Shortly after the Superbet Chess Classic 2023, the Grand Chess Tour 2023 series continues with the Superbet Warsaw Rapid & Blitz. With the help of major sponsor Superbet, Poland continues to cement its place in the super tournaments’ circuit. Like last year, the Superbet Warsaw Rapid & Blitz features the tour’s main players along with two local wildcards, and $175,000 in total prize money up for grabs.
Magnus Carlsen tops the field which includes Welsey So, Anish Giri, Levon Aronian, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Richard Rapport, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Kirill Shevchenko, Bogdan-Daniel Deac and Radoslaw Wojtaszek.
Grand Chess Tour Rapid and Blitz Poland 2023 – live games
The Winner of the event will pocket the money prize of $40.000 and earn GCT points which will be summed for the final Grand Chess Tour standings. The tournament venue is Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw, Poland, with free tickets for the spectators.
Time schedule of the event:
| Date | Time* | Event |
|---|---|---|
| May 19 | Player Arrival | |
| May 20 | 2:00 PM | Opening Ceremony |
| May 21 | 2:00 PM | Rapid Round 1 |
| 3:30 PM | Rapid Round 2 | |
| 5:00 PM | Rapid Round 3 | |
| May 22 | 2:00 PM | Rapid Round 4 |
| 3:30 PM | Rapid Round 5 | |
| 5:00 PM | Rapid Round 6 | |
| May 23 | 2:00 PM | Rapid Round 7 |
| 3:30 PM | Rapid Round 8 | |
| 5:00 PM | Rapid Round 9 | |
| May 24 | 2:00 PM | Blitz Day 1 (Every 30 minutes) |
| May 25 | 2:00 PM | Blitz Day 2 (Every 30 minutes) |
| 6:30 PM | Playoffs (If Necessary) | |
| Closing Ceremony | ||
| May 26 | Player Departure |
Featured photo by Lennarr Ootes
