ChessKid Cup Grand Final - Live!

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5/26/2023 – On the last day of the ChessKid Cup Fabiano Caruana and Nodirbek Abdusattorov will meet in the Grand Final. If Abdusattorov wins the match, he will also win the ChessKid Cup as the winner of the Winner's Bracket. If Caruana wins, there will be a second match to decide the winner of the tournament.| Follow the games live with expert commentary starting at 17.00 CEST (11.00 EDT, 20.30 IST)
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Day 5

The ChessKid Cup is the third event of the Champions Chess Tour. Following a play-in phase, a total of 56 players are participating in the knockout stage on May 22-26.

  • 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 and more info about the format below the video feed.

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Division I

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1.e4 3.9 c5 6.9 2.Nf3 8 e6 7 3.c4 13 Nc6 3:51 4.d4 16 cxd4 32 5.Nxd4 16 Bb4+ 22 6.Nc3 40 B44: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nb5. Nge7 1:17 7.Be2 6:28 d5 3:03 8.exd5 8:18 exd5 17 9.Nxc6 30 bxc6 1:08 10.0-0 8 0-0 6:59 11.cxd5 5:40 cxd5 7 12.Bf3 1:30 12.Be3 should be considered. 12...Be6 3:06 13.Bg5 7:53 Bxc3 34 14.bxc3 3 Rc8 7 15.Qa4 8:36 h6 1:13 16.Bd2 8 a5 5:44 17.Rfe1 4:25 Rc4 36 18.Qa3 1:08 Nf5 3:11 19.Be2 2:57 Rc8 17 20.Rad1 4:35 Qd6 11:05 21.Qxa5 6:08 Ra8 12 22.Qb4 1:15 Rxa2 17 23.Bf4 1:33 Qc6 1:52 24.Bb5 7:18 Qb6 1:00 25.Re2 4 Rfa8 3:51 26.Bd3 48 Ra1 4:11 27.Ree1 36 Rxd1 8 28.Rxd1 5 28.Qxb6? perishes. Rxe1+ 29.Bf1 Raa1-+ 28...Qd8 8:36 29.h3 8:44 Qf6 3:41 30.Re1 42 Rc8 49 31.Be5 44 Qg5 15 32.Ba6 1:27 Ra8 1:58 33.Bf4 2:05 Qf6 27 34.Bb7 3:21 Rd8 18 35.Bc7 4:31 Rf8 6 36.Rd1 3:04 Qg5 10:16 37.Bxd5 6:37 Ne3 12:53 38.h4 20 Qg4 4:23 39.Qxg4 1:27 Bxg4 7 40.Rd3 13 Nxd5 5 41.Rxd5 30:03 Ra8 30:18 42.Bb6 5:44 Be6 1:36 43.Rd6 0 Kf8 0 44.Bd4 0 Ke7 0 45.Rb6 0 g6 0 46.Kh2 0 h5 0 47.Kg3 0 Ra5 