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. __TOC__ Events 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. Championships by Type 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 Teams See Also: en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Four-Player Chess/World_Championships/2024 Teams World Four Player Chess Championship 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 valger/Oleg_Barantsev #2 Nutsyci/Abhinavmartha123 #3 Rezacz/Wraku89 #4 Xarisole1994/BabYagun #5 ClashRoyale12345/Malaviya86 #6 Michaela_ruth/e4bc4qh5qf7 #7 OnlyGMbeatme/4pcChessGuru #8 a1t19/Omi-Kiss #9 Gremu/hamada_2000 (9) (sub: Persian_Elsa (4)) #10 GustavKlimtPaints/vrdtmr #11 Kujtimi/legbdu92 #12 Liquid-sun/tommerrall949 #13 NedPencil/TeamsterZizo #14 vitoria-gasteiz/7R0N1C #15 Superatos/GDII #16 strong-lightsaber/karem2 (3 games) (subs:x-gannicus-x (2); fischer_tanvir (1)) Winner's Bracket Round One December 1, 2018 #7 (3) #10 (0) Dec. 2, #11 (3) #6 (0) Dec. 3, #4 (3) #13 (0) Dec. 4, #3 (3) #14 (0) Dec. 5 #8 (3) #9 (0) Dec. 6 #2 (3) #15 (0) Dec. 6 #5 (3) #12 (0) Dec. 7 #1 (3) #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 #15 (3) #10 (0) 19th #6 (3) #14 (1) 14th #9 (3) #16 (0) #12 #13 WD --- #12 #9 #6 #15 advance Winner's Bracket Round Two 8th #4 (3) #5 (2) 11th #3 (3) #11 (1) 16th #2 (3) #8 (1) 23rd #1 (3) #7 (0) Loser's Bracket Round Three 29th #15 (3) #8 (2) #9 #7 WD #6 3 #5 2+WD Jan 9th #12 3 #11 2 --- Jan 16th #12 (3) #9 (1) Jan 18th #15 (3) #6 (0) Winner's Bracket Round Three 25th #3 (3) #2 (1) 27th #4 (0) #1 (3) Loser's Bracket Round 4 Jan 19th #2 (3) #12 (1) 22nd #15 (3) #4 (2) Winner's Bracket 4a Jan 27th #3 (3) #1 (1) Loser's 5a 28th #2 3 #15 2 Semi-Final Jan29/Feb5th #2 (2) #1 (3) Final Feb 17th/24th/25th and March 2nd #1 (7) #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 #3 (3) #14 (1) --- September 8th #6 (3) #11 (0) --- 9th #1 (3) #16 (0) --- 14th #2 (3) #15 (0) --- 11th #8 2 #9 3 --- 12th #7 3 #10 0 --- 22nd #5 3 #12 0 --- #4 (2) #13 (3) Loser's Bracket 2a End of September #16 (0) (wolf didn't show; sub: kurdishfighter #8 (3) --- #4 (3) #12 (0) --- #15 (0) WD #10 (3) (Omi-kiss WD) --- #14 (1) #11 (3) Winner's Bracket 2a End of September #1 3 #9 1 --- #13 2 #5 3 --- #2 3 #7 2 --- #3 1 #6 3 Loser's Bracket 2b End of October #3 (3) #8 (0) --- #7 (3) #4 (1) --- #13 (0) #10 (3) (omatamix replaced omi-kiss) --- #9 (1) #11 (3) Round 3a Winner's November #1 3 #5 0 --- #2 2 #6 3 Round 3a Elimination #3 1 #7 3 --- #10 (2) (cha sub for omata) #11 (3) Round 3b Elimination December 20 around #5 1(eye sub for typical) #7 3 --- #2 3 #11 0 Round 4 Elimination around Jan 4th #7 1 #2 3 First Semi-Final (Winners) #1 3 #6 1 Semi-Final (Elimination) #6 0 #2 3 Finals Febuary 15th around #1 7 #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] #18 Mohammad Tanvir Hossain @fischer_tanvir + Surya Mohan @RogerFederer [2] --- September 5, 2020 #10 Ahmed Morsi @Bullet-on-fire + Ahmed Munifi @El-Verdugo-Hugo, [3] #26 Jacob Mills @Jacob7734 + Keith Madzamba @DoctorFunTimes [0] --- August 30, 2020 #8 IM Minh To @DragonB70 + Illés Dávid Márk @kiskiraly13, [3] #24Caius Mara @GustavKlimtPaints + Anar Memmedov @ANMemmedov [0] --- September 6, 2020 #16 NM Eddy Tian @BoxJellyFishChess + Ryan Eicher @CubsRock9 [3] #32 Nicholas English @omatamix + Trevor Sharp @GTSWPM150 [1] --- August 29, 2020 #3 Luis Ignacio @EyeoftheTiger1204 + Carlos Tadeo @carlosgabriel1234 [3] #19 Luke Romanko @e4bc4qh5qf7 + WIM Anna-Maja Kazarian @annamaja7 [1] --- #27 Giovanny