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Clutch Chess: International

Clutch Chess: International In this second installment of Clutch Chess, the tournament will expand internationally. Eight of the world’s top chess players will battle online from Saturday, June 6 – Sunday, June 14, 2020 for an extraordinary $265K in prize money – the largest prize fund ever offered for an online chess event. As players […]

Regulations

Regulations Format: Clutch Chess is a knock-out tournament played at rapid time controls. Game points are weighted at critical phases of each match and are worth additional prize money, as discussed in further detail in Sections 3 and 5 below. Venue: Clutch Chess is an online event. Players will compete from their homes under the […]

2020 Clutch Chess Day 3 Recap

“Overall, a day with a lot of mistakes”, was GM Fabiano Caruana’s summation of day one of the Clutch Chess Finals. The world number two explained that their mistakes were understandable as all the games were complicated and difficult to play with little time on the clock. With a $50,000 prize fund on the line, […]

2020 Clutch Chess Day 2 Recap

After another exciting day of rapid chess, rivals and Olympiad teammates GM Fabiano Caruana and GM Wesley So will face off in the finals of Clutch Chess. Caruana found himself in hot water in several of the games but the 5 point lead was too much for Leinier Dominguez to overcome. Wesley So, on the […]

Results

Results Day 1 – Semifinals Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Game 6 Total Score H. Nakamura ½ ½ ½ 0 1 2 4½ W. So ½ ½ ½ 1 1 0 3½ L. Dominguez ½ 0 0 0 1 0 1½ F. Caruana ½ 1 1 1 1 2 6½ […]

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