0 48.Kf4 0 Kd7 0 49.g3 0 Rf5+ 0 50.Ke3 0 Ra5 0 51.Rb4 0 Bd5 0 52.Bb6 0 Ra3 0 53.Kd4 0 Be6 0 54.Bc5 0 Ra2 0 55.Kd3 0 Bf5+ 0 56.Ke3 0 Be6 0 57.Bd4 0 Kc6 0 58.c4 0 Kc7 0 59.c5 0 Bd5 0 60.Kf4 0 Bc6 13 61.Kg5 0 Ra4 1:19 62.Be5+ 0 Kd7 6 63.Rb2 55 Ke6 26 64.Bf4 43 Rc4 4:08 65.Be3 10 Ke5 57 66.Rb8 1:14 Bd7 1:36 67.Rd8 1:18 Be6 23 68.Rd6 46 Rc2 4:07 69.Kh6 4:18 Kf6 6 70.Rd1 59 Rc4 2:55 71.Rd6 1:05 Rc2 5 72.Bd4+ 36 Kf5 12 73.f3 50 Rc4 3:24 74.c6 3 Rc2 13 75.Kg7 1:48 g5 52 76.hxg5 39 Kxg5 6 77.Bb6 13 Kf5 52 78.c7 31 Rc3 1:10 79.Ba5+- 2:00 Rc5 9 80.Ra6 59 Rc4 1:28 81.Kf8 27 Bd5 1:07 82.Ke7 28 h4 2:23 83.Rf6+ 35 Ke5 15 84.gxh4 5 Be6 1:21 85.h5 24 Rc5 20 86.h6 28 Bc8 1:43 87.h7 9 Kd5 41 1–0
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Balint,P2366Koellner,R249910.301285007
Lovrinovic,C2062Bacrot,E263310.351285013
Webb,L2217Pert,N25277.371287189
Maltsevskaya,A2376Kirtadze,A21806.21285267
Tsolakidou,S2445Bulmaga,I23626.51285272
Toncheva,N2329Ushenina,A24286.81285276
Danielian,E2398Heinemann,J22976.101285278
Kochavi,D2301Daulyte-Cornette,D23896.111285279
Mkrtchian,L2388Smietanska,W22546.121285280
Stefanova,A2426Vidic,T21006.411285336
Macovei,A2479Batsuren,D25151.61300257
Marzouq,C1983Schaefer,S20505.41415812
Abrahamyan,T2310Lee,A23863.21279479
Hoffman,L2211Chasin,N24355.11415809
Tse,W1951Muthukumar,H21975.21415810
Hebbar,E2175Dong,K20065.31415811
Knowles,C1968Shen,L19985.51415813
Marsh,J2058Chen,D19805.61415815
Cheung,K1934Ling,C21195.71415816
Shankar,P1966Le,Q21115.81415817
Smith,D2006Berg,G18725.91415818
Yang,L1899Kurup,S19655.101415819
Mamedyarov,S2748Schnider,G236811.11348737
Fahrner,K2266Sarana,A267211.21348741
Esipenko,A2696Ebner,H215411.31348742
Karthik Venkataraman2565Saric,I265911.131348753
Nguyen,T2668Nisipeanu,L257911.191348763
Maroroa Jones,G2654Larkin,V24558.411356052
Ju,W2561Tan,Z25553.11346234
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Commentary by David Howell, Tania Sachdev, Daniel Naroditsky and James Canty III

