Tournaments
Esports World Cup 2026
Esports World Cup 2026 · Play-in
WinnerGMAndrey EsipenkoFinished first on 7½/12
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| – | GMWei Yi | 2752 | 0/0 |
| – | GMLe Quang Liem | 2732 | 0/0 |
| – | GMParham Maghsoodloo | 2705 | 0/0 |
| – | GMAndrey Esipenko | 2680 | 0/0 |
| – | GMChithambaram VR. Aravindh | 2677 | 0/0 |
| – | GMVladislav Artemiev | 2653 | 0/0 |
| – | GMAlexander Grischuk | 2628 | 0/0 |
| – | GMOlexandr Bortnyk | 2604 | 0/0 |
Crosstable
| # | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wei | ½1 | ½1 | 11 | 0 | |||||
| 2 | Le | 100 | ½0 | 0 | ||||||
| 3 | Maghsoodloo | 010 | 1½ | ½½0 | ½1 | 0 | ||||
| 4 | Esipenko | ½0 | 011 | 101 | 1½ | ½1 | 0 | |||
| 5 | Aravindh | 0½ | 010 | 0 | ||||||
| 6 | Artemiev | ½0 | ½½1 | 0½ | 1½ | 0 | ||||
| 7 | Grischuk | ½0 | 101 | 0½ | 0 | |||||
| 8 | Bortnyk | 00 | ½1 | ½0 | 0 |
Upper · Finals · 11 Aug
Lower · Finals · 11 Aug
Upper · Round 1 · 11 Aug
GMC. AravindhvsGMA. Grischuk0–1GMV. ArtemievvsGMP. Maghsoodloo½–½GMLe Quang LiemvsGMO. Bortnyk½–½GMA. EsipenkovsGMWei Yi½–½GMP. MaghsoodloovsGMV. Artemiev½–½GMA. GrischukvsGMC. Aravindh0–1GMWei YivsGMA. Esipenko1–0GMO. BortnykvsGMLe Quang Liem1–0GMV. ArtemievvsGMP. Maghsoodloo1–0GMC. AravindhvsGMA. Grischuk0–1
Lower · Round 1 · 11 Aug
Upper · Round 2 · 11 Aug
Lower · Round 2 · 11 Aug
Lower · Round 3 · 11 Aug
Round 4Pairings to come
Round 5Pairings to come
Round 6Pairings to come
Round 7Pairings to come
Top 2 boards from each round.
8 players · average classical Elo 2679
| # | Player | Elo |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | GMWei Yi | 2752 |
| 2 | GMLe Quang Liem | 2732 |
| 3 | GMParham Maghsoodloo | 2705 |
| 4 | GMAndrey Esipenko | 2680 |
| 5 | GMChithambaram VR. Aravindh | 2677 |
| 6 | GMVladislav Artemiev | 2653 |
| 7 | GMAlexander Grischuk | 2628 |
| 8 | GMOlexandr Bortnyk | 2604 |
Times are local to Paris
Wed 12 Aug00:10Upper · FinalsFinished
Wed 12 Aug01:30Lower · FinalsFinished
Tue 11 Aug18:00Upper · Round 1Finished
Tue 11 Aug21:40Lower · Round 1Finished
Tue 11 Aug20:30Upper · Round 2Finished
Tue 11 Aug23:00Lower · Round 2Finished
Wed 12 Aug00:10Lower · Round 3Finished
TBCRound 4Upcoming
TBCRound 5Upcoming
TBCRound 6Upcoming
TBCRound 7Upcoming