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Freestyle G.O.A.T. Challenge – Live!

Quarter-finals – Game 1

A single round-robin with a rapid time control will be followed by a knockout with classical time control. The rapid event determines the pairings for the knockout.

Time controls

  • Round-robin: 25 min for the game + 10 seconds per move
  • Tiebreaks: direct encounter, number of wins, Sonneborn-Berger
  • Quarter-, semi- and finals: 2 games with a standard time control of 90 min/40 moves + 30 minutes for the rest of the game additional + 30 seconds per move

Schedule

  • February 9-10: single round-robin with a rapid time control
  • February 11-12: quarter-finals
  • February 13-14: semi-finals
  • February 15-16: finals

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Live games and commentary

To change the round or board, click on the numbers at the top right

Live commentary provided by Peter Leko and Tania Sachdev


Game analysis by Robert Ris


All games – Rapid

Players

Name Country B-Year Elo Rating
Magnus Carlsen Norway 1990 2830
Fabiano Caruana United States 1992 2804
Ding Liren China 1992 2762
Alireza Firouzja France 2003 2760
Nodirbek Abdusattarov Uzbekistan 2004 2744
Dommaraju Gukesh India 2006 2743
Vincent Keymer Germany 2004 2738
Levon Aronian United States 1982 2725

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