Division II

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1.e4 3.9 c5 6.9 2.Nf3 8 e6 7 3.c4 13 Nc6 3:51 4.d4 16 cxd4 32 5.Nxd4 16 Bb4+ 22 6.Nc3 40 B44: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nb5. Nge7 1:17 7.Be2 6:28 d5 3:03 8.exd5 8:18 exd5 17 9.Nxc6 30 bxc6 1:08 10.0-0 8 0-0 6:59 11.cxd5 5:40 cxd5 7 12.Bf3 1:30 12.Be3 should be considered. 12...Be6 3:06 13.Bg5 7:53 Bxc3 34 14.bxc3 3 Rc8 7 15.Qa4 8:36 h6 1:13 16.Bd2 8 a5 5:44 17.Rfe1 4:25 Rc4 36 18.Qa3 1:08 Nf5 3:11 19.Be2 2:57 Rc8 17 20.Rad1 4:35 Qd6 11:05 21.Qxa5 6:08 Ra8 12 22.Qb4 1:15 Rxa2 17 23.Bf4 1:33 Qc6 1:52 24.Bb5 7:18 Qb6 1:00 25.Re2 4 Rfa8 3:51 26.Bd3 48 Ra1 4:11 27.Ree1 36 Rxd1 8 28.Rxd1 5 28.Qxb6? perishes. Rxe1+ 29.Bf1 Raa1-+ 28...Qd8 8:36 29.h3 8:44 Qf6 3:41 30.Re1 42 Rc8 49 31.Be5 44 Qg5 15 32.Ba6 1:27 Ra8 1:58 33.Bf4 2:05 Qf6 27 34.Bb7 3:21 Rd8 18 35.Bc7 4:31 Rf8 6 36.Rd1 3:04 Qg5 10:16 37.Bxd5 6:37 Ne3 12:53 38.h4 20 Qg4 4:23 39.Qxg4 1:27 Bxg4 7 40.Rd3 13 Nxd5 5 41.Rxd5 30:03 Ra8 30:18 42.Bb6 5:44 Be6 1:36 43.Rd6 0 Kf8 0 44.Bd4 0 Ke7 0 45.Rb6 0 g6 0 46.Kh2 0 h5 0 47.Kg3 0 Ra5 0 48.Kf4 0 Kd7 0 49.g3 0 Rf5+ 0 50.Ke3 0 Ra5 0 51.Rb4 0 Bd5 0 52.Bb6 0 Ra3 0 53.Kd4 0 Be6 0 54.Bc5 0 Ra2 0 55.Kd3 0 Bf5+ 0 56.Ke3 0 Be6 0 57.Bd4 0 Kc6 0 58.c4 0 Kc7 0 59.c5 0 Bd5 0 60.Kf4 0 Bc6 13 61.Kg5 0 Ra4 1:19 62.Be5+ 0 Kd7 6 63.Rb2 55 Ke6 26 64.Bf4 43 Rc4 4:08 65.Be3 10 Ke5 57 66.Rb8 1:14 Bd7 1:36 67.Rd8 1:18 Be6 23 68.Rd6 46 Rc2 4:07 69.Kh6 4:18 Kf6 6 70.Rd1 59 Rc4 2:55 71.Rd6 1:05 Rc2 5 72.Bd4+ 36 Kf5 12 73.f3 50 Rc4 3:24 74.c6 3 Rc2 13 75.Kg7 1:48 g5 52 76.hxg5 39 Kxg5 6 77.Bb6 13 Kf5 52 78.c7 31 Rc3 1:10 79.Ba5+- 2:00 Rc5 9 80.Ra6 59 Rc4 1:28 81.Kf8 27 Bd5 1:07 82.Ke7 28 h4 2:23 83.Rf6+ 35 Ke5 15 84.gxh4 5 Be6 1:21 85.h5 24 Rc5 20 86.h6 28 Bc8 1:43 87.h7 9 Kd5 41 1–0
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Balint,P2366Koellner,R249910.301285007
Lovrinovic,C2062Bacrot,E263310.351285013
Webb,L2217Pert,N25277.371287189
Maltsevskaya,A2376Kirtadze,A21806.21285267
Tsolakidou,S2445Bulmaga,I23626.51285272
Toncheva,N2329Ushenina,A24286.81285276
Danielian,E2398Heinemann,J22976.101285278
Kochavi,D2301Daulyte-Cornette,D23896.111285279
Mkrtchian,L2388Smietanska,W22546.121285280
Stefanova,A2426Vidic,T21006.411285336
Macovei,A2479Batsuren,D25151.61300257
Marzouq,C1983Schaefer,S20505.41415812
Abrahamyan,T2310Lee,A23863.21279479
Hoffman,L2211Chasin,N24355.11415809
Tse,W1951Muthukumar,H21975.21415810
Hebbar,E2175Dong,K20065.31415811
Knowles,C1968Shen,L19985.51415813
Marsh,J2058Chen,D19805.61415815
Cheung,K1934Ling,C21195.71415816
Shankar,P1966Le,Q21115.81415817
Smith,D2006Berg,G18725.91415818
Yang,L1899Kurup,S19655.101415819
Mamedyarov,S2748Schnider,G236811.11348737
Fahrner,K2266Sarana,A267211.21348741
Esipenko,A2696Ebner,H215411.31348742
Karthik Venkataraman2565Saric,I265911.131348753
Nguyen,T2668Nisipeanu,L257911.191348763
Maroroa Jones,G2654Larkin,V24558.411356052
Ju,W2561Tan,Z25553.11346234
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Division III

