The third tournament of the Grand Chess Tour 2022 series starts today and will be played in Westin Zagreb from July 19-24. The SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia is sponsored by the Superbet Foundation and includes 9 rounds of rapid and 18 rounds of blitz chess for a total prize fund of $175,000.
Ten world-class grandmasters participate in the event, including the World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen, the Winner of Candidates Chess Tournament 2022 Ian Nepomniachtchi, the youngest player in the world to cross 2800 Alireza Firouzja, World No 6 Wesley So, Azerbaijan No 1 and World No 12 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, the Winner of Grand Chess Tour Romania 2022 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, World No 14 Leinier Dominguez, the Winner of the Tata Steel Masters 2021 Jorden van Foreest, FIDE World Champion Veselin Topalov, and European Chess Champion 2018 Ivan Saric.
Live broadcast of the games can be followed daily on Chessdom.com, and pairings for each Rapid round can be found below.
Rapid Pairings Round 1 – Grand Chess Tour Croatia 2022:
Veselin Topalov – Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Magnus Carlsen – Ian Nepomniachtchi
Alireza Firouzja – Ivan Saric
Shakhriyar Memdyarov – Jorden van Foreest
Leinier Dominguez – Wesley So
Rapid Pairings Round 2 – Grand Chess Tour Croatia 2022:
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave – Wesley So
Jorden van Foreest – Leinier Dominguez
Ivan Saric – Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
Ian Nepomniachtchi – Alireza Firouzja
Veselin Topalov – Magnus Carlsen
Rapid Pairings Round 3 – Grand Chess Tour Croatia 2022:
Magnus Carlsen – Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Alireza Firouzja – Veselin Topalov
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov – Ian Nepomniachtchi
Leinier Dominguez – Ivan Saric
Wesley So – Jorden van Foreest
Rapid Pairings Round 4 – Grand Chess Tour Croatia 2022:
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave – Jorden van Foreest
Ivan Saric – Wesley So
Ian Nepomniachtchi – Leinier Dominguez
Veselin Topalov – Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
Magnus Carlsen – Alireza Firouzja
Rapid Pairings Round 5 – Grand Chess Tour Croatia 2022:
Alireza Firouzja – Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov – Magnus Carlsen
Leinier Dominguez – Veselin Topalov
Wesley So – Ian Nepomniachtchi
Jorden van Foreest – Ivan Saric
Rapid Pairings Round 6 – Grand Chess Tour Croatia 2022:
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave – Ivan Saric
Ian Nepomniachtchi – Jorden van Foreest
Veselin Topalov – Wesley So
Magnus Carlsen – Leinier Dominguez
Alireza Firouzja – Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
Rapid Pairings Round 7 – Grand Chess Tour Croatia 2022:
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov – Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Leinier Dominguez – Alireza Firouzja
Wesley So – Magnus Carlsen
Jorden van Foreest – Veselin Topalov
Ivan Saric – Ian Nepomniachtchi
Rapid Pairings Round 8 – Grand Chess Tour Croatia 2022:
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave – Ian Nepomniachtchi
Veselin Topalov – Ivan Sariv
Magnus Carlsen – Jorden van Foreest
Alireza Firouzja – Wesley So
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov – Leinier Dominguez
Rapid Pairings Round 9 – Grand Chess Tour Croatia 2022:
Leinier Dominguez – Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Wesley So – Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
Jorden van Foreest – Alireza Firouzja
Ivan Saric – Magnus Carlsen
Ian Nepomniachtchi – Veselin Topalov
The timetable of the event can be found here.
