Four-Player Chess/World Championships

World Championships for Four-Player Chess started in 2018. There have been four Teams Championships, four FFA Championships, one Speed Chess Championship, and one Antichess Championship.

Teams
The Four-Player Chess Teams World Championship was the first event created for the World Championship. The opposites are on a team together. This event usually is in the standard teams starting position.

FFA
FFA is the second event created for the World Championship. There is only one winner, and each player plays as an individual.

Antichess
Antichess is the third event created for the World Championship. There is only one winner, and each player plays as an individual. The objective is to lose pieces and players are forced to capture their opponent's pieces if they can. The game ends when all of a player’s pieces are captured or can’t move.

Championship Winners
First Team Championship: valger/Oleg_Barantsev

Second Team Championship: GM valger/icystun

Third Team Championship: icystun/abhinavmartha123

Fourth Team Championship: Eyeofthetiger1204/carlosgabriel1234

First FFA (Solo) Championship: Jonasrath

Second FFA (Solo) Championship: icystun

Third FFA (Solo) Championship: icystun

Fourth FFA (Solo) Championship: icystun

First Speed Chess Championship: EyeoftheTiger1204

First (Solo) Antichess Championship: a1t19

Inaugural Teams World Championship
Teams

1+15s delay

Standard (old)

TD: Luke

Qualifiers
sixteen players were invited (or chosen as alts) based upon a variety of factors such as win%. Players who accepted chose partners to play with.

howdidimissthat13, BL0T, malaybasak, and Theoric are among those who declined. Some brackets were open on a first come first serve at a certain time. Rankings at least partially based upon rating. first player is the team "stronger player" typically.


 * 1) 1 valger/Oleg_Barantsev


 * 1) 2 Nutsyci/Abhinavmartha123


 * 1) 3 Rezacz/Wraku89


 * 1) 4 Xarisole1994/BabYagun


 * 1) 5 ClashRoyale12345/Malaviya86


 * 1) 6 Michaela_ruth/e4bc4qh5qf7


 * 1) 7 OnlyGMbeatme/4pcChessGuru


 * 1) 8 a1t19/Omi-Kiss


 * 1) 9 Gremu/hamada_2000 (9) (sub: Persian_Elsa (4))


 * 1) 10 GustavKlimtPaints/vrdtmr


 * 1) 11 Kujtimi/legbdu92


 * 1) 12 Liquid-sun/tommerrall949


 * 1) 13 NedPencil/TeamsterZizo


 * 1) 14 vitoria-gasteiz/7R0N1C


 * 1) 15 Superatos/GDII


 * 1) 16 strong-lightsaber/karem2 (3 games) (subs:x-gannicus-x (2); fischer_tanvir (1))

Winner's Bracket Round One
December 1, 2018


 * 1) 7 (3)


 * 1) 10 (0)

Dec. 2,


 * 1) 11 (3)


 * 1) 6 (0)

Dec. 3,


 * 1) 4 (3)


 * 1) 13 (0)

Dec. 4,


 * 1) 3 (3)


 * 1) 14 (0)

Dec. 5


 * 1) 8 (3)


 * 1) 9 (0)

Dec. 6


 * 1) 2 (3)


 * 1) 15 (0)

Dec. 6


 * 1) 5 (3)


 * 1) 12 (0)

Dec. 7


 * 1) 1 (3)


 * 1) 16 (0)

---

1,2,3,4,5,7,8,11 to winners bracket

6,9,10,12,13,14,15,16 to losers bracket

---

Loser's Bracket Round Two
16th


 * 1) 15 (3)


 * 1) 10 (0)

19th


 * 1) 6 (3)


 * 1) 14 (1)

14th


 * 1) 9 (3)


 * 1) 16 (0)

# 12


 * 1) 13 WD

---


 * 1) 12 #9 #6 #15 advance

Winner's Bracket Round Two
8th


 * 1) 4 (3)


 * 1) 5 (2)

11th


 * 1) 3 (3)


 * 1) 11 (1)

16th


 * 1) 2 (3)


 * 1) 8 (1)

23rd


 * 1) 1 (3)


 * 1) 7 (0)

Loser's Bracket Round Three
29th


 * 1) 15 (3)


 * 1) 8 (2)

# 9


 * 1) 7 WD


 * 1) 6 3


 * 1) 5 2+WD

Jan 9th


 * 1) 12 3


 * 1) 11 2

---

Jan 16th


 * 1) 12 (3)


 * 1) 9 (1)

Jan 18th


 * 1) 15 (3)


 * 1) 6 (0)

Winner's Bracket Round Three
25th


 * 1) 3 (3)


 * 1) 2 (1)

27th


 * 1) 4 (0)


 * 1) 1 (3)

Loser's Bracket Round 4
Jan 19th


 * 1) 2 (3)


 * 1) 12 (1)

22nd


 * 1) 15 (3)


 * 1) 4 (2)

Winner's Bracket 4a
Jan 27th


 * 1) 3 (3)


 * 1) 1 (1)

Loser's 5a
28th


 * 1) 2 3


 * 1) 15 2

Semi-Final
Jan29/Feb5th


 * 1) 2 (2)


 * 1) 1 (3)

Final
Feb 17th/24th/25th and March 2nd


 * 1) 1 (7)


 * 1) 3 (5)

Final Standings
This is the first World Championship ever! It was won by Valger and Oleg_Barantsev with a record of 20-10!

