Tournament Arc
Tournament Arc is a chess tournament exclusively for Anime Youtubers. Eight "Anitubers" will compete for a share of the $5,000 prize pool with games being played on Chess.com.
Format
Eight players will form a single-elimination bracket. Each round will consist of two games with players playing each color once. A win is worth 1 point, a draw is worth ½ point, and a loss is worth 0 points. The time control is 10 minutes for the game and a five-second increment.
In the case of a tie after the two 10+ 5 games, a single 3+0 sudden-death tiebreak game will determine a winner. If that first tie-break game ends in a draw, more 3+0 games will follow until there is a winner.
Participants
CDawgVK - https://www.youtube.com/c/CDawgVA - https://www.twitch.tv/cdawg_va
Sydsnap - https://www.youtube.com/sydsnap - https://www.twitch.tv/sydsnap
Gigguk - https://www.youtube.com/gigguk - https://www.twitch.com/Gigguk
Mother's Basement - https://www.youtube.com/MothersBasement - https://twitch.tv/mothersbasementofficial/
Revel House - https://www.youtube.com/user/DEEsidia97 - https://www.twitch.tv/deesidia
Rustage - https://www.youtube.com/user/TheDumplingz - https://www.twitch.tv/rustage_
Super Eyepatch Wolf - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtGoikgbxP4F3rgI9PldI9g - https://www.twitch.tv/supereyepatchwolf
TheAnimeMan - https://www.youtube.com/theanimeman - https://www.twitch.tv/thean1meman
Schedule
August 6 at 5 p.m. Pacific / 02:00 Central Europe (August 7) - Quarterfinals Day 1
August 7 at 5 p.m. Pacific / 02:00 Central Europe (August 8) - Quarterfinals Day 2
August 8 at 5 p.m. Pacific / 02:00 Central Europe (August 9) - Semifinals
August 9 at 5 p.m. Pacific / 02:00 Central Europe (August 10) - Third Place and Final
Bracket
Prize Fund
1st Place $2,000
2nd Place $1,000
3rd place $800
4th Place $400
5th-8th place $200.
Live Coverage
Live commentary by JapaneseTutor, National Master James Canty, and Chess.com producer Aranhawaii as well as interviews with the players will be available to watch on Youtube.com/chess, Twitch.tv/chess or twitch.tv/chesscomevents, and Chess.com/TV.
