Superunited Rapid & Blitz Croatia 2024: Schedule and Participants

The Grand Chess Tour 2024 is in full swing as the Superunited Rapid & Blitz Croatia tournament in Zagreb is set to begin. Following the Superbet Chess Classic Romania, the top chess players in the world are ready to battle it out in this exciting event.

The tournament will feature a unique format with rapid games counting double and a blitz tournament with twice as many games as the rapid portion. The rapid chess tournament will kick off on July 10th, with three rounds of rapid chess scheduled for each day on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. The double-round blitz tournament will follow on Saturday and Sunday.

The field for the tournament includes seven “regular” Grand Chess Tour players and three wildcard invitees. Notably, world number one Magnus Carlsen was initially set to participate but had to withdraw at the last minute due to urgent family matters. Levon Aronian will now take his place in the tournament.

The lineup for the tournament includes top players such as Alireza Firouzja, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So, Levon Aronian, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Anish Giri, Vidit Gujrathi, D Gukesh, and Ivan Saric representing the host country.

With such a strong field of players, the Superunited Rapid & Blitz Croatia promises to be an intense and thrilling competition. Chess fans can follow all the action on the tournament page on the Grand Chess Tour website.