Today: FIDE Online World Corporate Chess Championship Finals
The FIDE Online World Corporate Chess Championship is ready for its final day. The quarterfinals, semifinals, and final are to be played on Sunday with GMs Ian Nepomniachtchi and GM Anton Korobov still in the competition to help their teams to clinch the first-ever corporate championship.
The games of the FIDE Online World Corporate Chess Championship can be found on our live events platform. Commentary on the finals will be available on Chess.com/tv starting from 7 a.m. Pacific / 16:00 CET.
Rounds four, five, and six were played on Saturday. The qualifying teams are SBER, Grenke Bank, Morgan Stanley Hungary, Sberbank Trade Union, ERG, Emphie Solutions, Anahuac, and PT Pelabuhan Tanjung Priok.
In two pools, the top seed failed to qualify for the knockout phase. In Pool East E, the French team BCG Gamma, with former women's world champion Mariya Muzychuk on top board, placed seventh. Instead, the Kazakh company ERG, headed by GM Anuar Ismagambetov, won the group.
Their individual clash took place in round four, and either player could have won the game, which eventually ended in a draw. Luckily for Muzychuk, this wasn't decisive for the team result as ERG won their games on the other three boards.
In Pool West A, top seed Microsoft Redmond, with GM Francesco Rambaldi on board one, placed second behind the Mexican team Anahuac, playing without a grandmaster but having five titled players available nonetheless. Anahuac lost just two games out of 24.
GM Magnus Carlsen's Kindred was the 12th seed in Pool East D and also tied for 12th place. The world champion finished with 3/3 and scored 5.5/6 in total (for his draw with Korobov see yesterday's report). Jasper Tambini (2040) scored a fine 5/6 on board two, but two lower-rated players on boards three and four could only achieve a combined score of 3/12.
Below are the final standings (top 6) for all groups. Full results and standings are available at Chess-Results.
Pool East A
| Rk. | SNo | Team | + | = | - | TB1 | TB2 |
| 1 | 1 | SBER | 6 | 0 | 0 | 22.5 | 12 |
| 2 | 3 | RIVC-Pulkovo | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17.0 | 10 |
| 3 | 2 | Probit | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16.5 | 10 |
| 4-5 | 5 | Tigar Tyres | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16.0 | 8 |
| 4-5 | 9 | Itransition | 4 | 0 | 2 | 16.0 | 8 |
| 6 | 7 | PGGM | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15.5 | 7 |
Pool East B
| Rk. | SNo | Team | + | = | - | TB1 | TB2 |
| 1 | 1 | Grenke Bank | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 12 |
| 2 | 9 | Samsung Electronics | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16.0 | 9 |
| 3-4 | 5 | VOZP | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16.0 | 8 |
| 3-4 | 6 | Khareba | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16.0 | 8 |
| 5 | 2 | Yandex | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15.5 | 8 |
| 6 | 3 | Erste Group | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15.5 | 7 |
Pool East C
| Rk. | SNo | Team | + | = | - | TB1 | TB2 |
| 1 | 1 | Morgan Stanley Hungary | 6 | 0 | 0 | 19.5 | 12 |
| 2 | 4 | Gazprom | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17.0 | 9 |
| 3 | 5 | LIC | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16.0 | 8 |
| 4-6 | 2 | Rosseti Volga | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15.5 | 9 |
| 4-6 | 3 | WASKO | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15.5 | 9 |
| 4-6 | 6 | Optiver | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15.5 | 9 |
Pool East D
| Rk. | SNo | Team | + | = | - | TB1 | TB2 |
| 1 | 1 | Sberbank Trade Union | 6 | 0 | 0 | 19.5 | 12 |
| 2-3 | 2 | Paypal Bulgaria | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17.0 | 9 |
| 2-3 | 5 | Slav Group | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17.0 | 9 |
| 4 | 3 | Dassault Systemes | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16.5 | 9 |
| 5 | 4 | EMCO | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15.5 | 8 |
| 6 | 6 | Home Credit International Moravia | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15.0 | 10 |
