The world’s top chess players battle it out at the WR Chess Masters 2024. In an iconic five-star location, 16 of the brightest stars of our sport will gather to compete for the title in an innovative format. The tournament will be played as a knockout, the time control for each game is 60 min for the first 30 moves, 30 min for the next 20 moves and 30 min for the rest of the game. Live games from WR Masters 2024 here
Round 1 will see exciting encounters, such as Arjun Erigaisi taking on the top local youngster Shreyas Royal, ex world champion Veselin Topalov against Pragg, or Bodhana Sivanandan battling with Alexandra Kosteniuk. Scroll down for the full pairings tree photo.
WR Chess Masters 2024 – pairings
Name
Country
ELO
Match 1
GM
Erigaisi Arjun
IND
2797
IM
Royal Shreyas
ENG
2519
Match 2
GM
Abdusattorov Nodirbek
UZB
2783
GM
Bologan Victor
MDA
2608
Match 3
GM
Firouzja Alireza
FRA
2767
GM
Sadhwani Raunak
IND
2659
Match 4
GM
Nepomniachtchi Ian
FID
2755
GM
Sindarov Javokhir
UZB
2668
Match 5
GM
Anand Viswanathan
IND
2751
GM
Vidit Santosh Gujrathi
IND
2726
Match 6
GM
Praggnanandhaa R
IND
2746
GM
Topalov Veselin
BUL
2727
Match 7
GM
Duda Jan-Krzysztof
POL
2740
GM
Vachier-Lagrave Maxime
FRA
2735
Match 8
GM
Kosteniuk Alexandra
SUI
2480
WFM
Sivanandan Bodhana
ENG
2088
WR Chess Masters – pairings tree
