SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia - Live!

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7/6/2025 – The third event of the 2025 Grand Chess Tour is the SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia, the second of three speed chess events, which is taking place on July 2-6 in Zagreb. The event starts with 9 rounds of rapid action, followed by 18 rounds of blitz. Included in the field are four out of the five highest-rated players in the world: Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana, Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu and Gukesh Dommaraju. | Follow the games live with expert commentary starting at 15.00 CEST (9.00 ET, 18.30 IST)
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Day 5 - Blitz

The SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia is the third stage of the 2025 Grand Chess Tour. The tournament features rapid and blitz chess.

A single round-robin, rapid event will take place on July 2-4, 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 July 5-6, 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.

SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia 2025

Live games and commentary

Commentary provided by GMs Yasser Seirawan, Evgenij Miroshnichenko & Cristian Chirila, IM Nazi Paikidze, and WGM Anastasiya Karlovich

Current standings - Blitz

Final standings - Rapid (win = 2pts., draw = 1 pt.)

SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia 2025

In this video course, experts including Dorian Rogozenco, Mihail Marin, Karsten Müller and Oliver Reeh, examine the games of Boris Spassky. Let them show you which openings Spassky chose to play, where his strength in middlegames were and much more.

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