 0

1 ½

10½

4

align="left" | {{flagathlete|Sergey Karjakin|RUS}}

2816

½ ½

1 ½

0 0

{{CNone}}

1 ½

1 ½

0 ½

1 0

1 1

1 ½

10½

5

align="left" | {{flagathlete|Wesley So|USA}}

2856

½ ½

½ ½

½ 1

0 ½

{{CNone}}

0 ½

1 ½

½ ½

½ ½

½ ½

9

6

align="left" | {{flagathlete|Alexander Grischuk|RUS}}

2831

0 ½

½ ½

½ ½

0 ½

1 ½

{{CNone}}

½ ½

0 1

½ ½

1 ½

9

7

align="left" | {{flagathlete|Shakhriyar Mamedyarov|AZE}}

2757

1 0

½ 0

1 0

1 ½

0 ½

½ ½

{{CNone}}

½ ½

0 1

0 1

8½

8

align="left" | {{flagathlete|Viswanathan Anand|IND}}

2817

½ 0

0 ½

0 ½

0 1

½ ½

1 0

½ ½

{{CNone}}

½ ½

½ 1

8

9

align="left" | {{flagathlete|Vladimir Kramnik|RUS}}

2793

0 0

0 0

0 1

0 0

½ ½

½ ½

1 0

½ ½

{{CNone}}

1 0

6

10

align="left" | {{flagathlete|Fabiano Caruana|USA}}

2799

0 0

½ 0

0 ½

0 ½

½ ½

0 ½

1 0

½ 0

0 1

{{CNone}}

5½

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class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |+2018 Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz, August 10–16 St. Louis, Missouri, United States ! !! Player !! Rapid !! Blitz !! Total !! {{abbr|TB|Rapid play-off between players who tied for 1st place}} !! Tour Points !! Prize money
style="background:#ccffcc;" | 1	align="left" | {{flagathlete|Hikaru Nakamura|USA}}	12	10½	22½		13	$37,000
2	align="left" | {{flagathlete|Maxime Vachier-Lagrave|FRA}}	8	13½	21½		10	$25,000
3	align="left" | {{flagathlete|Shakhriyar Mamedyarov|AZE}}	12	9	21		8	$20,000
4	align="left" | {{flagathlete|Fabiano Caruana|USA}}	11	9	20		7	$15,000
5	align="left" | {{flagathlete|Levon Aronian|ARM}}	9	9	18		6	$12,000
6	align="left" | {{flagathlete|Sergey Karjakin|RUS}}	9	8	17		5	$10,000
7	align="left" | {{flagathlete|Leinier Domínguez|CUB}}	9	7	16		WC (4)	$7,500
8	align="left" | {{flagathlete|Alexander Grischuk|RUS}}	6	9½	15½		3	$7,500
9	align="left" | {{flagathlete|Wesley So|USA}}	8	7	15		2	$7,500
10	align="left" | {{flagathlete|Viswanathan Anand|IND}}	6	7½	13½		1	$7,500

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class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: center;" |+class=nowrap|Saint Louis Rapid, August 11-13 ! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points
1	align=left| {{flagathlete|Hikaru Nakamura|USA}}	2812	{{CNone}}	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	1	0	12
2	align="left" | {{flagathlete|Shakhriyar Mamedyarov|AZE}}	2782	1	{{CNone}}	1	2	0	1	2	2	1	2	12
3	align="left" | {{flagathlete|Levon Aronian|ARM}}	2794	0	1	{{CNone}}	1	2	1	2	1	1	2	11
4	align="left" | {{flagathlete|Sergey Karjakin|RUS}}	2791	1	0	1	{{CNone}}	1	2	1	1	1	1	9
5	align="left" | {{flagathlete|Fabiano Caruana|USA}}	2785	1	2	0	1	{{CNone}}	0	1	1	2	1	9
6	align="left" | {{flagathlete|Leinier Domínguez|CUB}}	2754	0	1	1	0	2	{{CNone}}	1	2	1	1	9
7	align="left" | {{flagathlete|Maxime Vachier-Lagrave|FRA}}	2796	0	0	0	1	1	1	{{CNone}}	1	2	2	8
8	align="left" | {{flagathlete|Wesley So|USA}}	2794	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	{{CNone}}	2	2	8
9	align="left" | {{flagathlete|Alexander Grischuk|RUS}}	2782	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	{{CNone}}	1	6
10	align="left" | {{flagathlete|Viswanathan Anand|IND}}	2771	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	{{CNone}}	6

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class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: center;" |+class=nowrap|Saint Louis Blitz, August 15–16 ! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points

