Super Rapid & Blitz Poland - Live!

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5/5/2026 – Kicking off the 2026 Grand Chess Tour is the Super Rapid & Blitz Poland, the first of three speed chess events, which is taking place on 5-9 May in Warsaw. The event starts with 9 rounds of rapid action, followed by 18 rounds of blitz. Gukesh Dommaraju and Javokhir Sindarov, who are set to play for the World Championship title later in the year, are among the participants. | Follow the action live with expert commentary starting at 14.00 CEST (8.00 ET, 17.30 IST) | Photo: Lennart Ootes
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Rapid - Day 1

The Super Rapid & Blitz Poland is the first stage of the 2026 Grand Chess Tour. The tournament features rapid and blitz chess.

A single round-robin, rapid event takes place on 5-7 May, with a time control of 25 minutes for the whole game plus 10-second increments per move. A double round-robin, blitz event follows on 8-9 May, with a time control of 5 minutes for the game plus 2-second increments per move.

The event features a prize fund that amounts to $200,000, with $50,000 reserved for the winner. Grand Chess Tour points will also be awarded.

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Live games and commentary

Participants - Super Rapid & Blitz Poland

Player Country
1  Fabiano Caruana (USA) United States
2  Alireza Firouzja (FRA) France
3  Wesley So (USA) United States
4  Javokhir Sindarov (UZB) Uzbekistan
5  Jan-Krzysztof Duda (POL) * Poland
6  Gukesh Dommaraju (IND) * India
7  Hans Niemann (USA) * United States
8  Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) France
9  Vladimir Fedoseev (SLO) * Slovenia
10  Radosław Wojtaszek (POL) * Poland

* Wildcards

You will learn how Black's dynamic piece activity and structural counterplay more than compensate for White's extra tempo in the colour-reversed setups.
The Benoni family of openings has toppled world champions, decided match games under the highest pressure, and rewarded those brave enough to play them with some of the most electrifying chess imaginable. In this Fritztrainer, Grandmaster Ivan Sokolov -  continuing his successful series "Understanding Middlegame Structures" - takes you deep inside the complexities of the Colour-Reversed Benoni, the Colour-Reversed Benko Gambit, and the Colour-Reversed Blumenfeld Gambit.
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