FIDE World Cup 2021 Round 1 Tiebreaks | Gukesh (2578) vs Teclaf (2514)

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The World Cup 2021 is one of the biggest event in the chess calendar. Top two finishers get an entry into Candidates 2022. Some of the best players in the world are competing including Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caaruana, Levon Aronian, Anish Giri and others. In the women section we have Goryachkina heading the line-up along with Lagno, Muzychuk sisters. A total of 206 players in open with a prize fund of US$18,92,000 and 103 players in the women section with a prize fund of US$676,250.

This is a classical event with a time control of 90 minutes for 40 moves + 30 minutes for the remaining moves and an increment of 30 seconds from move 1. The format is knockout. In case of 1-1 draw in classical chess (day 1 and day 2), then we move into the tiebreak which consists of rapid and blitz games on day 3.

The Indian challenge consists of 12 players. 8 in the open and 4 in the women. Harikrishna, Vidit and Harika being top seeds have a bye in round 1.

These were the results of round 1:
Adhiban (2660) vs Chiletso Chipanga (2103) 2-0
Aravindh (2641) vs Michael Concio Jr. (2297) 2-0
Nihal Sarin (2620) vs IM Arthur Ssegwanyi (2406) 1.5-0.5
Pragg (2608) vs IM Paulo Bersamina (2462) 1.5-0.5
Gukesh (2578) vs IM Pawel Teclaf (2514) 1-1
Iniyan (2506) vs Sebastian Bogner (2581) 1.5-0.5
Vaishali (2393) vs WGM Qiyu Zhou (2229) 2-0
Bhakti (2391) vs Anastasiya Paramzina (2256) 2-0
Padmini (2370) vs WGM Ulviyya Fataliyeva (2301) 2-0

Today we have Gukesh vs Teclaf tiebreak. These are the rules of tiebreak.
1. If the score is level after the two regular (classical) games, two (2) tie break games are played with time control of 25 minutes for each player + 10 seconds increment per move, starting from move 1.

2. If the score is level after the 25+10 games, two (2) games are played with time control of 10 minutes for each player + 10 seconds increment per move, starting from move 1

3. If the scores are level after the 10+10 games, two (2) games are played with time control of 5 minutes for each player + 3 seconds increment per move, starting from move 1.

4. If the score is still level after the 5+3 games, then an armageddon game will be played. The player who wins the drawing of lots may choose the colour. The player with the white pieces receives 5 minutes; the player with the black pieces receives 4 minutes whereupon; after move 60, both players receive an increment of 2 seconds per move starting from move 61. In case of a draw the player with the black pieces is declared winner of the match.

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All information about World Cup 2021: https://www.chessbase.in/news/Curtain-Raiser-of-World-Cup-2021

Round 1.1 report: https://chessbase.in/news/FIDE-World-Cup-2021-Round-1-1-report
Round 1.2 report: https://chessbase.in/news/FIDE-World-Cup-2021-Round-1-2-report

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