16 players will compete in the main event, with 9 invited players, 6 qualified from the Titled Cup Leaderboard, and 1 from the Play-in.
Tempo of the games:
90 minutes of 5+1 games
60 minutes of 3+1 games
30 minutes of 1+1 games
PGN OF THE GAME IN THE VIDEO:
[Event “Speed Chess Championship 2024”]
[Site “Chess.com”]
[Date “2024.08.06”]
[Round “02-15”]
[White “So, Wesley”]
[Black “Niemann, Hans Moke”]
[Result “*”]
[WhiteElo “3109”]
[BlackElo “3154”]
[Variant “Standard”]
[TimeControl “180+1”]
[ECO “C65”]
[Opening “Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense”]
[Termination “Unterminated”]
[Annotator “lichess.org”]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 { C65 Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense } 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Nbd2 a6 8. Ba4 b5 9. Bc2 d6 10. b4 Bb6 11. a4 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Re1 d5 14. Bb2 d4 15. Qc1 dxc3 16. Bxc3 Qd6 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rxa8 Rxa8 19. Qb2 Re8 20. g4 Bxg4 21. hxg4 Nxg4 22. Re2 Qg6 23. Kf1 Qh5 24. Kg2 Re6 25. Qa2 h6 26. Bb3 Rf6 27. Bd5 Ne7 28. Nf1 Rxf3 29. Ng3 Rxg3+ 30. fxg3 Ne3+ 31. Rxe3 Bxe3 32. Bb3 Nc6 33. Qa8+ Kh7 34. Qxc6 Qe2+ 35. Kh3 Qf1+ 36. Kg4 h5+ 37. Kxh5 *
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