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The Banter Blitz Cup
World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen is top seed for the $50,000 Banter Blitz Cup. In total 132 players are taking part, including 109 grandmasters, 68 of them rated 2600 or above. Both players commentate live on their moves from every game of every match.
Banter Blitz Cup Rules
- A knockout in which every player must stream and commentate live on their games
- Each match is played in 3-minute games, with no increment
- It's best of 16 games, i.e. the first player to reach 8.5 points wins
- If the players are tied they play a mini-match of two 3-minute games
- If still tied they play another two game mini-match
- If still tied they switch to 1-minute games and play as many 2-game mini-matches as required to produce a winner
Banter Blitz Cup Prizes
Banter Blitz Cup Schedule
- September 25 | 20:00 CEST |
WGM Melanie Lubbe (GER)5:9 IM David Martinez (ESP) (prelim) - September 26 | 20:00 CEST |
IM Lawrence Trent (ENG)6.5:8.5 IM Sebastian Mihajlov (ENG) (prelim) - September 27 | 17:00 CEST | GM Yasser Quesada (ESP) 9:5
GM Sethuraman (ENG) - September 27 | 23:00 CEST | GM Pepe Cuenca (ESP) 8.5:4.5
FM Lefong Hua (ENG)(prelim) - September 29 | 14:00 CEST | GM Mykhaylo Oleksiyenko (ENG) 8.5:6.5
GM Alexander Galkin (RUS) - September 29 | 17:45 CEST |
GM Rinat Jumabayev (ENG)6:9 GM Federico Pérez Ponsa (ESP) - September 29 | 19:00 CEST | GM Jan Gustafsson (ENG) 9:7
IM Carlos Suárez (ESP) - September 29 | 20:30 CEST | GM Magnus Carlsen (ENG) 9:3
GM Alan Pichot (ESP) - September 30 | 18:00 CEST |
GM Gupta Abhijeet (ENG)7.5:8.5 GM Yannick Gozzoli (FRA) - October 1 | 17:00 CEST | GM Ray Robson (ENG) 8.5:2.5
GM Marc Narciso (ESP) - October 1 | 18:30 CEST |
GM Neuris Delgado (ESP)3.5:8.5 GM Alejandro Ramírez (ENG) - October 1 | 21:00 CEST | GM Nils Grandelius (ENG) 9:1
IM Marc Maurizzi (FRA) - October 2 | 18:30 CEST |
GM Ivan Salgado (ESP)0.5:8.5 GM Narayanan (ENG) - October 2 | 20:00 CEST | GM Igor Kovalenko (RUS) 9:5
GM Ilja Zaragatski (GER) - October 2 | 20:00 CEST |
GM Pavel Eljanov (ENG)4.5:8.5 GM David Lariño (ESP) - October 3 | 18:30 CEST | GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov (ENG) 9:3
GM Diego Flores (ESP) - October 3 | 20:00 CEST | GM Laurent Fressinet (FRA) 9:3
GM Alvar Alonso Rosell - October 3 | 21:30 CEST | IM Eric Rosen (ENG) 8.5:7.5
IM Andrés Merario (ESP)(prelim) - October 4 | 20:00 CEST | FM Daniel Dardha (ENG) 8.5:4.5
IM Nikolas Lubbe (GER)(prelim) - October 5 | 21:00 CEST |
IM Pauline Guichard (FRA)3.5:8.5 GM Bassem Amin (ENG) - October 6 | 17:00 CEST | GM Arturs Neiksans (ENG) 8.5:5.5
GM Niclas Huschenbeth (GER) - October 7 | 17:00 CEST |
GM Ruben Felgaer (ESP)4.5:8.5 GM Alexander Donchenko (ENG) - October 7 | 18:30 CEST | GM Sandro Mareco (ESP) 8.5:7.5
GM Sébastien Mazé (FRA) - October 7 | 20:30 CEST | GM Jorge Cori (ESP) 8.5:5.5
GM Jacob Aagaard (ENG) - October 8 | 04:30 CEST |
GM Yuniesky Quesada (ESP)4.5:8.5 GM Vaibhav Suri (ENG) - October 8 | 20:00 CEST | GM Gadir Guseinov (ENG) 9:3
GM Pablo Salinas (ESP) - October 11 | 23:00 CEST | GM Lazaro Bruzon (ESP) 8.5:7.5
