Format

• The six qualified players join 10 invited players in a 16-player double-elimination bracket.
• Matches consist of a 30-minute countdown clock, except for Winners Semifinals, Winners Final, and Grand Final matches that last 45 minutes (Grand Final reset is still 30 minutes long).
• Games are in the 1+0 time control.
• Players earn 1 point for a win, 0.5 points for a draw, and 0 points for a draw.
• The higher-seeded player starts with White, and colors alternate after each game.
• A player must have a two-point advantage at the end of the match to win.
• If neither player is ahead by two points at the end of the match, players keep playing until one of them gets a two-point advantage.
• If neither player achieves the two-point advantage by the sixth additional game:
  • The player currently in the lead wins the match.
  • If the match is tied, the first player to win a game is declared the winner.

Schedule

• Winners R1: July 17, 16:00 UTC
• Losers R1/Winners QFs: July 18, 16:00 UTC
• Losers R2/Winners SFs: July 19, 16:00 UTC
• Losers R3+QFs/Winners Final: July 20, 16:00 UTC
• Losers SF + Final/Grand Final: July 21, 16:00 UTC

Players

• GM Magnus Carlsen (🇳🇴, 2858)
• GM Hikaru Nakamura (🇺🇸, 2874)
• GM Alireza Firouzja (🇫🇷, 2896)
• GM Andrew Tang (🇺🇸, 2600)
• GM Daniel Naroditsky (🇺🇸, 2636)
• GM Anish Giri (🇳🇱, 2760)
• GM Eric Hansen (🇨🇦, 2561)
• GM Tuan Minh Le (🇻🇳, 2565)
• GM Oleksandr Bortnyk (🇺🇦, 2728)
• GM Fabiano Caruana (🇺🇸, 2832)
• GM Jose Martinez (Qualifier 1) (🇵🇪, 2711)
• IM Emin Ohanynan (Qualifier 1) (🇦🇲, 2411)
• GM David Paravyan (Qualifier 2) (🏳️, 2544)
• GM Denis Lazavik (Qualifier 2) (🏳️, 2560)
• GM Dmitry Andreikin (Qualifier 3) (🏳️, 2736)
• GM Arjun Erigaisi (Qualifier 3) (🇮🇳, 2710)

Links

• YouTube channel
• Twitch channel