Poslednjeg dana Praggnanandhaa je bio vrlo uspješan i dobio sve tri partije što je omogućilo da osvoji prvo mjesto (sa 6 poena)!
Trećeg dana rapid turnira Firouzja je osvojio samo 1 poen iz 3 partije i na kraju zauzeo drugo mjesto.
Vachier Lagrave je na kraju zauzeo treće mjesto (sa 5,5 poena iz 9 partija)
| Round 7 on 2026/07/03 at 15:00 | ||||||||||||
| Bo. | Rtg | White | Result | Black | Rtg | |||||||
| 1 | 2686 | GM | Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | ½ – ½ | GM | Gukesh, D | 2684 | |||||
| 2 | 2664 | GM | Giri, Anish | ½ – ½ | GM | Keymer, Vincent | 2627 | |||||
| 3 | 2748 | GM | Firouzja, Alireza | ½ – ½ | GM | Van Foreest, Jorden | 2597 | |||||
| 4 | 2613 | GM | Deac, Bogdan-Daniel | 0 – 1 | GM | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 2701 | |||||
| 5 | 2595 | GM | Saric, Ivan | 0 – 1 | GM | Praggnanandhaa, R | 2690 | |||||
| Round 8 on 2026/07/03 at 16:30 | ||||||||||||
| Bo. | Rtg | White | Result | Black | Rtg | |||||||
| 1 | 2690 | GM | Praggnanandhaa, R | 1 – 0 | GM | Deac, Bogdan-Daniel | 2613 | |||||
| 2 | 2597 | GM | Van Foreest, Jorden | 1 – 0 | GM | Saric, Ivan | 2595 | |||||
| 3 | 2701 | GM | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | ½ – ½ | GM | Giri, Anish | 2664 | |||||
| 4 | 2684 | GM | Gukesh, D | ½ – ½ | GM | Keymer, Vincent | 2627 | |||||
| 5 | 2686 | GM | Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | 1 – 0 | GM | Firouzja, Alireza | 2748 | |||||
| Round 9 on 2026/07/03 at 18:00 | ||||||||||||
| Bo. | Rtg | White | Result | Black | Rtg | |||||||
| 1 | 2627 | GM | Keymer, Vincent | ½ – ½ | GM | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 2701 | |||||
| 2 | 2748 | GM | Firouzja, Alireza | ½ – ½ | GM | Gukesh, D | 2684 | |||||
| 3 | 2595 | GM | Saric, Ivan | 0 – 1 | GM | Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | 2686 | |||||
| 4 | 2613 | GM | Deac, Bogdan-Daniel | 0 – 1 | GM | Van Foreest, Jorden | 2597 | |||||
| 5 | 2664 | GM | Giri, Anish | 0 – 1 | GM | Praggnanandhaa, R | 2690 | |||||
Konačno stanje posle 9.kola
| Rk. | Name | FED | RtgI | TB1 | ||
| 1 | GM | Praggnanandhaa, R | IND | 2690 | 6 | |
| GM | Firouzja, Alireza | FRA | 2748 | 6 | ||
| 3 | GM | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | FRA | 2701 | 5,5 | |
| GM | Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | UZB | 2686 | 5,5 | ||
| 5 | GM | Keymer, Vincent | GER | 2627 | 5 | |
| GM | Gukesh, D | IND | 2684 | 5 | ||
| 7 | GM | Giri, Anish | NED | 2664 | 4 | |
| 8 | GM | Van Foreest, Jorden | NED | 2597 | 3,5 | |
| GM | Deac, Bogdan-Daniel | ROU | 2613 | 3,5 | ||
| 10 | GM | Saric, Ivan | CRO | 2595 | 1 |
Abdusattorov,Nodirbek (2777) – Firouzja,Alireza (2744) [C58]
GCT Super Rapid Croatia Zagreb CRO (8), 03.07.2026
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5 6.Bb5+ c6 7.dxc6 bxc6 8.Bd3 Nd5 9.h4 Qc7 10.Nc3 h6 11.Nf3 Bd6 12.Ne4 f5 13.Nxd6+ Qxd6 14.Be2 c5 15.Bb5+ Bd7 16.Bxd7+ Kxd7 17.d3 e4 18.dxe4 fxe4 19.Nh2 Kc7 20.0–0 Nc6 21.c4 Ndb4 22.Qxd6+ Kxd6 23.Bf4+ Ke6 24.Rae1 Kf5 25.Bd2 Rhe8 26.f3 exf3 27.Nxf3 Kg4 28.Bc3 Nd3 29.Rd1 Rad8 30.Bxg7 Kh5 31.Bf6 Rd7 32.Ne1 Nde5 33.Rd5 Rxd5 34.cxd5 Nd4 35.Bxe5 Rxe5 36.Nd3 Re8 37.Nxc5 Kxh4 38.d6 Kg3 39.d7 Re5
40.Ne4+ 1–0
Praggnanandhaa,R (2735) – Deac,Bogdan-Daniel (2656) [C43]
GCT Super Rapid Croatia Zagreb CRO (8), 03.07.2026
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.dxe5 Be7 6.0–0 Nc5 7.Be2 0–0 8.Be3 c6 9.c4 dxc4 10.Nbd2 b5 11.Nd4 Nd3 12.a4 Bc5 13.N2f3 Bxd4 14.Nxd4 Nxe5 15.axb5 Bb7 16.b3 cxb3 17.Qxb3 c5 18.Nf5 Qf6 19.Qb1 c4 20.Rd1 Rd8 21.Qb4 Nd3
22.Qxc4 Nd7 23.Qxd3 Ne5 24.Qc2 1–0
Giri,Anish (2664) – Praggnanandhaa R (2690) [E08]
Super Rapid & Blitz Croatia Zagreb, Croatia (9.5), 01.07.2026
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 0–0 6.0–0 c6 7.Qc2 b6 8.Rd1 Nbd7 9.Bf4 Nh5 10.Bc1 Nhf6 11.b3 Bb7 12.Nc3 Ba6 13.Bb2 dxc4 14.bxc4 Bxc4 15.Nd2 Ba6 16.Bxc6 Rc8 17.Bf3 b5 18.a3 Qb6 19.Qb3 Rb8 20.Nde4 Nxe4 21.Bxe4 Bb7 22.Bxb7 Qxb7 23.d5 Nc5 24.Qa2 a5 25.dxe6 fxe6 26.Rac1 b4 27.axb4 axb4 28.Nb1 b3 29.Qa5 Rf5 30.Qe1 Ne4 31.Bd4 e5 32.Be3 Bg5 33.Qa5
33…Nxf2 34.Bxf2 Rxf2 0–1