Rodriguez @giovannybay97 + Tien Dat Do @4kaks [3] #11Theocharis Triantafyllidis @xarisole1994 (forfeit) + Ankit Sinha @DustyTwig (withdrew) [0] --- August 30, 2020 #6 Kamalanathan Ravichandran @khazekamal + Arseny Kuzmin @Arseny_Vasily (substitute) MegaChief (WD) [3] #22 Himanshu Malaviya @MALAVIYA86 + Moritz Hötte @gluddukat [1] --- September 6, 2020 #14 Aswin Devendran @MasterCheif0067 + Prabin Magar @DeathN0te01 [3] #30 Artur Sharapov @qilp (Withdrew) + ChronoCros (ineligible) --- August 29, 2020 #17 Tremil Anderson (substitute) superatos@JustARandomPatzer + Ariful Ahsan @Omi-Kiss [3] #1 Jeremy Cawthon @Karmas_Revenge + Giliam Datema @GDII [2] --- September 5, 2020 #9 Jerry Xiao @Jcrossover08 + Lily McMahon @LilyFlower47 [3] #25 Gabriel White @Lowish_Monkey + Aravind Ratakonda @aravind_nirvana [0] --- August 30, 2020 #7 Lars Johan Brodtkorb @icystun + Abhinav Martha @abhinavmartha123 [3] #23 IM Claudio Coppola @ccoppola (substitute) jotahernandezv + Valentín Fuentealba @valengoghaze [0] --- September 6, 2020 #31 Brock Henderson @Broandtim + Sean Lei @Sean3139 [3] #15 Taha Tahseen @Legend-007 + Luis Edo @luisedo12a.k.aCecilio65 [1] --- Sunday, August 30, 2020 #21 Tyler Anderson @roadrunner18 + Vahan Nalbandyan @Cha_ChaRealSmooth [3] #5 Meir Yudkowitz @TTVyukothekid + SM Sarvesh @Sarvesh21278 [0] --- September 6, 2020 #29 Tom Merrall @fourplayerchess + Roman Zelensky @MalburySoapPinkSoap [3] #13 Toni Vardi @vrdtmr + Chad Katter @chadkatter [0] --- August 29, 2020 #4 FM Wojciech Reza @rezacz + GM Tomasz Warakomski @Wraku89, Won 3-0 #20 Jake Hotchkiss @Roachwalk + Dewan Md Al Yeasin @alyeasin93 --- September 5, 2020 #12 GM Dmitry Kononenko @Valger + Oleg Barantsev @Oleg_Barantsev, [3] #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 Sean3139/gamergirl_002 [0] to R3A [2667] #8 Eye... [3] [2615] --- #4 e4... [3] [2522] #5 road... [2] to R3A [2489] --- #2 Jcross... [1] to R3A [2556] #7 Lazy... [3] [2552] --- #3 sakthi... [3] [2397] #6 mati... [2] to R3A [2552] Round Three [A] One Loss October 2nd, 16 UTC #1 Sean... [2] (final position 8/T7) #5 road... [3] --- October 3rd, 16 UTC #2 Jcross... [0] (7/T7) #6 mati... [3] Round Three Zero Loss October 2nd, 12 UTC #8 Eye... [3] #4 e4... [0] --- Oct. 3rd, 16UTC #7 Lazy... [3] #3 sak... [1] Round 3 B One Loss around Oct. 16th #3 sak... [0] (6/T5) #5 road... [3] --- October 16th, 12:00 UTC #4 e4... [1] (5/T5) #6 mati... [3] Round 4 One Loss Oct. 23rd #6 mati... [1] (4) #5 road... [3] Quarterfinals Oct. 9th 12:00 UTC #7 Lazy... [3] #8 eye... [2] Semifinal 1 [One loss] Oct. 31st 16 UTC #8 eye... [3] #5 road... [0] (3) Semifinal 2 Nov. 14th 14 UTC #7 Lazy... [1] (2) #8 Eye... [3] Finals January 15th/16th 2022 14:30 UTC #8 eyeofthetiger1204/carlosgabriel1234 [7] Defending Champ icystun/abhinavmartha123 [4] FFA 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 merceq1 [2] Advanced #9 carlsogabriel1234 [1] #8 HSCCCalebBrown #16 chessisfunforme --- Bracket Two April 11th, 18:00 UTC 4kaks (sub) [2] Advanced #2 Jonasrath [1] #10 Grathieben #7 Neoserbian #15 chirak --- Bracket Three April 12th and 19th at 11:00 UTC #3 Arseny_Vasily [2] #6 Cha_Charealsmooth [1] #11 lagpress [1] #14 khazekamal --- Bracket Four April 15th at 16:00 UTC #4 Icystun [2] #5 hest1805 #12 empty_k3 #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) Speed Chess 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] 4pc Variant 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. Season One 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)