Final stage of the FIDE World Fischer Random ("Chess960") Chess Championship, held from October 25th to 30th in Reykjavik, Iceland.

The eight players will be divided into two groups. They play a double round-robin tournament. The top-2 finishers of each group qualifies for the Knockout Stage; the 3rd place finishers qualify for the 5th place Playoff, the 4th place finishers qualify for the 7th place Playoff.

Each match in the Group Stage will be best-of-2 games from the same initial position. The time control for each game is 30 moves in 25 minutes, plus 5 minutes for the rest of the game, plus 5 seconds increment per move starting from move 31.

A player who wins a match will score two points. A player who draws a match will score one point. A player who loses a match will score no points.

Hikaru Nakamura is FIDE World Fischer Random Chess Champion.

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FIDE World Fischer Random Chess Championship