New Event of Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Starts on Chess24.com
World strongest grandmasters are entering the field.
The Magnus Carlsen Invitational, the 4th event on the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour, will be held on Chess24.com on March 13-21.
Participants: Magnus Carlsen (Norway, rapid rating - 2881), Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France, 2860), Hikaru Nakamura (USA, 2829), Levon Aronian (Armenia, 2778), Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia, 2778), Daniil Dubov (Russia, 2770), Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan, 2758), Wesley So (USA, 2741), Anish Giri (Netherlands, 2731), Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan, 2761), Sergey Karjakin (Russia, 2709), Alireza Firouzja (FIDE, 2703), David Anton (Spain, 2674), Jorden Van Foreest (Netherlands, 2543). Two more players, Alan Pichot (Argentina, 2548) and Nils Gradelius (Sweden, 2632), completed the line-up from a qualifying tournament.
The 3-day preliminary stage sees the 16 players play each other once before the bottom 8 are eliminated while the top 8 advance to a knockout consisting of 2-day matches. The knockout match-ups consist of 4-game matches on the first two days. If the match score is 1:1, two 5+3 games are then played followed, if needed, by Armageddon.
The prize fund is $220,000, with $60,000 for top place.
The time control is 15 minutes for all moves, with a 10-second increment per move from move 1.
The match days are March 13-21. The games start at 7 p.m. (Moscow time).
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