Format
Knock-out tournament. Each match consists of 90 minutes of 5+1 blitz games, 60 minutes of 3+1 blitz games and 30 minutes of 1+1 bullet games. In case of a tie, the players play four additional 1+1 games, and if necessary. an Armageddon game where the players bid the time.
Players
(chess.com ratings)
- Hikaru Nakamura ๐บ๐ธ 3286
- Yu Yangyi ๐จ๐ณ 3077
- Alireza Firouzja ๐ซ๐ท 2896
- Magnus Carlsen ๐ณ๐ด 2887
- Fabiano Caruana ๐บ๐ธ 2813
- ~~Ding Liren ๐จ๐ณ 2787~~ Ian Nepomniachtchi ๐ณ๏ธ 2785
- Wesley So ๐บ๐ธ 2765
- Levon Aronian ๐บ๐ธ 2750
- Arjun Erigaisi ๐ฎ๐ณ 2737
- Dmitry Andreikin ๐ณ๏ธ 2736
- Maxime Vachier-Lagrave ๐ซ๐ท 2722
- Nodirbek Abdusattorov ๐บ๐ฟ 2708
- Alexey Sarana ๐ท๐ธ 2707
- Nihal Sarin ๐ฎ๐ณ 2689
- Gukesh D ๐ฎ๐ณ 2659
- Santosh Gujrathi Vidit ๐ฎ๐ณ 2616
Schedule
Round of 16
- Nakamura vs Yu Yangyi: Sep 4, 13:00 UTC
- So vs Aronian: Sep 5, 18:00 UTC
- Sarin vs Sarana: Sep 6, 16:00 UTC
- Firouzja vs Andreikin: Sep 8, 17:00 UTC
- Liren vs Erigaisi: Sep 10, 13:00 UTC
- MVL vs Gukesh: Sep 11, 12:30 UTC
- Caruana vs Abdusattorov: Sep 11, 17:00 UTC
- Carlsen vs Vidit: Sep 12, 13:00 UTC
Quarterfinals
- QF1: Sep 13, 13:00 UTC
- QF2: Sep 14, 12:00 UTC
- QF3: Sep 15, 12:30 UTC
- QF4: Sep 15, 17:00 UTC
Semifinals
- SF1: Sep 19, 17:00 UTC
- SF2: Sep 20, 16:00 UTC
Final
Sep 22. 18:00 UTC