Lindores Abbey Final: Dubov wins in Armageddon!

The final: Dubov v Nakamura 

The Lindores Abbey Chess Challenge started on May 18^th. 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.

Previous reports

• Preliminaries: Day 1, Day 2, Day 3
• Quarter-finals: Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Day 5
• Semi-finals: Day 1, Day 2, Day 3
• Final: Day 1, Day 2

Live games - Final

Live stream of chess24

Final standings - Preliminary

Format

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.

Schedule (all sessions starting at 16:00 CEST (10:00 EDT))

The Players

Links

• Tournament page...
• Results (at Chess-results)...