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Grand Chess Tour Rapid & Blitz Poland 2023 starts in Warsaw

by L'immortale

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 tournamentsโ€™ circuit. Like last year, the Superbet Warsaw Rapid & Blitz features the tourโ€™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:

DateTime*Event
May 19 Player Arrival
May 202:00 PMOpening Ceremony
   
May 212:00 PMRapid Round 1
3:30 PMRapid Round 2
5:00 PMRapid Round 3
   
May 222:00 PMRapid Round 4
3:30 PMRapid Round 5
5:00 PMRapid Round 6
   
May 232:00 PMRapid Round 7
3:30 PMRapid Round 8
5:00 PMRapid Round 9
   
May 242:00 PMBlitz Day 1
(Every 30 minutes)
   
May 252:00 PMBlitz Day 2
(Every 30 minutes)
6:30 PMPlayoffs (If Necessary)
 Closing Ceremony
   
May 26 Player Departure

Featured photo by Lennarr Ootes

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