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The SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz, part of the Grand Chess Tour, took place in Zagreb Wed 5th to Mon 10th July 2023. The final results came from a combination of the scores in Rapid and Bltiz. Magnus Carlsen finished 3rd in the Rapid half a point behind Fabiano Caruana and Ian Nepomniachtchi. Carlsen then proceeded to score 9/9 on the first day of the blitz, he was then held to two draws before winning four more which decided the event. A couple of losses after the event was decided didn't take the gloss off a dominant performance. Final Standings: 1st Carlsen 26pts, 2nd Nepomniachtchi 22½pts, 3rd Firouzja 22pts, 4th Caruana 21½pts, 5th Gukesh D 19½pts, 6th Rapport 19pts, 7th Anand 16½pts, 7th Duda 16½pts, 9th Saric 12pts, 10th Lupulescu 4½pts.

SuperUnited Rapid and Blitz 2023 Zagreb CRO Wed 5th Jul 2023 - Mon 10th Jul 2023
Rk	Name	Rtg	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Gms	Pts
1	Carlsen, Magnus	2835		1 1 1	0 1 0	0 1 ½	2 1 1	1 1 0	2 1 1	2 1 ½	1 1 1	2 1 1	27	26
2	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	2779	1 0 0		2 0 1	1 ½ ½	1 1 ½	2 ½ ½	1 ½ 0	0 1 1	2 ½ 1	2 1 1	27	22½
3	Firouzja, Alireza	2777	2 0 1	0 1 0		1 1 0	1 1 1	1 0 ½	1 1 1	0 ½ 1	2 1 1	1 1 1	27	22
4	Caruana, Fabiano	2782	2 0 ½	1 ½ ½	1 0 1		2 1 0	0 1 0	1 0 1	2 ½ 0	1 1 ½	2 1 1	27	21½
5	Gukesh D	2744	0 0 0	1 0 ½	1 0 0	0 0 1		1 1 1	2 0 1	1 1 1	2 0 1	2 1 1	27	19½
6	Rapport, Richard	2752	1 0 1	0 ½ ½	1 1 ½	2 0 1	1 0 0		0 1 ½	2 1 0	0 0 1	2 1 1	27	19
7	Anand, Viswanathan	2754	0 0 0	1 ½ 1	1 0 0	1 1 0	0 1 0	2 0 ½		1 0 1	2 0 ½	2 ½ ½	27	16½
8	Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	2732	0 0 ½	2 0 0	2 ½ 0	0 ½ 1	1 0 0	0 0 1	1 1 0		1 1 ½	2 ½ 1	27	16½
9	Saric, Ivan	2657	1 0 0	0 ½ 0	0 0 0	1 0 ½	0 1 0	2 1 0	0 1 ½	1 0 ½		1 ½ ½	27	12
10	Lupulescu, Constantin	2584	0 0 0	0 0 0	1 0 0	0 0 0	0 0 0	0 0 0	0 ½ ½	0 ½ 0	1 ½ ½		27	4½

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SuperUnited Rapid 2023 Zagreb CRO (CRO), 5-10 vii 2023															cat. XX (2740)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Caruana, Fabiano	g	USA	2782	*	½	1	½	1	½	0	1	½	1	6	2859
2.	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	g	RUS	2779	½	*	½	½	½	1	1	0	1	1	6	2860
3.	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2835	0	½	*	1	1	0	½	1	½	1	5½	2809
4.	Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	2754	½	½	0	*	0	½	1	½	1	1	5	2781
5.	Gukesh, D	g	IND	2744	0	½	0	1	*	½	½	½	1	1	5	2782
6.	Firouzja, Alireza	g	FRA	2777	½	0	1	½	½	*	½	0	1	½	4½	2735
7.	Rapport, Richard	g	ROU	2752	1	0	½	0	½	½	*	1	0	1	4½	2738
8.	Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	g	POL	2732	0	1	0	½	½	1	0	*	½	1	4½	2740
9.	Saric, Ivan	g	CRO	2657	½	0	½	0	0	0	1	½	*	½	3	2623
10.	Lupulescu, Constantin	g	ROU	2584	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	½	*	1	2405