16th-13th (Eliminated Round 2):

16. strong-lightsaber (partners: karem2 (3 games), x-gannicus-x (2 games), fischer_tanvir (1 game) Record: 0-6 (Team who knocked them out 7th)

15. NedPencil (partner: TeamsterZizo) Record: 0-6 (5th)

14. GustavKlimtPaints (partner: vrdtmr) Record: 0-6 (4th)

13. vitoria-gasteiz (partner: 7R0N1C) Record: 1-6

12th-9th (Eliminated Round 3a):

12. OnlyGMbeatme (partner: 4pcChessGuru) Record: 3-6

11. Kujtimi (partner: lebgdu92) Record: 6-6 (Eliminated by liquid-sun and tommerrall949, ranked 5th overall)

10. a1t19 (partner: Omi-Kiss) Record: 6-6 (Eliminated by Superatos and GDII, ranked 4th overall)

9. ClashRoyale12345 (partner: MALAVIYA86) Record: 7-6

8th-7th (Eliminated Round 3b):

8. michaela_ruth (partner: e4bc4qh5qf7) Record: 6-9

7. gremu (partner: hamada_2000 (9 games) Persian_Elsa (4 games)) Record: 7-6

6th-5th (Eliminated Round 4a):

6. Xarisole1994 (partner: BabYagun) Record: 8-8

5. liquid-sun (partner: tommerrall949) Record: 10-9

4th (Eliminated Round 4b):

4. Superatos (partner: GDII) Record: 14-10

3rd (Eliminated in the Semi-Final):

3. Nutsyci (partner: abhinavmartha123) Record: 15-10

RUNNER UP FINALISTS:

2. FM Wojciech Reza, rezacz (partner: GM Tomasz Warakomski, Wraku89) Record: 17-10

FIRST WORLD 4PC TEAMS CHAMPIONS:

1. GM Dmitry Kononenko, valger (partner: Oleg_Barantsev) Record: 20-10

2019 2nd Teams Championship
2+15D

Standard (Old) Starting Position

TD:Luke

800 to winners; 200 to runner's up

Ranking is based upon head-to-head record

Players qualified through the regional system, through performance rating; valger/Oleg_Barantsev qualified for winning the first year, and Clashroyal12345 and Malaviya86 qualified due to miscommunication of the rules in the last championship. Two players also qualified on a first come/first serve basis.

The remaing spots were filled by those who qualified through performance rankings

1 a1t19, 2133.0

2 superatos, 2023.0

3 Omi-Kiss, 2022.5

4 GDII, 2018.6

5 rupnaylak, 1984.4

6 Rafael-2528, 1965.5

7 Kujtimi, 1948.5

8 vrdtmr, 1933.5

9 hamada_2000, 1925.5

10 GustavKlimtPaints, 1923.2

Regional Qualifiers
The qualifier regional championships were split based on different timing. The winners advanced to the World Championship Tournament. There were six.

May 18-19th 2019 Regional Tournament: GM Wraku89 + FM Rezacz

2: DirtyWindows + Fischer_tanvir 3: JCrossover08 + SportySpice (did not play in tournament) 4: nutsyci + 7R0N1C(dnpit) 5: michaela_ruth + e4bc4qh5qf7 6: MalburySoapGoodSoap + Roadrunner18

Rankings
1. GM Valger + Icystun (0.850527)

2. GM Wraku89 + FM Rezacz (0.799646)

3. JCrossover08 + Roadrunner18 (0.607173)

4. a1t19 + GustavKlimtPaints (0.588899)

5. typicalmove (WD at some point)+ MALAVIYA86 (0.585659)

6. MalburySoapGoodSoap + CleanWindows (0.528708)

7. Gremu + Rafael-2528 (0.517408)

8. Superatos + GDII (0.496194)

9. michaela_ruth + e4bc4qh5qf7 (0.477632)

10. Omi-Kiss + rupnaylak (0.472902)

11. ClashRoyale12345 + tommerrall949 (0.449883)

12. liquid-sun + vrdtmr (0.444513)

13. Kujtimi + flxhfft (0.439554)

14. hamada_2000 + modyfischer (0.358942)

15. Gaand_master_No_1 + Serenity788

16. ANMemmedov/TheWolfOfWallStreet

Double Elimination Round One
September 7th


 * 1) 3 (3)


 * 1) 14 (1)

---

September 8th


 * 1) 6 (3)


 * 1) 11 (0)

---

9th


 * 1) 1 (3)


 * 1) 16 (0)

---

14th


 * 1) 2 (3)


 * 1) 15 (0)

---

11th


 * 1) 8 2


 * 1) 9 3

---

12th


 * 1) 7 3


 * 1) 10 0

---

22nd


 * 1) 5 3


 * 1) 12 0

---


 * 1) 4 (2)


 * 1) 13 (3)

Loser's Bracket 2a
End of September


 * 1) 16 (0) (wolf didn't show; sub: kurdishfighter


 * 1) 8 (3)

---


 * 1) 4 (3)


 * 1) 12 (0)

---


 * 1) 15 (0) WD


 * 1) 10 (3) (Omi-kiss WD)

---


 * 1) 14 (1)


 * 1) 11 (3)

Winner's Bracket 2a
End of September


 * 1) 1 3


 * 1) 9 1

---


 * 1) 13 2


 * 1) 5 3

---


 * 1) 2 3


 * 1) 7 2

---


 * 1) 3 1


 * 1) 6 3

Loser's Bracket 2b
End of October


 * 1) 3 (3)


 * 1) 8 (0)

---


 * 1) 7 (3)


 * 1) 4 (1)

---


 * 1) 13 (0)


 * 1) 10 (3) (omatamix replaced omi-kiss)

---


 * 1) 9 (1)


 * 1) 11 (3)

Round 3a Winner's
November


 * 1) 1 3


 * 1) 5 0

---


 * 1) 2 2


 * 1) 6 3

Round 3a Elimination

 * 1) 3 1


 * 1) 7 3

---


 * 1) 10 (2) (cha sub for omata)


 * 1) 11 (3)

Round 3b Elimination
December 20 around


 * 1) 5 1(eye sub for typical)


 * 1) 7 3

---


 * 1) 2 3


 * 1) 11 0

Round 4 Elimination
around Jan 4th


 * 1) 7 1


 * 1) 2 3

First Semi-Final (Winners)

 * 1) 1 3


 * 1) 6 1

Semi-Final (Elimination)

 * 1) 6 0


 * 1) 2 3

Finals
Febuary 15th around


 * 1) 1 7


 * 1) 2 3

Final Standings
Note: some players withdrew and were subbed

T13 liquid-sun + vrdtmr (0-2 match wins)

T13 ANMemmmedov + TheWolfOfWallStreet (0-2)

