YEREVAN (Panorama.am) — The Grand Chess Tour returns with five tournaments in summer 2021, after it has become clear that there won’t be a Chess Olympiad in 2021.
The Armenian National Olympic Committee reported that Grandmaster Levon Aronian will participate in the tournament. Between classical time control events in Bucharest from June 3 to 15 and the Sinquefield Cup in St. Louis on August 16–28 there will be combined rapid and blitz events in Paris, Zagreb and St. Louis.
The total prize money is $1.25 million.