1

align=left| {{flagathlete|Maxime Vachier-Lagrave|FRA}}

2878

{{CNone}}

½ 1

½ 1

1 1

1 1

½ 0

1 ½

1 ½

1 1

½ ½

13½

2

align="left" | {{flagathlete|Hikaru Nakamura|USA}}

2913

½ 0

{{CNone}}

½ 1

1 1

½ 1

0 1

0 0

½ ½

1 ½

1 ½

10½

3

align="left" | {{flagathlete|Alexander Grischuk|RUS}}

2831

½ 0

½ 0

{{CNone}}

½ ½

1 ½

1 1

½ 1

0 ½

1 ½

½ 0

9½

4

align="left" | {{flagathlete|Shakhriyar Mamedyarov|AZE}}

2795

0 0

0 0

½ ½

{{CNone}}

1 1

0 1

1 1

1 ½

½ 0

1 0

9

5

align="left" | {{flagathlete|Fabiano Caruana|USA}}

2709

0 0

½ 0

0 ½

0 0

{{CNone}}

½ 1

1 1

½ 1

1 ½

1 ½

9

6

align="left" | {{flagathlete|Levon Aronian|ARM}}

2871

½ 1

1 0

0 0

1 0

½ 0

{{CNone}}

½ 0

½ 1

½ 1

½ 1

9

7

align="left" | {{flagathlete|Sergey Karjakin|RUS}}

2898

0 ½

1 1

½ 0

0 0

0 0

½ 1

{{CNone}}

1 ½

½ ½

0 1

8

8

align="left" | {{flagathlete|Viswanathan Anand|IND}}

2812

0 ½

½ ½

1 ½

0 ½

½ 0

½ 0

0 ½

{{CNone}}

½ ½

½ 1

7½

9

align="left" | {{flagathlete|Leinier Domínguez|CUB}}

2687

0 0

0 ½

0 ½

½ 1

0 ½

½ 0

½ ½

½ ½

{{CNone}}

1 ½

7

10

align="left" | {{flagathlete|Wesley So|USA}}

2800

½ ½

0 ½

½ 1

0 1

0 ½

½ 0

1 0

½ 0

0 ½

{{CNone}}

7

The Sinquefield Cup in St. Louis, Missouri, United States was the last leg of 2018 Grand Chess Tour before the tour finals. Magnus Carlsen, Levon Aronian and Fabiano Caruana all shared first place by scoring 5½ out of 9.{{cite web|url =https://en.chessbase.com/post/sinquefield-cup-2018-round-9|title =Sinquefield Cup: Three winners (one playoff)!|first =Venkatachalam|last =Saravanan|publisher =ChessBase|date =28 August 2018}}

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class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="text-align: center;" |+ 6th Sinquefield Cup, 18–28 August 2018, St. Louis, Missouri, United States, Category XXII (2787.5) ! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points !! {{abbr|H2H|The results of the games between or amongst all the players involved in the tie}} !! {{abbr|Wins|The total number of games won by each of the players involved in the remaining tie}}	{{abbr|Black|The total number of games won with black by each of the players involved in the remaining tie}}	TPR !! Tour Points
style="background:#ccffcc;" | rowspan="3" | 1–3	align="left" | {{flagathlete|Magnus Carlsen|NOR}}	2842		½	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	5½	1	2	0	2861	WC (15)
style="background:#ccffcc;" | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Fabiano Caruana|USA}}	2822	½		½	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	5½	1	2	0	2864	15
style="background:#ccffcc;" | align="left" | {{flagathlete|Levon Aronian|ARM}}	2767	½	½		½	1	½	½	½	½	1	5½	1	2	0	2870	15
4	align=left | {{flagathlete|Shakhriyar Mamedyarov|AZE}}	2801	½	½	½	{{CNone}}	½	½	½	1	½	½	5		1	0	2829	10
5	align=left | {{flagathlete|Alexander Grischuk|RUS}}	2766	½	½	0	½	{{CNone}}	½	½	½	1	½	4½	1	1	1	2790	6
6–7	align=left | {{flagathlete|Maxime Vachier-Lagrave|FRA}}	2779	½	½	½	½	½	{{CNone}}	½	½	½	½	4½	1	0	0	2788	6
6–7	align=left | {{flagathlete|Viswanathan Anand|IND}}	2768	½	½	½	½	½	½	{{CNone}}	½	½	½	4½	1	0	0	2790	6
8	align=left | {{flagathlete|Wesley So|USA}}	2780	½	½	½	0	½	½	½	{{CNone}}	½	½	4		0	0	2745	3
9–10	align=left | {{flagathlete|Hikaru Nakamura|USA}}	2777	0	0	½	½	0	½	½	½	{{CNone}}	½	3	½	0	0	2664	1.5
9–10	align=left | {{flagathlete|Sergey Karjakin|RUS}}	2773	0	0	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	{{CNone}}	3	½	0	0	2664	1.5

In 2018, the London Chess Classic served as the semifinals and finals for the top 4 players from the 2018 Grand Chess Tour.

The players played 2 classical games, 2 rapid games, and 4 blitz games. 6 points were awarded for a win, 3 points for a draw and 0 points for a loss in classical play. In the Rapid games, 4 points were awarded for a win, 2 points for a draw, and 0 points for a loss. In the Blitz games, 2 points were awarded for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 point for a loss.

After seven consecutive draws that opened his final match with Vachier-Lagrave, Nakamura clinched an event victory by defeating Vachier-Lagrave in the fourth and final blitz game.

{{4TeamBracket

| seed-width =

| team-width = 270px

| score-width =

| RD1-seed1 = 1

| RD1-team1 = {{flagathlete|Hikaru Nakamura|United States}}

| RD1-score1 = 18

| RD1-seed2 = 4

| RD1-team2 = {{flagathlete|Fabiano Caruana|United States}}

| RD1-score2 = 10

| RD1-seed3 = 2

| RD1-team3 = {{flagathlete|Levon Aronian|Armenia}}

| RD1-score3 = 10

| RD1-seed4 = 3

| RD1-team4 = {{flagathlete|Maxime Vachier-Lagrave|France}}

| RD1-score4 = 18

| RD2-seed1 = 1

| RD2-team1 = {{flagathlete|Hikaru Nakamura|United States}}

| RD2-score1 = 15

| RD2-seed2 = 3

| RD2-team2 = {{flagathlete|Maxime Vachier-Lagrave|France}}

| RD2-score2 = 13

| RD2b-seed1 = 4

| RD2b-team1 = {{flagathlete|Fabiano Caruana|United States}}

| RD2b-score1 = 16

| RD2b-seed2 = 2

| RD2b-team2 = {{flagathlete|Levon Aronian|Armenia}}

| RD2b-score2 = 12

}}

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