Challengers Chess Tour Finals - Pragg wins

Final

Polgar and Kramnik joined forces with Play Magnus Group back in April to host the elite series of online tournaments. Julius Baer, the Swiss private bank that has supported the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour, is the event’s title partner.

The format for the final 8-player knockout is four rapid games with 10 minutes per player for each game, plus a 5-second increment added each move. If the score is level at 2-2, a playoff will feature two 5+3 blitz games before, if needed, an Armageddon playoff.

Schedule

• Thursday, October 14 - Yoo vs Lei / Murzin vs Praggnanandhaa
• Friday, October 15 - Keymer vs Mendona / Liang vs Abdusattorov
• Saturday, October 16 - Semifinals
• Sunday, October 17 - Final

The action kicks off daily at 16.00 CEST (10.00 ET / 19.30 IST)

Games

Master Class Vol.11: Vladimir Kramnik

This DVD allows you to learn from the example of one of the best players in the history of chess and from the explanations of the authors (Pelletier, Marin, Müller and Reeh) how to successfully organise your games strategically, consequently how to keep y

Commentary by Judit Polgar and Vladimir Kramnik

Links

• Official site
• The new Julius Baer Challengers Chess Tour
• Keymer edges out Liang to win Kramnik Challenge
• Gukesh D. wins the Gelfand Challenge
• Impressive Praggnanandhaa wins Polgar Challenge
• Vincent Keymer wins the Hou Yifan Challenge