Gukesh and Praggnanandhaa set to battle at Grand Chess Tour Super Rapid and Blitz Croatia 2026
The third leg of Grand Chess Tour 2026 is Super Rapid and Blitz Croatia.
New champion will be crowned
The defending champion, Magnus Carlsen is not participating this year. It means a new champion is guaranteed to be crowned. World Champion, D Gukesh will be seen in action along with Alireza Firouzja, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Anish Giri, R Praggnanandhaa, Vincent Keymer, Bogdan-Daniel Deac, Ivan Saric and Jorden van Foreest.
Schedule and Format
Super Rapid and Blitz will have three rounds per day in the Rapid portion from 1st to 3rd July. The Blitz event will take place on 4th and 5th July. 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 3 p.m. local time, 6:30 p.m. IST. It will be a 10-player Round Robin event. Time control for Rapid will be 25 minutes + 10 seconds increment. For Blitz it is, 5 minutes + 2 seconds increment.
Participants
The lineup includes the World no.5 – Vincent Keymer (GER), World no.6 – Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB), World no.8 – Anish Giri (NED), World no.11 – R Praggnanandhaa, World no.12 – Alireza Firouzja (FRA), World no.21 – Jorden van Foreest (NED), World Champion and World no.26 – D Gukesh, World no.27 – Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA), World no. 68 – Bogdan-Daniel Deac (ROU) and World no.108 – Ivan Saric (CRO).
The participants of the Super Rapid and Blitz Croatia 2026 | Photo: Lennart Ootes/Grand Chess Tour
Prize
The total prize fund for each of the Rapid and Blitz event is US$ 200000. The top three prizes are US$50000, $40000 and $30000.
Photo Gallery
World Champion, D Gukesh drew the number 10 in Rapid | Photo: Lennart Ootes/Grand Chess Tour
Nodirbek Abdusattorov got number 6 in Blitz | Photo: Lennart Ootes/Grand Chess Tour
Jorden van Foreest got number 10 in Blitz | Photo: Lennart Ootes/Grand Chess Tour
Vincent Keymer had number 9 in Blitz | Photo: Lennart Ootes/Grand Chess Tour
R Praggnanandhaa and D Gukesh will be the two Indians taking part at this event | Photo: Lennart Ootes/Grand Chess Tour
Tomislav Koric and Garry Kasparov making the inaugural first move | Photo: Lennart Ootes/Grand Chess Tour
Garry Kasparov playing simultaneous exhibition games | Photo: Lennart Ootes/Grand Chess Tour
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