T13 Gaand_Master_no_1 + Serenity788 (0-2)

T13 hamad_2000 + modyfischer (0-2)

T9th Micheala_ruth + e4bc4qh5qf7 (1-2)

T9th a1t19 + GustavKlimtPaints (1-2)

T9th Kujtimi + flxhfft (1-2)

T9th superatos + GDII (1-2)

T7th Jcrossover08 + roadrunner18 (2-2)

T7th rupnaylak + Cha_ChaRealSmooth (2-2)

T5th Eyeofthetiger1204 + MALAVIYA86 (2-2)

T5th Clashroyal12345 + tommerrall949 (3-2)

4th gremu + Rafeal2528 (4-2)

3rd MalburySoapGoodSoap + CleanWindows (3-2)

2nd GM Wraku89 + FM rezacz (5-2)

1st GM valger + icystun (5-0)

2020 3rd Teams Championship
Standard (Old) Starting position

2+15second-delay

TD: Luke

Prizes: 800$ to winning team; 200$ to the runners up

32 qualifiers

seeding for top sixteen is from qualifier performance

Round One (single elimination)
August 29, 2020

Arena #2 Santiago González @santox975 + SuicideBoyzz Arda Ferreira @ardaferreira (sub) [3]


 * 1) 18 Mohammad Tanvir Hossain @fischer_tanvir + Surya Mohan @RogerFederer [2]

---

September 5, 2020


 * 1) 10 Ahmed Morsi @Bullet-on-fire + Ahmed Munifi @El-Verdugo-Hugo, [3]


 * 1) 26 Jacob Mills @Jacob7734 + Keith Madzamba @DoctorFunTimes [0]

---

August 30, 2020


 * 1) 8 IM Minh To @DragonB70 + Illés Dávid Márk @kiskiraly13, [3]


 * 1) 24Caius Mara @GustavKlimtPaints + Anar Memmedov @ANMemmedov [0]

---

September 6, 2020


 * 1) 16 NM Eddy Tian @BoxJellyFishChess + Ryan Eicher @CubsRock9 [3]


 * 1) 32 Nicholas English @omatamix + Trevor Sharp @GTSWPM150 [1]

---

August 29, 2020


 * 1) 3 Luis Ignacio @EyeoftheTiger1204 + Carlos Tadeo @carlosgabriel1234 [3]


 * 1) 19 Luke Romanko @e4bc4qh5qf7 + WIM Anna-Maja Kazarian @annamaja7 [1]

---


 * 1) 27 Giovanny Rodriguez @giovannybay97 + Tien Dat Do @4kaks [3]


 * 1) 11Theocharis Triantafyllidis @xarisole1994 (forfeit) + Ankit Sinha @DustyTwig (withdrew) [0]

---

August 30, 2020


 * 1) 6 Kamalanathan Ravichandran @khazekamal + Arseny Kuzmin @Arseny_Vasily (substitute) MegaChief (WD) [3]


 * 1) 22 Himanshu Malaviya @MALAVIYA86 + Moritz Hötte @gluddukat [1]

---

September 6, 2020


 * 1) 14 Aswin Devendran @MasterCheif0067 + Prabin Magar @DeathN0te01 [3]


 * 1) 30 Artur Sharapov @qilp (Withdrew) + ChronoCros (ineligible)

---

August 29, 2020


 * 1) 17 Tremil Anderson (substitute) superatos @JustARandomPatzer + Ariful Ahsan @Omi-Kiss [3]


 * 1) 1 Jeremy Cawthon @Karmas_Revenge + Giliam Datema @GDII [2]

---

September 5, 2020


 * 1) 9 Jerry Xiao @Jcrossover08 + Lily McMahon @LilyFlower47 [3]


 * 1) 25 Gabriel White @Lowish_Monkey + Aravind Ratakonda @aravind_nirvana [0]

---

August 30, 2020


 * 1) 7 Lars Johan Brodtkorb @icystun + Abhinav Martha @abhinavmartha123 [3]


 * 1) 23 IM Claudio Coppola @ccoppola (substitute) jotahernandezv + Valentín Fuentealba @valengoghaze [0]

---

September 6, 2020


 * 1) 31 Brock Henderson @Broandtim + Sean Lei @Sean3139 [3]


 * 1) 15 Taha Tahseen @Legend-007 + Luis Edo @luisedo12a.k.aCecilio65 [1]

---

Sunday, August 30, 2020


 * 1) 21 Tyler Anderson @roadrunner18 + Vahan Nalbandyan @Cha_ChaRealSmooth [3]


 * 1) 5 Meir Yudkowitz @TTVyukothekid + SM Sarvesh @Sarvesh21278 [0]

---

September 6, 2020


 * 1) 29 Tom Merrall @fourplayerchess + Roman Zelensky @MalburySoapPinkSoap [3]


 * 1) 13 Toni Vardi @vrdtmr + Chad Katter @chadkatter [0]

---

August 29, 2020


 * 1) 4 FM Wojciech Reza @rezacz + GM Tomasz Warakomski @Wraku89, Won 3-0


 * 1) 20 Jake Hotchkiss @Roachwalk + Dewan Md Al Yeasin @alyeasin93

---

September 5, 2020


 * 1) 12 GM Dmitry Kononenko @Valger + Oleg Barantsev @Oleg_Barantsev, [3]


 * 1) 28 Samuel Campos @Lingox (substitute )JKCheesechess + Jon Rasso @MayimChayim [0]

Second Round (Double Elimination)
September 12, 2020

Ahmed Morsi @Bullet-on-fire + Ahmed Munifi @El-Verdugo-Hugo, Won 3-0 Vs. Santiago González @santox975 + Arda Ferreira @ardaferreira

---

September 13, 2020

NM Eddy Tian @BoxJellyFishChess + Ryan Eicher @CubsRock9, Won 3-2 vs. IM Minh To @DragonB70 + Illés Dávid Márk @kiskiraly13

---

September 12, 2020

Luis Ignacio @EyeoftheTiger1204 + Carlos Tadeo @carlosgabriel1234, Won 3-1 Vs. Nivesh Singh @sarcasticboy7 + Tien Dat Do @4kaks

