The Airthings Masters 2023 will be held from the 3rd to the 10th of February on chess.com. The tournament is part of the Champions Chess Tour - a series of elite online tournaments with a prize pool of $2,000,000.

Format

A Play-in event is held on February 3rd, where qualifiers will be trying to clinch a spot in one of the three main divisions - 1, 2 and 3. Magnus Carlsen and Wesley So were seeded directly into division 1. The event will be held as a 9-round Swiss tournament followed by a knockout match.

The main tournament is held from 5th of February to the 10th. In each division, the format is a double-elimination tournament. In Winner’s Bracket, each match is a best-of-4 match. In Loser’s Bracket, each match is a best-of-2 match. The winner of the main knockout stage will then face the winner of the Losers' Bracket in best-of-4-game Grandfinal. If the contender from the Losers' Bracket wins, a three-game tiebreak stage known as the Grand Final Reset will then be held to determine the eventual winner.

Time Control

Time control for the Play-in is 10 minutes for the entire game with a 2-second increment beginning from move 1. Time control for the Main tournament is 15 minutes for the entire game with a 3-second increment beginning from move 1.

Airthings Masters | Play-In