Carlsen, Wesley So, Duda, and Gukesh D share the lead at GCT Croatia
The SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia 2025 aka Grand Chess Tour Zagreb 2025, part of the Grand Chess Tour, is scheduled for June 30 to July 7, 2025, in Zagreb, Croatia, at The Westin Zagreb Hotel. This is the third leg of the 2025 Grand Chess Tour, marking its 10th anniversary, and features a 10-player round-robin tournament with a $175,000 prize fund. The Grand Chess Tour in Zagreb is among the Top tournaments in The Chess Calendar. Here are the pairings of all rounds for the rapid and blitz
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After three rounds of the first day of rapid at the SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia, four players share the lead with 4 points: Magnus Carlsen, Wesley So, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, and Gukesh D. They are followed by Anish Giri and Ivan Šarić with 3 points.
Pairings Grand Chess Tour day 2
| Round 4 on 2025/07/03 at 15:00 | |||||||||
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | White | Result | Black | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 10 | 2740 | GM | Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | GM | Gukesh, D | 2654 | 7 | |
| 2 | 8 | 2756 | GM | Caruana, Fabiano | GM | Praggnanandhaa, R | 2688 | 6 | |
| 3 | 9 | 2819 | GM | Carlsen, Magnus | GM | Firouzja, Alireza | 2767 | 5 | |
| 4 | 1 | 2687 | GM | Giri, Anish | GM | Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | 2699 | 4 | |
| 5 | 2 | 2589 | GM | Saric, Ivan | GM | So, Wesley | 2709 | 3 | |
| Round 5 on 2025/07/03 at 16:30 | |||||||||
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | White | Result | Black | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 3 | 2709 | GM | So, Wesley | GM | Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | 2740 | 10 | |
| 2 | 4 | 2699 | GM | Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | GM | Saric, Ivan | 2589 | 2 | |
| 3 | 5 | 2767 | GM | Firouzja, Alireza | GM | Giri, Anish | 2687 | 1 | |
| 4 | 6 | 2688 | GM | Praggnanandhaa, R | GM | Carlsen, Magnus | 2819 | 9 | |
| 5 | 7 | 2654 | GM | Gukesh, D | GM | Caruana, Fabiano | 2756 | 8 | |
| Round 6 on 2025/07/03 at 18:00 | |||||||||
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | White | Result | Black | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 10 | 2740 | GM | Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | GM | Caruana, Fabiano | 2756 | 8 | |
| 2 | 9 | 2819 | GM | Carlsen, Magnus | GM | Gukesh, D | 2654 | 7 | |
| 3 | 1 | 2687 | GM | Giri, Anish | GM | Praggnanandhaa, R | 2688 | 6 | |
| 4 | 2 | 2589 | GM | Saric, Ivan | GM | Firouzja, Alireza | 2767 | 5 | |
| 5 | 3 | 2709 | GM | So, Wesley | GM | Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | 2699 | 4 | |