The knockout phase of the Chess.com Global Chess Championship kicked off today and it will be played from September 14 to October 9. The Knockout part of the event features 32 players who qualified from the Play-in CGC tournaments and 32 invited players. 64 players are divided in eight groups, and the Winners of each group will move on to the CGC Finals which will take place from 2-9 November in Toronto, Canada. Remaining 56 players will share the total prize fund of $440,000 for the CGC Knockout. A very strong CGC Knockout line-up includes Hikaru Nakamura, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Wesley So, Fabiano Caruana, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Anish Giri, Ding Liren and Levon Aronian who are topping the respective groups: Group A, Group B, Group C, Group D, Group E, Group F, Group G, and Group H (click on each group to see participants, pairings and games schedule).
The participants of the Group G are: Ding Liren, Vladimir Kramnik, Andrey Esipenko, Nihal Sarin, Bassem Amin, Hrant Melkumyan, Rauf Mamedov, and Le Tuan Minh. All four matches of the G group will be played on September 14. Scroll down for live games of each match
Ding Liren vs Tuan Minh Le, September 14, 13:00 CEST
Game 1: Ding Liren – Tuan Minh Le 0-1
Vladimir Kramnik vs Hrant Melkumyan, September 14, 13:00 CEST
Game 1: Vladimir Kramnik – Hrant Melkumyan 1-0
Nihal Sarin vs Rauf Mamedov, September 14, 13:00 CEST
Game 1: Nihal Sarin – Rauf Mamedov 1-0
Andrey Esipenko vs Bassem Amin, September 14, 19:00 CEST