Julius Baer Generation Cup - Games and brackets

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9/3/2023 – The Julius Baer Generation Cup was the fifth event of the 2023 Champions Chess Tour. The tournament, which took place from August 30 to September 3, featured three divisions, each a double-elimination knockout, where if you lose one match you drop to a lower bracket and can still win the tournament. | Replay the games and find brackets for each of the three divisions.

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Games and brackets

The Julius Baer Generation Cup is the fifth event of the Champions Chess Tour. Following a play-in phase, a total of 56 players are participating in the knockout stage from August 30 to September 3.

  • 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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Commentary provided by Tania Sachdev, David Howell, Simon Williams and Jovanka Houska


Game analyses by Robert Ris

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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Rg1 h5 6...b5 6...e5 7.Bg5 Nbd7 7...b5 1/2-1/2 (33) Carlsen,M (2864)-Giri,A (2760) Miami 2022 8.Bc4 8.Qd2 8...g6 8...e6 9.Qd2 Bg7 10.0-0-0 Qc7 11.Bb3 b5 12.Rge1 0-0 12...Bb7 13.f4 13.Nd5! Nxd5 13...Qd8 14.Nc6 14.Bxd5 13...Nc5 14.Bxf6! exf6 14...Bxf6 15.Nd5 15.f5! Kh7 15...Bb7 16.fxg6 Nxb3+ 17.axb3 fxg6 18.Ne6+- 15...g5 16.Nd5 16.Kb1 Bb7 17.Nd5 Nxb3 17...Bxd5 18.Bxd5+- 18.axb3 Bxd5 19.fxg6+ 19.exd5 19...fxg6 20.exd5 Rfe8 21.Ne6 Qf7 22.g4!? 22.Qf4 22...hxg4 23.Re4 Bh6 23...f5 24.Ng5+ 24.Qf2 f5 25.Rxg4 Qa7 26.Rgd4! 26.Qxa7+ 26...a5 27.Qh4 Qe7 27...a4 28.Qxh6+ Kxh6 29.Rh4# 28.Qh3 Qf6 29.Rh4 g5 30.Rh5 g4 30...Rg8 31.Rf1 31.Qd3 Kg6 32.Rf1! Kxh5 33.Rxf5+ Qxf5 34.Qxf5+ Kh4 35.Qf2+ Kh5 35...Kh3 36.Qg3# 36.h3 Rg8 36...gxh3 37.Qg3+- 37.hxg4+ Rxg4 38.Qh2+ Rh4 39.Qxd6 a4 40.Qe5+ Kg6 41.Qg3+ Kh5 42.Qf3+ Kg6 43.d6 Ra7 44.Qd3+ Kf6 45.d7 Rh1+ 46.Ka2 46.Ka2 axb3+ 47.Kxb3 1–0
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Carlsen,M2835Firouzja,A27771–02023B90Julius Baer Div-1 20233.1

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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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