Pool East E
| Rk. | SNo | Team | + | = | - | TB1 | TB2 |
| 1 | 3 | ERG | 5 | 1 | 0 | 19.0 | 11 |
| 2 | 2 | CSOB | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17.5 | 10 |
| 3 | 8 | Kaspersky | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17.0 | 9 |
| 4 | 7 | Tata Consultancy Services Chennai | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16.0 | 9 |
| 5 | 6 | Credit Suisse | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16.0 | 8 |
| 6 | 5 | Gordic | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15.5 | 8 |
Pool East F
| Rk. | SNo | Team | + | = | - | TB1 | TB2 |
| 1 | 1 | Emphie Solutions | 5 | 1 | 0 | 19.0 | 11 |
| 2 | 5 | State Bank of Mongolia | 5 | 1 | 0 | 18.5 | 11 |
| 3 | 3 | RFSO Lokomotiv | 4 | 0 | 2 | 16.0 | 8 |
| 4 | 12 | Tata Consultancy Services Bangalore | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15.5 | 10 |
| 5 | 19 | MMK | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15.5 | 7 |
| 6 | 11 | Epam Ukraine | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15.0 | 9 |
Pool West A
| Rk. | SNo | Team | + | = | - | TB1 | TB2 |
| 1 | 2 | Anahuac | 5 | 1 | 0 | 21.0 | 11 |
| 2 | 1 | Microsoft Redmond | 4 | 1 | 1 | 18.0 | 9 |
| 3 | 3 | Goldman Sachs | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14.5 | 10 |
| 4 | 8 | Deloitte Chicago | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14.5 | 8 |
| 5 | 4 | Telus | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14.0 | 9 |
| 6 | 15 | Amazon US-East | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13.5 | 7 |
Pool West B
| Rk. | SNo | Team | + | = | - | TB1 | TB2 |
| 1 | 1 | PT Pelabuhan Tanjung Priok | 6 | 0 | 0 | 20.5 | 12 |
| 2 | 4 | Deloitte New York | 4 | 0 | 2 | 17.5 | 8 |
| 3 | 2 | American Express | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16.0 | 9 |
| 4 | 8 | Airbnb California | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15.0 | 8 |
| 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15.0 | 7 | |
| 6 | 3 | Sun Distribution | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14.5 | 8 |
The pairings for the quarterfinals are as follows. The games begin at 7 a.m. Pacific / 16:00 CET.
Donations
There was no entry fee of any kind for this competition. However, FIDE has organized a fundraiser in cooperation with the platform Softgiving, and participating companies are encouraged to donate to one of three social projects currently developed by FIDE: Chess in Education programs for underprivileged children, Chess for People with Disabilities, and FIDE Veterans Support Program. If you also want to contribute, you can through this link:
https://give.softgiving.com/FIDE
All donations received through this link count toward the leaderboard offered by Softgiving. The most generous donors will appear on top of the leaderboard (donation amounts won't be revealed).
At the end of the event, the team that has donated the most funds for those charity causes will be invited to the FIDE World Championship Match 2021, taking place at Dubai World Expo in late 2021, with accommodation expenses covered for three nights and VIP tickets to attend three rounds of the match.
Previous reports:
Peter Doggers joined a chess club a month before turning 15 and still plays for it. He used to be an active tournament player and holds two IM norms. Peter has a Master of Arts degree in Dutch Language & Literature. He briefly worked at New in Chess, then as a Dutch teacher and then in a project for improving safety and security in Amsterdam schools. Between 2007 and 2013 Peter was running ChessVibes, a major source for chess news and videos acquired by Chess.com in October 2013. As our Director News & Events, Peter writes many of our news reports. In the summer of 2022, The Guardian’s Leonard Barden described him as “widely regarded as the world’s best chess journalist.”
Peter's first book The Chess Revolution is out now!
Company Contact and News Accreditation:
Email: peter@chess.com FOR SUPPORT PLEASE USE chess.com/support!
Phone: 1 (800) 318-2827
Address: 877 E 1200 S #970397, Orem, UT 84097
