Grand Chess Tour announces wildcards and full-tour lineup

Full lineups

Press release by the Grand Chess Tour

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The Grand Chess Tour (GCT), a leading global circuit of international tournaments featuring the world’s best players, announced the players selected to compete across the 2024 season.

Superbet Poland Rapid & Blitz: May 6-13, 2024 In Warsaw, Poland

The Superbet Poland Rapid & Blitz, sponsored by the Superbet Foundation, will kick off the GCT as 10 players battle for $175,000 in prizes. The event will feature four full-tour players and six wildcard players, including:

• Five-time World Champion & World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen (Norway)
• Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Poland)
• Wei Yi (China)
• Arjun Erigaisi (India)
• Vincent Keymer (Germany)
• Kirill Shevchenko (Romania)

Superbet Romania Classic: June 24-July 6, 2024 In Bucharest, Romania

The Superbet Romania Chess Classic, sponsored by the Superbet Foundation, is the first classical event in the 2024 Tour, with a 10-player round-robin format and a total of $350,000 in prizes. The tournament will feature all nine full-tour players and one wildcard player:

• Bogdan-Daniel Deac (Romania)

SuperUnited Croatia Rapid & Blitz: July 8-15, 2024 In Zagreb, Croatia

The SuperUnited Croatia Rapid & Blitz is the second rapid and blitz event of the tour with a total prize fund of $175,000. This event will feature seven full-tour players and three wildcard players, including:

• Five-time World Champion & World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen (Norway)
• Vidit Gujrathi (India)
• Ivan Saric (Croatia)

Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz: August 10-17, 2024 In Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

The Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz, sponsored by the Saint Louis Chess Club, will be the third and final rapid and blitz event of the tour, with another $175,000 in prize money on the line. This event will feature seven full-tour players and three wildcard players, including:

• Hikaru Nakamura (United States)
• Levon Aronian (United States)
• Leinier Dominguez (United States)

Sinquefield Cup: August 17-30, 2024 In Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

The Sinquefield Cup, sponsored by the Saint Louis Chess Club, will offer a $350,000 prize fund and will be the final opportunity for competitors to earn points for the 2024 Grand Chess Tour. This event will feature nine full-tour players and one wildcard player:

• Reigning World Champion Ding Liren (China)

The complete field for all international events is as follows.

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“We are happy to welcome back reigning World Champion Ding Liren and five-time World Champion, World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen, as well as 2023 Grand Chess Tour champion Fabiano Caruana and former winners of the GCT Wesley So and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave,” said Michael Khodarkovsky, Executive Director of the GCT. “They will be challenged by the new wave of stars like Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa, Alireza Firouzja, Dommaraju Gukesh and Nodirbek Abdusattorov, which promises us thrilling and exciting competitions this year.”

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.

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Links

• Official website
• Caruana beats Rapport, wins Sinquefield Cup for a third time
• Caruana barely outscores MVL, wins Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz
• Carlsen wins SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz with three rounds to spare
• Yet another triumph: Carlsen wins Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland
• Fabiano Caruana outright winner at Superbet Chess Classic in Romania