Live from The Westin Zagreb, the SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz is the fifth edition in our Croatia series and the third of five legs of the Grand Chess Tour. Seven of the Tour players are joined by three wildcards (pairings below) for a rapid round robin and a blitz double round robin. Today is the final blitz round robin, plus playoffs if necessary. Join GMs Yasser Seirawan, Evgenij Miroshnichenko & Cristian Chirila, IM Jovanka Houska, and WGM Anastasiya Karlovich for the move-by-move.
2024.07.14
BLITZ ROUND 10 | 5 Min. Incr. 2 Sec.
Ian Nepomniachtchi (14.5) vs. Fabiano Caruana (21)
Alireza Firouzja (16) vs. Wesley So (16.5)
Levon Aronian (14.5) vs. Gukesh D (11.5)
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (16.5) vs. Ivan Saric (6.5)
Anish Giri (10.5) vs. Vidit Gujrathi
(7.5)
BLITZ ROUND 11 | 5 Min. Incr. 2 Sec.
Wesley So vs. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Gukesh D vs. Fabiano Caruana
Alireza Firouzja vs. Ian Nepomniachtchi
Vidit Gujrathi vs. Levon Aronian
Ivan Saric vs. Anish Giri
BLITZ ROUND 12 | 5 Min. Incr. 2 Sec.
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave vs. Alireza Firouzja
Fabiano Caruana vs. Vidit Gujrathi
Anish Giri vs. Wesley So
Ian Nepomniachtchi vs. Gukesh D
Levon Aronian vs. Ivan Saric
BLITZ ROUND 13 | 5 Min. Incr. 2 Sec.
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave vs. Ian Nepomniachtchi
Wesley So vs. Levon Aronian
Ivan Saric vs. Fabiano Caruana
Alireza Firouzja vs. Anish Giri
Vidit Gujrathi vs. Gukesh D
BLITZ ROUND 14 | 5 Min. Incr. 2 Sec.
Fabiano Caruana vs. Wesley So
Levon Aronian vs. Alireza Firouzja
Anish Giri vs. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Ian Nepomniachtchi vs. Vidit Gujrathi
Gukesh D vs. Ivan Saric
BLITZ ROUND 15 | 5 Min. Incr. 2 Sec.
Alireza Firouzja vs. Fabiano Caruana
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave vs. Levon Aronian
Wesley So vs. Gukesh D
Anish Giri vs. Ian Nepomniachtchi
Ivan Saric vs. Vidit Gujrathi
BLITZ ROUND 16 | 5 Min. Incr. 2 Sec.
Fabiano Caruana vs. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Gukesh D vs. Alireza Firouzja
Levon Aronian vs. Anish Giri
Vidit Gujrathi vs. Wesley So
Ian Nepomniachtchi vs. Ivan Saric
BLITZ ROUND 17 | 5 Min. Incr. 2 Sec.
Anish Giri vs. Fabiano Caruana
Levon Aronian vs. Ian Nepomniachtchi
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave vs. Gukesh D
Alireza Firouzja vs. Vidit Gujrathi
Wesley So vs. Ivan Saric
BLITZ ROUND 18 | 5 Min. Incr. 2 Sec.
Fabiano Caruana vs. Levon Aronian
Ian Nepomniachtchi vs. Wesley So
Vidit Gujrathi vs. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Ivan Saric vs. Alireza Firouzja
Gukesh D vs. Anish Giri
PLAYOFFS IF NECESSARY
2 TIED = Two-Game Match | 8 Min. Incr. 3 Sec.
OR
3+ TIED = Round Robin | 5 Min. Incr. 2 Sec.
If either scenario fails to produce a winner, the remaining tied players will have an armageddon knockout (White shall have 5 minutes and Black shall have 4 minutes, with a 2 second increment from move 61.)