Tournament

Freestyle Chess G.O.A.T. Challenge

WinnerGMMagnus CarlsenWon the final 1½–½ against Fabiano Caruana
Dates
9–16 Feb 2024
Format
8-player Chess960
Time control
Rapid & Classical
About this event

The Freestyle Chess G.O.A.T. Challenge is an 8-player Chess960 tournament, held from the 9th to the 16th of February in Wangels, Germany.

The event consists of two stages and standings in the first stage determine the pairings of the second stage (players ranked 1st vs. 8th, 2nd vs. 7th and so on).

First stage is a round-robin tournament. Time control is 25 minutes for the entire game with a 10-second increment from move 1.

Second stage is a knockout tournament, but all places are played out. Each round consists of two games. Time control is 90 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with a 30-second increment from move 41.

In the event of a tie, two 15+10 rapid games are played. If there is another tie, two 5+2 blitz games are played. Finally, a Bidding Armageddon game decides the outcome of the round, with White having 5 minutes and Black having the lower time bid.

Starting positions are new each round and drawn 10 minutes before the games begin.

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Times are local to the venue

Sun 11 Feb12:00Quarterfinal 1Finished
Mon 12 Feb12:00Quarterfinal 2Finished
Mon 12 Feb15:40Quarterfinal - TiebreaksFinished
Tue 13 Feb12:00Semifinal 1Finished
Wed 14 Feb12:00Semifinal 2Finished
Wed 14 Feb15:20Semifinal - TiebreaksFinished
Thu 15 Feb12:00Final 1Finished
Fri 16 Feb12:00Final 2Finished
Fri 9 Feb12:00RR - Round 1Finished
Fri 9 Feb13:55RR - Round 2Finished
Fri 9 Feb15:25RR - Round 3Finished
Fri 9 Feb16:55RR - Round 4Finished
Sat 10 Feb12:00RR - Round 5Finished
Sat 10 Feb13:30RR - Round 6Finished
Sat 10 Feb15:15RR - Round 7Finished
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