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Gukesh to face Magnus Carlsen in the first round of SuperUnited Rapid and Blitz 2023

by Shahid Ahmed - 05/07/2023

SuperUnited Rapid and Blitz 2023 is quite possibly the last stop for the many of the upcoming FIDE World Cup 2023 participants. D Gukesh will make his Grand Chess Tour debut against none other than the world no.1 Magnus Carlsen (NOR) himself. Fabiano Caruana (USA), Ian Nepomniachtchi, Alireza Firouzja (FRA), Vishy Anand, Richard Rapport (ROU), Jan-Krzysztof Duda (POL), Ivan Saric (CRO) and Constantin Lupulescu (ROU) are the remaining participants. Who do you think will become the champion? The tournament takes place at The Westin Zagreb in Zagreb, Croatia. Round 1 Rapid starts today from 3 p.m. local time, 6:30 p.m. IST. Photos: Lennart Ootes/Grand Chess Tour

Gukesh makes his Grand Chess Tour debut

SuperUnited Rapid and Blitz 2023 participants

SuperUnitd Rapid and Blitz will be third of the five events part of Grand Chess Tour 2023 | Photo: Grand Chess Tour

Schedule and Format

SuperUnited Rapid and Blitz will have three rounds per day in the Rapid portion from 5th to 7th July. The Blitz event will take place on 8th and 9th July. It will be a double round-robin event for the Blitz which means nine rounds will be played on each day. Everyday game starts at 3 p.m. local time, 6:30 p.m. IST. Only last day, 9th July games will start at 2 p.m. local time, 5:30 p.m. IST. It will be a 10-player Round Robin event. Time control for Rapid will be 25 minutes + 10 seconds increment and for Blitz, it will be 5 minutes + 2 seconds increment from move no.1.

SuperUnited Rapid and Blitz 2023 schedule | Photo: Grand Chess Tour

Participants

The lineup includes the World no.1 - Magnus Carlsen, World no.3 - Fabiano Caruana, World no.5 - Ian Nepomniachtchi, World no.6 - Alireza Firouzja, World no.9 - Vishy Anand, World no.10 - Richard Rapport, World no.13 - D Gukesh, World no.20 and FIDE World Cup 2021 winner - Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Croatia no.1 - Ivan Saric and Romania no.6 - Constantin Lupulescu.

The participants of the Superbet Rapid and Blitz 2023 | Photo: Grand Chess Tour

Rapid Day 1 Pairings

Round 1 on 2023/07/05 at 15:00
Bo.No.Rtg NameResultName RtgNo.
112629
GMGukesh, DGMCarlsen, Magnus
282910
222760
GMNepomniachtchi, IanGMDuda, Jan-Krzysztof
27949
332745
GMFirouzja, AlirezaGMAnand, Viswanathan
27318
442761
GMRapport, RichardGMCaruana, Fabiano
27527
552572
GMLupulescu, ConstantinGMSaric, Ivan
26356
Round 2 on 2023/07/05 at 16:30
Bo.No.Rtg NameResultName RtgNo.
1102829
GMCarlsen, MagnusGMSaric, Ivan
26356
272752
GMCaruana, FabianoGMLupulescu, Constantin
25725
382731
GMAnand, ViswanathanGMRapport, Richard
27614
492794
GMDuda, Jan-KrzysztofGMFirouzja, Alireza
27453
512629
GMGukesh, DGMNepomniachtchi, Ian
27602
Round 3 on 2023/07/05 at 18:00
Bo.No.Rtg NameResultName RtgNo.
122760
GMNepomniachtchi, IanGMCarlsen, Magnus
282910
232745
GMFirouzja, AlirezaGMGukesh, D
26291
342761
GMRapport, RichardGMDuda, Jan-Krzysztof
27949
452572
GMLupulescu, ConstantinGMAnand, Viswanathan
27318
562635
GMSaric, IvanGMCaruana, Fabiano
27527

Details

Prize

The total prize fund for each of the Rapid and Blitz event is US$ 175000 with the first prize being US$ 40000.

Prize details | Photo: Grand Chess Tour

Magnus Carlsen drew no.10 and made a funny gesture about throwing it away

A nice photo of Dr. Rajinikanth (father of Gukesh), D Gukesh and Vishy Anand

Garry Kasparov playing alternative simul

Prime Minister of Croatia, Andrej Plenkovic played a few moves against the World no.1, Magnus Carlsen

Photo Gallery

SuperUnited Rapid and Blitz 2023 participants with organizers and sponsors | Photo: Grand Chess Tour

Garry Kasparov, Prime Minister of Croatia, Andrej Plenkovic and Magnus Carlsen

Magnus Carlsen drew number 10 in Rapid

Fabiano Caruana got number 1 in Blitz

Alireza Firouzja drew number 3 in Rapid

Magnus Carlsen, Vishy Anand and Garry Kasparov in an interactive session

A quick chat between players, prime minister and organizers before the draw of lots

D Gukesh, Jan-Krzysztof Duda and Ivan Saric at the draw of lots

Alternate Simultaneous exhibition with Magnus Carlsen, Garry Kasparov, Fabiano Caruana and Richard Rapport

Players waiting in their own way

A fan with Ivan Saric

SuperUnited Rapid and Blitz 2023 trophy

Links

Official site

Tournament regulations


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