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Gukesh, Arjun and Praggnanandhaa set to face Magnus Carlsen and co. at Superbet Rapid and Blitz 2024

by Shahid Ahmed - 08/05/2024

The first event of the Grand Chess Tour 2024 season is Superbet Rapid and Blitz. This will be the first time in GCT history that three Indians - D Gukesh, Arjun Erigaisi and R Praggnanandhaa will be taking part. They will battle against Magnus Carlsen (NOR), Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB), Wei Yi (CHN), Anish Giri (NED), Jan-Krzysztof Duda (POL), Vincent Keymer (GER) and Kirill Shevchenko (ROU). Who do you think will this tournament? The tournament takes place at Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw, Poland. Round 1 starts today from 1 p.m. local time, 4:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Lennart Ootes/Grand Chess Tour

"...Hopefully I can still teach them a thing or two"

"I am very happy to be the only representative of adults who are 30 years and older. It's going to be an interesting challenge for sure. I played tournaments where there is a mix but I don't think I have played tournaments like this where there is almost exclusively young players, so it's going to be fun. Sometimes it is easy to underestimate younger players because you don't know how quickly they develop, like you expect them to have a certain level and then in the tournament they are actually a bit better. It's going to be super fun and super interesting to see and hopefully I can still teach them a thing or two." - Magnus Carlsen on being the oldest player in the field and about the tournament.

Superbet Rapid and Blitz 2024 participants | Photo: Lennart Ootes/Grand Chess Tour
Magnus Carlsen will take on Gukesh, Pragg and Arjun at the Superbet Grand Chess Tour 2024 | Video: ChessBase India

Schedule and Format

Superbet Rapid and Blitz will have three rounds per day in the Rapid portion from 8th to 10 May. The Blitz event will take place on 11th and 12th May. It will be a double round-robin event for the Blitz which means nine rounds will be played on each day. Round 1 starts at 1 p.m. local time, 4:30 p.m. IST. It will be a 10-player Round Robin event. Time control for Rapid will be 25 minutes + 10 seconds increment.

Superbet Rapid and Blitz 2024 schedule | Photo: Grand Chess Tour

Venue: Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw, Poland | Photo: Grand Chess Tour

Participants

The lineup includes the World no.1 - Magnus Carlsen, former World Rapid champion and World no.5 - Nodirbek Abdusattorov, FIDE Candidates 2024 winner and World no.6 - D Gukesh, World no.8 - Arjun Erigaisi, World no.10 - Wei Yi, FIDE World Cup 2023 runner-up and World no.14 - R Praggnanandhaa, World no.15 - Anish Giri, FIDE World Cup 2021 winner and World no.18 - Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Germany no.1 and World no.26 - Vincent Keymer, and Romania no.3 and World no.57 - Kirill Shevchenko.

The participants of the Superbet Rapid and Blitz 2024 | Photo: Grand Chess Tour

Round 1 pairings | Photo: Gramd Chess Tour

Prize

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

 

Magnus Carlsen on playing younger players at Superbet Rapid and Blitz 2024

Photo Gallery

Caption this! | Photo: Lennart Ootes/Grand Chess Tour

National hero of Poland - Jan-Krzysztof Duda and the World no.1 - Magnus Carlsen playing simultaneous exhibition games | Photo: Lennart Ootes/Grand Chess Tour

Jan-Krzysztof Duda got number eight at Draw of Lots | Photo: Lennart Ootes/Grand Chess Tour

Arbiter explaining the rules and regulations to the players | Photo: Lennart Ootes/Grand Chess Tour

Anish Giri playing simul | Photo: Lennart Ootes/Grand Chess Tour

All eyes are on Gukesh | Photo: Lennart Ootes/Grand Chess Tour

Is it my turn? | Photo: Lennart Ootes/Grand Chess Tour

Vincent Keymer and Nodirbek Abdusattorov during the simul | Photo: Lennart Ootes/Grand Chess Tour

Vincent Keymer plays a simul against a young kid | Photo: Lennart Ootes/Grand Chess Tour

Can you identify the participants of Superbet Rapid and Blitz 2024 in this photo? | Photo: Lennart Ootes/Grand Chess Tour

Poland no.3 - Mateusz Bartel | Photo: Lennart Ootes/Grand Chess Tour

Wei Yi got number seven | Photo: Lennart Ootes/Grand Chess Tour

Arjun Erigaisi, R Praggnanandhaa, D Gukesh and Kirill Shevchenko | Photo: Lennart Ootes/Grand Chess Tour

Arjun Erigaisi checks which number he drew | Photo: Lennart Ootes/Grand Chess Tour

Arjun Erigaisi plays simul | Photo: Lennart Ootes/Grand Chess Tour

Nodirbek Abdusattorov makes his move at the simul | Photo: Lennart Ootes/Grand Chess Tour

Magnus Carlsen made the inaugural first move with the guest | Photo: Lennart Ootes/Grand Chess Tour

R Praggnanandhaa and D Gukesh | Photo: Lennart Ootes/Grand Chess Tour

R Praggnanandhaa signs autograph for his fans | Photo: Lennart Ootes/Grand Chess Tour

Who will win this beautiful Superbet Rapid and Blitz 2024 trophy? | Photo: Lennart Ootes/Grand Chess Tour

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