Speed Chess Championship 2018
The Speed Chess Championship 2018 (SCC) is a blitz chess tournament that took place in autumn 2018 and was hosted by Chess.com , a company that operates a large chess server . The 2018 tournament was the third edition of the competition to determine the "world speed chess champion".
qualification
14 of the 16 participants were selected and invited by chess.com. The remaining two places were awarded to the winners of an invitation tournament and an open qualifying tournament. A seeding list based on the participants' blitz chess scores was then published on chess.com.
| Set number | player | Chess.com value number | FIDE flash value number | Last participation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1
|
Hikaru Nakamura |
3018
|
2889
|
2017
|
|
2
|
Wesley So |
3000
|
2775
|
2017
|
|
3
|
Sergei Karjakin |
2969
|
2759
|
2017
|
|
4th
|
Anish Giri |
2961
|
2751
|
2017
|
|
5
|
Fabiano Caruana |
2951
|
2767
|
2017
|
|
6th
|
Jan Nepomnyashchi |
2945
|
2846
|
2017
|
|
7th
|
Sawen Andriasjan |
2874
|
2766
|
-
|
|
8th
|
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave |
2869
|
2937
|
2017
|
|
9
|
Leinier Domínguez |
2863
|
2717
|
-
|
|
10
|
Santosh Gujrathi Vidit |
2862
|
2712
|
-
|
|
11
|
Alexander Grishchuk |
2857
|
2825
|
2017
|
|
12
|
Levon Aronjan |
2840
|
2858
|
2017
|
|
13
|
Şəhriyar Məmmədyarov |
2797
|
2754
|
-
|
|
14th
|
Jan-Krzysztof Duda |
2780
|
2694
|
-
|
|
15th
|
Wei Yi |
2518
|
2672
|
-
|
|
16
|
Hou Yifan |
2453
|
2627
|
2017
|
Invitation tournament
The following four players have been invited to the closed qualification tournament by chess.com.
| player | chess.com value number |
|---|---|
| Eric Hansen |
2886
|
| Georg Meier |
2886
|
| Leinier Domínguez |
2858
|
| Jon Ludvig Hammer |
2644
|
| Semifinals | final | |||||||
| Eric Hansen | 10 | |||||||
| Jon Ludvig Hammer | 11 * | |||||||
| Jon Ludvig Hammer | 9 | |||||||
| Leinier Domínguez | 11 | |||||||
| Georg Meier | 9 | |||||||
| Leinier Domínguez | 11 | |||||||
Open qualifying tournament
| Place | Player | Score |
|---|---|---|
1 |
Anish Giri |
8.5
|
2 |
Sawen Andriasjan |
7.5
|
3 |
Tigran L. Petrosian |
7.5
|
4th |
Haik Martirosjan |
7.5
|
5 |
Alexander Moskalenko |
7.5
|
Since Anish Giri was already seeded for the tournament, Sawen Andriasjan , who placed second, qualified .
Game mode
Each match consisted of
- 90 minutes blitz chess with 5 minutes to think about and one second increment (time credit) per move (5 | 1)
- 60 minutes of blitz chess with 3 minutes to think about and one second of increments per move (3 | 1)
- 30 minutes of bullet chess with one minute to think about and one second of increments per move (1 | 1).
The player with the most points after the last 1 | 1 game qualified for the next round. If there was a tie after the last 1 | 1 game, four more 1 | 1 games were played as a mini-match. If this mini -match ended in a draw, too, an Armageddon game with five minutes for White and three minutes for Black, with no time credits, was decided. White had to win, and in a draw, Black continued.
Prize money
| Round of 16 | Quarter finals | Semifinals | final |
|---|---|---|---|
|
$ 2000 prize pool
|
$ 3000 prize pool
|
$ 6,000 prize pool
|
$ 10,000 prize pool
|
Tournament tree
|
Round of 16 July 24th - September 7th |
Quarter-finals September 18 - October 11 |
Semi-finals November 30th - December 1st |
Final December 2nd |
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| 1 | Hikaru Nakamura | 27.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Hou Yifan | 2.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Hikaru Nakamura | 21.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| 8th | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 13.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| 8th | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 19th | ||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Leinier Domínguez | 12 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Hikaru Nakamura | 17th | ||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Levon Aronjan | 12 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4th | Anish Giri | 17th | ||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Şəhriyar Məmmədyarov | 15th | ||||||||||||||||
| 4th | Anish Giri | 11 | ||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Levon Aronjan | 18th | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Fabiano Caruana | 6.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Levon Aronjan | 20.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Hikaru Nakamura | 15.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Wesley So | 12.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Wesley So | 18.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| 15th | Wei Yi | 9.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Wesley So | 16.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Santosh Gujrathi Vidit | 10.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7th | Sawen Andriasjan | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Santosh Gujrathi Vidit | 16 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Wesley So | 20th | ||||||||||||||||
| 14th | Jan-Krzysztof Duda | 7th | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Sergei Karjakin | 11 | ||||||||||||||||
| 14th | Jan-Krzysztof Duda | 13 | ||||||||||||||||
| 14th | Jan-Krzysztof Duda | 14th | ||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Alexander Grishchuk | 13 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6th | Jan Nepomnyashchi | 11.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Alexander Grishchuk | 17.5 | ||||||||||||||||
Individual evidence
- ↑ Chess com Webmaster (News): 2018 Speed Chess Championship Official Schedule, Players, Prizes, Information .
- ↑ http://theweekinchess.com/chessnews/events/chess.com-speed-chess-championship-2018
- ↑ Chess.com Speed Chess Championship 2018 Round Of 16 Betting Odds | SportsBettingExperts.com (en-US) . In: SportsBettingExperts.com , July 24, 2018.
- ↑ Chess com Webmaster (News): 2018 Speed Chess Championship Official Schedule, Players, Prizes, Information ( en-US )
- ↑ Chess.com Webmaster (News): Mamedyarov Joins Strong Returning Speed Chess Championship Field (en-US) . In: Chess.com .
- ↑ Live Chess Ratings 2700chess.com .
- ↑ Mike Klein (MikeKlein): Who Will Qualify For The Speed Chess Championship? (en-US) . In: Chess.com .
- ↑ Peter Dogger (PeterDoggers): Giri Wins Speed Chess Open; Andriasyan Qualifies .