The second day of the GCT Super Rapid Croatia 2026 in Zagreb has concluded. After 6 rounds, Alireza Firouzja leads with 10 points, while Maxime Vachier-Lagrave is in second place with 7 points.

🇮🇳 Praggnanandhaa R lost a game to 🇫🇷 Alireza Firouzja. Pragg made a Mistake on a move 75, and resigned 4 moves later. Alireza played the game with 87.6 accuracy, while Pragg’s was 84.1.

The current standings are:

Place Player Score
1. 🇫🇷 GM Alireza Firouzja 10
2. 🇫🇷 GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 7
3. 🇷🇴 GM Bogdan-Daniel Deac 7
4. 🇩🇪 GM Vincent Keymer 7
5. 🇮🇳 GM Gukesh Dommaraju 7
6. 🇺🇿 GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov 6
7. 🇮🇳 GM Praggnanandhaa R 6
8. 🇳🇱 GM Anish Giri 6
9. 🇭🇷 GM Ivan Saric 2
10. 🇳🇱 GM Jorden v. Foreest 2

The GCT Super Rapid & Blitz Croatia 2026 takes place from July 1 to 5, at The Westin hotel in Zagreb. The Rapid part features a 25+10 time control over single Round-Robin between 10 players. The Rapid takes place from July 1 to 3, and the Blitz begins on July 4.

Credit: Lennart Ootes