7/15/2024 – Fabiano Caruana was simply unstoppable at the SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Tournament in Croatia. The US star claimed his second consecutive victory in a Grand Chess Tour event with five rounds to spare, after entering the final day of action with a 4½-point lead and scoring 3½ points in the first four rounds played on Sunday. In a close battle for second place, Wesley So, Alireza Firouzja and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave ended up tied with 23 points each. | Photo: Lennart Ootes

7/14/2024 – The third event of the 2024 Grand Chess Tour is the SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia, the second of three speed chess events. The tournament is taking place on July 10-14 in Zagreb. The event starts with 9 rounds of rapid action, followed by 18 rounds of blitz. Included in the field are the next World Championship challenger, Dommaraju Gukesh, and the recent winner of the Superbet Chess Classic, Fabiano Caruana. | Follow the games live with expert commentary starting at 15.00 CEST (9.00 ET, 18.30 IST)

7/14/2024 – Fabiano Caruana has a 4½-point lead over Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Wesley So going into the final 9 rounds of blitz at the SuperUnited Tournament in Zagreb. MVL was the top scorer on Saturday, as he obtained 6½/9 points after collecting 5 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss. | Photo: Lennart Ootes

7/13/2024 – Fabiano Caruana continues to impress at the SuperUnited Tournament in Croatia. The US star entered the third day of action as the sole leader and scored three consecutive wins to win the rapid section and go into the final two days of blitz with a 3-point lead over Wesley So. The remaining US representative, Levon Aronian, stands in sole third place. | Photo: Lennart Ootes

7/12/2024 – Fabiano Caruana emerged as sole leader after rounds 4-6 were played on Thursday at the SuperUnited Tournament in Croatia. Wesley So, who grabbed 1 win and 2 draws for a second consecutive day, stands in sole second place, while a resurgent Gukesh is now tied for third with Alireza Firouzja and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. | Photo: Lennart Ootes

7/11/2024 – The first three rounds of rapid action at the SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Tournament in Croatia saw Maxime Vachier-Lagrave scoring two wins and one draw to become the early sole leader in Zagreb. MVL defeated Levon Aronian and Ivan Saric in the first two rounds before holding a draw in a pawn-down endgame against Wesley So. Tied for second place at a 1-point distance (wins are worth 2 points in the rapid) are So and Fabiano Caruana. | Photo: Lennart Ootes

7/8/2024 – Due to urgent family matters, Magnus Carlsen had to cancel his participation in the Superunited Rapid & Blitz Croatia in Zagreb. Levon Aronian is standing in for the world number one. The third stage of the Grand Chess Tour 2024 begins on Wednesday with the blitz tournament.