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Format

Knock-out tournament. Each match consists of 90 minutes of 5+1 blitz games, 60 minutes of 3+1 blitz games and 30 minutes of 1+1 bullet games. In case of a tie, the players play four additional 1+1 games, and if necessary. an Armageddon game where the players bid the time.

Players

(chess.com ratings)

  • Hikaru Nakamura 🇺🇸 3286
  • Yu Yangyi 🇨🇳 3077
  • Alireza Firouzja 🇫🇷 2896
  • Magnus Carlsen 🇳🇴 2887
  • Fabiano Caruana 🇺🇸 2813
  • Ding Liren 🇨🇳 2787 Ian Nepomniachtchi 🏳️ 2785
  • Wesley So 🇺🇸 2765
  • Levon Aronian 🇺🇸 2750
  • Arjun Erigaisi 🇮🇳 2737
  • Dmitry Andreikin 🏳️ 2736
  • Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 🇫🇷 2722
  • Nodirbek Abdusattorov 🇺🇿 2708
  • Alexey Sarana 🇷🇸 2707
  • Nihal Sarin 🇮🇳 2689
  • Gukesh D 🇮🇳 2659
  • Santosh Gujrathi Vidit 🇮🇳 2616

Schedule

Round of 16

  • Nakamura vs Yu Yangyi: Sep 4, 13:00 UTC
  • So vs Aronian: Sep 5, 18:00 UTC
  • Sarin vs Sarana: Sep 6, 16:00 UTC
  • Firouzja vs Andreikin: Sep 8, 17:00 UTC
  • Liren vs Erigaisi: Sep 10, 13:00 UTC
  • MVL vs Gukesh: Sep 11, 12:30 UTC
  • Caruana vs Abdusattorov: Sep 11, 17:00 UTC
  • Carlsen vs Vidit: Sep 12, 13:00 UTC

Quarterfinals

  • QF1: Sep 13, 13:00 UTC
  • QF2: Sep 14, 12:00 UTC
  • QF3: Sep 15, 12:30 UTC
  • QF4: Sep 15, 17:00 UTC

Semifinals

  • SF1: Sep 19, 17:00 UTC
  • SF2: Sep 20, 16:00 UTC

Final

Sep 22. 18:00 UTC

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