5/12/2024 – Kicking off the 2024 Grand Chess Tour is the Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland, the first of three speed chess events, which is taking place on May 8-12 in Warsaw. The event starts with 9 rounds of rapid action, followed by 18 rounds of blitz. Included in the field are world number one Magnus Carlsen and the next challenger for the world crown, D Gukesh. | Follow the games live with expert commentary starting at 13.00 CEST (7.00 ET, 16.30 IST)
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Day 5 - Blitz
The Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland is the first stage of the 2024 Grand Chess Tour. The tournament features rapid and blitz chess.
A single round-robin, rapid event will take place on May 8-10, with a time control of 25 minutes for the whole plus 10-second increments per move. A double round-robin, blitz event will follow on May 11-12, with a time control of 5 minutes plus 2-second increments.
The event features a prize fund that amounts to $175,000, with $40,000 reserved for the winner. Grand Chess Tour points will also be awarded.
In this Fritztrainer: “Attack like a Super GM” with Gukesh we touch upon all aspects of his play, with special emphasis on how you can become a better attacking player.
Commentary by Yasser Seirawan, Cristian Chirila, Nazi Paikidze and Jovanka Houska
Let our authors show you how Carlsen tailored his openings to be able to outplay his opponents strategically in the middlegame or to obtain an enduring advantage into the endgame.
This interactive video course of over 8 hours, provides an in-depth exploration of the Pirc Defence, a favoured opening for people looking to play for the win with the black pieces.
Pirc Defence Powerbase 2025 is a database and contains a total of 10027 games from Mega 2025 or the Correspondence Database 2024; of these 874 are annotated.
The Pirc Defence Powerbook 2025 consists for a greater part of engine games (168 000), to which has been added high value material from Mega and the Correspondence Database (115 000).
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