---

September 14, 2020

Kamalanathan Ravichandran @khazekamal + Arseny Kuzmin @Arseny_Vasily (substitute) Won 3-2 Vs. Aswin Devendran @MasterCheif0067 + Prabin Magar @DeathN0te01

---

September 12, 2020

Jerry Xiao @Jcrossover08 + Lily McMahon @LilyFlower47, Won 3-0 vs. Tremil Anderson (substitute) @JustARandomPatzer+ Ariful Ahsan @Omi-Kiss

---

September 13, 2020

Lars Johan Brodtkorb @icystun + Abhinav Martha @abhinavmartha123 Won 3-0 Vs. Brock Henderson @Broandtim + Sean Lei @Sean3139

---

September 13, 2020

Tyler Anderson @roadrunner18 + Vahan Nalbandyan @Cha_ChaRealSmooth, Won 3-1 Vs. Tom Merrall @fourplayerchess + Roman Zelensky @MalburySoapPinkSoap

---

September 12, 2020

GM Dmitry Kononenko @Valger + Oleg Barantsev @Oleg_Barantsev, Won 3-0 Vs. FM Wojciech Reza @rezacz + GM Tomasz Warakomski @Wraku89

Round 3a: One-Loss Brackets
September 26

Santiago González @santox975 + Arda Ferreira @ardaferreira, Won 3-2 vs. IM Minh To @DragonB70 + Illés Dávid Márk @kiskiraly13

---

September 21

Aswin Devendran @MasterCheif0067 + Prabin Magar @DeathN0te01, Won 3-0 vs. Nivesh Singh @sarcasticboy7 + Tien Dat Do @4kaks

---

September 27

Tremil Anderson @JustARandomPatzer+ Ariful Ahsan @Omi-Kiss (forfeit) Nazar Bek @kgchoro (replacement), Won 3-1 vs. Brock Henderson @Broandtim + Sean Lei @Sean3139

---

September 26

Tom Merrall @fourplayerchess + Roman Zelensky @MalburySoapPinkSoap, Won 3-0 vs. FM Wojciech Reza @rezacz + GM Tomasz Warakomski @Wraku89

Round 3a Winner’s Brackets:
September 20

Ahmed Morsi @Bullet-on-fire + Ahmed Munifi @El-Verdugo-Hugo, Won 3-2 vs. NM Eddy Tian @BoxJellyFishChess + Ryan Eicher @CubsRock9

---

September 26

Kamalanathan Ravichandran @khazekamal + Arseny Kuzmin @Arseny_Vasily, Won 3-1 vs. Luis Ignacio @EyeoftheTiger1204 + Carlos Tadeo @carlosgabriel1234

---

September 27

Lars Johan Brodtkorb @icystun + Abhinav Martha @abhinavmartha123, Won 3-1 vs. Jerry Xiao @Jcrossover08 + Lily McMahon @LilyFlower47

---

September 20

GM Dmitry Kononenko @Valger + Oleg Barantsev @Oleg_Barantsev, Won 3-1 vs. Tyler Anderson @roadrunner18 + Vahan Nalbandyan @Cha_ChaRealSmooth

Round 3b (One Loss)
Tom Merrall @fourplayerchess + Roman Zelensky @MalburySoapPinkSoap (Won 3-0) vs. NM Eddy Tian @BoxJellyFishChess (withdrew) + Ryan Eicher @CubsRock9 (withdrew)

---

October 4, 2020

Luis Ignacio @EyeoftheTiger1204 + Carlos Tadeo @carlosgabriel1234, Won 3-0 vs. Tremil Anderson @JustARandomPatzer+ Nazar Bek @kgchoro

---

Jerry Xiao @Jcrossover08 + Lily McMahon @LilyFlower47 (Won 3-0) vs. Aswin Devendran @MasterCheif0067 (withdrew) + Prabin Magar @DeathN0te01 (withdrew)

---

October 4, 2020

Tyler Anderson @roadrunner18 + Vahan Nalbandyan @Cha_ChaRealSmooth, Won 3-1 vs. Santiago González @santox975 + Arda Ferreira @ardaferreira

Round 4a (One Loss):
October 10, 2020

Luis Ignacio @EyeoftheTiger1204 + Carlos Tadeo @carlosgabriel1234, Won 3-1 vs. Tom Merrall @fourplayerchess + Mike De Leeuw (Sigma_1984) Roman Zelensky @MalburySoapPinkSoap (withdrew)

---

October 11, 2020

Tyler Anderson @roadrunner18 + Vahan Nalbandyan @Cha_ChaRealSmooth, Won 3-2 vs. Jerry Xiao @Jcrossover08 + Lily McMahon @LilyFlower47

Round 4a - Winners:
October 25, 2020

Ahmed Morsi @Bullet-on-fire + Ahmed Munifi @El-Verdugo-Hugo, Won 3-1 vs. Kamalanathan Ravichandran @khazekamal + Arseny Kuzmin @Arseny_Vasily

---

October 17, 2020

GM Dmitry Kononenko @Valger + Oleg Barantsev @Oleg_Barantsev, Won 3-2 vs. Lars Johan Brodtkorb @icystun + Abhinav Martha @abhinavmartha123

Round 4b (one loss):
November 1, 2020

Tyler Anderson @roadrunner18 + Vahan Nalbandyan @Cha_ChaRealSmooth, Won 3-2 vs. Kamalanathan Ravichandran @khazekamal + Arseny Kuzmin @Arseny_Vasily

---

November 7, 2020 - Lars Johan Brodtkorb @icystun + Abhinav Martha @abhinavmartha123, Won 3-0 vs. Luis Ignacio @EyeoftheTiger1204 + Carlos Tadeo @carlosgabriel1234

Round 5a - Winners Semi-Final:
November 7, 2020

GM Dmitry Kononenko @Valger + Oleg Barantsev @Oleg_Barantsev Won 3-1 vs. Michael Heredia @michael9908 (substitute) + Ahmed Munifi @El-Verdugo-Hugo

