GM Vidit Gujrathi will open his campaign against USA’s Sam Shankland in the Opera Euro online rapid chess tournament on Saturday.
Magnus Carlsen heads the elite 16-player field that includes his arch-rival Hikaru Nakamura, Ding Liren, Ian Nepominchtchi and Anish Giri. After three days of round robin league — five rounds per day — the top eight placed players will advance to the knockout phase of the $100,000 prize-money event.
First-round pairings: Sam Shankland (USA) vs Vidit Gujrathi; Wesley So (USA) vs Magnus Calrsen (Nor); Levon Aronian (Arm) vs Ding Liren (Chn); Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (Fra) vs Daniil Dubov (Rus); Matthias Bluebaum (Ger) vs Teimour Radjabov (Aze); Leinier Dominguez Perez (USA) vs Hikaru Nakamura (USA); Alexander Grischuk (Rus) vs Anish Giri (Ned); Jan-Krzsztof Duda (Pol) vs Ian Nepomniachtchi (Rus) .
