Goldmoney Asian Rapid is the 7th event of Meltwater Champion Chess Tour. This stage features a 8 player knockout. The knockout match-ups consist of 4-game matches on the first two days.

The time control is rapid, with 15 minutes and a 10 second increment per move.

Tie breaks: If the match score is tied at 1-1, two 5+3 games are then played. If still undecided an armageddon game will be played, where White has 5 minutes to Black's 4, but a draw will count as a win for Black.

Dates: 26th to 28th June (Preliminaries), 29th June to 4th July (Knockout)

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Knockout Bracket

Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final/3rd Place match
~~Arjun Erigaisi~~ (1) vs. Levon Aronian (2) ⇘		Levon Aronian (2) vs. ~~Vladislav Artemiev~~ (0)
	~~Magnus Carlsen~~ (1) vs. Levon Aronian (2) ⤨
Magnus Carlsen (2) vs. ~~Wesley So~~ (1) ⇗
~~Jan-Krzysztof Duda~~ (½) vs. Ding Liren (1½) ⇘		Magnus Carlsen (1) vs. ~~Ding Liren~~ (0)
	~~Ding Liren~~ (1) vs. Vladislav Artemiev (2) ⤨
Vladislav Artemiev (2) vs. ~~Anish Giri~~ (0) ⇗

Schedule

Day	Date	UTC Time
4	June 29, 2021	11:00
5	June 30, 2021	11:00
6	July 1, 2021	11:00
7	July 2, 2021	11:00
8	July 1, 2022	11:00
9	July 2, 2022	11:00

Goldmoney Asian Rapid | Champions Chess Tour (Knockouts)