9/29/2023 – The AI Cup is the sixth and final ‘regular’ event of the 2023 Champions Chess Tour. The tournament, which takes place on September 25-29, featured three divisions, each a double-elimination knockout, where losing one match drops the player to a lower bracket — from where he/she can still win the tournament. | Follow the games live with expert commentary from 18.00 CEST (12.00 ET, 21.30 IST)
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Day 5
The AI Cup is the sixth and final ‘regular’ event of the 2023 Champions Chess Tour. Following a play-in phase, a total of 56 players are participating in the knockout stage from September 25 to September 29.
Division I: 8 players
Division II: 16 players
Division III: 32 players
Each division has separate prize funds, with players also winning Tour Points according to the division they played in and their placement. By the end of the tour’s sixth event, the players with the most Tour Points get a spot in the CCT Playoff.
Follow the commentary webcast provided by the official organizers. Find the knockout brackets andmore info about the format below the video feed.
On this DVD, well-known Indian WGM Tania Sachdev shows you how to evaluate certain positions and then find the right concepts and plans on the basis of her own games.
Commentary provided by Tania Sachdev, David Howell and Kaja Snare
Game analysis by Robert Ris
Division II
Division III
Brackets
Division I
Division II
Division III
Format
The AI Cup has a Play-in stage, open to all grandmasters, and a Knockout stage featuring three divisions. Each division has separate prize funds, with players also winning Tour Points according to the division they played in and their placement. By the end of the tour’s sixth event, the players with the most Tour Points get a spot in the CCT Playoff.
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Knockout
The Knockout stage features 56 players playing across three different divisions based on their Match Play results:
Division I: 8 players.
Top-3 players from previous Event Division I
Winner of previous Event’s Division II
The 4 winners of the matches between the top-8 players from the Play-in Swiss
Division II: 16 players.
1st-8th from Swiss play matches; losers get in
9th-32nd from Swiss play matches; winners get in
Division III: 32 players.
9th-32nd from Swiss play matches; losers get in
33rd-72nd from Swiss play matches; winners get in
Each division has prize money and Tour Points on the line.
The Knockout stage has the following format:
Each division features a double-elimination 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 both the Winners and Losers Brackets and a four-game match in the Grand Finals.
If there’s a Grand Finals reset (player coming out of the Losers Bracket wins the first set), the second set features a two-game match.
A bidding Armageddon game with a 15-minute base time breaks ties.
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