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

Links

• chess.com
• Twitch channel
• YouTube channel