Round 5a (4th Place Elimination):
November 21, 2020

Lars Johan Brodtkorb @icystun + Abhinav Martha @abhinavmartha123 won 3-1 vs. Tyler Anderson @roadrunner18 + Vahan Nalbandyan @Cha_ChaRealSmooth

Semi-Final (3rd Place Elimination):
December 12, 2020:  Lars Johan Brodtkorb @icystun + Abhinav Martha @abhinavmartha123, Won 3-0 vs. Michael Heredia @michael9908 + Ahmed Munifi @El-Verdugo-Hugo

Finals:
17:00 UTC Saturday, January 16, 2020 [4] and 17:00 UTC Sunday, January 17, 2020: GM Dmitry Kononenko @Valger + Oleg Barantsev @Oleg_Barantsev lost vs. Lars Johan Brodtkorb @icystun + Abhinav Martha @abhinavmartha123 [7]

Final Standings
T16. #8 IM DragonB70/kiskiraly13

T15. #6 GM Wraku89/FM Rezacz

T14. #10 broandtim/Sean3139

T13. #13 4kaks/sarcasticboy7

-

T12. #9 NM BoxJellyfishChess/Cubsrock9

T11. #2 JustARandomPatzer/Omi-Kiss

T10. #12 DeathN0te01/Mastercheif007

T9. #1 ArdaFerreira/santox975

-

T8. #14 malburysoappinksoap/tommerrall949

T7. #15 Jcrossover08/LilyFlower47

-

T6. #4 carlosgabriel1234/Eyeofthetiger1204

T5. #5 Arseny_Vasily/Khazekamel

-

4. #3 cha_charealsmooth/roadrunner18

3. #16 Bullet-on-Fire/El-Verdugo-Hugo

2. #11 GM valger/Oleg_Barantsev

1.#7abhinavmartha123/icystun

2021 4th Teams Championship
Standard (Old) Position

2+15second delay

700 to the winning team; 300 to the runner's up.

Qualifiers/Round One
Through the qualifiers, sixteen teams qualified. In round one (mostly September 17th and 18th), qualifier one vs qualifier eight (2 and 9 ect.) played each other in a single elimination match

Striked-out players withdrew or didn't appear

LazyImp/MegaChief [3]

SuspiciousSquid/ScatteredWealth [2]

---

KhazeKamal/jaro_game [WD]

mati4333/piotrauto3

---

EyeoftheTiger1204/carlosgabriel1234 [3.5]

Wings_of_Tatev/XXX18MilesOutXXX [2.5]

---

Dynamikus/roadrunner18

ShintoTsukoyami/El_Verdugo_Hugo [WD]

---

JCrossover_14/Lilyflower47 [3]

Mastermind_93/DarkShadowArt [1]

---

sakthi09/lolcomments21 [3]

Sarvesh_2721/Scorching_Spirit [2]

---

ardaferreira [Cha_Charealsmooth]/chadkatter [0]

gamergirl_002/Sean3139 [3]

---

superatos/Manollis [1]

Omi-Kiss/ Nataliza [e4bc4qh5qf7] [3]

Round Two (First Double Elimination round)
They take the highest rated in each bracket, seed them by rating 1-4. The lower rated in a bracket corrospond.

September 25th at 0,12,16 and 20 UTC


 * 1) 1 Sean3139/gamergirl_002 [0] to R3A [2667]


 * 1) 8 Eye... [3] [2615]

---


 * 1) 4 e4... [3] [2522]


 * 1) 5 road... [2] to R3A [2489]

---


 * 1) 2 Jcross... [1] to R3A [2556]


 * 1) 7 Lazy... [3] [2552]

---


 * 1) 3 sakthi... [3] [2397]


 * 1) 6 mati... [2] to R3A [2552]

Round Three [A] One Loss
October 2nd, 16 UTC


 * 1) 1 Sean... [2] (final position 8/T7)


 * 1) 5 road... [3]

---

October 3rd, 16 UTC


 * 1) 2 Jcross... [0] (7/T7)


 * 1) 6 mati... [3]

Round Three Zero Loss
October 2nd, 12 UTC


 * 1) 8 Eye... [3]


 * 1) 4 e4... [0]

---

Oct. 3rd, 16UTC


 * 1) 7 Lazy... [3]


 * 1) 3 sak... [1]

Round 3 B One Loss
around Oct. 16th


 * 1) 3 sak... [0] (6/T5)


 * 1) 5 road... [3]

---

October 16th, 12:00 UTC


 * 1) 4 e4... [1] (5/T5)


 * 1) 6 mati... [3]

Round 4 One Loss
Oct. 23rd


 * 1) 6 mati... [1] (4)


 * 1) 5 road... [3]

Quarterfinals
Oct. 9th 12:00 UTC


 * 1) 7 Lazy... [3]


 * 1) 8 eye... [2]

Semifinal 1 [One loss]
Oct. 31st 16 UTC


 * 1) 8 eye... [3]


 * 1) 5 road... [0] (3)

Semifinal 2
Nov. 14th 14 UTC


 * 1) 7 Lazy... [1] (2)


 * 1) 8 Eye... [3]

Finals
January 15th/16th 2022 14:30 UTC


 * 1) 8 eyeofthetiger1204/carlosgabriel1234 [7]

Defending Champ icystun/abhinavmartha123 [4]

2019 First FFA (Solo) World Championship
Dates: March 10th-June 15th

1+15D Time Control

Standard (Old) Starting Position

Non-Rated

Double Elimination

Anonymous, with the winner taking all.

TD: Luke (e4bc4qh5qf7)

Prizes: First gets five years of chess.com diamond membership, second and third get two, and fourth gets one.

