SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia 2025: Day 4 | #GrandChessTour

July 3, 2025 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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Live from The Westin Zagreb, the SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz is the sixth edition in our Croatia series and the third of six 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 first blitz round robin. Join GMs Yasser Seirawan, Evgenij Miroshnichenko & Cristian Chirila, IM Nazi Paikidze, and WGM Anastasiya Karlovich for the move-by-move.

2025.07.05
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BLITZ ROUND 1 | 5 Min. Incr. 2 Sec.
Anish Giri vs. Magnus Carlsen
Ivan Saric vs. R Praggnanandhaa
Alireza Firouzja vs. Jan-Krzysztof Duda
Gukesh D vs. Wesley So
Fabiano Caruana vs. Nodirbek Abdusattorov

BLITZ ROUNDS 2-9 | 5 Min. Incr. 2 Sec.
https://chess-results.com/tnr1209466.aspx?lan=1&art=2&turdet=YES&flag=30

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