Watch the Final of this World Championship on June 15 21:00 UTC live on http://www.twitch.tv/chess and https://www.chess.com/tv
Streamer: IM Daniel Rensch (@DanielRensch)
Up to 3 games are going to be played.
These 2 players need 1 win only to become World Champions:
JonasRath
neoserbian
These 2 players need 2 wins:
Fifth_Something
JustinD7
The 1st ever World 4PC Solo Championship is finished.
The World Champion: JonasRath (Canada)
2nd place: NeoSerbian (Serbia)
3rd place: Fifth_something (Japan)
4th place: JustinD7 (UK)
Chess.com gifted Premium membership to the finalists:
5 years of Diamond membership to JonasRath
2 years of Diamond membership to NeoSerbian and Fifth_something
1 year of Diamond membership to JustinD7
Congratulations to the Champion and all the finalists! Many thanks to all players participated in this championship! Special thanks to e4bc4qh5qf7 for organizing the Championship.
Hi all,
The World Free-For-All 4 Player Chess Championship was a great event!!!
For any suggestions in the future, please go to the DISCUSSION page:
https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/announcing-the-upcoming-2019-inaugural-world-4pc-ffa-championship
For the Handbook/Guidelines, click the following document:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1I-Q6vCIF2VnzFFWkA40nnffQ3hyS_xuxnqNPrX04BYo/edit
Please read the edits in the FFA section that took place starting March 6, 2019 and also the edits that occurred shortly after Midnight CST on March 10th.
Match Schedule:
Round 1 (March 10-23)
Bracket #1: (PLAYED 18:00 GMT/13:00 CST Sunday March 24, 2019):
Bracket #2: (PLAYED 18:00 GMT/13:00 CST Sunday March 10)
Bracket #3: (PLAYED 18:00 GMT/13:00 CST Friday March 22 [game 1 & 2] and 18:00 GMT/13:00 CST Sunday March 24 [game 3])
Bracket #4: (PLAYED Tuesday, March 12th 21:00 GMT/14:00 PST)
Round 2 (March 24-March 31)
Bracket #5: (PLAYED: 18:00 GMT Sunday, March 31, 2019)
3rd place bracket 1-JustinD7
4th place bracket 3- JonasRath (2-0)
Bracket #6 (Bill13Cooper announced he will withdraw from the Championship; others will be advancing to Round 3 automatically under the following Forfeiture rule:
Round 2a (First One-Loss Bracket): No replacements. If a player forfeits, the other three automatically advance to play a One-Loss Bracket in Round 3. Each player advancing will be awarded one win to their Championship record, but the forfeiting player will be awarded three losses to their Championship record.)
Bracket #7: (CONFIRMED: Saturday, April 6, 2019 18:00 UTC)
Bracket #8: (Game 1 Played 19:00 GMT Sunday, March 31, 2019; hest1805 1-0 a1t19 0-1)
(Games 2-3: PLAYED 18:00 GMT Tuesday, April 2, 2019; a1t19 1-0 neoserbian 1-0 empty_k3 0-2)
(Games 4: PLAYED 17:00 GMT Thursday, April 4, 2019; neoserbian 1-0 empty_k3 0-1)
Winner Bracket 3-
a1t19 (1-1)
Round 3 (Sunday, April 7- TBD**)
Bracket #9 (CONFIRMED: May 19 at 17:00 GMT): your_master_is_here has been disqualified from the match and tournament due to notified prearranged teaming/match-fixing attempts.
Bracket #10 (CONFIRMED: Saturday, May 11 14:00 UTC):
Bracket #11: (Games 1 and 2 PLAYED Sunday, May 5 17:00 GMT; Empty_k3 lost games 1-2 due to a no-show. Game 3 PLAYED Tuesday, May 7 16:00 GMT)
*Switched with opponents of similar Round 2 results to accommodate for match availability.
Championship Final: (Games 1-3 June 1, 21:00 UTC; Games 4-6 June 8 21:00 UTC; and Games 7-9 June 15 21:00 UTC) First to 3***
Eliminated:
16th: Bill13Cooper (0-4) (Round 2)
15th: raffa25 (0-3) (Round 2)
14th: George56789 (1-2) (Round 2)
13th: your_master_is_here (1-5)
12th: nutsyci (1-2)
11th: KarthikElangoGM (1-1.5)
10th: empty_k3 (2-6)
9th: jbolea (2-3.5)
8th: romison (2-0)
7th: me43 (3-0)
6th: hest1805 (4-1) (tiebreak: Opponents ranked 6, 9, and 16 in recent bracket)
5th: a1t19 (4-1) (tiebreak: Opponents ranked 2, 10, and 11 in recent bracket)
FINALISTS:
4th: Justin Davis, JustinD7 (3-2) (Final: 1-1)
3rd: Fifth_Something (4-2) (Final: 1-0)
2nd: Biljan Popadic, Neoserbian (6-3) (Final: 2-3)
1st: Evgeny Miller, JonasRath (7-5) (Final: 3-3)
Championship Final was streamed on twitch.tv/chess and chess.com/TV ; other brackets may be streamed but there is no guarantee.
STREAMERS:
June 1 - The Teamsters @TeamsterZizo @NedPencil
June 8 - Wouter Bik (@Bikfoot)
June 15 - Daniel Rensch (@DanielRensch)
Tournament Director: Luke (e4bc4qh5qf7)
Assistant Tournament Director: BabYagun
Tournament Admins/Referees:
e4bc4qh5qf7
BabYagun
7R0N1C
chipster2015
GDII
GustavKlimtPaints
Martin0
spacebar
VAOhlman