Alireza Firouzja Dominates on the 2nd Day of Super Rapid Croatia 2026
Alireza Firouzja is maintaining his great form at Super Rapid Croatia 2026. After getting an early lead on day 1, he repeated the same performance once again and scored 5/6 points on day 2. Alireza is leading the tournament with 10/12 points, while 4 players are in joint 2nd place with 7/12 points. World Champion D Gukesh started his day with a loss against Bogdan Daniel Deac, but then he scored 2 consecutive wins over Jorden van Foreest and Anish Giri, which took him to the joint 2nd place. Photo: Lennart Ootes
Gukesh Back to Winning Ways
World Champion D Gukesh started his day 1 with a win, a draw, and a loss. On the second day, he scored back-to-back wins in the 5th and 6th rounds. R Praggnanandhaa started the day on a high note but then lost two consecutive games against Nodirbek Abdusattorov and Alireza Firouzja. On the 3rd and last day, the final 3 rounds will be played, and Gukesh is going to face Abdusattorov, Vincent, and Alireza.
4th Round
The day started with an eventful round as Praggnanandhaa defeated Jorden van Foreest with white pieces. D Gukesh suffered his only loss of the day against Bogdan Daniel Deac in this round. Alireza played a brilliant game to outplay Vincent Keymer, and the other two games ended in a draw.
Replay Round 4 Games
Bo. | No. | Rtg |
| White | Result | Black |
| Rtg | No. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 2690 | GM | 1 - 0 | GM | 2597 | 3 | |||||
2 | 1 | 2701 | GM | ½ - ½ | GM | 2686 | 4 | |||||
3 | 9 | 2627 | GM | 0 - 1 | GM | 2748 | 5 | |||||
4 | 8 | 2664 | GM | ½ - ½ | GM | 2595 | 6 | |||||
5 | 10 | 2684 | GM | 0 - 1 | GM | 2613 | 7 |
5th Round
Again, a very happening round as Nodirbek Abdusattorov scored his first win after defeating R Praggnanandhaa, who lost his 1st game of the tournament. World Champion D Gukesh scored his 1st win of the day against Jorden van Foreest.
Bo. | No. | Rtg |
| White | Result | Black |
| Rtg | No. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 5 | 2748 | GM | ½ - ½ | GM | 2701 | 1 | |||||
2 | 3 | 2597 | GM | 0 - 1 | GM | 2684 | 10 | |||||
3 | 7 | 2613 | GM | ½ - ½ | GM | 2664 | 8 | |||||
4 | 4 | 2686 | GM | 1 - 0 | GM | 2690 | 2 | |||||
5 | 6 | 2595 | GM | 0 - 1 | GM | 2627 | 9 |
Replay Round 5 Games
6th Round
The Final round of the day delivered some excellent games as Alireza Firouza defeated R Praggnanandhaa to increase his sole lead. It was a crazy game where both players were making back-to-back mistakes in a complex endgame, but eventually Alireza came out on top. In another decisive result, Gukesh defeated Anish Giri in a great opposite-site castle game.
Bo. | No. | Rtg |
| White | Result | Black |
| Rtg | No. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 9 | 2627 | GM | ½ - ½ | GM | 2613 | 7 | |||||
2 | 2 | 2690 | GM | 0 - 1 | GM | 2748 | 5 | |||||
3 | 1 | 2701 | GM | ½ - ½ | GM | 2595 | 6 | |||||
4 | 10 | 2684 | GM | 1 - 0 | GM | 2664 | 8 | |||||
5 | 3 | 2597 | GM | ½ - ½ | GM | 2686 | 4 |
Replay Round 6 Games
Venue: The Westin Zagreb
The Westin Zagreb Hotel is centrally located in the very heart of Zagreb. Our conference hotel is situated in a leafy area in Zagreb, adjacent to the Mimara Museum and the world-famous National Theatre and Opera House. Our location is within easy walking distance to the central square, markets, the many trendy cafés, restaurants, designer boutiques, rich cultural attractions, and capital city business destinations.
Participants
Format and Schedule
The event follows the same structure as previous Super Rapid & Blitz tournaments. It is a single 10-player round robin in the Rapid section, followed by a double round robin in the Blitz.
Round 1 begins daily at 3:00 p.m. local time (6:30 p.m. IST)
The player with the best combined score across Rapid and Blitz will be declared tournament champion.
Prize Fund
The total prize fund for the event is US $200,000 for the Rapid event and US $200,000 for the Blitz event. The top three finishers in each section will take home $50,000, $40,000, and $30,000, respectively.
Important Links
Grand Chess Tour: Official Site, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Photo Gallery
Super Rapid and Blitz Croatia: Official Site, Tickets, Results and Standings
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