The Mr Dodgy Invitational is back! Anish Giri returns to defend his title and fight for the same photo of a man on a horse as the 16-player Mr Dodgy Invitational 2.0 starts Wednesday May 12th. The blitz knockout tournament on chess24 has the kind of line-up chess fans would choose, with the likes of Baadur Jobava, Adhiban, Alexei Shirov and Daniil Dubov ensuring we can expect explosive action. Jan Gustafsson will commentate and there are trailers… lots of trailers! Everyone loves a sequel... It’s almost a year since Anish Giri flagged David Navara in a dead drawn position in the 1st game of the Mr Dodgy Invitational final before going on to win 7:2. The Dutch destroyer went on to become an online beast and carried that form into the second half of the Candidates Tournament, where he was the player who pushed Ian Nepomniachtchi hardest.