1st Evgeni Miller (JonasRath), Canada

2nd Biljan Popadic (NeoSerbian), Serbia

3rd Fifth_something, Japan

4th Justin Davis (JustinD7), United Kingdom

Seeding and Qualification: out of the top twenty FFA players as of February 19th, the sixteen with the most WTA wins were invited; for seeding, their head-to-head record was considered

Seeds
1st: JustinD7

2nd: Fifth_something

3rd: alt19

4th: raffa25

5th: hest1805

6th: Jonasrath

7th: KarthikElangoGM

8th: Neoserbian

9th: me43

10th: nutsyci

11th: jbolea

12th: george56789

13th: Bill13Cooper

14th: romison

15th: empty_k3

16th: your_master_is_here

Round One
All sixteen players were put into four groups. The winners advanced to the winner's group, while the losers advanced to three other one loss brackets. Your record is determined by how many wins (firsts) and losses (fourths) you have.

Time: 18:00 GMT, Sunday, March 24th

1st: Neoserbian [2-1] (Qualified for the winner's group)

2nd: me43 [1-0]

3rd: JustinD7 [0-1]

4th: your_master_is_here [0-1]

---

Bracket Two

Time: 18:00 GMT, Sunday, March 10th

1st: hest1805 [2-1] (Qualified for the winner's group)

2nd: george56789 [1-1]

3rd: raffa25 [0-0]

4th: Bill13Cooper [0-1]

---

Bracket Three

Time: 1800 GMT, Friday and Sunday, March 22 and March 24

1st: a1t19 [2-0] (Qualified for the winner's group)

2nd: romison [1-0]

3rd: jbolea [0-1]

4th: Jonasrath [0-2]

---

Bracket Four

Time: 21:00 GMT, Tuesday, March 12th

1st: empty_k3 [2-0] (Qualified for the winner's group)

2nd: KarthikElangoGM [1-0]

3rd: nutsyci [0-1]

4th: Fifth_something [0-2]

Round Two
Players have either advanced to the winner's bracket or the one-loss bracket. The winner of the winner's bracket advances to the finals, and the players who place fourth in the other three brackets are eliminated. The others advance to round three.

Bracket One

Time: 18:00 GMT, Sunday, March 31st

1st: JonasRath [2-0] [2-2]

T2nd: KarthikElangoGM [0-0] tiebreak: [1-0]

T3rd: JustinD7 [0-0] tiebreak: [0-1]

4th: raffa25 [0-2] [0-2] Eliminated

---

Bracket Two

Records were given automatically

T1st: me43 [1-0] [2-0]

T1st: romison [1-0] [2-0]

T3rd: Fifth_something [1-0] [1-2]

4th: Bill13Cooper Withdrew [0-3] [0-4] Eliminated

---

Bracket Three

Time: 18:00 UTC, Saturday, April 6th

1st: jbolea [2-1] [2-2]

2nd: your_master_is_here [1-0] [1-1]

3rd: nutsyci [0-1] [0-2]

4th: george56789 [0-1] [1-2] Eliminated (was worse in tiebreak game)

---

Winner's Bracket

Time: Played between March 31st to April 4th

1st: neoserbian [2-0] [4-1] Advanced to Finals

2nd: hest1805 [1-0] [3-1]

3rd: a1t19 [1-1] [3-1]

4th: empty_k3 [0-3] [2-3]

Round Three
There were three brackets. The winner advances to finals, and the others are eliminated.

Bracket One

May 19th, 17:00 GMT

1st: JonasRath [2-0] [4-2]

T2nd: me43 [1-0] [3-0]

T2nd: hest1805 [1-0] [4-1]

4th: your_master_is_here [0-4 DQ] [1-5] sub: carlosgabriel1234

---

Bracket Two

May 11th, 14:00 GMT

1st: Fifth_something [2-0] [3-2]

2nd: a1t19 [1-0] [4-1]

T4th: jbolea [0-1.5] [2-3.5]

T4th: KarthikElangoGM [0-1.5] [1-1.5]

Subs: carlosgabriel1234; YalinTala

---

Bracket Three

May 5th, and May 7th

1st: JustinD7 [2-0] [2-1]

2nd: nutsyci [1-0] [1-2]

3rd: romison [0-0] [2-0]

4th: empty_K3 [0-3] [2-6]

Sub: GDII

Championship
June 1st, June 8th, and June 15th

1st: JonasRath [3-3] [7-5]

2nd: Neoserbian [2-3] [6-4]*

3rd: Fifth_something [1-0] [4-2]

4th: JustinD7 [1-1] [3-2]

Elimination List
5th: a1t19 [4-1] Won Tiebreak

6th: hest1805 [4-1] Lost Tiebreak

7th: me43 [3-0]

8th: romison [2-0]

9th: jbolea [2-3.5]

10th: empty_k3 [2-6]

11th: KarthikElangoGM [1-1.5]

12th: nutsyci [1-2]

13th: your_master_is_here [1-5 DQ]

14th: George56789 [1-2]

15th: raffa25 [0-2]**

16th: Bill13Cooper [0-4]

* Disputed; officially [6-3], perhaps incorrect

** officially [0-3], perhaps incorrect

2020 Second FFA (Solo) Championship
This was the second FFA Championship

Anonymous

2+15D

Standard (Old) starting position

Prize: 1000USD for first

Qualifying
JonasRath qualified by winning last year's championship

YalinTala, GDII, and Carlosgabriel1234 qualified for subbing in last year's championship

There were six qualifying arenas

In Qualifier one, Division one, chirak qualified.

In Qualifier one, Division two, neoserbian qualified.

In Qualifier two, Division one, empty_k3 qualified.

In Qualifier two, Division two, hest1805 qualified.

In Qualifier three, Division one, Chessisfunforme qualified.

In Qualifier three, Division two, merceq1 qualified.

Cha_ChaRealSmooth, Arseny_Vasily, and Grathieben qualified by being first, second and third on the solo leaderboard respectively.

khazekamal(2011.12), icystun(2011.72), and HSCCCalebBrown(2079.54) qualified for the tournament with the highest performance rating (3,2,1 respectively)

YalinTala declined to play, and was replaced with lagpress (1927.27) (JustinD7 (4th/1996.68) and ebb2013(5th/1984.88) also declined.)

Seeding was based upon head to head records.

Brackets
This was a single bracket elimination tournament. The first player to 1.25 wins (basically 2 wins) advanced, and the others are eliminated.

