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 “2023.05.23”]
[Round “2.4”]
[White “Abdusattorov, Nodirbek”]
[Black “Caruana, Fabiano”]
[Result “*”]
[WhiteElo “2798”]
[BlackElo “2809”]
[Variant “Standard”]
[TimeControl “900+3”]
[ECO “E06”]
[Opening “Catalan Opening: Closed”]
[Termination “Unterminated”]
[Annotator “lichess.org”]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 { E06 Catalan Opening: Closed } O-O 6. Qd3 b6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. O-O Bb7 9. Nc3 Nd7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Bf4 c5 12. b3 a5 13. Rfd1 a4 14. Rac1 axb3 15. axb3 Ra3 16. Qc2 Re8 17. h4 h6 18. Qb2 Ra8 19. Ne5 Bf6 20. b4 cxb4 21. Nc6 Bxc6 22. Rxc6 Ra5 23. Bh3 Nf8 24. Rc8 Qe7 25. Bd6 Qxd6 26. Rxe8 Ra3 27. e3 g6 28. Rb1 Be7 29. Bg2 Qd7 30. Rxe7 Qxe7 31. Bxd5 Ra5 32. Bc4 b5 33. Bf1 Ne6 34. Qxb4 Qxb4 35. Rxb4 Nc7 36. Rb1 Kf8 37. Rc1 Ra7 38. Rc5 b4 39. Rc4 Nd5 40. Rc8+ Ke7 41. Rb8 Ra1 42. Kg2 Rc1 43. Bd3 Rc3 44. Be4 Nf6 45. Rb7+ Kf8 46. Bf3 Rc4 47. Bd1 Ne4 48. Bb3 Rc3 49. Rxb4 g5 50. hxg5 hxg5 51. Rb7 f6 52. Bd5 Nd6 53. Rd7 *
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