2017 Speed Chess Championship Schedule, Results, Information

The 2017 Chess.com Speed Chess Championship features 16 of the world's best chess players in an innovative eSports bracket tournament.

Congratulations to Magnus Carlsen, the winner of the 2017 Speed Chess Championship.

You can find important information on the event below.

• Broadcast and streaming
• Schedule, results, and prizes
• Bracket
• Event prizes
• Format
• Rules
• Further information
• Promotional video trailer

Broadcast and streaming:

All 2017 Speed Chess Championship matches will be broadcast live with full chess-master commentary on Chess.com/TV and Twitch.tv/Chess. 

2017 Speed Chess Championship Schedule, Results and Prizes:

Round one:

• May 3: Hikaru Nakamura vs. Sergey Grigoriants at 10 a.m. Pacific, 1 p.m. Eastern, 7 p.m. Central Europe

Result: Nakamura 20.5, Grigoriants 7.5.

Prizes: Nakamura $1,732.14, Grigoriants $267.86

Watch: full match video replay

Read: news recap by FM Mike Klein

• May 24: Sergey Karjakin vs. Georg Meier at 10 a.m. Pacific, 1 p.m. Eastern, 7 p.m. Central Europe

Result: Karjakin 19.0, Meier 7.0.

Prizes: Karjakin $1,730.77, Meier $269.23

Watch: full match video replay

Read: news recap by NM Sam Copeland

• May 25: Wesley So vs. Anish Giri at 10 a.m. Pacific, 1 p.m. Eastern, 7 p.m. Central Europe

Result: So 15.5, Giri 14.5

Prizes: So $1,516.67, Giri $483.33

Watch: full match video replay

Read: news recap by Peter Doggers

• Aug. 3: Alexander Grischuk vs Richard Rapport at 10 a.m. Pacific, 1 p.m. Eastern, 7 p.m. Central Europe

Result: Grischuk 17.5, Rapport 9.5

Prizes: Grischuk $1,648.15, Rapport $351.85

Watch: full match video replay

Read: news recap by Mike Klein

• Aug. 23: Ian Nepomniachtchi vs Levon Aronian at 10 a.m. Pacific, 1 p.m. Eastern, 7 p.m. Central Europe

Result: Nepomniachtchi 15, Aronian 13

Prizes: Nepomniachtchi $1,535.71, Aronian $464.29

Watch: full match video replay

Read: news recap by NM Sam Copeland

• Aug. 24: Fabiano Caruana vs Hou Yifan at 3 p.m. Pacific, 6 p.m. Eastern, midnight Central Europe, 6 a.m. Beijing

Result: Caruana 19, Hou 8

Prizes: Caruana $1,703.70, Hou $296.30

Watch: full match video replay

Read: news recap by FM Mike Klein

• Aug. 30: Maxime Vachier-Lagrave vs Jeffery Xiong at 9 a.m. Pacific, 12 p.m. Eastern. 6 p.m. Central Europe

Result: MVL 19, Xiong 12

Prizes: MVL $1,612.90, Xiong $387.10

Watch: full match video replay

Read: news recap by NM Sam Copeland

• Oct. 4: Magnus Carlsen vs. Gadir Guseinov at 10 a.m. Pacific, 1 p.m. Eastern, 7 p.m. Central Europe

Result: Carlsen 20.5, Guseinov 5.5

Prizes: Carlsen $1,788.46, Guseinov $211.54

Watch: full match video replay

Read: news recap

Round two:

• Oct. 23: Maxime-Vachier Lagrave vs Alexander Grischuk

Result: Grischuk 16, MVL 13

Prizes: Grischuk $2,327.59, MVL $672.41

Watch: full match video replay

Read: news recap 

• Oct. 24: Sergey Karjakin vs Ian Nepomniachtchi

Result: Karjakin 20, Nepomniachtchi 10

Prizes: Karjakin $2,500, Nepomniachtchi $500

Watch: full match video replay

Read: news recap

• Nov. 2: Hikaru Nakamura vs Fabiano Caruana

Result: Nakamura 17, Caruana 10

Prizes: Nakamura $2,444.44, Caruana $555.56

Watch: full match video replay

Read: news recap

• Nov. 18: Magnus Carlsen vs Wesley So

Result: Carlsen 27.5, So 9.5

Prizes: Carlsen $2,614.86, So $385.14

Watch: full match video replay

Read: news recap

Semifinals:

• Nov. 21 -- Carlsen vs Grischuk

Result: Carlsen 15.5, Grischuk 10.5

Prizes: Carlsen $4,788.46, Grischuk $1,211.54

Watch: full match video replay

Read: news recap

• Dec. 16 -- Karjakin vs Nakamura

Result: Nakamura 16.5, Karjakin 13.5

Prizes: Nakamura $4,650, Karjakin $1,350

Watch: full match video

Read: news recap

Championship:

• Jan. 3: Magnus Carlsen vs Hikaru Nakamura at 10 a.m. Pacific, 1 p.m. Eastern, 7 p.m. Central Europe

  

  Result: Carlsen 18, Nakamura 9

  Prizes: Carlsen $8,333.33, Nakamura $1,666.67

  Watch: full match video replay

  Read: news recap 

Bracket:

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Event prizes: $50,000 total. 

• Round 1 (16 players, 8 matches): $16,000. $1,000 to the winner of each match. $1,000 split between match winner and loser by total win percentage.
• Round 2 (8 players, 4 matches): $12,000. $1,500 to the winner of each match. $1,500 split between match winner and loser by total win percentage.
• Semifinals, Round 3 (4 players, 2 matches): $12,000. $3,000 to winner of each match. $3,000 split between match winner and loser by total win percentage.
• Finals, Round 4 (2 players, 1 match): $10,000. $5,000 to the winner, the title of Speed Chess Champion and a trophy with name engraved. $5,000 split between match winner and loser by total win percentage.

Format:

Each 2017 Speed Chess Championship match will feature 90 minutes of 5/2 blitz, 60 minutes of 3/2 blitz, and 30 minutes of 1/1 bullet chess.

One chess960 game will be played in each time control at the end of each time period.

In the event of a match tie, one additional classical game will be played at each time control. If still tied after the best-of-three tiebreaker, a single Armageddon game will be played, with the higher-seeded player to start the match choosing between White with 5 minutes and 0 second increment or Black with 3 minutes and 0 second increment, with Black receiving draw odds.

Rules:

For the official rules of the 2017 Speed Chess Championship, please visit this article.

Further information:

• News announcement by FM Mike Klein

Promotional video trailer:

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