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The Superbet Rapid & Blitz took place in Warsaw, Poland 21st to 25th May 2023. Players: Magnus Carlsen, Levon Aronian, Anish Giri, Wesley So, Richard Rapport, MVL, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Bogdan-Daniel Deac, Kirill Shevchenko and Radoslaw Wojtaszek played in this event which is part of the Grand Chess Tour.

Magnus Carlsen won the event after a slow start on day 1 of the rapid including a loss in round one in the Polish Defence to second placed Jan-Krzysztof Duda. Carlsen picked up two wins late on day two of the rapid which put him back in contention. Then in the blitz Carlsen went on a rampage scoring 10.5/11 between rounds 5 and 15. He slowed down at the end drawing the final three games and almost blew it. Playing Duda in the final round Carlsen quickly obtained a winning advantage, then a series of inaccuracies actually put him in danger of losing which would have allowed Duda to catch him in the over all standings, Carlsen then pulled himself together and saved the endgame and ensured victory.

Final combined standings

Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	RapidPts	RapidScore	BlitzScore	Total	GCTPts	Prize
1	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2853	5	10	14	24	WC	$40K
2	Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	g	POL	2724	6½	13	10	23	10	$30K
3	So, Wesley	g	USA	2760	5½	11	10.5	21.5	7.5	$22.5K
3	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	g	FRA	2742	5½	11	10.5	21.5	7.5	$22.5K
5	Aronian, Levon	g	USA	2745	6	12	8.5	20.5	WC	$15K
6	Rapport, Richard	g	ROU	2745	4½	9	9	18	5	$11K
7	Giri, Anish	g	NED	2768	3½	7	8	15	4	$10K
8	Shevchenko, Kirill	g	ROU	2684	2	4	9	13	WC	$9K
9	Deac, Bogdan-Daniel	g	ROU	2700	3	6	6.5	12.5	WC	$8K
10	Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	g	POL	2670	3½	7	4	11	WC	$7K

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Superbet Rapid 2023 Warsaw POL (POL), 19-26 v 2023															cat. XX (2739)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	g	POL	2724	*	½	½	1	½	½	1	1	1	½	6½	2906
2.	Aronian, Levon	g	USA	2745	½	*	½	½	½	½	1	1	½	1	6	2863
3.	So, Wesley	g	USA	2760	½	½	*	0	½	1	½	½	1	1	5½	2816
4.	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	g	FRA	2742	0	½	1	*	½	½	½	½	1	1	5½	2818
5.	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2853	½	½	½	½	*	½	0	½	1	1	5	2769
6.	Rapport, Richard	g	ROU	2745	½	½	0	½	½	*	½	½	½	1	4½	2738
7.	Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	g	POL	2670	0	0	½	½	1	½	*	0	½	½	3½	2666
8.	Giri, Anish	g	NED	2768	0	0	½	½	½	½	1	*	0	½	3½	2655
9.	Deac, Bogdan-Daniel	g	ROU	2700	0	½	0	0	0	½	½	1	*	½	3	2618
10.	Shevchenko, Kirill	g	ROU	2684	½	0	0	0	0	0	½	½	½	*	2	2525

