European Online Blitz Championship: Live!

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12/20/2020 – The European Blitz Championship is taking place online on December 18-20. An 11-round Swiss tournament, played on Friday, served as a qualifier for the knockout to be played on Saturday and Sunday — 16 players from the Swiss event will get a spot in the knockout. The action kicks off at 17:00 UTC (18:00 CET, 13:00 ET).

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Semifinals

The order of the players in the play-off is determined by the final standing in the qualification stage. The pairings for the first round are 1-16, 2-15, 3-14, 4-13, 5-12, 6-11, 7-10 and 8-9. Players will compete in four-game matches.

TOP16 - Saturday 19th of December - 20:00 - 22:00 CET - Players 2300+ promoted from the swiss tournament, rate of play 3’+2”, play-off, four-game matches + Armageddon (5’ vs 4’ with no increment).
TOP4 - Sunday 20th of December - 20:00 - 22:00 CET - Semifinals, final, 3rd place match, rate of play 3’+2”, play-off, four games match + Armageddon (5’ vs 4’ with no increment).

Quarterfinals

Alexei Shirov vs. Georg Meier
Matthias Bluebaum vs. Aleksandar Indjic
David Navara vs. Levan Pantsulaia
Manuel Petrosyan vs. Gawain Jones

Semifinals (Sunday at 20:00 CET)

Alexei Shirov vs. Matthias Bluebaum
David Navara vs. Gawain Jones

See full info in our preview article.

Live games

Qualifier

The qualifier is an 11-round Swiss tournament. The best 16 players qualify for the TOP16 play-off. The time control is 3 minutes for the whole game with 2-second increments from the start.

Tie-breaks:

Buchholz Cut 1
Buchholz
The greater number of games played with black
The greater number of wins

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