Chess.com Bughouse World Championships 2023
This year’s tournament will consist of Arena Qualifiers, followed by a Group Stage, ending with a Single Elimination Bracket to determine the world champions.
The event runs from November 28 2023 through February 2024 and will have a $5,000 prize fund sponsored by Chess.com
Teams will compete in Arena Qualifiers for a chance to compete in the Group Stage. The best two teams from each group will then advance to a single elimination bracket to determine the 2023 Chess.com Bughouse World Champions.
Open Section
- Six Arena Qualifiers
- Top 4 teams in each qualifier advance to 16 team Group Stage (4 Groups)
- Top 2 teams from each group advance to 8 team Single Elimination Playoffs
- Games will be in the 2+0 time control
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To join the open section you must join the Bughouse World Championship Open 2023 club on chess.com and play the qualifier arena tournaments that the club organize https://www.chess.com/club/bughouse-world-championship-open-2023
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To join the club your rating must be over 2000, if not you should join the challengers instead.
Challengers Section (Under 2000)
- Eight Arena Qualifiers
- Top 4 teams in each qualifier advance to 32 team Group Stage (8 Groups)
- Top 2 teams from each group advance to 16 team Single Elimination Playoffs
- Games will be in the 3+0 time control
- To join the challengers section you must join the Bughouse World Championship Challengers 2023 club on chess.com and play the qualifier arena tournaments that the club organize https://www.chess.com/club/bughouse-world-championship-challengers-2023
To join the club your rating must be under 2000.
Qualifiers
There is no need to preregister this year. You join the club and play the qualification arenas.
If you qualify by getting top 4 in an arena you will be added to the official bracket.
- Open section: There will be four 90-minute bughouse arena qualifiers held during the dates below. The top 4 finishers in each qualifier advance to the group stage.
- Challengers section: There will be eight 90-minute bughouse arena qualifiers held during the dates below. The top 4 finishers in each qualifier advance to the group stage.
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Schedule
Date
Open Section
Challengers Section
11/28
Qualifier #1 8 PM CET
Qualifiers #1 - #2 6 + 11 PM CET
11/29
Qualifier #2 8 PM CET
Qualifiers #3 - #4 6 + 11 PM CET
12/2
Qualifier #3 5 AM CET
Qualifiers #5 - #6 3 + 9 AM CET
12/2
Extra Qualifier #1 10 PM CET
12/3
Extra Qualifier #2 10 PM CET
12/6
Qualifier #4 8 PM CET
Qualifiers #7 - #8 6 + 11 PM CET
12/8 - 1/14
Group Stage
Group Stage
1/15 - 1/28
Top 8
Top 16 + Top 8
1/29 - 2/4
Final Four
Final Four
2/5 - 2/11
Championship Match
Championship Match
More info and links
Chuck Moulton will be streaming some of the event on his twitch channel
