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2021 Bongcloud World Cup Start Date: Jan 2, 2021 Finish Date: Jun 4, 2021 Format: Sixty-four players will be divided into eight groups of eight players. Each player shall play against each other player in their group twice, once as white and once as black. The winner of each group shall advance to the Final round of eight players, which shall operate as a double-round robin as well. The final standings of the Finals are the final standings of the top eight finishers the tournament, with the tournament champion being the Finals winner. Prerequisite: Daily Rating > 1000 Advances to Superfinals: Top Three (Medalists) Final Standings: https://www.chess.com/tournament/2021-bongcloud-world-cup-1-1/pairings/2 2021 Bongloud960 World Championship Prerequisite: Top three in their respective group in the World Cup, excluding players who were removed from the tournament (unless exempted by the tournament director). Groups where all eight players completed their section The hosting internet platform will accept wildcard applications from players who do not qualify through the above means until the total number of players registered for the tournament is a perfect square. Advances to the SuperFinals: Tournament Champion 2021 Bongcloud Grand Prix A five-event series of open lichess.org arenas, with each being named after a legendary contributor to the Bongcloud Attack and a specific variation of the Bongcloud Attack that they each championed. Each arena will last one hour and have a time control of 3|0, with beserking allowed. Schedule of events to be released soon. Grand Prix points will be allocated to each player by summing the total number of arena points they received in all five events, and by adding an additional fifteen points for each first place finish, ten points for each second place finish, and five points for each additional third place finish. At the conclusion of the fifth event, the three players who shall have acquired the most Grand Prix points and shall not have qualified through one of the above means shall qualify for the superfinals stage. Lenny Bongcloud Grand Prix Hikaru Nakamura Bongcloud Grand Prix Magnus Carlsen Bongcloud Grand Prix Andrew Fabbro Bongcloud Grand Prix Advaith Vijayakumar Bongcloud Grand Prix Qualifies for Superfinals: Top three (I'm not done yet, I'll finish this tonight) Last Edited: Tuesday, June 15, 2021

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Precisely a week ago, the 2021 Bongcloud World Cup began with a full capacity of sixty-four players. The format of the event features eight eight-player double round robins, from which the winner of each section advances into the finals. Tournament regulations require each player to move their king forward once within the first seven moves without casting. After one week of play at a correspondence time control of two days per move, no substantial winner has emerged from any of the eight sections though clear leads have been defined. Group 1: The Coronavirus Leads on Tiebreak In group one, The Coronavirus [@CoronaVirus_OnTwitch] and Vish [@3Ke31-0] find themselves at 4.5 points, though the former is mathematically the higher performer with a major lead on tiebreak and one more unfinished game than the latter. In their first encounter, CoronaVirus_OnTwitch achieved what grandmasters would consider a "playable Bongcloud" even though all Bongclouds are playable. As compensation for the exposed king, White achieved a strong center with rapid development: Group 2: Two Cheaters Disqualified The second section of the event was sadly tainted with not one, but two players who decided to dishonor Lenny's opening by refusing to play it despite the insistence of the tournament director. As such the two violators have been disqualified from the tournament and the section has been shortened to ten rounds for group two; results against @MutaviBole and @vasilijj will not be considered for tournament standings. The first in line behind the two cheaters is @Superstargod at 5/6 with four games remaining. Behind him is @2Ke2_TH30RYz and Sepehr Golsefidy [@Sep-Gol] each at 4/4 with six games remaining. With fewer games remaining than the rest of the pack, Superstargod is under pressure to maintain their lead and to ensure this, they will need to defeat some of their contestants along the way. Superstargod's thirteen-move miniature demonstrates that the Bongcloud Defense and Botez Gambit are NOT a good mixture. Group 3: iofferyoutoresign Wins Lowkey Games Currently, in group three, @iofferyoutoresign leads with a perfect score of 6/6 but most of her wins were either premature resignations or opponents failing to move their king forwards within the first seven moves. In the following game, Black's King Lenny manifested bravery as all kings should but it apparently was too high on steroids. Group 4: Fate Lies on suryakantv Another section is tainted by the unlawful presence of two players who deny the teachings of the Bongcloud. @jasperseelemeijer and @Hector-2004 will be disqualified from the tournament but that can only happen if @suryakantv resigns his two games versus the two violators. I messaged him but his response implies that he is not aware of the definition of "resign" as it applies to chess... Behind the two red flags is @NobleElevator at 4/5 and five games remaining. His fourteen-move prearranged draw against @rebus2k was most certainly educational and entertaining. Group 5: KIDFIRE Disqualified Yet another section ruined by a cheater, this time though, it was not as severe as only one violator was involved (@KIDFIRE). @KIDFIRE has been disqualified and the section has been shortened to twelve rounds. The resulting leader is @royalknight101 at 7/7, followed by @UWillResignYesUWill at 6/6, and @2Kf21-0 with 5/5. Among the three, whoever wins out wins the section. In this game, royalknight101 beats my son @2Kd21-0 because the latter was not aware that castling is prohibited. Group 6: Too Early to Call In group six, only four out of fifty-six games have been played so it is too early to declare anything. However, of those four games, two players find their way at two points: Zachary Isaac Snow [@LightningChess21] (unsurprisingly) and @1b61-O. Because the former defeated the latter in one encounter, LightningChess21 has two tiebreak points versus the latter's zero. Group 7: Nail-Biting Race For First Place! On paper, @FamilyAshiap leads the section with 7.5/8, a half-point ahead of @maykallyon but can it even be called a lead, given that the latter has only played seven games? The two still have their two games against each other in progress and ultimately whoever prevails in those two will likely prevail in the group. Anything can happen. In the following game, FamilyAshiap rebuffs third-place finisher, @Salah-11's unsound attack, thus knocking out the latter from contention. Group 8: Roger436 in Good Form Group eight is also too early to call with the current leader having only two points, but Roger V. Shi [@Roger436] has demonstrated very solid play, currently at a score of 2/2, both of his games coming from Devesh [@son_of_the_bongcloud]. He currently has a decisive advantage in a game with his nearest competitor, Advaith Vijayakumar [@2Ke21-0], the renowned Bongcloudmaster. Can he keep us his consistency throughout the tournament? Only time will tell. Homepage Pairings Games