2019 Croatia Grand Chess Tour

 

Croatia, Zagreb

The 2019 Croatia Grand Chess Tour tournament will be the first of two classical events and the second stop on the 2019 Grand Chess Tour. The tournament is hosted in partnership between the Grand Chess Tour and Chess Club e4 from Zagreb and will see all 12 full tour participants compete over 11 rounds of classical chess for a prize fund of $325,000.
 

DATES

June 26 – July 8, 2019

VENUES

Mimara Museum (Opening Ceremony) & Novinarski Dom (Tournament Games)

FORMAT

12 Player Round Robin

PRIZE FUND

$325,000


 
 

Mimara Museum in Zagreb will host the opening ceremony while the tournament games will be played at
the historical Novinarski Dom building, permanent head office of the Croatian Journalists Association.

 

Participants

Vishy

Anand

Levon

Aronian

Fabiano

Caruana

Magnus

Carlsen

Liren

Ding

Anish

Giri

Sergey

Karjakin

Shakriyar

Mamaderov

Hikaru

Nakamura

Ian

Nepomniachtchi

Wesley

So

Maxime

Vachier-Lagrave

Schedule

Date

 

Time

(GMT + 2)

Event

 

June 26

16.30

Round 1

June 27

16.30

Round 2

June 28

16.30

Round 3

June 29

16.30

Round 4

June 30

16.30

Round 5

July 1

16.30

Round 6

July 2

Rest Day

Rest Day

July 3

16.30

Round 7

July 4

16.30

Round 8

July 5

16.30

Round 9

July 6

16.30

Round 10

July 7

16.30

Round 11

July 8

16.30

Playoff (If Required) / Closing Ceremony

 

 

 

Partner

Croatian National Tourist board

 

Ambassadors of Croatian Tourism 

 

Beautiful Croatia

 

Nautical Croatia

SPONSOR 

Croatian Forests

 

Croatian Lottery