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World Chess Armageddon 2019
June 1, 2019
The blurb from World chess on their new venture:
Chess has been reinvented for live sports television broadcasting with a new and exciting entertainment-style format. The first Armageddon Series will begin on June 10.
Chess comes to Television
Chess is hugely popular around the world, but so far has failed to find a place on television because of unpredictable timeframes and high barrier to understanding of the sport.
Here comes Armageddon Series, the first ever chess format that matches high-drama sports programming and is simply captivating to watch. Top world’s grandmasters, a blitz-fast format of two 3-minutes games and an Armageddon tie-breaks, virtual reality studio which serves as a viral battlefield, biometric data readings, dramatic commentary, and striking visual line make the Armageddon Series the sports entertainment of the 21st century.
Match Structure. Just like Boxing!
Armageddon consists of the Series of Matches, where 8 Grandmasters in the double-elimination format, are fighting for the first place. Live.
One Match consists of two blitz games (3 minutes for each player plus 2 seconds for each move). In case the winner is not determined by the blitz games, the players will play an Armageddon format game (5 minutes for White, 4 minutes for Black, 2 additional seconds for each move after move 60, in case of draw Black is considered the winner).
There will be a pause between the games. The length of the pause will be decided by the tournament’s producer, which will depend on the timing, but in any case will be not less than 5 minutes after the first game and 10 minutes after the second game.
During the match two commentators run the show. They provide full information about rules of the game, players and other details for spectators. Also they create the tension, follow and comment the unique tactic of each player and make conclusions depending on current actions.
Schedule
June 10
Match 1 and 2
June 11
Match 3 and 4
June 12
Match 5 and 6
June 13
Match 7 and 8
June 14
Match 9 and 10
June 15
Match 11 and 12
June 16
Match 13, 14 and 15
Players
Player Country
Vladimir Kramnik Russia
Teimur Rajabov Azerbaijan
Sergey Karjakin Russia
Ian Nepomniachtchi Russia
Daniil Dubov Russia
Ernesto Inarkiev Russia
Boris Gelfand Israel
Wei Yi China
Typical for double-elimination, if a player loses one Match, he moves to the “losers-bracket” and faces other players in that bracket. If he wins all Matches, he faces the winner of the ‘Winners’ bracket in the final. If he loses one more match in the ‘losers’ bracket, he is eliminated from the Series.
https://news.worldchess.com/armageddon/
June 1, 2019
The blurb from World chess on their new venture:
Chess has been reinvented for live sports television broadcasting with a new and exciting entertainment-style format. The first Armageddon Series will begin on June 10.
Chess comes to Television
Chess is hugely popular around the world, but so far has failed to find a place on television because of unpredictable timeframes and high barrier to understanding of the sport.
Here comes Armageddon Series, the first ever chess format that matches high-drama sports programming and is simply captivating to watch. Top world’s grandmasters, a blitz-fast format of two 3-minutes games and an Armageddon tie-breaks, virtual reality studio which serves as a viral battlefield, biometric data readings, dramatic commentary, and striking visual line make the Armageddon Series the sports entertainment of the 21st century.
Match Structure. Just like Boxing!
Armageddon consists of the Series of Matches, where 8 Grandmasters in the double-elimination format, are fighting for the first place. Live.
One Match consists of two blitz games (3 minutes for each player plus 2 seconds for each move). In case the winner is not determined by the blitz games, the players will play an Armageddon format game (5 minutes for White, 4 minutes for Black, 2 additional seconds for each move after move 60, in case of draw Black is considered the winner).
There will be a pause between the games. The length of the pause will be decided by the tournament’s producer, which will depend on the timing, but in any case will be not less than 5 minutes after the first game and 10 minutes after the second game.
During the match two commentators run the show. They provide full information about rules of the game, players and other details for spectators. Also they create the tension, follow and comment the unique tactic of each player and make conclusions depending on current actions.
Schedule
June 10
Match 1 and 2
June 11
Match 3 and 4
June 12
Match 5 and 6
June 13
Match 7 and 8
June 14
Match 9 and 10
June 15
Match 11 and 12
June 16
Match 13, 14 and 15
Players
Player Country
Vladimir Kramnik Russia
Teimur Rajabov Azerbaijan
Sergey Karjakin Russia
Ian Nepomniachtchi Russia
Daniil Dubov Russia
Ernesto Inarkiev Russia
Boris Gelfand Israel
Wei Yi China
Typical for double-elimination, if a player loses one Match, he moves to the “losers-bracket” and faces other players in that bracket. If he wins all Matches, he faces the winner of the ‘Winners’ bracket in the final. If he loses one more match in the ‘losers’ bracket, he is eliminated from the Series.
https://news.worldchess.com/armageddon/