Format
- The six qualified players join 10 invited players in a 16-player double-elimination bracket.
- Matches consist of a 30-minute countdown clock, except for Winners Semifinals, Winners Final, and Grand Final matches that last 45 minutes (Grand Final reset is still 30 minutes long).
- Games are in the 1+0 time control.
- Players earn 1 point for a win, 0.5 points for a draw, and 0 points for a draw.
- The higher-seeded player starts with White, and colors alternate after each game.
- A player must have a two-point advantage at the end of the match to win.
- If neither player is ahead by two points at the end of the match, players keep playing until one of them gets a two-point advantage.
- If neither player achieves the two-point advantage by the sixth additional game:
- The player currently in the lead wins the match.
- If the match is tied, the first player to win a game is declared the winner.
Schedule
- Winners R1: July 17, 16:00 UTC
- Losers R1/Winners QFs: July 18, 16:00 UTC
- Losers R2/Winners SFs: July 19, 16:00 UTC
- Losers R3+QFs/Winners Final: July 20, 16:00 UTC
- Losers SF + Final/Grand Final: July 21, 16:00 UTC
Players
- GM Magnus Carlsen (๐ณ๐ด, 2858)
- GM Hikaru Nakamura (๐บ๐ธ, 2874)
- GM Alireza Firouzja (๐ซ๐ท, 2896)
- GM Andrew Tang (๐บ๐ธ, 2600)
- GM Daniel Naroditsky (๐บ๐ธ, 2636)
- GM Anish Giri (๐ณ๐ฑ, 2760)
- GM Eric Hansen (๐จ๐ฆ, 2561)
- GM Tuan Minh Le (๐ป๐ณ, 2565)
- GM Oleksandr Bortnyk (๐บ๐ฆ, 2728)
- GM Fabiano Caruana (๐บ๐ธ, 2832)
- GM Jose Martinez (Qualifier 1) (๐ต๐ช, 2711)
- IM Emin Ohanynan (Qualifier 1) (๐ฆ๐ฒ, 2411)
- GM David Paravyan (Qualifier 2) (๐ณ๏ธ, 2544)
- GM Denis Lazavik (Qualifier 2) (๐ณ๏ธ, 2560)
- GM Dmitry Andreikin (Qualifier 3) (๐ณ๏ธ, 2736)
- GM Arjun Erigaisi (Qualifier 3) (๐ฎ๐ณ, 2710)