Magnus Carlsen’s last event as World Champion ended in failure on Thursday as a dramatic match-losing mouseslip against Hikaru Nakamura dumped him out of the Chessable Masters. Carlsen and his old rival, the two big beasts of online chess, had gone toe-to-toe over two drawn rapid games before the Losers Bracket Final was left hanging on a tense Armageddon play-off.
Parham Maghsoodloo – Vladimir Kramnik is 1/2 final game from the Asia and Oceania edition of the Armageddon Championship. It is is an 8-player double-elimination tournament taking place in Berlin, Germany. Each match consists of two 3+2 blitz games and, if the scores are level, an Armageddon decider.
Nodirbek Abdusattorov – D Gukesh is 1/2 final game from the Asia and Oceania edition of the Armageddon Championship. It is is an 8-player double-elimination tournament taking place in Berlin, Germany. Each match consists of two 3+2 blitz games and, if the scores are level, an Armageddon decider.
The other 1/2 final games is Parham Maghsoodloo – Vladimir Kramnik
Vladimir Kramnik – Daniil Dubov is 1/4 final game from the Asia and Oceania edition of the Armageddon Championship. It is is an 8-player double-elimination tournament taking place in Berlin, Germany. Each match consists of two 3+2 blitz games and, if the scores are level, an Armageddon decider.
Parham Maghsoodloo – Murali Karthikeyan is 1/4 final game from the Asia and Oceania edition of the Armageddon Championship. It is is an 8-player double-elimination tournament taking place in Berlin, Germany. Each match consists of two 3+2 blitz games and, if the scores are level, an Armageddon decider.
Yangyi Yu – D Gukesh is 1/4 final game from the Asia and Oceania edition of the Armageddon Championship. It is is an 8-player double-elimination tournament taking place in Berlin, Germany. Each match consists of two 3+2 blitz games and, if the scores are level, an Armageddon decider.
Nodirbek Abdusattorov – Santosh Gujrathi Vidit is 1/4 final game from the Asia and Oceania edition of the Armageddon Championship. It is is an 8-player double-elimination tournament taking place in Berlin, Germany. Each match consists of two 3+2 blitz games and, if the scores are level, an Armageddon decider.
The Asia and Oceania edition of the Armageddon Championship is an 8-player double-elimination tournament taking place in Berlin, Germany. Each match consists of two 3+2 blitz games and, if the scores are level, an Armageddon decider.
Magnus Carlsen – Hikaru Nakamura is the final match from the Chessable Masters 2023. The 2nd event on the $2 million 2023 Champions Chess Tour, features three Divisions of 8, 16 and 32 players. Each division is a double-elimination knockout where if you lose one match you drop down to a Losers bracket and can still win the tournament. In the Grand Final if the player from the Winners bracket loses, there’s a rematch.
