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Event: 2026 Grand Chess Tour - Super Rapid & Blitz Poland
# Official Website https://grandchesstour.org/
Follow the games here: Chess.com https://www.chess.com/events/2026-gct-super-rapid-blitz-poland/games | Lichess https://lichess.org/broadcast/gct-super-rapid--blitz-poland-2026/9VvGrEPB
Kicking off the 2026 Grand Chess Tour for its eleventh consecutive year will be the Super Rapid & Blitz Poland https://images.chesscomfiles.com/uploads/v1/event/160f00fa-2225-11f1-9f62-2bf97e84f32b-2.67fefb61.320x180o.e6822c9ff97e@2x.png . Located in the heart of Warsaw, the Super Rapid and Blitz Poland is the first of three speed-chess events each with a $200,000 total prize fund. The event starts with nine rounds of rapid action, followed by eighteen rounds of blitz, for a total of 135 games spread across seven days, from May 5-9. The event will feature five tour players along with five wildcards.
# Participants https://images.chesscomfiles.com/uploads/v1/images_users/tiny_mce/PedroPinhata/phpq635al3b8f054cE7yxg.png
|\#|Title|Name|FED|Rapid Elo|Blitz Elo|
|:-|:-|:-|:-|:-|:-|
|1|GM|Alireza Firouzja|🇫🇷 FRA|2755|2796|
|2|GM|Maxime Vachier-Lagrave|🇫🇷 FRA|2735|2761|
|3|GM|Javokhir Sindarov|🇺🇿 UZB|2727|2662|
|4|GM|Fabiano Caruana|🇺🇸 USA|2727|2749|
|5|GM|Wesley So|🇺🇸 USA|2705|2798|
|6|GM|Vladimir Fedoseev|🇸🇮 SLO|2690|2756|
|7|GM|Jan-Krzysztof Duda|🇵🇱 POL|2683|2743|
|8|GM|Gukesh Dommaraju|🇮🇳 IND|2682|2646|
|9|GM|Hans Niemann|🇺🇸 USA|2646|2699|
|10|GM|Radosław Wojtaszek|🇵🇱 POL|2612|2558|
# Format/Time Control
* 9-round rapid round robin with a time control of 25 minutes + 10 seconds increment. 2 points awarded per win in the rapid format.
* Two 9-round blitz round robins with a time control of 5 minutes + 2 seconds increment. 1 point awarded per win in the blitz format.
* The highest combined score from both formats crowns the winner.
# Schedule
|Date|Time (Local)|Time (UTC)|Round|
|:-|:-|:-|:-|
|May 5 Rapid Day 1|14:00|12:00|Rapid Rounds 1-3|
|May 6 Rapid Day 2|14:00|12:00|Rapid Rounds 4-6|
|May 7 Rapid Day 3|14:00|12:00|Rapid Rounds 7-9|
|May 8 Blitz Day 1|14:00|12:00|Blitz Rounds 1-9|
|May 9 Blitz Day 2|12:00|10:00|Blitz Rounds 10-18|
# Live Broadcast
* Saint Louis Chess Club Broadcast: YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@STLChessClub/streams | Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/stlchessclub . Commentary by GM Yasser Seirawan, GM Maurice Ashley, GM Cristian Chirila, IM Nazi Paikidze, and WGM Anastasiya Karlovich.
#games
# Official Website https://grandchesstour.org/
Follow the games here: Chess.com https://www.chess.com/events/2026-gct-super-rapid-blitz-poland/games | Lichess https://lichess.org/broadcast/gct-super-rapid--blitz-poland-2026/9VvGrEPB
Kicking off the 2026 Grand Chess Tour for its eleventh consecutive year will be the Super Rapid & Blitz Poland https://images.chesscomfiles.com/uploads/v1/event/160f00fa-2225-11f1-9f62-2bf97e84f32b-2.67fefb61.320x180o.e6822c9ff97e@2x.png . Located in the heart of Warsaw, the Super Rapid and Blitz Poland is the first of three speed-chess events each with a $200,000 total prize fund. The event starts with nine rounds of rapid action, followed by eighteen rounds of blitz, for a total of 135 games spread across seven days, from May 5-9. The event will feature five tour players along with five wildcards.
# Participants https://images.chesscomfiles.com/uploads/v1/images_users/tiny_mce/PedroPinhata/phpq635al3b8f054cE7yxg.png
|\#|Title|Name|FED|Rapid Elo|Blitz Elo|
|:-|:-|:-|:-|:-|:-|
|1|GM|Alireza Firouzja|🇫🇷 FRA|2755|2796|
|2|GM|Maxime Vachier-Lagrave|🇫🇷 FRA|2735|2761|
|3|GM|Javokhir Sindarov|🇺🇿 UZB|2727|2662|
|4|GM|Fabiano Caruana|🇺🇸 USA|2727|2749|
|5|GM|Wesley So|🇺🇸 USA|2705|2798|
|6|GM|Vladimir Fedoseev|🇸🇮 SLO|2690|2756|
|7|GM|Jan-Krzysztof Duda|🇵🇱 POL|2683|2743|
|8|GM|Gukesh Dommaraju|🇮🇳 IND|2682|2646|
|9|GM|Hans Niemann|🇺🇸 USA|2646|2699|
|10|GM|Radosław Wojtaszek|🇵🇱 POL|2612|2558|
# Format/Time Control
* 9-round rapid round robin with a time control of 25 minutes + 10 seconds increment. 2 points awarded per win in the rapid format.
* Two 9-round blitz round robins with a time control of 5 minutes + 2 seconds increment. 1 point awarded per win in the blitz format.
* The highest combined score from both formats crowns the winner.
# Schedule
|Date|Time (Local)|Time (UTC)|Round|
|:-|:-|:-|:-|
|May 5 Rapid Day 1|14:00|12:00|Rapid Rounds 1-3|
|May 6 Rapid Day 2|14:00|12:00|Rapid Rounds 4-6|
|May 7 Rapid Day 3|14:00|12:00|Rapid Rounds 7-9|
|May 8 Blitz Day 1|14:00|12:00|Blitz Rounds 1-9|
|May 9 Blitz Day 2|12:00|10:00|Blitz Rounds 10-18|
# Live Broadcast
* Saint Louis Chess Club Broadcast: YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@STLChessClub/streams | Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/stlchessclub . Commentary by GM Yasser Seirawan, GM Maurice Ashley, GM Cristian Chirila, IM Nazi Paikidze, and WGM Anastasiya Karlovich.
#games
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