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2024 Grand Chess Tour: This Isn't Just a Game | PROMO

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CCSCSL Staff

on August 01, 2024 in

The ninth annual Grand Chess Tour hosts the world's best players (listed below) competing in four countries for a $1.5 million prize fund. The circuit began in May with the Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland in Warsaw, the Superbet Chess Classic in Bucharest, and the SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia in Zagreb. It concludes beginning August 12 with the Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz and the Sinquefield Cup.

TOUR PLAYERS (in order of appearance)
Nodirbek Abdusattorov
Praggnanandhaa R
Anish Giri
Gukesh D
Fabiano Caruana
Ian Nepomniachtchi
Alireza Firouzja
Wesley So
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

WILDCARD PLAYERS (in order of appearance)
Magnus Carlsen
Wei Yi
Jan-Krzysztof Duda
Arjun Erigaisi
Vincent Keymer
Kirill Shevchenko
Bogdan Deac
Vidit Gujrathi
Ivan Saric
Hikaru Nakamura
Levon Aronian
Leinier Dominguez
Ding Liren

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