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Airthings Masters | chess24 The second event on the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour is also the first Major, with a $200,000 prize fund. The winner gets $60,000 and a guaranteed place in the Grand Final. Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura and Skilling Open winner Wesley So are among the 12-player field, which will be reduced to 8 players by a 3-day preliminary stage. The remaining players will battle it out in a knockout that takes us into 2021. January 16 – 31 |  Tata Steel Masters | Wijk aan...

Grand Chess Tour ( GCT) has announced its 2021 schedule, returning to action from its 2020 hiatus due to global pandemic circumstances. Recognised as world chess’ most prestigious tour series, the GCT sees FIDE’s 12 leading ‘ classical’ and ‘ rapid&blitz’ (10-and-3 minute clocks) game formats. Romanian bookmaker Superbet has announced that its ‘Superbet Foundation’ will serve again as a principal partner of the GCT 2021 tour. Established in 2019 by company founder Sacha Dragic...

Grand Chess Tour returns in 2021 World’s Elite Grandmasters Will Compete In Five Over The Board Events From June to August 2021 Saint Louis, MO, December 10, 2020 – The Grand Chess Tour (GCT) is scheduled to return in 2021 and will feature the same five tournaments and format that was originally planned for the 2020 edition of the tour. Tour participants will compete for a total prize fund of $1.275 million over the course of the 2021 season. The prize money for the two classical tournam...

€29.90 The Grand Chess Tour Returns In 2021 World’s Elite Grandmasters Will Compete In Five Over The Board Events From June to August 2021 Press Release, Saint Louis, MO, December 10, 2020   The prize money for the two classical tournaments will be $325,000 per event while the prize fund for the rapid and blitz events will be $150,000 each. In addition, a bonus prize fund totaling $175,000 will be awarded to the top three overall tour finishers. Following the success of...