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Grand Chess Tour Names 2024 Field of Elite Players to Compete for $1.5 Million Purse

Tour Features One of the Strongest Fields of All-Time including Reigning Grand Chess Tour Winner and 2024 World Championship Contenders

Saint Louis, MO, February 22, 2024

Grand Chess Tour (GCT), a leading global circuit of international chess tournaments featuring the world’s best players, announced today the players selected to compete in the full 2024 tour.

Grand Chess Tour Names Field for Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz and Sinquefield Cup

The final two legs of the 2023 Grand Chess Tour will bring the world’s best chess players to Saint Louis to compete in the Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz and Sinquefield Cup to determine the overall tour winner. Currently Grandmaster (GM) Fabiano Caruana holds the lead, followed by GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda and GM Richard Rapport. GM Ding Liren has withdrawn from both events and will be replaced with GM Liêm Quang Lê and GM Levon Aronian, respectively.

World No. 1 Player Grandmaster Magnus Carlsen Wins 2023 Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland

WARSAW, POLAND AND SAINT LOUIS, MO. (June 1, 2023) – Following a thrilling performance in the final round, five-time chess world champion Grandmaster (GM) Magnus Carlsen from Norway won the 2023 Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland, the second leg of the 2023 Grand Chess Tour. Carlsen takes home $40,000 for the win.

Grand Chess Tour Announces Wildcards for Superbet Chess Classic Romania, Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland and SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia

SAINT LOUIS, MO USA - March 29, 2023 - Grand Chess Tour, a leading global circuit of international chess tournaments featuring the world’s best players, announced the wildcard players for Superbet Chess Classic Romania, Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland and SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia. 

The Grand Chess Tour Returns In 2023

Saint Louis, MO (Monday, January 9, 2023) – The Grand Chess Tour (GCT), a circuit of international events, each demonstrating the highest level of organization for the world's best players, will return again in 2023. Tour participants will compete for a total prize fund of $1.4 million over the course of the 2023 season. The prize money for each of the two classical tournaments will be $350,000 and $175,000 per event for rapid and blitz. In addition, a bonus prize fund totaling $175,000 will be awarded to the top three overall tour finishers. 

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