Grand Chess Tour heads to Zagreb for SuperUnited Fast & Blitz

St. Louis (USA), June 28 – After thrilling wins by GM Fabiano Caruana and five-time World Champion Magnus Carlsen within the first two legs of the Grand Chess Tour, the following tour cease will likely be in Zagreb, Croatia for SuperUnited Fast & Blitz, set to happen from July 4-9.

SuperUnited Fast & Blitz Croatia will mark the halfway level of the Grand Chess Tour and can function 175,000 greenback in prizes.

5 full-tour and 5 wildcard gamers will compete over 9 rounds of speedy and 18 rounds of blitz to see who comes out on prime. The sector consists of Magnus Carlsen, Alireza Firouzja, Fabiano Caruana, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Viswanathan Anand, Richard Rapport, Dommaraju Gukesh, Ivan Saric, Constantin Lupulescu.

“The Grand Chess Tour options the world’s finest chess gamers and this yr’s competitors has been no exception up to now,” Grand Chess Tour Govt Director Michael Khodarkovsky was quoted as saying in a media launch.

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“We’re desperate to see which participant will take prime honors after they face off over the board in Croatia in one other quick paced Fast & Blitz occasion,” he added.

Grandmaster Wesley So from the USA is at the moment on the prime of 2023 Grand Chess Tour leaderboard, adopted by Poland’s GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda and GM Fabiano Caruana, additionally from the USA.

Notably, the Grand Chess Tour is a number one international circuit of worldwide chess tournaments that includes the world’s finest gamers competing for 1.4 million {dollars} in money all through the 2023 season.

The tour will conclude in America’s chess capital on the Saint Louis Chess Membership with the Saint Louis Fast & Blitz and the Sinquefield Cup, happening in Fall 2023.

“We’re completely satisfied to welcome again to the Grand Chess Tour former World Champions Magnus Carlsen and Viswanathan Anand.They are going to be challenged by younger and rising stars like Firouzja and Gukesh, which guarantees us thrilling and thrilling competitors in Zagreb,” mentioned Khodarkovsky.