Jan-Krzysztof Duda emerged as the Winner of the rapid portion of the Grand Chess Tour Rapid and Blitz Poland 2023! Duda went unbeaten in the rapid part of the event, scoring 4 victories (against Anish Giri, Bodan-Daniel Deac, Radoslaw Wojtaszek and Maxime Vachier Lagrave) and 5 draws.
After 9 rounds played with rapid time control, Duda tops the standings with 13 points, Levon Aronian is second with 12 points, and Wesley So holds third position with 11 points. The Blitz portion of the Superbet Rapid and Blitz Poland 2023 starts tomorrow with 18 games to be played over the course of two days! Live games can be followed here
Grand Chess Tour Rapid and Blitz Poland 2023 – Results after rapid portion of the event:
Rk | Player | Score | Rating |
1 | Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | 13/18 | 2724 |
2 | Aronian, Levon | 12/18 | 2745 |
3 | So, Wesley | 11/18 | 2760 |
4 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 11/18 | 2742 |
5 | Carlsen, Magnus | 10/18 | 2853 |
6 | Rapport, Richard | 9/18 | 2745 |
7 | Giri, Anish | 7/18 | 2768 |
8 | Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | 7/18 | 2670 |
9 | Deac, Bogdan-Daniel | 6/18 | 2700 |
10 | Shevchenko, Kirill | 4/18 | 268 |
Featured photo by Lennart Ootes