New in Chess Classic is the 5th event of Meltwater Champions Chess Tour. The top 8 players from the Preliminaries will be playing in the 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 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: 24th to 26th April (Preliminaries) , 27th April to 2nd May (Knockout)

Schedule

Round	Date	Time (UTC)
Quarter finals	Apr 27-28	17:00
Semi finals	Apr 29-30	17:00
Finals	May 1-2	17:00

Quarter Final Pairings

Player name	QF 1	QF 2	Tie break

Magnus Carlsen	2	2.5	-
Teimour Radjabov	2	1.5	-

Levon Aronian	3	2	-
Wesley So	1	1	-

Shakhriyar Mamedyarov	3	2.5	-
Alireza Firouzja	1	1.5	-

Liem Quang Le	1.5	1	-
Hikaru Nakamura	2.5	2	-

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