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Nakamura and Firouzja complete Skilling Open line-up
Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour runner-up Hikaru Nakamura and the world’s most exciting junior Alireza Firouzja are the final players to be confirmed for the Skilling Open, the first event on the $1.5 million Champions Chess Tour. The action kicks off at 18:00 CET on Sunday, with the 16 players battling over the first three days for a place in the 8-player knockout on the final six days. The top 8 will also automatically be invited back for the next $200,000 event to be held in December.
The 16-player field for the Skilling Open has an average classical rating of 2758 and includes 7 of the world’s top 10. The average age of the players is the same as that of Magnus Carlsen, 29, though the World Champion turns 30 on the final day of the event.
There are five rounds of 15-minute + 10-second increment per move rapid chess each day, with top seed Magnus Carlsen on Day 1 facing world no.4 Nepomniachtchi, no. 5 MVL and no. 10 Radjabov before playing outsider Anton and then, in one of the most awaited clashes, 17-year-old Alireza Firouzja.
Introducing the new Skilling Open commentary teams and our slick TV studio
The $1.5 million Champions Chess Tour kicks off on Sunday with the first event, The Skilling Open, featuring 16 of the world's top chess stars.
The event will have commentary in 8 languages, with 4 broadcasts in English. For the first time, one of them includes a state-of-the-art live studio in Oslo!
The Champions Chess Tour studio in Oslo will feature GM David Howell, IM Jovanka Houska and host Kaja Snare
There will be four different broadcasts in English, all starting at 17.45 CET:
The Oslo studio with GM David Howell and IM Jovanka Houska, hosted by Kaja Snare
A chess24 broadcast hosted by IM Tania Sachdev and GM Peter Leko
A Chessable broadcast hosted by GM Simon Williams, with new guests every day
An Indian broadcast, with chess24's WGM Soumya Swaminathan joined by ChessBase India's husband and wife team of IM Sagar Shah and Amruta Mokal
As usual, there will also be separate broadcasts in other languages such as Spanish, French, German, Italian, Russian, Turkish and Portuguese.
For the Champions Chess Tour, chess24 will be taking chess broadcasts to a completely new level. Not only will we have our regular shows with world-class commentators providing commentary for keen chess fans around the world, but we will also be running a brand new broadcast targeting a new audience.
GM David Howell, IM Jovanka Houska and Kaja Snare will be providing commentary targeting new viewers.
The historic broadcast will be hosted from Oslo by Kaja Snare, who gained extensive experience working as a reporter for the 2016 World Championship match in New York, and also worked on chess broadcasts and as a sports reporter for Norwegian TV channels NRK and TV 2. She will be joined by 3-time British Champion David Howell and 9-time British Women's Champion Jovanka Houska.
Tour Director Arne Horvei said the goal is to make chess interesting and exciting entertainment for millions of potential viewers with only basic chess skills.
The Champions Chess Tour will be the first time the world’s best chess player is determined over a full competitive season of online chess. This Tour will not only reinvent the sport, it will also reinvent how chess is broadcast to a wide audience.
He added:
In Norway chess is well established as a TV sport. We are building on this knowledge and producing a broadcast never before seen in international chess. We truly believe chess has a great potential to attract a dedicated, global audience with a production that highlights the excitement, the time trouble, the genius moves, and the inevitable blunders.
Kaja already filmed interviews with players that will be aired during the various broadcasts.
While one studio targets a new audience, you can also choose high-level chess commentary from fan-favourites Tania Sachdev and Peter Leko. The duo received widespread praise for their performances during the Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour
- Where's Gustafsson, Grischuk, Judit and Kramnik? Four different broadcasts but not one by top commentators/players. It's a shame.
- Some people are never happy. lol They made 4 (read: four) English broadcasts. There should be something for everyone. Long-time c24 regular like myself is more than happy with Leko and Tania. Both are excellent. Also, the tour is long and I will not be surprised if we see all those names commentating during some other events.
- I think I'll watch the studio as it looks like the most exciting and professional setup but it pains me to miss out on both Peter Leko as well as Soumya/Sagar/Amruta. I wonder why there are parallel streams and that many. I can imagine: 1) Targeting different skill levels in the audience 2) Testing multiple approaches to which ones get most views 3) Dividing the 8 games so that people can follow their horse in the race. Also, will Eurosport plug into the studio feed or have a separate production?
- My guess is that Judit and Kramnik are not always available, Grischuk considers himself more a player and we could see Gustafsson in the German feed. Having said that, there is an abundance of absolutely excellent commentators present here.
- I was fully expecting two broadcasts. The usual one for more advanced viewers and the one for new to chess. But having separate broadcast to Indian fans seems reasonable as well. We have seen how many viewers Sagar or Vidit have. Also, it seems that most of these viewers don't actually watch anything non-Indian. Indian chess on Youtube looks like a bit separate thing from chess on Youtube/Twitch. Also, I guess Simon has his own supporters and it's a good platform to promote Chessable products. Probably more relaxed coffeehouse stream that is totally different to the studio or Leko. I'm sure it's good as well.
- Peter Leko is fantastic, Simon Williams very entertaining and you can only be happy listening Sagars enthusiasm. I will have hard time choicing.
"This shows how much respect people have for Hikaru in this online format. Over-the-board I just cannot imagine anyone ever agreeing to a draw in this position with Black"
Game 21, Nov. 22 So, Wesley – Aronian, Levon E05 Catalan, open, Classical line
Chess24: 67...Qe1! for Nakamura here is mate-in-24 with perfect play by both sides (the tablebases tell us!), but after 67...Qxf3 it was drawn a few moves later:
At the end of tomorrow, the top 8 players advance to a 6-day knockout, with two days each for the quarterfinals, semifinals and final.
In the knockout stage, instead of having best-of-3 (5 or 7) matches, each encounter will be decided over two days. On Day 1 there will be four rapid games, and if the match ends 2:2 it will simply be a draw (there doesn’t have to be a winner).
On Day 2 another 4-game match will be held. If both matches are drawn, or the players have traded wins, then shortly after the second match there will be a playoff: two blitz gamesfollowed, if needed, by Armageddon.
Game 56 Firoujza spots Anton the two knights and still wins (however it was a dangerous attack). Game 72 against Aronian. WoW! The kid is an amazing tactician.
What a turnaround as Firouzja beats Giri and we now have a 5-way tie for 1st place!
Firouzja's win has really set the cat among the pigeons! We now have 5 players in 1st and 5 just half a point behind, but only 8 can make the knockout stage
They then flash all sixteen players on the screen and Tania says:
At the end of the day today, eight of these players will be eliminated and have to go home. Wait a minute, they are at home – so they will stay at home and the others will go forward.
Brava, Tania!
Game 92, Nov. 24 Karjakin, Sergey – Anton Guijarro, David C54 Giuoco Piano
Firouzja’s game was the one to watch. Le outplayed him but Firouzja went down fighting. It turned out that if Le won, neither player made the final cut. Le gives Alireza credit for not playing safe but for going in to a game with chances.
Game 117, Nov. 24 Firouzja, Alireza – Le, Quang Liem A07 Reti, King’s Indian Attack
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