Speed Chess Championship Grand Prix

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Updated: Oct 15, 2020, 11:16 AM | 22 | Other

The Speed Chess Championship Grand Prix (SCC GP) was a weekly blitz tournament for titled players, played on Tuesdays at 10 a.m. Pacific time / 19:00 Central Europe. It was a direct path to qualify for the 2020 Speed Chess Championship.

The SCC GP was presented by Gambit, where you can in classic games like Reversi, Backgammon, and Oh Ship by playing with players from around the world.

You can find quick links to important event information below:

Results and Standings
General format
Tournament details
How to Play
Cash Prizes
Leaderboard points
Identification Requirements and Fair Play

Results and standings

The June 2 SCC GP was won by GM Vladislav Artemiev.
The June 9 SCC GP was won by GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave.
The June 16 SCC GP was won by GM Vladimir Fedoseev.
The June 23 SCC GP was won by GM Dmitry Andreikin.
The June 30 SCC GP was won by GM Gigoriy Oparin.
The July 7 SCC GP was won by GM Hikaru Nakamura.
The July 14 SCC GP was won by GM Hikaru Nakamura.
The July 21 SCC GP was won by GM Haik Martirosyan.
The July 28 SCC GP was canceled due to server issues.
The August 4 SCC GPs were won by GMs David Anton and Parham Maghsoodloo.
The August 11 SCC GP was won by GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave.
The August 18 SCC GP was won by GM Vladislav Artemiev.
The August 25 SCC GP was won by GM Oleksandr Bortnyk.
The September 1 SCC GP was won by GM Hikaru Nakamura.
The September 8 SCC GP was won by GM Hikaru Nakamura.
The September 15 SCC GP was won by GM Baadur Jobava.
The September 22 SCC GP was won by GM Vladimir Fedoseev.
The September 29 SCC GP was won by GM Ian Nepomniachtchi.
The October 6 SCC GP was won by GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov.
The October 13 SCC GP was won by GM Hikaru Nakamura.

Speed Chess Championship Grand Prix | Final Standings (Top 20)

#	Fed	Title	Name	Username	Swiss Points	Bonus Points	Overall Points
1		GM	Hikaru Nakamura	@Hikaru	69.5	68	137.5
2		GM	Vladislav Artemiev	@Sibelephant	67	38	105
3		GM	Vladimir Fedoseev	@Bigfish1995	67	32	99
4		GM	Nodirbek Abdusattorov	@ChessWarrior7197	68.5	28	96.5
5		GM	Parham Maghsoodloo	@Parhamov	68	28	96
6		GM	Haik Martirosyan	@Micki-taryan	59.5	28	87.5
7		GM	Dmitry Andreikin	@FairChess_on_YouTube	66	18	84
8		GM	Maksim Chigaev	@Fandorine	65.5	14	79.5
9		GM	Alireza Firouzja	@Firouzja2003	65	14	79
10		GM	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave	@LyonBeast	49	28	77
11		IM	Tuan Minh Le	@wonderfultime	66.5	10	76.5
12		GM	Sergey Karjakin	@SergeyKarjakin	65	10	75
13		GM	Vladislav Kovalev	@vladislavkovalev	66	8	74
14		GM	Aleksandar Indjic	@Beca95	65.5	8	73.5
15		GM	Grigoriy Oparin	@OparinGrigoriy	50.5	20	70.5
16		GM	Raunak Sadhwani	@RaunakSadhwani2005	63.5	4	67.5
17		GM	Boris Grachev	@Guenplen	55.5	12	67.5
18		GM	Rasmus Svane	@rasmussvane	63	4	67
19		GM	Giga Kuparadze	@GigaQuparadze	64	2	66
20		GM	Peter Svidler	@PSvidler	50	14	64

General format

Formerly known as Titled Tuesdays, the SCC GP tournaments have a $50,000 prize fund spanning 20 weeks, from June till October, 2020. As an enhancement to the existing Titled Tuesday format, the 10-round Swiss tournament are now followed by an eight-player bracket to award bonus points and cash prizes.

