Tournaments
Esports World Cup 2026
Esports World Cup 2026 · Group Stage | B
Joint winnersGMHans Moke Niemann, GMDenis LazavikShared first place on 4/7
- Dates
- 4–15 Aug 2026
- Location
- Paris, France
- Time control
- 10+0
About this event
Last Chance Qualifier
- 8x 7-round Swiss + 16-player double elimination KO
- Swiss: 1st place goes to Upper Bracket, 2nd place goes to Lower Bracket
- KO: 2 games per match, except matches that decide a EWC Play-in spot are 4 games per match
- Top 4 & winner of tiebreak match between 5th and 6th advance to Play-in
Play-in
- 8-player double elimination KO
- 2 games per match, armageddon tiebreak
Group Stage
- 2x 8-player double elimination KO
- 2 games per match, armageddon tiebreak
- Top 4 from each stage advance to Playoffs
- Upper Bracket Final and Lower Bracket Semifinal of each group are not played out
Playoffs
- 8-player single elimination KO
- Quarterfinals: 4 games per match, Semifinals: 8 games per match, Final: 3 sets of 4, 4, 2 games
No games yet: the table fills in once the first round finishes.
| # | Player | Elo | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| – | GMMagnus Carlsen | 2823 | 0/0 |
| – | GMHikaru Nakamura | 2792 | 0/0 |
| – | GMHans Moke Niemann | 2725 | 0/0 |
| – | GMIan Nepomniachtchi | 2719 | 0/0 |
| – | GMAndrey Esipenko | 2680 | 0/0 |
| – | GMAlexey Sarana | 2666 | 0/0 |
| – | GMDenis Lazavik | 2621 | 0/0 |
| – | GMSina Movahed | 2595 | 0/0 |
Crosstable
| # | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carlsen | ½5b | ½3b | 0 | ||
| 2 | Nakamura | 16b | ½7w | 0 | ||
| 3 | Niemann | 14w | ½8b | 0 | ||
| 4 | Nepo. | ½5b | 07w | 0 | ||
| 5 | Esipenko | ½4w | 0 | |||
| 6 | Sarana | ½8w | 0 | |||
| 7 | Lazavik | 18b | 14b | 0 | ||
| 8 | Movahed | ½6b | ½3w | 0 |
Upper · Round 1 · 12 Aug
Lower · Round 1 · 13 Aug
Upper · Round 2 · 12 Aug
Lower · Round 2 · 13 Aug
Round 3Pairings to come
Round 4Pairings to come
Top 10 boards from each round.
8 players · average classical Elo 2703
| # | Player | Elo |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | GMMagnus Carlsen | 2823 |
| 2 | GMHikaru Nakamura | 2792 |
| 3 | GMHans Moke Niemann | 2725 |
| 4 | GMIan Nepomniachtchi | 2719 |
| 5 | GMAndrey Esipenko | 2680 |
| 6 | GMAlexey Sarana | 2666 |
| 7 | GMDenis Lazavik | 2621 |
| 8 | GMSina Movahed | 2595 |
Times are local to Paris
Wed 12 Aug20:20Upper · Round 1Finished
Thu 13 Aug20:10Lower · Round 1Finished
Wed 12 Aug23:50Upper · Round 2Finished
Thu 13 Aug23:40Lower · Round 2Finished
TBCRound 3Upcoming
TBCRound 4Upcoming