The 2019 Cote d’Ivoire Rapid & Blitz is one of four new events that will be joining the Grand Chess Tour roster in 2019.br Participants will compete over 9 rounds of rapid chess and 18 rounds of blitz chess for a total prize fund of $150,000.br Join GMs Yannick Pelletier, Alejandro Ramirez, and WGM Tania Sachdev for the move-by-move along with GM Maurice Ashley on location.