Kasparov and Anand to play in Croatian leg of the Grand Chess Tour

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6/12/2021 – The Grand Chess Tour (GCT) has confirmed the field for the Croatia Grand Chess Tour leg that will include four full tour participants and seven wildcards. With legendary World Champions Garry Kasparov and Vishy Anand as well as the World Championship title challenger Ian Nepomniachtchi from Russia the Croatia Grand Chess Tour promises to be action packed. | Pictured: Kasparov and Anand at the 2017 Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz Tournament | Photo: Lennart Ootes

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Press release by the Grand Chess Tour

The Grand Chess Tour (GCT) has confirmed the field for the Croatia Grand Chess Tour leg that will include four full tour participants and seven wildcards. With legendary World Champions Garry Kasparov and Vishy Anand as well as the World Championship title challenger Ian Nepomniachtchi from Russia the Croatia Grand Chess Tour promises to be action packed. 

For the Rapid & Blitz Tournament in Zagreb — which will take place on July 5-12, 2021 —similarly to the Paris Grand Chess Tour, the GCT also selected to feature split wildcards where Garry Kasparov will play the blitz portion of the tournament, while Croatian Grandmaster Ivan Saric will be fighting it out in the rapid games. Their combined score will be used to determine final standings. Croatia Grand Chess Tour will include 9 rounds of rapid chess and 18 rounds of blitz chess for a total prize fund of $150,000.

“The Croatia Grand Chess Tour will feature quite unique competition”, said GCT Executive Director, Michael Khodarkovsky. “Fans can expect five days of exhilarating chess demonstrated by the famed world champions, like Garry Kasparov and Vishy Anand, as well as a new wave of the top players like the 2021 World Chess Champion Challenger, Ian Nepomniachtchi and the 2021 champion of the prestigious super tournament in Wijk aan Zee, 22 years old Dutch Grandmaster Jorden Van Foreest.”  

The confirmed field for Croatia Grand Chess Tour is as follows: 

# Player Name Player Type Country FIDE Rating URS Rating
1 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime Full Tour Player FRA 2758 2797
2 Grischuk, Alex Full Tour Player RUS 2777 2782
3 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar Full Tour Player AZE 2770 2768
4 Giri, Anish Full Tour Player NED 2776 2763
5 Kasparov, Garry (blitz) Wildcard RUS/CRO 2812 2636
6 Anand, Viswanathan Wildcard IND 2753 2764
7 Nepomniachtchi, Ian Wildcard RUS 2789 2788
8 Saric, Ivan (rapid) Wildcard CRO 2648 2659
9 Duda, Jan-Krzysztof  Wildcard POL 2683 2726
10 Korobov, Anton Wildcard UKR  2729 2748
11 Van Foreest, Jorden Wildcard NED 2701 2651

Watch all the action live exclusively on grandchesstour.org, kasparovchess.com, and on the kasparovchess Twitch.tv channel.


Anand vs Kasparov at the 1996 Credit Suisse Masters

In a famous game between the two legends, which included a well-known — and hilarious — reaction by Kasparov (at 5:05 in the video below), Anand beat the Russian in the second blitz game of tiebreaks to win the PCA Credit Suisse Masters Tournament in 1996.


About the Grand Chess Tour™ 

The Grand Chess Tour is a circuit of international events, each demonstrating the highest level of organization for the world’s best players. The legendary Garry Kasparov, one of the world’s greatest ambassadors for chess, inspired the Grand Chess Tour and helped solidify the partnership between the organizers. All Grand Chess Tour 2021 events will comply with local and regional COVID-19 restrictions. 

The GCT is sponsored by the Superbet Foundation, Vivendi, Colliers International, and the Saint Louis Chess Club. All Grand Chess Tour 2021 events will comply with local and regional COVID-19 restrictions. For more information about the tour, please visit grandchesstour.org.


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MarkTrevorSmith MarkTrevorSmith 7/7/2021 11:37
I can't find any video replays of today's Yasser/Maurice coverage. Is KasparovChess blocking all viewing except when it's live through his sites? I hope not. Those short-sighted efforts did not succeed in the past; please don't try again.
"Watch all the action live ***exclusively*** on grandchesstour.org, kasparovchess.com, and on the kasparovchess Twitch.tv channel."
None of those three sites seems to be offering a replay of today's games.
MrPickl3 MrPickl3 6/14/2021 04:12
Hoping Garry brings his 'A' game. His performances as of late have been lackluster.
ulyssesganesh ulyssesganesh 6/13/2021 07:51
kudos to the organizers of the Croatian leg for inviting Garry and Vishy .... this, i am sure for more than nostalgia or sentimental reasons ....apart from adding colour, who knows ...... they may make a sensationa, triumphant come back to top level chess!!
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