Gukesh vs Praggnanandhaa in Round 1
Schedule and Format
Superbet Chess Classic will have one round per day from 7th to 16th April. Rest day is on Monday 12th April. Each round starts at 3 p.m. local time, 5:30 p.m. IST, except the last round which starts at 2 p.m. local time, 4:30 p.m. IST. It will be a 10-player Round Robin event. Time control will be 40 moves in 90 minutes + 30 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1.
Participants
The lineup includes the reigning World Champion and World no.3 - D Gukesh, World no.5 - Fabiano Caruana (USA), World no.6 - Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB), World no.7 - R Praggnanandhaa, Grand Chess Tour 2024 winner and World no.9 - Alireza Firouzja (FRA), World no.11 - Wesley So (USA), the only two-time World Cup winner in history and World no.13 - Levon Aronian (USA), World Cup 2021 winner and World no.16 - Jan-Krzysztof Duda (POL), World Blitz 2021 champion and World no.23 - Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) and Romania no.1 - Bogdan-Daniel Deac.
Prize
The total prize fund for each Classical event is US$ 350000. The top three prizes are US$ 100000, $65000 and $48000.
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Round 1 pairings
| Bo. | No. | FED | Rtg | White | Result | Black | FED | Rtg | No. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | POL | 2739 | GM | Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | GM | Caruana, Fabiano | USA | 2776 | 10 | ||||
| 2 | 2 | FRA | 2757 | GM | Firouzja, Alireza | GM | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | FRA | 2723 | 9 | ||||
| 3 | 3 | USA | 2751 | GM | So, Wesley | GM | Deac, Bogdan-Daniel | ROU | 2668 | 8 | ||||
| 4 | 4 | USA | 2747 | GM | Aronian, Levon | GM | Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | UZB | 2771 | 7 | ||||
| 5 | 5 | IND | 2787 | GM | Gukesh, D | GM | Praggnanandhaa, R | IND | 2758 | 6 |
