With the World Chess Championship wrapped up in Singapore, the FIDE is now set to organise the World Speedy and Blitz Championship. The match will probably be held from December 26 (early December 27 in India) to December 31 (early January 1 in India) in New York. D Gukesh, contemporary from turning into the youngest-ever world chess champion, has determined to skip the Speedy and Blitz C’ship, and he will probably be again in motion subsequent 12 months.
D Gukesh in motion.(PTI)
Ding Liren, who misplaced to Gukesh in Singapore, will take part within the match, and followers can even get to see defending speedy and blitz champion Magnus Carlsen in motion.
For India within the Open part, we’ll see the likes of Arjun Erigaisi and R Praggananandhaa in motion. In the meantime, the Girls’s part could have the likes of Koneru Humpy and R Vaishali in motion.
Format
The Speedy Championship will make use of a Swiss system. Gamers aren’t eradicated on this format after losses, and are re-paired in every spherical to play in opposition to opponents with the same rating. Every participant will get 13 rounds within the open part, and 11 within the ladies’s part. The participant with the very best rating wins.
In the meantime, the Blitz Championship could have 13 for Open and 11 rounds for Girls. The highest-eight after stage 1 go to stage 2, could have a standard knockout format, resulting in a winner.
Full checklist of Indians in motion on the World Speedy and Blitz Championship 2024Open Part-
Arjun Erigaisi, R Praggananandhaa, Raunak Sadhwani, Sandipan Chanda, Aravaindh Chithambaram, Harsha Bharathakoti, Pranav V, Bharath Subramaniyam, Diptayan Ghosh, Karthik Venkataraman
Girls’s Part-
Koneru Humpy, Harika Dronavalli, Divya Deshmukh, R Vaishali, Vantika Agrawal, Sahithi Varshini, Padmini Rout, Priyanka Nutakki
Schedule (in IST)Schedule for Speedy Championship-December 27
Spherical 1 – 12:30 AM
Spherical 2 – 1:50 AM
Spherical 3 – 3:10 AM
Spherical 4 – 4:30 AM
Spherical 5 – 5:50 AM
December 28
Spherical 6, 7, 8, 9 in similar time slots as earlier day, aside from the ultimate slot.
December 29
Spherical 10, 11, 12, 13 in similar time slots.
Schedule for Blitz Championship-December 31
Spherical 1 – 12.30 AM
Spherical 2 – 1.00 AM
Spherical 3 – 1.30 AM
Spherical 4 – 2.00 AM
Spherical 5 – 2.30 AM
Spherical 6 – 3.00 AM
Spherical 7 – 3.30 AM
Spherical 8 – 4.00 AM
Spherical 9 – 4.30 AM
Spherical 10 – 5.00 AM
Spherical 11 – 5.30 AM
Spherical 12 – 6.00 AM
Spherical 13 – 6.30 AM
January 1
Quarterfinals – 12.30 AM
Semifinals – 2.00 AM
Closing – 3.30 AM
The place to observe FIDE World Speedy and Blitz Chess Championship 2024?
The match will probably be stay streamed by way of FIDE’s official Youtube channel.