The ChessKid Cup 2023 will be held from the 22nd of May to the 26th on chess.com. The tournament is the 3rd event of the Champions Chess Tour – a series of elite online tournaments with a prize pool of $2,000,000.
Format
A Play-in event is held on May 1st, where qualifiers will be trying to clinch a spot in one of the three main divisions – 1, 2 and 3. Hikaru Nakamura, Fabiano Caruana, and Nodirbek Abdusattorov are seeded directly into division 1 due to their performance in Chessable Masters. The Play-in will be held as a 9-round Swiss tournament followed by a knockout match.
The main tournament is held from 22nd of May to the 26th. In each division, the format is a double-elimination tournament. Division 1 has 8 players, Division 2 has 16 players, and Division 3 has 32 players. In the Winners Bracket, each match is a best-of-4 match. In the Losers Bracket, each match is a best-of-2 match. A bidding armageddon game with a 15-minute base time is used as a tiebreaker. The winner of the main knockout stage will then face the winner of the Losers Bracket in best-of-4-game Grandfinal. If the contender from the Losers Bracket wins, a three-game tiebreak stage known as the Grand Final Reset will then be held to determine the eventual winner.
Time Control
Time control for the Play-in is 10 minutes for the entire game with a 2-second increment beginning from move 1. Time control for the Main tournament is 15 minutes for the entire game with a 3-second increment beginning from move 1.
PGN OF THE GAME:
[Event “CCT_Event3_Div1_KO”]
[Site “Chess.com”]
[Date “2023.05.26”]
[Round “4.2”]
[White “Caruana, Fabiano”]
[Black “Abdusattorov, Nodirbek”]
[Result “*”]
[WhiteElo “2804”]
[BlackElo “2806”]
[Variant “Standard”]
[TimeControl “900+3”]
[ECO “B30”]
[Opening “Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack”]
[Termination “Unterminated”]
[Annotator “lichess.org”]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 { B30 Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack } d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Ba4 b5 8. Bc2 Rc8 9. a4 g6 10. axb5 axb5 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Bg4 13. Be3 Bg7 14. Nbd2 O-O 15. h3 Bd7 16. d5 Nb4 17. Bb1 Ra8 18. Rxa8 Qxa8 19. Bd4 Rc8 20. Nf1 Qa4 21. Ne3 Qxd1 22. Rxd1 Bh6 23. g4 Bxe3?! { (0.09 → 0.75) Inaccuracy. Bg7 was best. } (23… Bg7 24. Kg2) 24. Bxe3 Nc2 25. Bh6 b4 26. e5 dxe5? { (0.77 → 2.07) Mistake. Ne8 was best. } (26… Ne8 27. Bxc2) 27. Nxe5?! { (2.07 → 1.44) Inaccuracy. Bxc2 was best. } (27. Bxc2) 27… Ba4 28. d6?! { (1.51 → 0.53) Inaccuracy. Bxc2 was best. } (28. Bxc2) 28… Na3 29. Rd4?! { (0.74 → 0.05) Inaccuracy. Ba2 was best. } (29. Ba2) 29… Nxb1 30. dxe7 Ne8?! { (0.04 → 0.59) Inaccuracy. Rc7 was best. } (30… Rc7 31. Rxb4 Rxe7 32. Rxa4 Rxe5 33. Kf1 g5 34. Rd4 Nd5 35. Rd1 f6 36. Rxb1 Nf4 37. h4) 31. Rxb4 Bc2 32. Rd4 Rc7 33. Rd8 Rxe7 34. Nd7 f5 35. Nf6+ Kf7 36. Nxh7 g5 37. Bxg5? { (-0.22 → -1.55) Mistake. f4 was best. } (37. f4) 37… Re1+ 38. Kh2 f4 39. Rd7+ Kg8 40. Bxf4 Bxh7 41. Kg3 Nf6 42. Rd8+ Kf7 43. Be3?! { (-1.07 → -1.72) Inaccuracy. f3 was best. } (43. f3 Re2 44. Bc1 Ke7 45. Rd4 Ke6 46. Rd8 Nd5 47. Re8+ Ne7 48. Bg5 Kd7 49. Rxe7+ Rxe7) 43… Re2 44. Rb8 Nd2 45. Rb7+ Ke8 46. g5 Nf1+ 47. Kf4 Nxe3 48. fxe3 Nd7 49. h4 Bg6 50. b4 Ke7 51. Ra7 Rb2 52. Rb7 Bh5 53. e4 Ke6 54. Ke3 Rh2 55. Ra7 Rxh4 56. Ra6+ Ke7 57. Rh6 Rh3+ 58. Kd4 Bg4 59. b5?! { (-2.82 → -3.73) Inaccuracy. Rxh3 was best. } (59. Rxh3 Bxh3 60. b5 Be6 61. e5 Kf7 62. Kc3 Bf5 63. Kb4 Ke7 64. Ka5 Ke6 65. b6 Be4) 59… Rb3 60. Kc4 Rb1 61. Rh7+ Kd6 62. Rh6+ Be6+ *
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