GM Bilel Bellahcene (FRA) - October 13 | 21:00 CEST | GM Alireza Firouzja (ENG) 8.5:1.5
IM Almira Skripchenko (FRA) - October 14 | 20:30 CEST | GM Jules Moussard (FRA) 15:13
GM Karen Grigoryan (ENG) - October 15 | 18:00 CEST |
GM Lucas van Foreest (ENG)6:9 GM Romain Edouard (FRA) - October 18 | 20:00 CEST | GM David Navara (ENG) 8.5:3.5
IM Daniel Dardha (ENG) - October 18 | 22:00 CEST |
GM Emilio Cordova (ESP)9.5:10.5 GM Mateusz Bartel (ENG) - October 20 | 22:00 CEST |
GM Tamas Banusz (ENG)8:10 GM Dmitry Gordievsky (ENG) - October 21 | 22:00 CEST | GM Jon Ludvig Hammer (ENG) 9:2
GM Cristhian Cruz (ESP) - EUROPEAN TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP in Batumi, Georgia
- November 4 | 19:00 CET |
GM Lance Henderson (ENG)3.5:8.5 GM Maxime Lagarde (FRA) - November 6 | 15:00 CET |
GM Jose Ibarra (ESP)6.5:8.5 GM Maksim Chigaev (RUS) - November 6 | 17:00 CET |
IM Pere Garriga (ESP)9:11 GM Sanan Sjugirov (RUS) - November 7 | 15:40 CET | GM Gata Kamsky (ENG) 9:0
IM Sabrina Vega (ESP) - November 7 | 17:10 CET | GM Alexander Moiseenko (ENG) 8.5:6.5
GM Peter Michalik (ENG) - November 7 | 19:00 CET | GM Nijat Abasov (ENG) 8.5:5.5
GM Matthieu Cornette (FRA) - November 7 | 20:30 CET |
IM Renato Terry (ESP)3.5:8.5 GM Aleksandr Lenderman (ENG) - November 8 | 18:00 CET | GM Grigoriy Oparin (ENG) 8.5:7.5
GM Leon Livaic (ENG) - November 8 | 21:00 CET | GM Sergei Movsesian (ENG) 8.5:3.5
GM Adrien Demuth (FRA) - November 9 | 03:00 CET |
GM Rodrigo Vasquez Schroeder (ESP)7.5:8.5 GM Illya Nyzhnyk (ENG) - November 9 | 15:00 CET | GM Ivan Cheparinov (ESP) 8.5:4.5
GM Toms Kantans (ENG) - November 9 | 17:00 CET | GM Pepe Cuenca (ESP) 9:0
GM Levan Pantsulaia (RUS) - November 9 | 18:30 CET | GM Eduardo Iturrizaga (ESP) 8.5:5.5
GM Murtas Kazhgaleyev (FRA) - November 9 | 20:30 CET |
GM Axel Bachmann (ESP)6:9 GM Johan-Sebastian Christiansen (ENG) - November 10 | 17:00 CET |
GM Miguel Santos (ESP)6.5:8.5 GM Matthias Bluebaum (GER) - November 11 | 20:00 CET | GM David Anton (ESP) 8.5:6.5
IM John Bartholomew (ENG) - November 13 | 18:00 CET | GM Praggnanandhaa (ENG) 8.5:4.5
Aryan Tari (ENG) - November 14 | 16:00 CET |
GM Surya Ganguly (ENG)6:9 IM Lars Oskar Hauge (ENG) - November 14 | 19:00 CET | GM Cristobal Henriquez (ESP) 8.5:5.5
GM Grzegorz Gajewski (ENG) - November 17 | 19:00 CET | GM Peter Svidler (ENG) 8.5:2.5
IM Eric Rosen (ENG) - November 20 | 19:30 CET | GM Georg Meier (ENG) 9:3
GM Miodrag Perunovic (ENG) - November 20 | 21:30 CET | GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda (ENG) 8.5:0.5
IM David Martinez (ESP) - November 21 | 18:00 CET | GM Rauf Mamedov (RUS) 9:3
GM Akshat Chandra (ENG) - November 21 | 22:00 CET | GM Benjamin Bok (ENG) 8.5:2.5
IM Nikolas Theodorou (ENG) - December 4 | 17:00 CET | GM Ivan Saric (ENG) 8.5:1.5
IM Lisandra Ordaz (ESP) - December 4 | 18:00 CET | GM Nihal Sarin (ENG) 8.5:3.5
GM Jose Martinez (ESP) - December 15 | 15:00 CET | GM Magnus Carlsen (ENG) 8.5:0.5
GM Pepe Cuenca (ESP)(Round 2) - December 17 | 12:00 CET | GM Aleksandr Shimanov (RUS) 9:2
GM Peter Heine Nielsen (ENG) - December 17 | 19:00 CET |
