Super Blitz

The Super Blitz is an invitation-only blitz chess tournament held as part of the London Chess Classic. The tournament will take place on Saturday 7th December at the Emirates Stadium between 4pm and 9pm and will feature not only the eight players from the London Chess Classic’s main event, but an additional 24 of the world’s best Blitz players.

There will be live grandmastercommentary on-site for this event.

Participants

There will be 32 participants in the Super Blitz tournament:

8 Grandmasters from the XTX Markets London Chess Classic

20 invitees, to include some of the UK’s strongest junior players and special guests

4 Qualifiers from the Super Blitz Qualifier tournaments held at the LCC Festival

Prize fund - £9,000

1st - £5,000

2nd - £2,500

3rd - £1,250

Format

Stage 1 (16:00 to 18:20): Four groups of 8 players in a round-robin format (7 rounds). The top 2 players in each group qualify for Stage 2

Stage 2 (18:40 to 21:00): One group of 8 players in a round-robin format (7 rounds)

Tie-Breaks (Stage 1) - 1: Direct Encounter

                                         2: Playoff (applied only if there is a tie for 2nd place)

Tie-Breaks (Stage 2) - 1: Direct Encounter

                                       - 2: Playoff (applied only if there is a tie for 1st place)

In the event of two or more players being tied for first at the end of stage 2, then 90% of the prize money won by the tied players will be shared, with 10% of the prize money awarded to the winner of the playoff.

The playoff format will be determined by the Chief Arbiter depending on how many players are tied.

Time Control

3 minutes + 2 seconds per move.