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The Grand Chess Tour continued with the SuperUnited Rapid and Blitz Croatia in Zagreb. Players: Ian Nepomniachtchi, Fabiano Caruana, Levon Aronian, Ivan Saric, Wesley So, D Gukesh, Anish Giri, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Santosh Gujrathi Vidit and Alireza Firouzja. Magnus Carlsen withdrew from the event at the very last moment and the sad news of the passing of his mother soon followed. Fabiano Caruana was the clear winner of the event, he won the rapid by 1.5 points and finished 3rd 1 point off the leaders in the blitz

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Superbet CRO Rapid 2024 Zagreb CRO (CRO), 10-14 vii 2024															cat. XX (2743)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Caruana, Fabiano	g	USA	2796	*	½	1	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	7½	3010
2.	So, Wesley	g	USA	2757	½	*	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	6	2866
3.	Aronian, Levon	g	USA	2729	0	½	*	½	½	0	1	1	1	1	5½	2824
4.	Firouzja, Alireza	g	FRA	2744	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	1	0	1	5	2786
5.	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	g	RUS	2770	½	½	½	½	*	½	0	½	1	1	5	2783
6.	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	g	FRA	2718	0	½	1	½	½	*	0	½	1	1	5	2789
7.	Gukesh, D	g	IND	2763	0	0	0	½	1	1	*	½	½	1	4½	2741
8.	Giri, Anish	g	NED	2745	0	½	0	0	½	½	½	*	½	½	3	2618
9.	Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	g	IND	2720	0	0	0	1	0	0	½	½	*	0	2	2525
10.	Saric, Ivan	g	CRO	2690	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	1	*	1½	2476

Round 1 (July 10, 2024)
Caruana, Fabiano	- Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	1-0	47	A08	Barcza System
So, Wesley	- Gukesh, D	1-0	40	B31	Sicilian Rossolimo
Aronian, Levon	- Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	0-1	59	D70	Gruenfeld Defence
Nepomniachtchi, Ian	- Firouzja, Alireza	½-½	54	B51	Sicilian Rossolimo
Saric, Ivan	- Giri, Anish	½-½	38	B51	Sicilian Rossolimo
Round 2 (July 10, 2024)
Firouzja, Alireza	- Gukesh, D	½-½	59	B33	Sicilian Sveshnikov
Nepomniachtchi, Ian	- Caruana, Fabiano	½-½	50	C78	Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	- Saric, Ivan	1-0	44	B89	Sicilian Sozin Attack
Giri, Anish	- So, Wesley	½-½	60	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	- Aronian, Levon	0-1	28	C02	French Advance
Round 3 (July 10, 2024)
Caruana, Fabiano	- Firouzja, Alireza	½-½	41	D10	Slav Defence
So, Wesley	- Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	½-½	75	E60	King's Indian without Nc3
Aronian, Levon	- Nepomniachtchi, Ian	½-½	62	E48	Nimzo Indian
Gukesh, D	- Giri, Anish	½-½	116	B50	Sicilian Defence
Saric, Ivan	- Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	1-0	37	A07	Barcza System
Round 4 (July 11, 2024)
Caruana, Fabiano	- Aronian, Levon	1-0	32	E25	Nimzo Indian Saemisch
Firouzja, Alireza	- Giri, Anish	1-0	76	C50	Giuoco Piano
Nepomniachtchi, Ian	- Saric, Ivan	1-0	48	B30	Sicilian Rossolimo
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	- Gukesh, D	0-1	43	B30	Sicilian Rossolimo
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	- So, Wesley	0-1	111	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Round 5 (July 11, 2024)
So, Wesley	- Nepomniachtchi, Ian	½-½	26	D35	QGD Exchange
Aronian, Levon	- Firouzja, Alireza	½-½	52	B92	Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
Gukesh, D	- Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	½-½	51	C44	Scotch Gambit
Giri, Anish	- Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	½-½	60	D02	Queen's Pawn Game
Saric, Ivan	- Caruana, Fabiano	0-1	38	A05	Various
Round 6 (July 11, 2024)
Caruana, Fabiano	- So, Wesley	½-½	105	A20	English Opening
Aronian, Levon	- Saric, Ivan	1-0	49	B50	Sicilian Defence
Firouzja, Alireza	- Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	½-½	69	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Nepomniachtchi, Ian	- Gukesh, D	0-1	55	B30	Sicilian Rossolimo
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	- Giri, Anish	½-½	28	E06	Catalan
Round 7 (July 12, 2024)
So, Wesley	- Aronian, Levon	½-½	50	E01	Catalan
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	- Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	1-0	46	C00	French Defence
Gukesh, D	- Caruana, Fabiano	0-1	50	D38	QGD Ragozin
Giri, Anish	- Nepomniachtchi, Ian	½-½	51	A06	Zukertort Opening
Saric, Ivan	- Firouzja, Alireza	0-1	41	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Round 8 (July 12, 2024)
Caruana, Fabiano	- Giri, Anish	1-0	34	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Aronian, Levon	- Gukesh, D	1-0	68	C50	Giuoco Piano
Firouzja, Alireza	- Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	0-1	48	A00	Irregular Openings
Nepomniachtchi, Ian	- Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	½-½	60	B54	Sicilian Rauzer
Saric, Ivan	- So, Wesley	0-1	42	A08	Barcza System
Round 9 (July 12, 2024)
So, Wesley	- Firouzja, Alireza	½-½	21	E45	Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	- Caruana, Fabiano	0-1	52	C78	Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Gukesh, D	- Saric, Ivan	1-0	65	B91	Sicilian Najdorf with 6.g3
Giri, Anish	- Aronian, Levon	0-1	46	A06	Zukertort Opening
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	- Nepomniachtchi, Ian	0-1	30	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation

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Superbet CRO Blitz 2024 Zagreb CRO Wed 10th Jul 2024 - Sun 14th Jul 2024 Leading Final Round 18 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	TB1
1	6	Firouzja, Alireza	GM	FRA	2863	13
	7	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	GM	FRA	2764	13
3	1	Caruana, Fabiano	GM	USA	2777	12
4	5	So, Wesley	GM	USA	2773	11
5	10	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	GM	FID	2800	8.5
6	8	Giri, Anish	GM	NED	2689	7.5
7	3	Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	GM	IND	2657	7
	4	Saric, Ivan	GM	CRO	2601	7
9	9	Aronian, Levon	GM	USA	2766	6
10	2	Gukesh, D	GM	IND	2627	5
10 players

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