2021 Bughouse World Championship - Finals & Consolation Match Broadcast

https://www.chess.com/news/view/2021-bwc-info-finals-consolation-match-broadcast

Broadcast

The consolation match of the open section (to determine 3rd & 4th) and the finals of the open section (to determine 1st & 2nd) was played on Sunday, February 27 starting at 6:00 pm PST (9:00 pm EST on Sunday, February 27; 2:00 am UTC on Monday, February 28). It was broadcast on the Twitch channel of @chuckmoulton: twitch.tv/chuckmoulton

Videos of the broadcast

• Twitch VOD (available for 60 days)
• YouTube - Consolation Match (open section)
• YouTube - Finals (open section)
• YouTube - Consolation Match (u2000 section)
• YouTube - Finals (u2000 section)

Consolation Match

The consolation match features FM chickencrossroad + helmsknight vs. IM littleplotkin + FM GulamaliRises.  Third place will receive $500.  Fourth place will receive $250.  The match will be a best of 40 (first to 21 with a win by 2 condition) at a time control of 2 minutes with no increment.

FM chickencrossroad + helmsknight were the 5th seed in the tournament.  They won their group E in the round robin group stage by beating all 4 teams, advancing to the elimination ladder.  In the ladder they beat YoggSaron99 + HopefulWin (11-2) and BughouseKnight + ChessBrainiac (11-9) to make the top 8.  In the double elimination top 8 they lost to 12teen + BlitzBullet (0-16), then beat clocKingswitcher + ReturnoftheLagger (16-14) and abykhovsky + 1800_strength (16-12).  In the semifinals they lost to 12teen + BlitzBullet (15.5-21.5).

FM chickencrossroad - Daniel Yeager from Philadelphia, PA, USA

• co-champion, 2008 Denker Tournament
• champion, 2020 Bughouse World Championships
• 3rd place, 2019 Crazyhouse World Championships
• co-champion, 2016 Crazyhouse Championship
• FIDE Master

helmsknight - Grace Ferguson from Toronto, ON, Canada

• champion, Chess Played Quick: Bughouse Edition
• champion, Twitch Rivals: Chess - Komodo (u2000)
• 12th place, 2018 chess.com Crazyhouse Championship
• #1 rank, bughouse leaderboard (March 2020)
• partnered streamer, Twitch & chess.com

IM littleplotkin + FM GulamaliRises were the 6th seed in the tournament.  They won their group F in the round robin group stage by beating all 3 teams, advancing to the elimination ladder.  In the ladder they beat shayka211 + themayor101 (11-1) and tjarkvos + Dielie (11-2) to make the top 8.  In the double elimination top 8 they beat clocKingswitcher + ReturnoftheLagger (16-8), lost to 12teen + BlitzBullet (5-16), then beat EgoSmasher + EEKarf (16-4).  In the semifinals they lost to catask + jefferyx (3-21).

IM littleplotkin - Mark Plotkin from Toronto, ON, Canada

• 3rd place, 2020 Bughouse World Championships
• 4th place, 2018 Crazyhouse World Championships
• 2nd place, 2018 chess.com Crazyhouse Championship
• champion, 2017 Yearly Crazyhouse Arena
• International Master

FM GulamaliRises - Kazim Gulamali from Atlanta, GA, USA

• 8th place, September 2018 Titled Arena
• u2500 class prize ($40k), 2014 Millionaire Open
• bughouse wizard, 2012 bughouse article in Chess Life
• #1 rank, FICS bughouse in mid-2000's (several years)
• FIDE Master

Finals Match

The finals match features GM jefferyx + FM catask vs. NM 12teen + NM BlitzBullet.  First place will receive $1,500.  Second place will receive $1,000.  The match will be a best of 40 (first to 21 with a win by 2 condition) at a time control of 2 minutes with no increment.