Round 1 (July 5, 2023)
Nepomniachtchi, Ian	- Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	0-1	44	C45	Scotch Game
Gukesh, D	- Carlsen, Magnus	0-1	36	B31	Sicilian Rossolimo
Firouzja, Alireza	- Anand, Viswanathan	½-½	53	A08	Barcza System
Rapport, Richard	- Caruana, Fabiano	1-0	62	C00	French Defence
Lupulescu, Constantin	- Saric, Ivan	½-½	52	E90	King's Indian Classical
Round 2 (July 5, 2023)
Caruana, Fabiano	- Lupulescu, Constantin	1-0	65	D35	QGD Exchange
Carlsen, Magnus	- Saric, Ivan	½-½	54	A36	English Botvinnik
Anand, Viswanathan	- Rapport, Richard	1-0	41	B30	Sicilian Rossolimo
Gukesh, D	- Nepomniachtchi, Ian	½-½	29	A45	Trompowsky
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	- Firouzja, Alireza	1-0	33	D85	Gruenfeld Defence
Round 3 (July 5, 2023)
Nepomniachtchi, Ian	- Carlsen, Magnus	½-½	46	B13	Caro Kann Exchange
Firouzja, Alireza	- Gukesh, D	½-½	48	E48	Nimzo Indian
Rapport, Richard	- Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	1-0	61	B51	Sicilian Rossolimo
Saric, Ivan	- Caruana, Fabiano	½-½	61	C11	French Defence
Lupulescu, Constantin	- Anand, Viswanathan	0-1	43	D27	QGA
Round 4 (July 6, 2023)
Nepomniachtchi, Ian	- Firouzja, Alireza	1-0	32	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Carlsen, Magnus	- Caruana, Fabiano	0-1	31	A28	English Four Knights
Anand, Viswanathan	- Saric, Ivan	1-0	39	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Gukesh, D	- Rapport, Richard	½-½	57	B61	Sicilian Rauzer
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	- Lupulescu, Constantin	1-0	35	A05	Various
Round 5 (July 6, 2023)
Caruana, Fabiano	- Anand, Viswanathan	½-½	42	B12	Caro Kann Advanced
Firouzja, Alireza	- Carlsen, Magnus	1-0	56	C50	Giuoco Piano
Rapport, Richard	- Nepomniachtchi, Ian	0-1	41	B51	Sicilian Rossolimo
Saric, Ivan	- Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	½-½	49	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Lupulescu, Constantin	- Gukesh, D	0-1	30	E47	Nimzo Indian
Round 6 (July 6, 2023)
Nepomniachtchi, Ian	- Lupulescu, Constantin	1-0	50	B22	Sicilian Alapin
Carlsen, Magnus	- Anand, Viswanathan	1-0	53	B13	Caro Kann Exchange
Gukesh, D	- Saric, Ivan	1-0	63	B40	Sicilian Classical
Firouzja, Alireza	- Rapport, Richard	½-½	64	C55	Two Knights Defence
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	- Caruana, Fabiano	0-1	57	E06	Catalan
Round 7 (July 7, 2023)
Caruana, Fabiano	- Gukesh, D	1-0	59	C53	Giuoco Piano
Anand, Viswanathan	- Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	½-½	59	B92	Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
Rapport, Richard	- Carlsen, Magnus	½-½	45	B30	Sicilian Rossolimo
Saric, Ivan	- Nepomniachtchi, Ian	0-1	35	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Lupulescu, Constantin	- Firouzja, Alireza	½-½	42	E52	Nimzo Indian
Round 8 (July 7, 2023)
Nepomniachtchi, Ian	- Caruana, Fabiano	½-½	47	C02	French Advance
Carlsen, Magnus	- Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	1-0	32	E04	Catalan
Gukesh, D	- Anand, Viswanathan	1-0	40	B12	Caro Kann Advanced
Firouzja, Alireza	- Saric, Ivan	1-0	63	E94	King's Indian Classical
Rapport, Richard	- Lupulescu, Constantin	1-0	39	A08	Barcza System
Round 9 (July 7, 2023)
Caruana, Fabiano	- Firouzja, Alireza	½-½	38	B13	Caro Kann Exchange
Anand, Viswanathan	- Nepomniachtchi, Ian	½-½	59	B92	Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	- Gukesh, D	½-½	63	C53	Giuoco Piano
Saric, Ivan	- Rapport, Richard	1-0	36	C41	Philidor's Defence
Lupulescu, Constantin	- Carlsen, Magnus	0-1	46	E73	King's Indian Averbakh

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SuperUnited Blitz 2023 Zagreb CRO Wed 5th Jul 2023 - Mon 10th Jul 2023 Leading Final Round 18 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pts
1	Carlsen, Magnus	GM	NOR	***	1 0	1 1	1 0	1 ½	1 1	1 ½	1 1	1 1	1 1	15
2	Firouzja, Alireza	GM	FRA	0 1	***	1 0	0 ½	1 0	1 1	½ 1	1 1	1 1	1 1	13
3	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	GM	FID	0 0	0 1	***	½ ½	½ ½	1 ½	1 1	½ 0	½ 1	1 1	10.5
4	Rapport, Richard	GM	ROU	0 1	1 ½	½ ½	***	0 1	0 0	1 0	1 ½	0 1	1 1	10
5	Caruana, Fabiano	GM	USA	0 ½	0 1	½ ½	1 0	***	1 0	½ 0	0 1	1 ½	1 1	9.5
5	Gukesh, D	GM	IND	0 0	0 0	0 ½	1 1	0 1	***	1 1	0 1	0 1	1 1	9.5
7	Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	GM	POL	0 ½	½ 0	0 0	0 1	½ 1	0 0	***	1 0	1 ½	½ 1	7.5
8	Anand, Viswanathan	GM	IND	0 0	0 0	½ 1	0 ½	1 0	1 0	0 1	***	0 ½	½ ½	6.5
9	Saric, Ivan	GM	CRO	0 0	0 0	½ 0	1 0	0 ½	1 0	0 ½	1 ½	***	½ ½	6
10	Lupulescu, Constantin	GM	ROU	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	½ 0	½ ½	½ ½	***	2.5
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