GM Peter Svidler (ENG)6.5:8.5 GM Yannick Gozzoli (FRA) (Round 2) - December 19 | 21:30 CET |
GM Federico Pérez Ponsa (ESP)2.5:8.5 GM Sanan Sjugirov (RUS) (R2) - December 20 | 22:00 CET |
GM Sergei Movsesian (ENG)3.5:8.5 GM Jon Ludvig Hammer (ENG) (R2) - December 23 | 20:00 CET |
GM Gadir Guseinov (ENG)7:9 GM Laurent Fressinet (FRA) (Round 2) - December 23 | 22:00 CET |
GM Benjamin Bok (ENG)5:9 GM Ray Robson (ENG) (Round 2) - December 28 | 23:00 CET | GM Ivan Saric (ENG) 8.5:3.5
GM Yasser Quesada (ESP)(Round 2) - December 31 | 16:00 CET |
GM Praggnanandhaa (ENG)8.5:10.5 GM David Lariño (ESP) (Round 2) - January 2 | 17:00 CET |
GM Gata Kamsky (ENG)1.5:2.5 GM Cristóbal Henríquez (ESP) (Round 2) - January 3 | 18:00 CET | GM Nihal Sarin (ENG) 9:3
GM David Navara (ENG)(Round 2) - January 3 | 20:00 CET | GM Etienne Bacrot (FRA) 9:7
IM Enrique Tejedor (ESP) - January 4 | 15:00 CET | GM Ivan Cheparinov (ESP) 9:7
GM Alexander Moiseenko (ENG)(Round 2) - January 4 | 17:00 CET |
GM Artur Neiksans (ENG)7:9 GM Igor Kovalenko (RUS) (Round 2) - January 5 | 17:00 CET |
GM Bassem Amin (ENG)4.5:8.5 GM S.L. Narayanan (ENG) (Round 2) - January 5 | 18:30 CET |
GM Lazaro Bruzon (ESP)3:9 GM Rauf Mamedov (RUS) (Round 2) - January 6 | 15:00 CET | GM Paco Vallejo (ESP) 9:2
IM Nataliya Buksa (RUS) - January 6 | 18:00 CET | GM Nijat Abasov (ENG) 9.5:8.5
GM Maxime Lagarde(FRA)(Round 2) - January 6 | 20:15 CET | GM Parham Maghsoodloo (ENG) 9:2
GM Daniel Alsina (ESP) - January 7 | 17:00 CET |
GM Varuzhan Akobian (ENG)6:9 GM Pouya Idani (ENG) - January 7 | 19:00 CET | GM Nils Grandelius (ENG) 9:5
GM Alejandro Ramirez (ENG)(Round 2) - January 7 | 21:00 CET |
GM Grigoriy Oparin (EN)6.5:8.5 GM Johan-Sebastian Christiansen (EN) (R2) - January 8 | 01:00 CET | GM Andrew Tang (ENG) 8.5:0.5
GM Hrant Melkumyan (ENG) - January 8 | 18:00 CET | GM Maxim Chigaev (RUS) 11:9
GM Aleksandr Lenderman (ENG)(Round 2) - January 8 | 20:00 CET | GM Eduardo Iturrizaga (ESP) 9:5
GM Illia Nyzhnyk (ENG)(Round 2) - January 10 | 17:00 CET | GM Alexander Donchenko (ENG) 8.5:4.5
IM Lars Oskar Hauge (ENG)(R2) - January 15 | 18:00 CET | GM Gawain Jones (ENG) 8.5:7.5
GM Cem Kaan Gokerkan (ENG) - January 20 | 18:00 CET |
GM Jan Gustafsson (ENG)5.5:8.5 GM Romain Édouard (FRA) (Round 2) - January 20 | 20:30 CET | GM Etienne Bacrot (FRA) 8.5:7.5
GM Mateusz Bartel (ENG)(Round 2) - January 29 | 22:00 CET |
GM Sandro Mareco (ESP)1:9 GM Andrew Tang (ENG) (Round 2) - January 30 | 02:00 CET |
IM Sebastian Mihajlov (ENG)5:9 GM Leinier Dominguez (ESP) - January 30 | 23:00 CET | GM David Antón (ESP) 8.5:7.5
GM Dmitry Gordievsky (ENG)(Round 2) - February 1 | 15:00 CET | GM Magnus Carlsen (ENG) 8.5:4.5
GM Rauf Mamedov (RUS)(Round 3) - February 3 | 20:00 CET | GM Georg Meier (ENG) 8.5:6.5
GM Parham Maghsoodloo (ENG)(Round 2) - February 4 | 19:30 CET | GM Jorge Cori (ESP) 9:4
GM Pouya Idani (ENG)(Round 2) - February 5 | 19:00 CET |
GM José Gascon (ESP)1:9 GM Matthias Bluebaum (GER) (Round 2) - February 6 | 16:30 CET | GM Gawain Jones (ENG) 9:6
GM Vaibhav Suri (ENG)(Round 2) - February 6 | 18:00 CET | GM Alexander Donchenko (ENG) 9:4
GM Cristobal Henriquez (ESP)(R3) - February 8 | 17:00 CET |