Bracket One

April 19th, 20:00 UTC


 * 1) 1 merceq1 [2] Advanced


 * 1) 9 carlsogabriel1234 [1]


 * 1) 8 HSCCCalebBrown


 * 1) 16 chessisfunforme

---

Bracket Two

April 11th, 18:00 UTC

4kaks (sub) [2] Advanced


 * 1) 2 Jonasrath [1]


 * 1) 10 Grathieben


 * 1) 7 Neoserbian


 * 1) 15 chirak

---

Bracket Three

April 12th and 19th at 11:00 UTC


 * 1) 3 Arseny_Vasily [2]


 * 1) 6 Cha_Charealsmooth [1]


 * 1) 11 lagpress [1]


 * 1) 14 khazekamal

---

Bracket Four

April 15th at 16:00 UTC


 * 1) 4 Icystun [2]


 * 1) 5 hest1805


 * 1) 12 empty_k3


 * 1) 13 GDII

Championship
In tiebreak, who got to two victories first.

May 17th, 24th, and 31st at 14:00 UTC

1st. Lars Johan Brodtkorb [icystun] (Norway) [3]

2nd. Arseny Vasily Kuzmin [Arseny_Vasily] (Russia) [2]

3rd. Marie Mercedes "Mercy" Quino Ixtepan [merceq1] (Mexico) [2]

4th. Tien Dat Do [4kaks] (Vietnam) [2]

Final Rankings
by decreasing wins, then by their score in their last game

5. JonasRath [1/67]

6. carlosgabrieal1234 [1/55]

7. khazekamal [1/23]

8. ChaChaRealSmooth [1/20]

9. GDII [0/50] Tie:51

10. hest1805 [0/50] Tie:14

11. lagpress [0/49]

12. Grathieben [0/28]

13. empty_k3 [0/23]

14. HSCCCalebBrown [0/15]

15. chessisfunforme [0/12]

16. neoserbian [0/4]

2021 Third FFA (Solo) Championship
1+5 Increment

Anonymous

Standard (Old) Starting Position and promotion

Prize: 1000$

Qualification
Bracket 1: Champion/Leaderboard Bracket

Saturday, 06/12 at 16:00 UTC.

Lars Johan Brodtkorb (icystun) [Defending Champ] 2 wins

Matei-Maria Uta (a1t19) (sub) [Riba qualified] 1 win

Vahan Nalbandyan (Cha_ChaRealSmooth) [Leaderboard #1]

Delan Lara (Grathieben) [LB #2]

---

Bracket 2, Performance

Saturday, 06/12 at 20:00 UTC.

Michael T. Tieber (empty_k3) (third highest) 2 wins

Carlos Tadeo (Carlosgabriel1234) (performance highest) 1 win

Biljan Popadic (neoserbian) (2nd highest) 1 win

Luis Ignacio (EyeoftheTiger1204) (fourth)

---

Bracket 3, Winners of 16 UTC qualifiers

Sunday, 06/13 at 16:00 UTC.

José Bolea (jbolea) 2 wins

Aswin Devendran (sakthi09) 1 win

GM Max Illingworth (Illingworth)

Gonzalo Rojo (Rojitto)

---

Bracket 4, Winners of 20 UTC qualifiers

Sunday, 06/13 at 20:00 UTC.

Suneth Karunaratne (Suneth) 2 wins

NM Ethan Bashkansky (playablecharacter) 1 win

Mohammad Rahman (yasmin-er-vatar)

Sherzod Khodjimatov (matenitian)

Finals
Saturday June at 18:00 UTC

1st. Icystun [2.5] (Norway)

2nd. Jbolea [1.5] (Spain)

3rd. empty_k3 [Overall 2/28] (Austria)

4th. Suneth [Overall 2/26] (Sri Lanka)

Final Rankings
5. EyeoftheTiger1204 [1/62]

6. neoserbian [1/43]

7. playablecharacter [1/25]

8. sakthi09 [1/15]

9. a1t19 [1/0]

10. Cha_ChaRealSmooth [0/49]

11. GM Max Illingworth [0/46]

12. matenitian [0/45]

13. Carlosgabriel1234 [0/42]

14 rojitto [0/32]

15. Grathieben [0/31]

16 yasmin-er-vatar [0/16]

2022 Fourth FFA (Solo) Championship
Anonymous

3/7 increment

Prize: 1000$

Qualifiers
1st qualifier. neoserbian

2nd. a1t19 yasmin-er-vatar (DQ)

3rd. rojitto (was second) typicalmove (DQ)

4th. MoreMao

5th. jbolea

6th. icystun (due to 2021WC) lazyimp (Withdraw)

7th. empty_k3

8th. rojitto cha_charealsmooth

9th. Jcrossover14

10th. Radon

11th. Suneth

12th. Darksquareman

13th. vrdtmr

14th. carlosgabriel1234

15th. Grathieben

16th. Indipendenza

Brackets
Bracket 1

Saturday 18th, June 0:00 UTC

jbolea (Jose Bolea) [2]

JCrossover_14 FourPlayerChess (Luke Romanko)(sub)(1/28)

Darksquareman (Elias Matthews) (0/75)

neoserbian (Biljan Popadic) (0/7)

---

Bracket 2

Saturday 18th, June 12:00 UTC

icystun (Lars Johan Brodtkorb) (2)

Radon (Jai Sandhu) (1/12)

carlosgabriel1234 (Carlos Tadeo) (1/8)

a1t19 (Matei-Maria Uta) (0/48)

---

Bracket 3

Saturday 18th, June 16:00 UTC

rojitto (Gonzalo Rojo) (2)

empty_K3 (Micheal T. Tieber) (0/11)

Suneth (Suneth Karunaratne) (0/36)

Grathieben (Delan Lara) (0/35)

---

Bracket 4

Saturday 18th, June 20:00 UTC

MoreMao (Mauricio Alejandro Moreno) (0/71)

Cha_ChaRealSmooth (Vahan Nalbandyan) (1/17)

vrdtmr (Toni Vardi) (2)

Indipendenza (Leo Golovine) (1/9)

