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The Three Greatest GCT Rapid and Blitz Performances of All Time
The breakdown of the **three greatest individual GCT event performances** to date:
**Kolkata 2019**
Field- Magnus Carlsen, Viswanathan Anand, Ding Liren, Anish Giri, Hikaru Nakamura, Ian Nepomniachtchi Wesley So, Levon Aronian, Pentala Harikrishna(WC), Vidit Gujarathi(WC).
Still the gold standard, perhaps the most dominant performances in modern fast chess history. With a +4 score lead and only 2 wild cards (i.e., strong field), this remains the highest-scoring and most statistically dominant GCT event ever. Every player in the field has been in top 10 atleast once(Vidit only in live list).
**Zagreb 2024**
Field- Fabiano Caruana, Alireza Firouzja, Maxime Vachier Lagrave, Gukesh D, Wesley So, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Anish Giri, Vidit Gujarathi(WC), Levon Aronian(WC), Ivan Saric(WC).
The field might be slightly stronger than what numbers suggest mainly in Rapid(where k factor 10 had kicked in).Despite a slightly weaker field and more wild cards than Kolkata, Caruana matched Carlsen’s raw score and lead. Still a complete elite field and an absolutely mind boggling performance..
**Warsaw 2025**
Field- Vladimir Fedoseev(WC), Alireza Firouzja, Maxime Vachier Lagrave, Levon Aronian, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, R Praggnanandhaa, Bogdan-Daniel Deac(WC),Veselin Topalov(WC),Aravindh Chithambaram(WC), David Gavrilescu(WC).
When the field for the event was announced, few considered Vladimir Fedoseev a serious contender. Yet by the end, he had run away with the tournament, winning with a staggering 5-point lead (the highest in GCT history). While the field was among the weakest ever seen on the Tour, it still featured former GCT champion Alireza Firouzja and former world blitz champion and 5 time runner up Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, making Fedoseev’s win dominating and impressive.
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The breakdown of the **three greatest individual GCT event performances** to date:
**Kolkata 2019**
Field- Magnus Carlsen, Viswanathan Anand, Ding Liren, Anish Giri, Hikaru Nakamura, Ian Nepomniachtchi Wesley So, Levon Aronian, Pentala Harikrishna(WC), Vidit Gujarathi(WC).
Still the gold standard, perhaps the most dominant performances in modern fast chess history. With a +4 score lead and only 2 wild cards (i.e., strong field), this remains the highest-scoring and most statistically dominant GCT event ever. Every player in the field has been in top 10 atleast once(Vidit only in live list).
**Zagreb 2024**
Field- Fabiano Caruana, Alireza Firouzja, Maxime Vachier Lagrave, Gukesh D, Wesley So, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Anish Giri, Vidit Gujarathi(WC), Levon Aronian(WC), Ivan Saric(WC).
The field might be slightly stronger than what numbers suggest mainly in Rapid(where k factor 10 had kicked in).Despite a slightly weaker field and more wild cards than Kolkata, Caruana matched Carlsen’s raw score and lead. Still a complete elite field and an absolutely mind boggling performance..
**Warsaw 2025**
Field- Vladimir Fedoseev(WC), Alireza Firouzja, Maxime Vachier Lagrave, Levon Aronian, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, R Praggnanandhaa, Bogdan-Daniel Deac(WC),Veselin Topalov(WC),Aravindh Chithambaram(WC), David Gavrilescu(WC).
When the field for the event was announced, few considered Vladimir Fedoseev a serious contender. Yet by the end, he had run away with the tournament, winning with a staggering 5-point lead (the highest in GCT history). While the field was among the weakest ever seen on the Tour, it still featured former GCT champion Alireza Firouzja and former world blitz champion and 5 time runner up Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, making Fedoseev’s win dominating and impressive.
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