The 2019 Croatia Grand Chess Tour tournament will be the first of two classical events and the second stop on the 2019 Grand Chess Tour. The tournament is hosted in partnership between the Grand Chess Tour and Chess Club e4 from Zagreb and will see all 12 full tour participants compete for over 11 rounds of classical chess for a prize fund of $325,000.
A total of 120 spectator tickets are available daily for members of the public wishing to visit the playing venue in person. The entrance fee for adults is HRK 80 (EUR 11) per day. A ticket package for all 11 playing days can also be purchased for HRK 500 (€ 57).
Individuals wishing to visit the playing venue as a spectator must be in possession of a valid spectator ticket in order to gain entrance.
Tickets can be requested online at https://www.ulaznice.hr/web/regular/17768847?lang=en
Participants are:
Viswanathan Anand, Levon Aronian, Fabiano Caruana, Magnus Carlsen, Ding Liren, Anish Giri, Sergey Karjakin, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Hikaru Nakamura, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Wesley So, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
DATES June 26 – July 8, 2019
VENUES Mimara Museum (Opening Ceremony) & Novinarski Dom (Tournament Games)
FORMAT 12 Player Round Robin
PRIZE FUND $325,000