GM Jon Ludvig Hammer (ENG)2.5:8.5 GM Narayanan (ENG) (Round 3) - February 15 | 21:00 CET | GM Ray Robson (ENG) 9:4
GM Yannick Gozzoli (FRA)(Round 3) - February 17 | 18:30 CET |
GM Jorge Cori (ESP)3:9 GM Sanan Sjugirov (RUS) (Round 3) - February 17 | 19:00 CET | BONUS: GM Gata Kamsky (ENG) 5.5:0.5
GM Cristobal Henriquez (ESP) - February 25 | 14:00 CET | GM Ivan Cheparinov (ESP) 9:6
GM Ivan Saric (ENG)(Round 3) - February 27 | 19:30 CET | GM David Antón (ESP) 8.5:3.5
GM David Lariño (ESP)(Round 3) - February 28 | 16:00 CET | GM Alireza Firouzja (ENG) 9:2
GM Mykhaylo Oleksiyenko (ENG)(Round 2) - March 1 | 18:00 CET |
GM Igor Kovalenko (RUS)5.5:8.5 GM Georg Meier (ENG) (Round 3) - March 1 | 20:00 CET | GM Nils Grandelius (ENG) 9:5
GM Johan-Sebastian Christiansen (ENG)(R3) - March 2 | 20:00 CET |
GM Gawain Jones (ENG)5.5:8.5 GM Nijat Abasov (ENG) (Round 3) - March 3 | 21:00 CET |
GM Paco Vallejo (ESP)4:9 GM Aleksandr Shimanov (ENG) (Round 2) - March 5 | 20:00 CET | GM Alireza Firouzja (ENG) 9:2
GM Laurent Fressinet (FRA)(Round 3) - March 6 | 19:00 CET | GM Eduardo Iturrizaga (ESP) 8.5:4.5
GM Etienne Bacrot (FRA)(Round 3) - March 7 | 20:00 CET | GM Ray Robson (ENG) 9:5
GM David Anton (ESP)(Round 4) - March 10 | 19:00 CET |
GM Jules Moussard (FRA)4.5:8.5 GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda (ENG) (Round 2) - March 10 | 21:00 CET |
GM Aleksandr Shimanov (ENG)2:9 GM Matthias Bluebaum (GER) (Round 3) - March 11 | 19:00 CET | GM Magnus Carlsen (ENG) 8.5:1.5
GM Ivan Cheparinov (ESP)(Round 4) - March 12 | 16:30 CET |
GM Alexander Donchenko (ENG)5.5:8.5 GM Narayanan (ENG) (Round 4) - March 16 | 19:00 CET | GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda (ENG) 8.5:3.5
GM Romain Edouard (FRA)(Round 3) - March 22 | 18:00 CET |
GM Nihal Sarin (ENG)7.5-8.5 GM Andrew Tang (ENG) (Round 3) - March 23 | 18:00 CET | GM Nils Grandelius (ENG) 9:4
GM Nijat Abasov (ENG)(Round 4) - March 24 | 18:00 CET |
GM Leinier Dominguez (ESP)5.5:8.5 GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov (ENG) (R2) - March 24 | 20:00 CET |
GM Andrew Tang (ENG)3.5:8.5 GM Sanan Sjugirov (RUS) (Round 4) - March 25 | 18:00 CET | GM Alireza Firouzja (ENG) 9:1
Matthias Bluebaum (GER)(Round 4) - March 28 | 18:00 CET | GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov (ENG) 8.5:7.5
GM Maksim Chigaev (RUS)(R3) - March 28 | 20:00 CET |
GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda (ENG)5.5:8.5 GM Georg Meier (ENG) (Round 4) - April 1 | 20:00 CEST |
GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov (ENG)7.5:8.5 GM Eduardo Iturrizaga (ESP) (R4) - April 2 | 19:00 CEST | GM Magnus Carlsen (ENG) 9:1
GM Nils Grandelius (ENG)(QF) - April 4 | 19:00 CEST |
GM Ray Robson (ENG)5.5:8.5 GM Sanan Sjugirov (RUS) (QF) - April 5 | 20:00 CEST | GM Alireza Firouzja (ENG) 8.5:2.5
Georg Meier (ENG)(QF) - April 6 | 18:30 CEST |
GM Eduardo Iturrizaga (ESP)6.5:8.5 SL Narayanan (ENG) (QF) - April 7 | 18:30 CEST | GM Magnus Carlsen (ENG) vs. GM Sanan Sjugirov (RUS) (Semifinal)
This list is updated continuously. The final match will be in April 2020.
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