Magnus Carlsen Results

Saturday, December 9 – Base Game
Magnus Carlsen – Denis Lazavik 1.5-0.5
Magnus Carlsen – Nodirbek Abdusattorov 1-1 (Magnus won the Armageddon)
Sunday, December 10 – Base Game
Magnus Carlsen – Fabiano Caruana 1.5-0.5
Magnus Carlsen – Hikaru Nakamura 1-1 (Magnus won Armageddon)
Monday, December 11 – Base Game
Magnus Carlsen – Wesley So 1-1 (Magnus lost the Armageddon)
Magnus Carlsen – Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 1.5-0.5
Tuesday, December 12 – Base Game
Magnus Carlsen – Alireza Firoujza 1-1 (Magnus won Armageddon)
Wednesday December 13 – Semi-final day 1
Magnus Carlsen – Fabiano Caruana 2-2 (Magnus won the Armageddon)
Thursday December 14 – Semi-final day 2
Magnus Carlsen – Fabiano Caruana 2-2 (Magnus won the Armageddon)
Friday, December 15 – Last day 1
Magnus Carlsen – Wesley so 2.5-1.5
Saturday, December 16 – Last day 2
Magnus Carlsen – Wesley so 3-1

Semi-final configuration

The group stage after 7 matches out of 7

Chess Champions Tour 2023

THE Chess Champions Tour 2023 (CCT) is a massive chess circuit that combines the best features of previous editions of the Champions Chess Tour with the Chess.com Global Championship. The tour consists of six events spanning the year and culminating in in-person finals.

With the best players in the world and a $2,000,000 Prize Fundthe CCT is Chess.com’s biggest event to date. The tour begins on February 3 at 8:00 a.m. PT/5:00 p.m. CET with the Masters of Aerial Objects 2023.

Format

The Champions Chess Tour consists of six events, culminating in the playoffs and the finals. The 2023 ChessKid Cup is the third event on the tour, and the winner of this event automatically qualifies for the Playoffs.

The event begins with a qualifying stage open to all non-Grandmaster players. Successful qualifiers will then face Grandmasters in the Play-in stage, with the top players advancing to a three-division playoff stage. Each division has its own prize pool, and players will also earn Tour Points based on their placement in each division. At the end of the sixth event on the tour, the players with the highest Tour Points will earn a spot in the CCT Playoffs.

Qualifications

• Open to all titled players except Grandmasters, who automatically participate in Play-Ins.
• Consists of a nine-round Swiss format.
• The time control is 10+2.
• The top three players from each event will be eligible to participate in the next Play-In.
• Takes place every Monday at 8am PT from February 13th to August 21st, except on weeks with Play-In or Knockout.
• Find information here.

Play-In

• The CCT Play-in phase is open to Grandmasters only.
• It consists of a nine-round Swiss tournament and a “Match Play” stage.
• The time control is 10+2.
• The highest ranked players in the Swiss tournament qualify for the Match Play phase.
• The top five players in the Swiss tournament select their opponents from players ranked between sixth and tenth place.
• The remaining Match Play pairs are based on the final ranking of the Swiss tournament.
• Each Match Play consists of two games.
• Ties in Match Play are broken by an Armageddon auction game. Players bid on the length they wish to start with and the winner chooses their color. Black has a draw chance. If the bids are tied, players bid again. There is no raise.
• After the Match Play, players advance to the knockout stage and are placed in one of three divisions based on their results.

knock out

The knockout stage features 56 players competing in three different divisions determined by their Match Play results.

• Division I: eight players.
  • Three guest players: Nakamura, Caruana and Abdusattorov.
  • The five winners of the matches between the top 10 players in the Swiss Play-in.
• Division II: 16 players.
  • The five players who lose the matches between the top 10 players in the Swiss Play-in.
  • The 11 players who won the player-to-player matches ranked 11th to 32nd in the Swiss Play-in.
• Division III: 32 players.
  • The 11 players who lost their matches between those ranked 11th to 32nd in the Swiss Play-in.
  • The 21 players who won their matches between those ranked 33rd to 74th in the Swiss Play-in.

Each division offers cash prizes and Tour Points. More information is available in the Prizes section below.

The knockout phase follows this format:

• Each features a double knockout bracket.
• The time control is 15+3.
• Divisions I and II feature four-game matches in the Winners Bracket and two-game matches in the Losers Bracket.
• Division III features two-game matches in the winners’ and losers’ brackets, and a four-game grand final match.
• If there is a Grand Final reset (when a player coming out of the Losers Bracket wins the first set), the second set is a two-game match.
• In the event of a tie, an Armageddon auction game with a base time of 15 minutes will decide the winner.

Live Streaming on Youtube

The tournament site

Champions Chess Tour overall standings before the final