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The world champion Magnus Carlsen and 11 more of the best in the world.
chess players will compete in the Lindores Abbey Quick Challenge starting
Tuesday May 19, in what is now the second $ 1 million event Magnus Carlsen chess tour. The super tournament series here at chess24 is based on breakup
success of the Magnus Carlsen Invitational and will feature three new events
up to $ 300,000 Grand finale this august
Less than two weeks have passed since Magnus
Carlsen won the $ 250,000 Invitational named after him, but now we’re thrilled
to announce that it was only the beginning: the online Magnus Carlsen chess tour have a
$ 1 million combined prize fund:
- April 18 – May 3 | Magnus
Carlsen Invitational The | $ 250,000 - May 19 – June 3 | Lindores
Abbey Rapid Challenge The | $ 150,000 - June 20 – July 5 | Online
Chess masters The | $ 150,000 - July 21 – August 5 | Legends
chess The | $ 150,000 - August 9 to 20 | great
Final The | $ 300,000
Magnus commented:
The Invitational was a lot of fun and we listened very well
feedback from players, our streaming partners, and viewers.While physical chess tournaments and sports remain
canceled or postponed bringing an entire chess tour online is what i feel is
suitable for chess now.
First there is the Lindores Abbey Quick Challenge, an online
version of Lindores Abbey Chess Stars that first took place in
Scotland in May 2019. It has 4 players that we saw in the Magnus Carlsen Invitational: Magnus Carlsen, Ding Liren, Hikaru Nakamura and Alireza Firouzja – which were joined by 8 players from Russia, Armenia, the United States, Poland and China who debuted on the Tour: Alexander Grischuk, Levon Aronian, Wesley So, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Sergey Karjakin, Wei Yi, Yu Yangyi and Daniil Dubov.
The format has changed since the Magnus Carlsen Invitational
to put more emphasis on the knockout section. This time the preliminary stage
will take place for just 3 days, with players playing each other once in eleven
15 minute + 10 second increment fast chess rounds. the fund 4 will be
removed, while the remaining 8 players advance to the quarterfinals.
the quarter finals, semifinals and final all will be the best of 3 minigames (the first player to win 2 mini-matches wins), where each mini-match consists of four quick sets of 15 + 10. If a mini game ends
2: 2 one Armageddon the game will be played: White has 5 minutes for 4 of Black but Black wins if the game ends in a tie.
You can find the complete regulations here (PDF).
The schedule is as follows, with all sessions starting at
16:00 CEST (10:00 EDT):
Once again there is a lot of money at stake:
But that is not all! the winner qualifies for player 4
$ 300,000 grand finale. If the same player wins two or more tournaments, then the
additional places will be decided in a point system: you get 10 points for finishing
finalist, 7 for reaching the semifinals and 3 for the quarterfinals.
The top 4 players are guaranteed a place in the next tournament,
in this case, the Chess Masters online from June 20. Magnus Carlsen,
Ding Liren and Hikaru Nakamura were classified in this way from the Magnus Carlsen
Invitational: Fabiano Caruana was unable to play and has been given a place in the
Online chess masters instead.
the Lindores Abbey Quick Challenge the action starts at 16:00
CEST on Tuesday May 19 and we’ll have live commentary here on chess24 on at least 9
languages Chess fans will also have the opportunity to play the stars
in Banter Blitz sessions, while players will be regular guests in the
live commentary
There’s still a weekend to go before the Tour returns, but it’s going
Don’t miss chess, with Magnus Carlsen starring at € 30,000 FIDE Online Steinitz Memorial here at chess24 on Friday at 15:00 CEST: Open | Woman
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