ChessBase 17 - Mega package - Edition 2024
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Press release by the Grand Chess Tour
Grand Chess Tour (GCT), a leading global circuit of international tournaments featuring the world’s best players, announced today the players selected to compete in the full 2024 tour:
Attack like a Super Grandmaster
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| Player Name | Country | URS rating | FIDE rating |
| Fabiano Caruana | USA | 2789 | 2804 |
| Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | FRA | 2766 | 2732 |
| Wesley So | USA | 2765 | 2757 |
| Gukesh Dommaraju | IND | 2719 | 2743 |
| Ian Nepomniachtchi | FIDE | 2774 | 2758 |
| Alireza Firouzja | FRA | 2743 | 2760 |
| Anish Giri | NED | 2758 | 2762 |
| Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa | IND | 2759 | 2747 |
| Nodirbek Abdusattorov | UZB | 2759 | 2744 |
* Ratings as of February 2024
Full tour player invitations for the 2024 GCTs edition were extended to nine players. Three players qualified by finishing 1st through 3rd in the 2023 Grand Chess Tour. The remaining six were invited based on a number of factors, including URS rating, FIDE rating, fighting spirit and sportsmanship.
The full tour participants will play in both classical events as well as in two of the three rapid and blitz tournaments. The wildcard participants for the three rapid and blitz events scheduled to take place in Warsaw, Zagreb and Saint Louis will be announced as they become available.
The 2024 tour schedule consists of five tournaments as follows:
Tour participants will compete for a recently increased prize purse of $1.5 million over the course of the 2024 season. The prize fund for each of the two classical tournaments will be $350,000 and $175,000 per event for rapid and blitz. In addition, a bonus prize fund totalling $275,000 will be awarded.
The prize fund is provided by the 2024 Grand Chess Tour major sponsors, Superbet Foundation and The Saint Louis Chess Club, both non-profit organizations that support chess education and the mission to expand the game of chess to a worldwide audience.
Visit more information, visit grandchesstour.org.
Navigating the Ruy Lopez Vol.1-3
The Ruy Lopez is one of the oldest openings which continues to enjoy high popularity from club level to the absolute world top. In this video series, American super GM Fabiano Caruana, talking to IM Oliver Reeh, presents a complete repertoire for White.
