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Goldmoney Asian Rapid 2021
June 17, 2021
From chess24.com
Women’s no. 1 Hou Yifan will be the first female player to participate in the full Meltwater Champions Chess Tour when the Goldmoney Asian Rapid, the 7th stage on the $1.6 million tour, starts at 13:00 CEST on Saturday June 26th. The earlier starting time should boost the chances of the players based in Asia, with no less than four Indian grandmasters taking part, including 15-year-old Gelfand Challenge winner Gukesh and 17-year-old Indian Qualifier winner Arjun Erigaisi. There are also tour debuts for Adhiban, Vladislav Artemiev and Salem Saleh.
Participants
Magnus Carlsen
Ding Liren
Levon Aronian
Anish Giri
Wesley So
Alireza Firouzja
Jan-Krzysztof Duda
Vidit Gujrathi
Daniil Dubov
Peter Svidler
Vladislav Artemiev
Salem Saleh
Baskaran Adhiban
Hou Yifan
Gukesh D
Arjun Erigaisi
Average rating: 2716.8
Average age: 26.4
The biggest contingent of players comes from India, with returning tour player Vidit joined by three newcomers. Adhiban's chess24 username fireheart92 sums up his play and character perfectly, and he booked his place by reaching the final of the Indian Qualifier. 15-year-old Gukesh shot to fame as a 12-year-old when he came within 17 days of breaking Sergey Karjakin’s record as the youngest ever grandmaster, and plays after winning the Gelfand Challenge with a spectacular final day. 17-year-old Arjun Erigaisi is more of an unknown quality, but was hugely impressive in the Indian Qualifier, where he beat Adhiban in the final.
Format
The games will be played online on chess24 at a time control of 15 minutes per player for all moves, plus a 10-second increment for each move made. The 3-day Preliminary stage sees all players play each once over 15 rounds, with the bottom 8 eliminated.
The remaining 8 players then go forward to a knockout, where each 2-day encounter consists of two 4-game matches. If the match score is tied on the second day we get two 5+3 blitz games, and if still tied there’s a final Armageddon game, where White has 5 minutes to Black’s 4, but a draw counts as a win for Black.
Start
The action kicks off on June 26th at 13:00 CEST (16:30 IST), with the earlier than usual start time meaning that the players in Asia — and as many as 9 will play from the Asian continent — don't need to stay up until the very early hours of the morning. It will, however, mean a bright and early 6am start for US Champion Wesley So!
13:00 CEST is 7:00 AM Toronto/Montreal time
Tournament Schedule
June 26 Preliminaries Day 1
June 27 Preliminaries Day 2
June 28 preliminaries Day 3
June 29 Quarterfinals Day 1
June 30 Quarterfinals Day 2
July 1 Semifinals Day 1
July 2 Semifinals Day 2
July 3 Finals Day 1
July 4 Finals Day 2
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https://chess24.com/en/read/news/hou...ey-asian-rapid
June 17, 2021
From chess24.com
Women’s no. 1 Hou Yifan will be the first female player to participate in the full Meltwater Champions Chess Tour when the Goldmoney Asian Rapid, the 7th stage on the $1.6 million tour, starts at 13:00 CEST on Saturday June 26th. The earlier starting time should boost the chances of the players based in Asia, with no less than four Indian grandmasters taking part, including 15-year-old Gelfand Challenge winner Gukesh and 17-year-old Indian Qualifier winner Arjun Erigaisi. There are also tour debuts for Adhiban, Vladislav Artemiev and Salem Saleh.
Participants
Magnus Carlsen
Ding Liren
Levon Aronian
Anish Giri
Wesley So
Alireza Firouzja
Jan-Krzysztof Duda
Vidit Gujrathi
Daniil Dubov
Peter Svidler
Vladislav Artemiev
Salem Saleh
Baskaran Adhiban
Hou Yifan
Gukesh D
Arjun Erigaisi
Average rating: 2716.8
Average age: 26.4
The biggest contingent of players comes from India, with returning tour player Vidit joined by three newcomers. Adhiban's chess24 username fireheart92 sums up his play and character perfectly, and he booked his place by reaching the final of the Indian Qualifier. 15-year-old Gukesh shot to fame as a 12-year-old when he came within 17 days of breaking Sergey Karjakin’s record as the youngest ever grandmaster, and plays after winning the Gelfand Challenge with a spectacular final day. 17-year-old Arjun Erigaisi is more of an unknown quality, but was hugely impressive in the Indian Qualifier, where he beat Adhiban in the final.
Format
The games will be played online on chess24 at a time control of 15 minutes per player for all moves, plus a 10-second increment for each move made. The 3-day Preliminary stage sees all players play each once over 15 rounds, with the bottom 8 eliminated.
The remaining 8 players then go forward to a knockout, where each 2-day encounter consists of two 4-game matches. If the match score is tied on the second day we get two 5+3 blitz games, and if still tied there’s a final Armageddon game, where White has 5 minutes to Black’s 4, but a draw counts as a win for Black.
Start
The action kicks off on June 26th at 13:00 CEST (16:30 IST), with the earlier than usual start time meaning that the players in Asia — and as many as 9 will play from the Asian continent — don't need to stay up until the very early hours of the morning. It will, however, mean a bright and early 6am start for US Champion Wesley So!
13:00 CEST is 7:00 AM Toronto/Montreal time
Tournament Schedule
June 26 Preliminaries Day 1
June 27 Preliminaries Day 2
June 28 preliminaries Day 3
June 29 Quarterfinals Day 1
June 30 Quarterfinals Day 2
July 1 Semifinals Day 1
July 2 Semifinals Day 2
July 3 Finals Day 1
July 4 Finals Day 2
Goldmoney is a Canadian precious metal financial services and technology company which makes it easy to purchase gold and other metals online.
Read all the details at:
https://chess24.com/en/read/news/hou...ey-asian-rapid
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