GM jefferyx + FM catask were the 1st seed in the tournament.  They won their group A in the round robin group stage by beating all 4 teams, advancing to the elimination ladder.  In the ladder they beat const1980 + how_to_play7 (11-0) and Dieblauesau + CrazyEight (11-0) to make the top 8.  In the double elimination top 8 they beat nochewycandy + marvelanddcforlife (16-3) and Abykhovsky + 1800_strength (16-7).  In the semifinals they beat littleplotkin + GulamaliRises (21-3).

GM jefferyx - Jeffery Xiong from Dallas, TX, USA

• 2nd place, 2020 US Chess Championship
• champion, 2016 World Junior Chess Championship
• champion, Titled Tuesday (January 18, 2022)
• 2nd place, January 2022 Titled Arena
• Grandmaster (FIDE world ranked #46)

FM catask - unknown from Finland

• champion, 2021 Crazyhouse World Championships
• author, Advanced Bughouse Concepts Guide
• author, Bughouse Opening Guide
• author, Crazyhouse Opening Guide
• FIDE Master

NM 12teen + NM BlitzBullet were the 2nd seed in the tournament.  They won their group B in the round robin group stage by beating all 3 teams, advancing to the elimination ladder.  In the ladder they beat XeresLt + BlixLT (11-0) and DenishevM + Liga_Stavok (11-0) to make the top 8.  In the double elimination top 8 they beat chickencrossroad + helmsknight (16-0) and littleplotkin + GulamaliRises (16-5).  In the semifinals they beat chickencrossroad + helmsknight (21.5-15.5).

NM 12teen - Janak Awatramani from Vancouver, BC, Canada

• champion, 2020 Bughouse World Championships
• champion, 2020 Crazyhouse World Championships
• bughouse champion, 2016 Canadian Chess Challenge
• 3rd place, February 2022 960 Titled Arena
• National Master (Canada)

NM BlitzBullet - Jalen Wang from New York, NY, USA

• 2nd place, 2020 Bughouse World Championships
• 4x bughouse champion, High School Nationals
• Dartmouth graduate
• 10th place, 2018 Crazyhouse World Championships
• National Master (USA)

Results

Full results from brackets

• u2000 group stage (round robin)
• u2000 final stage (single elimination)
• open group stage (round robin)
• open final stage top 32 (single elimination)
• open final stage top 8 (double elimination)
• open final stage top 4 (single elimination)

Prizes

$5,000 guaranteed prize fund was provided by chess.com (money is per team, not per person).

section prizes

open

• 1: $1,500 - jefferyx + catask
• 2: $1,000 - 12teen + BlitzBullet
• 3: $500 - chickencrossroad + helmsknight
• 4: $250 - littleplotkin + GulamaliRises
• 5: $50 - EgoSmasher + EEKarf
• 6: $50 - clocKingswitcher + ReturnoftheLagger
• 7: $50 - nochewycandy + marvelanddcforlife
• 8: $50 - Abykhovsky + 1800_strength

u2000

• 1: $500 - PlasterhippyTwitch + gmbmw
• 2: $300 - CheckForChess + Darvacki
• 3: $150 - Shuvalov + Artem_Sadovsky
• 4: $100 - heijergden + slowwifi9
• 5: $50 - blunderman1 + nzworldwide
• 6: $50 - good-gamer2 + CannotGiveYouATempo
• 7: $50 - Loch-and-Quay + Ferrrarifan27
• 8: $50 - nunu1025 + frozenthrush

class prizes

• u2400: $50 (split $25 to 2 teams) - Liga_Stavok + DenishevM, Phuzer + Chebanenkoslav
• u2200: $50 - aaaaawar81 + ajaybalaraman
• u1800: $50 (split $16.66 to 3 teams) - bonekater + INDI7, szura73 + Fedor_Dvenyatin, 24ADI97 + NowYouSeeMe007
• u1600: $50 - Domanskiy_06 + 95412

special prizes

• best woman/woman team: $50 - annamaja + hashtagchess
• best u18 years old team: $50 - lukas2006 + Casper (note: Domanskiy_06 + 95412 finished higher; however, under the rules of the tournament a team may not be awarded 2 prizes)