Round 1 (May 21, 2023)
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	- Giri, Anish	1-0	56	E60	King's Indian without Nc3
So, Wesley	- Deac, Bogdan-Daniel	1-0	48	C50	Giuoco Piano
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	- Aronian, Levon	½-½	27	A45	Trompowsky
Rapport, Richard	- Shevchenko, Kirill	1-0	35	B31	Sicilian Rossolimo
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	- Carlsen, Magnus	1-0	38	A40	Unusual Replies to 1.d4
Round 2 (May 21, 2023)
Carlsen, Magnus	- So, Wesley	½-½	69	D02	Queen's Pawn Game
Rapport, Richard	- Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	½-½	48	B51	Sicilian Rossolimo
Giri, Anish	- Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	½-½	31	D20	QGA
Deac, Bogdan-Daniel	- Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	0-1	94	D94	Gruenfeld Closed
Shevchenko, Kirill	- Aronian, Levon	0-1	60	E10	Blumenfeld Counter Gambit
Round 3 (May 21, 2023)
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	- Carlsen, Magnus	½-½	88	B17	Caro Kann
Aronian, Levon	- Giri, Anish	1-0	60	C28	Vienna Game
So, Wesley	- Rapport, Richard	1-0	86	A61	Benoni
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	- Deac, Bogdan-Daniel	1-0	46	C50	Giuoco Piano
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	- Shevchenko, Kirill	½-½	60	E94	King's Indian Classical
Round 4 (May 22, 2023)
Carlsen, Magnus	- Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	½-½	93	D00	Queen's Pawn Game
Rapport, Richard	- Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	½-½	31	C29	Vienna Game
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	- So, Wesley	½-½	51	D41	Semi-Tarrasch Defence
Deac, Bogdan-Daniel	- Aronian, Levon	½-½	56	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Shevchenko, Kirill	- Giri, Anish	½-½	38	C44	Scotch Gambit
Round 5 (May 22, 2023)
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	- Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	1-0	42	E48	Nimzo Indian
Aronian, Levon	- Carlsen, Magnus	½-½	40	B40	Sicilian Classical
So, Wesley	- Shevchenko, Kirill	1-0	49	B51	Sicilian Rossolimo
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	- Rapport, Richard	½-½	43	C18	French Winawer
Giri, Anish	- Deac, Bogdan-Daniel	0-1	53	A45	Trompowsky
Round 6 (May 22, 2023)
So, Wesley	- Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	½-½	57	C42	Petroff's Defence
Carlsen, Magnus	- Giri, Anish	½-½	59	A06	Zukertort Opening
Rapport, Richard	- Aronian, Levon	½-½	60	C29	Vienna Game
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	- Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	½-½	45	D27	QGA
Shevchenko, Kirill	- Deac, Bogdan-Daniel	½-½	65	A28	English Four Knights
Round 7 (May 23, 2023)
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	- Shevchenko, Kirill	½-½	67	E94	King's Indian Classical
Aronian, Levon	- Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	1-0	50	B59	Sicilian Boleslavsky
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	- So, Wesley	1-0	38	C42	Petroff's Defence
Giri, Anish	- Rapport, Richard	½-½	53	C41	Philidor's Defence
Deac, Bogdan-Daniel	- Carlsen, Magnus	0-1	47	C11	French Defence
Round 8 (May 23, 2023)
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	- Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	1-0	34	D20	QGA
So, Wesley	- Aronian, Levon	½-½	56	E32	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Rapport, Richard	- Deac, Bogdan-Daniel	½-½	50	B13	Caro Kann Exchange
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	- Giri, Anish	0-1	37	A11	Reti Opening
Shevchenko, Kirill	- Carlsen, Magnus	0-1	60	C44	Scotch Gambit
Round 9 (May 23, 2023)
Aronian, Levon	- Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	½-½	50	C42	Petroff's Defence
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	- Shevchenko, Kirill	1-0	41	B76	Sicilian Modern Dragon
Carlsen, Magnus	- Rapport, Richard	½-½	58	E17	Queens Indian
Giri, Anish	- So, Wesley	½-½	71	E32	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Deac, Bogdan-Daniel	- Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	½-½	52	B53	Sicilian Hungarian

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Superbet Blitz 2023 Warsaw POL Fri 19th May 2023 - Fri 26th May 2023 Leading Final Round 18 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pts	Perf
1	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2853	**	01	11	1½	11	11	1½	1½	½½	½1	14	2946
2	So, Wesley	g	USA	2760	10	**	½½	½0	½1	½½	1½	01	1½	½1	10.5	2793
3	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	g	FRA	2742	00	½½	**	01	½0	11	½1	11	0½	11	10.5	2795
4	Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	g	POL	2724	0½	½1	10	**	½1	01	00	½0	11	11	10	2783
5	Shevchenko, Kirill	g	ROU	2684	00	½0	½1	½0	**	10	01	1½	10	11	9	2745
6	Rapport, Richard	g	ROU	2745	00	½½	00	10	01	**	1½	1½	01	11	9	2738
7	Aronian, Levon	g	USA	2745	0½	0½	½0	11	10	0½	**	0½	11	½½	8.5	2717
8	Giri, Anish	g	NED	2768	0½	10	00	½1	0½	0½	1½	**	01	1½	8	2692
9	Deac, Bogdan-Daniel	g	ROU	2700	½½	0½	1½	00	01	10	00	10	**	0½	6.5	2641
10	Wojtaszek, Radoslaw	g	POL	2670	½0	½0	00	00	00	00	½½	0½	1½	**	4	2526
10 players

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