Opera Euro Rapid Starts on Chess24
The world strongest grandmasters enter the field.
The Opera Euro Rapid online chess event, a part of the $1.5 million Meltwater Champions Chess Tour, will be held on Chess24.com on February 6-14.
The tournament starts with a 3-day all-play-all preliminary stage before the top 8 go forward to a knockout.
Lineup:
Magnus Carlsen (Norway, rapid rating - 2881), Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France, 2860), Ding Liren (China, 2836), Hikaru Nakamura (USA, 2829), Leinier Dominguez (USA, 2786), Alexander Grischuk (Russia, 2784), Levon Aronian (Armenia, 2778), Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia, 2778), Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Poland, 2774), Daniil Dubov (Russia, 2770), Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan, 2758), Wesley So (USA, 2741), Anish Giri (Netherlands, 2731), Santosh Vidit (India, 2636), Sam Shankland (USA, 2609), and Matthias Bluebaum (Germany, 2562).
The games begin at 7 PM (Moscow time).
The prize fund is $100,000 prize fund, with $30,000 for 1st place.
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