Final
18:00 UTC June 25 and 26

1st. Icystun (2.5) (Norway)

2nd. jbolea (2 first/59) (Spain)

3rd. vrdtmr (2 second/62) (U.S.A)

4th. rojitto (1.5/68) (Argentina)

Rankings
5th. Fourplayerchess (1/28)

6th. Cha_ChaRealSmooth (1/17)

7th. Radon (1/12)

8th. Indipendenza (1/9)

9th. carlosgabriel1234 (1/8)

10th. Darksquareman (0/75)

11th. MoreMao (0/71)

12th. a1t19 (0/48)

13th. Suneth (0/36)

14th. Grathieben (0/35)

15th. empty_K3 (0/11)

16th. neoserbian (0/7)

2021 W4SCC Speed Chess Championship
Time Control: 1/1 increment and 45 seconds

Anonymous

Standard (Old) starting position

TD: Luke Romanco

Qualification
There were 16 qualifier arenas for each time control. The qualifiers ran from the end of January through Febuary. To calculate, the player's top two arena scores were added; the top four advanced

1/1 (one minute + one second increment) [A]

1. carlosgabriel1234 (206)

2. Darksquareman (200)

3. DragonB70 (198)

4. Karmas_Revenge (197)

---

45 second [B]

1.JCrossover08 (392)

2. EyeoftheTiger1204 (362)

3. ccoppola (339 WD)

4. Grathieben (327: winning 54.75 out of 77 games)

5. mati4333 (327: winning 53.75 out of 78 games)

Semi-Finals
For each bracket, they played one and a half hours of each time control.

For scoring of the semi-finals and finals, 1|1 FFA: 1st=9pt, 2nd=5pt, 3rd=4pt, 4th=0pt; 3/4|0 FFA: 1st=3pt, 2nd=2pt, 3rd=1pt, 4th=0pt [1/1wins|45secwins]

Bracket One

March 6th, 16:00 UTC

B#3 Grathieben (Delan Lara) (Adv.) [100] [3|8]

A#2 Darksquareman (Elias Mathews) (Adv.) [107.5] [2|10]

A#1 carlosgabriel1234 (Carlos Tadeo) [74.5] [3|5]

B#4 mati4333 (Mateusz Orzel) (Adv.) [96] [3|7]

---

Bracket Two

March 7th, 16:00 UTC

B#1 Jcrossover08 (Jerry Xiao) (Adv. Declined) [103] [4|6]

B#2 Eyeofthetiger1204 (Luis Ignacio) (Adv.) [151] [6|13]

A#3 DragonB70 (IM Mihn To) [77.5] [1|3]

A#4 Karmas_Revenge (Jeremy Cawthon) [88.5] [2|9]

Championship
March 13th and 14th, 17:00 UTC, 2021

1.Eyeofthetiger1204 (288.5) [17|15]

2. Grathieben (192) [2|19]

3. Darksquareman (184) [4|17]

4. mati4333 (163.5) [2|12]

2020 Antichess Championship
Standard (Old) setup

1 minute and 5 seconds increment

rated

anonymous

TD: Luke

There were sixteen qualifier arenas. The top player from each qualifier advanced to the tournament; if they declined to participate or had already won a qualifier, the second place finisher was considered, and so on. Bracket one contained the qualifiers from 1, 5, 9, and 12. Bracket two contained the qualifiers from 2, 6, 12, and 14, and so on.

Chesskq75 and NegavitLibertas qualified but did not participate. Vumzie and MrXX2018 were qualified alternates but did not participate

The first player with four wins wins the bracket.

Preliminaries/semi-finals
Division I, June 27, 2020, 00:00 UTC:

icystun [4]

TTVYukoTheKid [3]

Magicsteph [2]

Darksquareman [2]

---

Division II, June 27, 11:00 UTC:

a1t19 [4]

e4bc4qh5qf7 [2]

Sarcasticboy7 [1]

tommerrall949 (sub) [1]

---

Division III, June 27, 16:00 UTC:

7R0N1C [4]

srijanspam [3]

CARBO710 [2]

SPatrik [0]

---

Division IV, June 27, 21:00 UTC:

viloski [4]

klazhiki (sub) [2]; martinzelenka (sub) [1]

Gior782 [1]

naman437 [1]

Finals
July, 19th, at about 17:00 UTC

a1t19 [5]

viloski [3] [got to three first]

7RON1C [3]

icystun [1]

Four Player Chess League
The Four Player Chess League is a community driven league unrelated with the world championship cycle.

FFA
(Old) Standard

5+10 increment

1st: 3 points

2nd/3rd: 1 point

4th: 0

Jbolea was first in the season with the most points. Players who qualified for the semifinals were Radon (2nd place), Martinaxo (3rd), Mati4333 (5th), Rojitto, 505EXY, fourplayerchess, Neoserbian, sans17, Daniel1115, KASTOUR, Abel-Pasache, and Cha_Charealsmooth.

LosChessquire (4th), Slayer950, droptheseventh, ChessmasterGS, Chessyclub, rupkayak, and nikai qualified but did not participate in the semi-finals

Finalists

jbolea: Won 11+final win

Radon:11

rojitto:9

martinaxo:6

First to 10 wins once they win again

Teams
The top eight teams for the season qualified for the championship bracket (ordered by games played in 3 or more player teams)

Losquesos (1st): Loschessquire; Vibgyor2; MisterWish; TheCheesePhoenix

HangingQueens: droptheseventh; ConnerMHarris, SirSandHobbit

ChaChaKayak (2nd): rupkayak; Roadrunner18; Cha_Charealsmooth; Rojitto

Chicken Nuggets: ChessmasterGS; Mongooseeziya

LazyLegend (3rd): LazyImp; Legend-007 and Jcrossover14

Mjolnir: AbelPasache; martinaxo

4PlayerChessyClub: fourplayerchess; chessyclub

Mati-Pio: mati4333; poitrauto3

Final: Team LazyLegend (LazyImp, Legend-007, with Jcrossover08 as the third) vs 4PlayerChessyClub (ChessyClub, FourPlayerChess with Matttin as the third)