Resultater og annen informasjon fra Airthings Masters som er første turnering i Champions Chess Tour 2023
Champions Chess Tour Airthings Masters 2023
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6. – 10. februar 2023
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The Champions Chess Tour 2023 (CCT) is a massive chess circuit combining the best features of previous Champions Chess Tour editions with the Chess.com Global Championship. The tour comprises six events spanning the entire year and culminating in live in-person Finals.
With the very best players in the world and a $2,000,000 prize fund, the CCT is Chess.com’s most important event to date. The tour starts on February 3 at 8 a.m. PT/17:00 CET with the 2023 Airthings Masters.
Players
Format
The Champions Chess Tour comprises six events, followed by a Playoff and the Finals. The 2023 Airthings Masters is the first of the six events, with the winner guaranteeing a spot in the Playoffs.
The Airthings Masters has a Play-in stage, open to all grandmasters, and a Knockout stage featuring three divisions. Each division has separate prize funds, with players also winning Tour Points according to the division they played in and their placement. By the end of the tour’s sixth event, the players with the most Tour Points get a spot in the CCT Playoff.
Qualifiers:
- Open to all titled players besides grandmasters (who have automatic entry into the Play-Ins): NM, CM, FM, IM, WCM, WFM, WIM, WGM.
- Qualifiers consist of an 11-round Swiss.
- The time control is 10+2.
- The top three players from each event will be eligible to participate in the upcoming Play-In.
- Every Monday at 8 a.m. PT from February 13 to August 21, except on weeks with a Play-In or Knockout.
- See more here.
Play-In
- Open to all grandmasters.
- Play-in consists of a nine-round Swiss and a «Match Play» stage.
- The time control is 10+2.
- The top-ranked players from the Swiss advance to the Match Play stage.
- The top six players from the Swiss pick, one by one, their opponents for their Match Play among players placed between seventh and 12th.
- The remaining Match Play pairings are based on players’ Swiss final placement.
- Each match in Match Play consists of two games.
- A bidding armageddon game breaks Match Play ties: there’s a 10-minute base time for the armageddon game. The bid winner has the choice of color and starts the game with the amount of time they bid. Black has draw odds. If the bid is tied, players bid again. There is no increment.
- Following Match Play, players advance to the Knockout stage and enter one of three divisions based on their results.
Knockout
The Knockout stage features 56 players playing across three different divisions based on their Match Play results:
- Division I: eight players.
- Two invited players (Carlsen and So).
- The six winners of the matches between the top-12 players from the Play-in Swiss.
- Division II: 16 players.
- The six losers of the matches between the top-12 players from the Play-in Swiss.
- The ten winners of the matches between players placed 13th to 32nd in the Play-in Swiss.
- Division III: 32 players.
- The 10 losers of the matches between players placed 13th to 32nd in the Play-in Swiss.
- The 22 winners of the matches between players placed 33rd to 76th in the Play-in Swiss.
Each division has prize money and Tour Points on the line. You can learn more about it by reading the Prizes section below.
The Knockout stage has the following format:
- Each division features a double-elimination knockout bracket.
- The time control is 15+3.
- Divisions I and II feature four-game matches in the Winners Bracket and two-game matches in the Losers Bracket.
- Division III features two-game matches in both the Winners and Losers Brackets and a four-game match in the Grand Finals.
- If there’s a Grand Finals reset (player coming out of the Losers Bracket wins the first set), the second set features a two-game match.
- A bidding armageddon game with a 15-minute base time breaks ties.
CCT Playoffs
- The CCT Playoffs feature eight players.
- The winner of each Division I Knockout from each event earns a spot in the CCT Playoffs.
- The remaining spots go to players with the most CCT Tour Points (see below).
- Four players advance to the CCT Finals.
CCT Finals
- Four players compete in a single-elimination bracket.
For more details on the event’s format, check the event’s official rulebook.CCT Tour Points
Players earn CCT Tour Points based on their placement in each division of each of the six tour events, according to the table below:
| Placing | Division I | Division II | Division III |
| 1st | 150 | 50 | 20 |
| 2nd | 100 | 30 | 15 |
| 3rd | 75 | 20 | 10 |
| 4th | 50 | 15 | 8 |
| 5th (x2) | 30 | 10 | 6 |
| 7th (x2) | 20 | 8 | 5 |
| 9th (x4) | – | 6 | 4 |
| 13th (x4) | – | 5 | 3 |
| 17th (x8) | – | – | 2 |
| 25th (x8) | – | – | 1 |
Prizes
The Champions Chess Tour features a $2,000,000 prize fund, with $235,000 going to the 2023 Airthings Masters.
| Placing | Division I | Division II | Division III |
| 1st | $30,000 | $10,000 | $5,000 |
| 2nd | $20,000 | $7,500 | $3,600 |
| 3rd | $15,000 | $6,000 | $2,800 |
| 4th | $12,500 | $5,000 | $2,400 |
| 5th (x2) | $10,000 | $4,500 | $2,000 |
| 7th (x2) | $7,500 | $4,000 | $1,800 |
| 9th (x4) | – | $3,500 | $1,600 |
| 13th (x4) | – | $3,000 | $1,400 |
| 17th (x8) | – | – | $1,200 |
| 25th (x8) | – | – | $1,000 |
| Total | $112,500 | $71,500 | $51,000 |
CCT Playoffs and CCT Finals
The CCT Playoffs and CCT Finals have a $500,000 purse.
| Placing | Prize |
| 1st | $200,000 |
| 2nd | $100,000 |
| 3rd (x2) | $50,000 |
| 5th | $25,000 |
| 6th | $20,000 |
| 7th | $15,000 |
| 8th | $12,000 |
| Per Playoff match win | $1,000 |
CCT Leaderboard
After the end of the sixth event, players also earn their share of the $100,000 prize fund according to their CCT Tour Point standings.
| Placing | Prize |
| 1st | $25,000 |
| 2nd | $20,000 |
| 3rd | $16,000 |
| 4th | $12,000 |
| 5th | $9,000 |
| 6th | $7,000 |
| 7th | $5,000 |
| 8th | $3,000 |
| 9th | $2,000 |
| 10th | $1,000 |
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