With $2,500 in cash prizes available every week, players will look to improve their season score, as their eight best individual performances and all bonus points will count towards the Speed Chess Championship Grand Prix standings. At the end of the season, the players with the four best grand prix scores will advance to the Speed Chess Championship to be hosted later this year.

Points will accumulate throughout the 20 events.

Tournament details

Tuesdays at 10 a.m. Pacific Time / 19:00 CEST
3+1 time control
10-round Swiss tournament, top eight players advance to the post-tournament bracket
Tiebreaks: 1. Sonneborn-Berger, 2. Rating of player after the 10-round Swiss.
Live broadcast on Chess.com/tv

Chess.com reserves the right to shift an event's start time should it conflict with another event. Titled players will be informed via site message and social media of a time change.

Post-tournament bracket:

Tuesdays, 10 minutes after the conclusion of the 10-round Swiss
Eight-player knockout bracket
Quarterfinals: Single 3+1 game where higher seed plays White. 1+0 sudden death bullet tiebreaks, colors will alternate in sudden death with the higher seed playing White in the first 1+0 game.
Semifinals and final: Two 3+1 games, 1+0 sudden death bullet tiebreaks. Higher seed picks color in the first 3+1 game and plays White in the first 1+0 game. Colors will alternate in sudden death if extra games are needed.
Live broadcast on Twitch.tv/chess

An example of the KO bracket format can be found below:

Tournament information and details regarding the special qualification event will be released later this summer as the end of the Speed Chess Championship Grand Prix approaches.

This qualifier will see one top Grand Prix performer qualify directly into the Speed Chess Championship due to their clutch performance finishing first in one of the 20 Grand Prix events.

How to Play

If you're a titled player, participating is as easy as going here on Tuesday—within one hour before the start—and clicking on "tournaments" in the top-right corner and then "join." That's all!

You'll find this in Chess.com/Live one hour before the start each Tuesday.

Cash Prizes

All players must identify themselves in their Chess.com profile to win prizes. This must be done before the first round starts. See the further requirements below.

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Leaderboard Points

Points will be awarded to the top finishers each week. All players who finish in the top 20 during each Grand Prix (including players tied for 20th place) will earn points based on their score out of 10 rounds. With each win being worth one point, and each draw being worth half a point, this means a player cannot earn more than 10 points in any given SCC GP.

The top eight players that advance to the post-tournament bracket can earn additional points on top of what they earned in the Swiss segment. Players earn two points for reaching the quarterfinals, four points for reaching the semifinals, eight points for finishing second place, and 12 points for winning the event.

Throughout the season, a player's SCC GP score is comprised of a combination of select SCC GP performances and post-tournament bracket points. Each player's eight best SCC GP performances will be added together for their Swiss grand prix score. All additional points earned during the post-tournament bracket will be added to each player's grand prix score to determine their total amount of grand prix points.

Identification Requirements and Fair Play

Titled players who still need to verify their title on Chess.com are requested to fill out the form here.
Per our standard identification rules for all cash-prize events, we require all players in any Speed Chess Championship Grand Prix events to identify themselves with their full legal name on their Chess.com profile. This must be done before registering for the event.
Anonymous players cannot earn prizes in the Speed Chess Championship Grand Prix or enter the post-tournament bracket.
Players must have access to a webcam in order to participate in the post-tournament bracket. Players that are not on the official ZOOM call are not eligible to win prizes or earn grand prix points.
Participants should be prepared to join a ZOOM call for proctoring at the arbiter's discretion.
All players are to abide by all rules and site policies found at Chess.com/agreement and cooperate fully with Chess.com's fair play detection team.

If your account is further convicted of fair-play violations, your account will be closed and you will be subject to Chess.com's private proceedings. You can find here more information on Chess.com's Fair Play and Cheat Detection methods.

The SCC GP is presented by Gambit, where you can in classic games like Reversi, Backgammon, and Oh Ship by playing with players from around the world.