Semi-finals
The tournament features four days of preliminaries, where the 16 participants will compete once in rapid chess with a time control of 15 minutes plus 10 second increments, before the top 8 advance to the round of 16.
The knockout consists of 4-game matches, one for the quarter-finals and one for the semi-finals, and two matches for the final. If there is still a tie, there are two 5+3 blitz games followed, if necessary, by an Armageddon game, where white has 5 minutes before black’s 4, but black does not need than a draw.
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Program
- July 10-13: Round robin (4 rounds per day)
- July 14: Quarter-finals
- July 15: Semi-finals
- July 16-17: Finals
Live games and commentary
The Bombastic Bird’s – energetic and thrilling repertoire after 1.f4
Welcome to Bombastic Bird’s, a groundbreaking repertoire for one of the most enterprising and underrated openings in chess theory (1.f4). In this series, IM Lawrence Trent uncovers a number of groundbreaking theoretical novelties and new ideas that will soon make those who despise this romantic system regret ever doubting its soundness.
Commentary by Peter Leko and Lawrence Trent