FIDE Corporate World Championship Knockout - Live!

2/21/2021 – The knockout stage of the FIDE Corporate Online World Championship is being played from 16:00 CET (15:00 UTC, 11:00 ET). Eight teams fight to win the inaugural edition of the tournament. Ian Nepomniachtchi, Anton Korobov and Georg Meier are the strongest players still in contention. Follow the games live.

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Knockout stage

These are the quarterfinal pairings of the 1st FIDE Online World Corporate Chess Championship (Feb 21, 15:00 UTC):

SBER vs. ERG

Sberbank Trade Union vs. Emphie Solutions

Grenke Bank vs. Anahuac

Morgan Stanley (HUN) vs. PT Pelabuhan Tanjung Priok

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