Pairings of Play For Russia Charity Tournament Announced

The event starts on May 12.

We are publishing the pairings of the Play For Russia charity tournament in aid of the doctors, which will be held on May 12-14 on Lichess.org. 

The following games will be played in Round 1:

Vladimir Kramnik - Alexander Riazantsev
Ian Nepomniachtchi - Ernesto Inarkiev
Sergey Karjakin - Evgeny Tomashevsky 
Alexander Grischuk - Peter Svidler

The full pairings list is attached. 

It will be a double round-robin event featuring 5 minutes per game plus a 2-second increment per move. The GMs will first play the round-robin part to reveal the strongest four to qualify into a knockout play-off. 

Tournament Schedule: 

May 12 – first half (7 rounds) 
May 13 – second half (7 rounds) 
May 14 - semifinals and a final.  

Games start at 3 p.m. Moscow time. 

The tournament is organised on May 12-14 with support of the Chess Federation of Russia, the Ministry of Sports of the Russian Federation, the Timchenko Foundation, the Ramax group of companies and Gazprombank (Switzerland) at the initiative of the participants. Match TV, media partner of the tournament, will provide the coverage and live broadcast.

24,130,000 rubles have been donated so far, but the fundraising process is going on. The prize pool will be shared among regional hospitals and health workers fighting the COVID-19 epidemic. The participants will determine beforehand the amount and recipients of the donation, depending on the needs of a particular health institution. The entire prize fund is distributed equally among the regions, regardless of the final standings.

We invite all chess lovers to support this event!

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