Kicking off the 2024 Grand Chess Tour will be the Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland, the first of three speed chess events each with a $175,000 total prize fund. The event starts with nine rounds of rapid action, followed by eighteen rounds of blitz, for a total of 135 games spread across five days.

The event will feature four tour players along with six wildcards, Five-time World Champion & World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen (Norway), Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Poland), Wei Yi (China), Arjun Erigaisi (India), Vincent Keymer (Germany) and Kirill Shevchenko (Romania).

Fans should make sure to catch all the action with Grandmaster Yasser Seirawan, International Masters Jovanka Houska and Nazi Paikidze via the Saint Louis Chess Club’s Twitch & YouTube channels.