SBER and Sberbank Trade Union Qualify for FIDE Online World Corporate Championship Play-off
The winner will be determined on February 21.
The FIDE Online World Corporate Chess Championship is going on on Chess.com. The final three rounds of the Swiss qualifier were played in the Eastern pool on February 20.
Two Russian teams - SBER headed by Ian Nepomniachtchi and Sberbank Trade Union led by Anton Korobov - qualified for the play-off stage from their groups. Teams Grenke Bank (Germany), Morgan Stanley (Hungary), ERG (Kazakhstan), and Emphie Solutions (Poland) took first places in their groups to advance to the quarterfinals.
It is to be reminded that 28 Russian teams took part in the Eastern pool.
The play-off will be held on February 21. Eight teams (two more teams will qualify from the Western pool) will be ranked from 1 to 8 according to their average rating. Quarter final and semi-final duels consist of one match, while there will be two matches in the final. In the event of a drawn duel, one blitz match (3+2) is played. If the blitz match is drawn, an Armageddon game will determine the winner
The matches start at 6 PM (Moscow time).
Tournament on Chess-Results
Tournament page
