Chess.com Bughouse World Championship: Final Stage Begins
Chess.com Bughouse World Championship: Final Stage Begins
Happy New Year 2024! I hope you had a wonderful holiday season. As the group stage concludes, we're excited to announce that the top two teams from each group are moving on to the final stage of the Chess.com Bughouse World Championship.
Final Stage Format and Scheduling
- The rules remain the same as in the previous stages.
- Teams must fill in the scheduling form to arrange their matches. This allows us to potentially stream your match on Chuck Moulton's Twitch channel.
- After each game, please report the results using the result form.
Bracket Links
- Open Group: Bughouse World Championship Open Group Bracket
- Challengers Group: Bughouse World Championship Challengers Group Bracket
First Round Deadline: The first round must be completed by Sunday, January 28th.
Good luck to all participants!
FAQs and Clarifications
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Random Draw vs. Seeding: We opted for a random draw in the group stage as bughouse ratings can vary significantly, making it challenging to accurately assess players' strengths.
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Group Stage Duration: We allocated 1.5 months for the group stage, believing this to be sufficient. Unfortunately, if matches couldn't be scheduled in this timeframe, an additional week likely wouldn't have made a significant difference.
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JeffreyX and Rednova1729 (Catask): These top U.S. chess players and reigning bughouse champions were unable to schedule all their matches due to their busy chess commitments. As a result, they received losses for the matches they couldn't play. We understand that chess takes precedence for them and hope they'll return next year.
