Scramble the again rank of your units as a result of the 2024 Chess.com Neighborhood Championships is launching the Chess960 Championships in only a few weeks!
The engaging prize fund of $7,500 contains $2,000 for first place, $1,400 for second, $800 for third and fourth place, and $500 for the remaining fifth to eighth locations. Prime Streamer Prizes can even be awarded to the very best putting streamer within the qualifiers who doesn’t win one other prize.
Final week, GM Andrew Tang fought courageously by the losers bracket of the inaugural HyperBullet Championships to defeat GM Daniel Naroditsky in a nail-biting match within the finals.
Now, we’re randomizing gears. Qualifiers might be held from June 17 to twenty with early and late tournaments. Day one, three, and 4 will host every qualifier at 11am and 5pm ET. Day two will barely shift to 1pm and seven:30pm ET to accommodate the common schedule for Title Tuesday!
Neighborhood Championship occasions like these all the time incorporate open qualifiers and a knockout finals format. Members from world wide will compete on this fascinating variant, second solely to “common” chess.
With the intention to take part you have to have at the least 25 rated video games performed within the 960 variant, in addition to be a part of the Chess.com Neighborhood Membership! When you attain the qualifiers, we would require taking part gamers to hitch a video name for fair-play checks. You may be requested for 2 cameras (sometimes webcam and telephone) to face the qualifier from completely different angles within the room to make sure equity. Non-compliance will lead to a participant’s removing from the occasion.
The anticipated Finals day on June 21 might be full with Quarterfinals, Semifinals, and the Winners Finals to conclude the occasion. Sustain with the motion and be a part of us on the ultimate day the place the chat neighborhood might be invited to pick out the beginning positions for the Winners Finals!
You should have eight possibilities to win a spot within the finals! That is your alternative to win unbelievable prizes and face off towards the most effective within the thoughts boggling variant Chess960, 9LX, Fischer-Random, Freestyle Chess, we’ve misplaced observe!
Observe the motion on Chess.com’s Neighborhood YouTube and Twitch channels!
