Chess.com Duck Chess Championship 2024: Official Discussion Thread

2024 Chess.com Community Championships series is back with its fifth event of the year: The Duck Chess Championship will be happening September 19-20, so get ready for these pesky, invasive yellow rubber figures bringing madness all over the chessboard and ruining plans!

Duck Chess is one of Chess.com's most popular variants. Invented by Dr. Tim Paulden in 2016 and debuted on Chess.com in 2023, the variant quickly went viral with content creators playing through all its new tactical possibilities and super-sharp nature.

With the first qualifier arena starting at 9 a.m. ET/15:00 CEST, September 19 will have a total of eight qualifiers through the day, with the winner of each tournament moving forward to the Finals on September 20, consisting of an eight-player double-elimination knockout to declare this year's Duck Chess Champion. 🦆

Players of all levels are welcome to participate. This is your chance to play against masters like GMs Andrew Tang, Vladimir Fedoseev, Awonder Liang, Jeffery Xiong, and others who have all won previous Chess.com Community Championships.

Watch the live finals broadcast in our Twitch and YouTube community channels.
Find all relevant info in the Duck Chess Announcement and on our Events Page.
Below a quick summary:

• Variant: Duck Chess
• Prize Fund: $2,000
• Qualifiers Format: 75 min arena, 3+2 blitz, rated. Winner advances to Knockout Finals.
• Qualifiers Date: September 19, eight total arenas. Full Schedule 
• Finals Format: 8 Players double-elimination knockout, best of 4 games, 3+2 blitz, rated.
• Finals Tiebreaks: 1+2 games until a decisive result determines the winner.
• Finals Date & Time: September 20 at 12 p.m. ET/18:00 CEST with live broadcast.

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How to join?

Reiiiii what time does it start ?

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See comment below.

Go to Full Schedule and you'll see a Join button at the right side of each event, click it and you'll be taken directly to the qualifier arena event on the variants server.

All qualifier arenas will be today!

The first qualifier arena starts 3 hours from now, at 9 a.m. ET/15:00 CEST.

Good luck have fun everyone

the prize money is that paid to Aussies and is that in American dollars

Yes and yes.