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Vishy Anand returns to action at Superbet Rapid & Blitz 2022 starting today

by Shahid Ahmed - 19/05/2022

The second event of the 2022 season of Grand Chess Tour is Superbet Rapid and Blitz. Poland is the new addition to the Grand Chess Tour in this season. Vishy Anand will return to competitive tournament for the first time since December 2021. He will be joined by World Class players at the Rapid and Blitz event such as Levon Aronian, Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So, Richard Rapport, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Anton Korobov, Radoslaw Wojtaszek, Kirill Shevchenko and 18-year-old teenager IM David Gavrilescu. Anand will face five-time Poland champion, Wojtaszek in the first round. Round 1 starts today at 2 p.m. local time (5:30 p.m. IST). Photo: Lennart Ootes/Grand Chess Tour

Anand among six Wildcard participants

Reigning World Blitz 2021 champion and current World no.10, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave won the first leg of Grand Chess Tour 2022 season - Superbet Chess Classic. The second leg is Superbet Rapid and Blitz which starts today at Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw, Poland. Four full tour players - Levon Aronian, Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So and Richard Rapport will join six Wildcard participants - Vishy Anand, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Anton Korobov, Radoslaw Wojtaszek, Kirill Shevchenko and David Gavrilescu.

Superbet Rapid and Blitz 2022 participants | Photo: Lennart Ootes/Grand Chess Tour

Schedule and Format

Superbet Rapid and Blitz 2022 will have the Rapid event from 19th to 21st May. There will be three rounds per day in round-robin format. The Blitz event will be a double round-robin event with 9 rounds of games played on each day, 22nd and 23rd May. Everyday game starts at 2 p.m. local time (5:30 p.m. IST). Time control will be 25 minutes + 10 seconds increment for Rapid and 5 minutes + 2 seconds increment for Blitz.

Superbet Rapid and Blitz 2022 schedule | Photo: Grand Chess Tour

Participants

The lineup includes four of the World top 10 players. Seven-time world champion Vishy Anand, World no.4 Fabiano Caruana, Fischer Random world champion and current world no.5 Wesley So, current world no.6 Levon Aronian, current World no.8 and Hungary no.1 Richard Rapport, FIDE World Cup 2021 winner, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, four-time Ukraine champion, Anton Korobov, Lindores Abbey Blitz 2021 winner and European Team 2021 Gold medalist for Ukraine, Kirill Shevchenko and Romanian teenager IM David Gavrilescu.

The participants of the Superbet Rapid and Blitz 2022 | Photo: Grand Chess Tour

Prize

The total prize fund is US$ 175000 with the first prize being US$ 40000.

The prize structure | Photo: Grand Chess Tour

Photo Gallery

A Simultaneous Exhibition participant shows proper respect to Garry Kasparov by standing up for a handshake | Photo: Lennart Ootes/Grand Chess Tour

It is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to play against Kasparov, something many dream for | Photo: Lennart Ootes/Grand Chess Tour

Levon Aronian drew number 10 in Blitz | Photo: Lennart Ootes/Grand Chess Tour

Fabiano Caruana got number 7 in Rapid | Photo: Lennart Ootes/Grand Chess Tour

FIDE World Cup 2021 winner and one of the Candidates for a potential World Championship Contender, Poland no.1 Jan-Krzysztof Duda | Photo: Lennart Ootes/Grand Chess Tour

Garry Kasparov flanked by Poland's best - Jan-Krzysztof Duda and recently crowned five-time Poland champion, Radoslaw Wojtaszek | Photo: Lennart Ootes/Grand Chess Tour

Garry Kasparov with the organizers and officials | Photo: Lennart Ootes/Grand Chess Tour

When Kasparov speaks, everybody listens with rapt attention | Photo: Lennart Ootes/Grand Chess Tour

Who will win the Superbet Chess Rapid and Blitz 2022 trophy? | Photo: Lennart Ootes/Grand Chess Tour

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