{"id":34506,"date":"2025-04-30T20:52:05","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T20:52:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/?p=34506"},"modified":"2025-05-06T05:48:57","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T05:48:57","slug":"vladimir-fedoseev-wins-gct-2025-superbet-rapid-blitz-poland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/vladimir-fedoseev-wins-gct-2025-superbet-rapid-blitz-poland\/","title":{"rendered":"Vladimir Fedoseev wins GCT 2025 Superbet Rapid &#038; Blitz Poland"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"34506\" class=\"elementor elementor-34506\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-988c467 e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"988c467\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-020a6d9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"020a6d9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"617\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fedoseev-Closing.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-34507\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fedoseev-Closing.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fedoseev-Closing-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fedoseev-Closing-768x474.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63edc94 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"63edc94\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Vladimir Fedoseev emerged as the winner of the Superbet Rapid &amp; Blitz Poland, the first of three 2025 Grand Chess Tour speed-chess events, each featuring a $175,000 total prize fund. Held from April 26\u201330 in Warsaw, the tournament began with nine rounds of rapid play (2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw), followed by eighteen rounds of blitz (1 point for a win), totaling 135 games across five days.<\/p><p>The competition featured five tour players\u2014Levon Aronian, Alireza Firouzja, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa, and Jan-Krzysztof Duda\u2014alongside five wildcards: Veselin Topalov, Bogdan-Daniel Deac, Vladimir Fedoseev, Aravindh Chithambaram, and David Gavrilescu.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc29053 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fc29053\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"561\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/GCT-Poland-Hall.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-34511\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/GCT-Poland-Hall.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/GCT-Poland-Hall-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/GCT-Poland-Hall-768x431.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85b3e83 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"85b3e83\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The event was wide open after the rapid segment, with Firouzja, Fedoseev, and Chithambaram sharing the lead at 11\/18. Aronian and Praggnanandhaa trailed by just one point, while Vachier-Lagrave was two points behind the leaders.<\/p><p>The first day of blitz belonged to Vladimir Fedoseev, who dominated the field with a stunning 8\/9 score, ending the day 3.5 points ahead of second-placed Praggnanandhaa. Fedoseev maintained his momentum on the final day and clinched the title with three rounds to spare.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f06eea elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2f06eea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"591\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/GCT-Poland-FS.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-34510\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/GCT-Poland-FS.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/GCT-Poland-FS-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/GCT-Poland-FS-768x454.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df90e8e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"df90e8e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As he has done many times in GCT events, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave delivered a strong performance in blitz to secure clear second place, while Praggnanandhaa finished third.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c1b6e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4c1b6e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"589\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/GCT-Standings.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-34512\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/GCT-Standings.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/GCT-Standings-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/GCT-Standings-768x452.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5d14a7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a5d14a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Photos: Lennart Ootes \/ Grand Chess Tour<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vladimir Fedoseev emerged as the winner of the Superbet Rapid &amp; Blitz Poland, the first of three 2025 Grand Chess Tour speed-chess events, each featuring a $175,000 total prize fund. Held from April 26\u201330 in Warsaw, the tournament began with nine rounds of rapid play (2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw), followed by eighteen rounds of blitz (1 point for a win), totaling 135 games across five days. The competition featured five tour players\u2014Levon Aronian, Alireza Firouzja, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa, and Jan-Krzysztof Duda\u2014alongside five wildcards: Veselin Topalov, Bogdan-Daniel Deac, Vladimir Fedoseev, Aravindh Chithambaram, and David Gavrilescu. The event was wide open after the rapid segment, with Firouzja, Fedoseev, and Chithambaram sharing the lead at 11\/18. Aronian and Praggnanandhaa trailed by just one point, while Vachier-Lagrave was two points behind the leaders. The first day of blitz belonged to Vladimir Fedoseev, who dominated the field with a stunning 8\/9 score, ending the day 3.5 points ahead of second-placed Praggnanandhaa. Fedoseev maintained his momentum on the final day and clinched the title with three rounds to spare. As he has done many times in GCT events, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave delivered a strong performance in blitz to secure clear second place, while Praggnanandhaa finished third. Photos: Lennart Ootes \/ Grand Chess Tour<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":34508,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[46],"regular":[],"sticky-post":[],"class_list":["post-34506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chess-news","tag-grand-chess-tour"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34506"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34506\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34647,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34506\/revisions\/34647"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34506"},{"taxonomy":"regular","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/regular?post=34506"},{"taxonomy":"sticky-post","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sticky-post?post=34506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}