The 2021 Grand Chess Tour will kick off in classical fashion, with the Superbet Chess Classic moving away from 2019's rapid and blitz format. The Sheraton Bucharest hotel will host ten players in a heavyweight round-robin battle for a total of $325,000 in prize money.
Time control: 90 minutes for 40 moves, plus 30 minutes to the end of the game, plus 30 seconds increment per move starting from first move.
GM Aronian, Levon (2781) 
GM Grischuk, Alexander (2776) 
GM Deac, Bogdan-Daniel (2627) 
GM Giri, Anish (2780) 
