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The Lindores Abbey Chess Challenge started on May 18th. Twelve players are taking part. After a three-day preliminary, the best eight players will advance to the deciding knockout section. The time control is 15 minutes for the game, with a 10-second increment per move.
The format has changed from the Magnus Carlsen Invitational to put more emphasis on the knockout section. This time the preliminary stage will be held over just 3 days, with the players playing each other once in 11 rounds of 15-minute + 10-second increment rapid chess. The bottom 4 will be eliminated, while the remaining 8 players go forward to the quarter-finals.
The quarter-finals, semi-finals and final will all be best of 3 mini-matches (the first player to win 2 mini-matches wins), where each mini-match consists of four 15+10 rapid games. If a mini-match ends 2:2 a single Armageddon game will be played: White has 5 minutes to Black’s 4 but Black wins if the game ends in a draw.
| Day | Date | Stage | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday | May 19 | Prelims | Rounds 1-4 |
| Wednesday | May 20 | Prelims | Rounds 5-8 |
| Thursday | May 21 | Prelims | Rounds 9-11 |
| Friday | May 22 | FREE DAY | |
| Saturday | May 23 | Quarter-finals | Pairs 1-2: 1st mini-match |
| Sunday | May 24 | Quarter-finals | Pairs 3-4: 1st mini-match |
| Monday | May 25 | Quarter-finals | Pairs 1-2: 2nd mini-match |
| Tuesday | May 26 | Quarter-finals | Pairs 3-4: 2nd mini-match |
| Wednesday | May 27 | Quarter-finals | All pairs: 3rd mini-match (if required) |
| Thursday | May 28 | Semi-finals | 1st mini-match |
| Friday | May 29 | Semi-finals | 2nd mini-match |
| Saturday | May 30 | Semi-finals | 3rd mini-match (if required) |
| Sunday | May 31 | FREE DAY | |
| Monday | June 1 | Final | 1st mini-match |
| Tuesday | June 2 | Final | 2nd mini-match |
| Wednesday | June 3 | Final | 3rd mini-match (if required) |
| No | Name | Country | Elo | ||
| 1 |
|
GM | Carlsen Magnus | NOR | 2881 |
| 3 |
|
GM | Ding Liren | CHN | 2836 |
| 4 |
|
GM | Nakamura Hikaru | USA | 2829 |
| 12 |
|
GM | Grischuk Alexander | RUS | 2784 |
| 2 |
|
GM | Aronian Levon | ARM | 2778 |
| 7 |
|
GM | Duda Jan-Krzysztof | POL | 2774 |
| 10 |
|
GM | Dubov Daniil | RUS | 2770 |
| 6 |
|
GM | Wei Yi | CHN | 2752 |
| 8 |
|
GM | So Wesley | USA | 2741 |
| 5 |
|
GM | Yu Yangyi | CHN | 2738 |
| 9 |
|
GM | Karjakin Sergey | RUS | 2709 |
| 11 |
|
GM | Firouzja Alireza | FID | 2703 |
