Seasons 2018 and older follow: https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/guidelines-for-the-matches

General

Cities World Cup (CWC) is competitions between city related teams played in a knockout format. It is played on a yearly basis.

In all other rules than described below it follows official rules for WCL including flag rule, penalties for closed accounts etc. (https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/2018-wcl-rules), CWC2020 (https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/wcl-2020-rules)

Schedule and minimum players

PARTICIPATION ROUND

- min 5 players

- April-September of previous year

- round-robin groups, number of groups and number of promoted teams be set up based on the number of participants

- 10 teams get promoted into 1/16 round

- scoring and standings - as per the section 9 WCL rules

- seeding: top 2 teams based on the current team power

PRELIMINARY ROUND (1/16)

- min 10 players

- October-January

- 1/8 round participants from previous season are automatically promoted to this round

- 6 registered teams with the highest power as of registration end are automatically promoted to this round

- seeding: bucket 1 (1/4 round participants from the previous season), buckets 2-4 based on the current team power, teams from bucket 1 plays randomly bucket 4 and bucket 2 plays bucket 3

1/8 ROUND

- min 10 players

- February-June

- the bracket is created at this stage / 8 matches

- seeding: bucket 1 (4 buckets based on the current team power, teams from bucket 1 plays randomly bucket 4 and bucket 2 plays bucket 3

1/4 ROUND

- min 15 players

- June-October

- A - Winner 1 vs Winner 2, B - Winner 3 vs Winner 4, C - Winner 5 vs Winner 6, D - Winner 7 vs Winner 8

SEMIFINALS

- min 20 players

- October-February

- Winner A vs Winner B, Winner C vs Winner E

FINALS and RUNNERS-UP

- min 20 players

- February-June

Match template

Match name: CWC2019 R1: Team 1 vs Team 2

(Example: CWC2019 R1: New York vs Delhi)

Match settings

Starting Position: Standard

Days per move: 3

Rating range: Open

Players: x+ (based on round)

Concurrent games per opponent: 2

Auto Start: No

Rated: Yes

Round results are calculated on the cutoff date including result corrections for closed accounts. Further changes are not reflected in the tournament in any way.

In case of a draw during play-off stage a team wins when:

1) has more individual victories in first 12 tables (24 victories max.) or

2) has more individual victories with black pieces in first 12 table (12 max.) or

3) has more individual victories with black pieces

4) team with higher power

5) random

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