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1.e4 3.9 c5 6.9 2.Nf3 8 e6 7 3.c4 13 Nc6 3:51 4.d4 16 cxd4 32 5.Nxd4 16 Bb4+ 22 6.Nc3 40 B44: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nb5. Nge7 1:17 7.Be2 6:28 d5 3:03 8.exd5 8:18 exd5 17 9.Nxc6 30 bxc6 1:08 10.0-0 8 0-0 6:59 11.cxd5 5:40 cxd5 7 12.Bf3 1:30 12.Be3 should be considered. 12...Be6 3:06 13.Bg5 7:53 Bxc3 34 14.bxc3 3 Rc8 7 15.Qa4 8:36 h6 1:13 16.Bd2 8 a5 5:44 17.Rfe1 4:25 Rc4 36 18.Qa3 1:08 Nf5 3:11 19.Be2 2:57 Rc8 17 20.Rad1 4:35 Qd6 11:05 21.Qxa5 6:08 Ra8 12 22.Qb4 1:15 Rxa2 17 23.Bf4 1:33 Qc6 1:52 24.Bb5 7:18 Qb6 1:00 25.Re2 4 Rfa8 3:51 26.Bd3 48 Ra1 4:11 27.Ree1 36 Rxd1 8 28.Rxd1 5 28.Qxb6? perishes. Rxe1+ 29.Bf1 Raa1-+ 28...Qd8 8:36 29.h3 8:44 Qf6 3:41 30.Re1 42 Rc8 49 31.Be5 44 Qg5 15 32.Ba6 1:27 Ra8 1:58 33.Bf4 2:05 Qf6 27 34.Bb7 3:21 Rd8 18 35.Bc7 4:31 Rf8 6 36.Rd1 3:04 Qg5 10:16 37.Bxd5 6:37 Ne3 12:53 38.h4 20 Qg4 4:23 39.Qxg4 1:27 Bxg4 7 40.Rd3 13 Nxd5 5 41.Rxd5 30:03 Ra8 30:18 42.Bb6 5:44 Be6 1:36 43.Rd6 0 Kf8 0 44.Bd4 0 Ke7 0 45.Rb6 0 g6 0 46.Kh2 0 h5 0 47.Kg3 0 Ra5 0 48.Kf4 0 Kd7 0 49.g3 0 Rf5+ 0 50.Ke3 0 Ra5 0 51.Rb4 0 Bd5 0 52.Bb6 0 Ra3 0 53.Kd4 0 Be6 0 54.Bc5 0 Ra2 0 55.Kd3 0 Bf5+ 0 56.Ke3 0 Be6 0 57.Bd4 0 Kc6 0 58.c4 0 Kc7 0 59.c5 0 Bd5 0 60.Kf4 0 Bc6 13 61.Kg5 0 Ra4 1:19 62.Be5+ 0 Kd7 6 63.Rb2 55 Ke6 26 64.Bf4 43 Rc4 4:08 65.Be3 10 Ke5 57 66.Rb8 1:14 Bd7 1:36 67.Rd8 1:18 Be6 23 68.Rd6 46 Rc2 4:07 69.Kh6 4:18 Kf6 6 70.Rd1 59 Rc4 2:55 71.Rd6 1:05 Rc2 5 72.Bd4+ 36 Kf5 12 73.f3 50 Rc4 3:24 74.c6 3 Rc2 13 75.Kg7 1:48 g5 52 76.hxg5 39 Kxg5 6 77.Bb6 13 Kf5 52 78.c7 31 Rc3 1:10 79.Ba5+- 2:00 Rc5 9 80.Ra6 59 Rc4 1:28 81.Kf8 27 Bd5 1:07 82.Ke7 28 h4 2:23 83.Rf6+ 35 Ke5 15 84.gxh4 5 Be6 1:21 85.h5 24 Rc5 20 86.h6 28 Bc8 1:43 87.h7 9 Kd5 41 1–0
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StWhiteEloWBlackEloBResRndid
Balint,P2366Koellner,R249910.301285007
Lovrinovic,C2062Bacrot,E263310.351285013
Webb,L2217Pert,N25277.371287189
Maltsevskaya,A2376Kirtadze,A21806.21285267
Tsolakidou,S2445Bulmaga,I23626.51285272
Toncheva,N2329Ushenina,A24286.81285276
Danielian,E2398Heinemann,J22976.101285278
Kochavi,D2301Daulyte-Cornette,D23896.111285279
Mkrtchian,L2388Smietanska,W22546.121285280
Stefanova,A2426Vidic,T21006.411285336
Macovei,A2479Batsuren,D25151.61300257
Marzouq,C1983Schaefer,S20505.41415812
Abrahamyan,T2310Lee,A23863.21279479
Hoffman,L2211Chasin,N24355.11415809
Tse,W1951Muthukumar,H21975.21415810
Hebbar,E2175Dong,K20065.31415811
Knowles,C1968Shen,L19985.51415813
Marsh,J2058Chen,D19805.61415815
Cheung,K1934Ling,C21195.71415816
Shankar,P1966Le,Q21115.81415817
Smith,D2006Berg,G18725.91415818
Yang,L1899Kurup,S19655.101415819
Mamedyarov,S2748Schnider,G236811.11348737
Fahrner,K2266Sarana,A267211.21348741
Esipenko,A2696Ebner,H215411.31348742
Karthik Venkataraman2565Saric,I265911.131348753
Nguyen,T2668Nisipeanu,L257911.191348763
Maroroa Jones,G2654Larkin,V24558.411356052
Ju,W2561Tan,Z25553.11346234
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Brackets

Division I

Division II

Division III

Format

The ChessKid 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.

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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