The SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia will be held from the 5th to the 9th of July in Zagreb, Croatia as a 10-player round robin. It is part of the Grand Chess Tour, a series of Classical, Rapid and Blitz tournaments with a total prize pool of $1,400,000.
For the Rapid and Blitz events, the games in the rapid portion are worth twice as many points as their blitz counterparts. The rapid portion is a 10-player round-robin, and the blitz portion is a 10-player double round-robin.
In the event of a tie, the two tied players will play a mini-match of 2 rapid (10+5) games. If more than two players are tied, a blitz (5+3) round-robin will be held to determine the winner.
The time control for the rapid games is 25 minutes for the entire game with a 10-second increment beginning from move 1.
The time control for the blitz games is 5 minutes for the entire game with a 2-second increment beginning from move 1.
PGN OF THE GAME:
[Event “SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia”]
[Site “Zagreb, Croatia”]
[Date “2023.07.05”]
[Round “1.1”]
[White “Gukesh, D”]
[Black “Carlsen, Magnus”]
[Result “0-1”]
[WhiteElo “2744”]
[BlackElo “2835”]
[Variant “Standard”]
[TimeControl “-“]
[ECO “B31”]
[Opening “Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack, Fianchetto Variation”]
[Termination “Unknown”]
[Annotator “lichess.org”]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 { B31 Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack, Fianchetto Variation } 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 O-O 7. d4 d5 8. e5 Ne4 9. Be3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qb6 11. Bxc6 Qxc6 12. Nbd2 Bf5 13. Nb3 b6 14. Nh4 Be6 15. f3 g5 16. fxe4 gxh4 17. Bg5 f6 18. Rc1 Qb7 19. Bxh4 dxe4 20. Rc3 f5 21. Bg5 f4 22. Qc2 h6 23. Bh4 e3 24. Qg6 Qd7 25. Rec1 Bxb3 26. axb3 Qxd4 27. Rc7 Rae8 28. Be1 Qxe5 29. Rxa7 Qf5 30. Qxb6 f3 31. gxf3 Qxf3 32. Qe6+ Kh7 33. h3 Qf1+ 34. Kh2 Qe2+ 35. Kg3 Rf3+ 36. Kh4 Bf6+ { Black wins. } 0-1
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