2025 RKWC Announcement & Registrations • page 1/8 • Racing Kings WC • lichess.org

Hello everyone,

As promised, we’re kicking off the seventh edition of the Racing Kings World Championship!

The 2025 Racing Kings WC has a match format being a best-of-10 series of 3+2 rated Racing Kings games. Participants will be assigned an opponent based on seeded ratings, and are expected to schedule and play their match before the end of a one-week round. This continues until the last 2 players, who play for the world title and rights to a unique trophy on their profile.

The format is the same as last year:

Single-elimination until 32 players
Double-elimination until 4 players
4-player round robin
20-point final between the highest 2 players, round robin winner gets 2-0 lead

Before signing up, please read the rules carefully for all the details regarding match negotiations, tournament format, and to check if you’re eligible to participate according to the entry requirements.

You can find the rules here: https://sites.google.com/view/racingkingswc/2025-rkwc/2025-rules
Registration is the same as last year by sending an intent to participate by private message to @RacingKings, or post in the forum below.
Tournament Directors are @QueenEatingDragon and @FS-Schach, @Natso is reserve TD. @seth_777 will help collect the scores.

Registrations will be open from this moment on to July 14, 2025, 12:00 UTC.

We’ll leave this topic open for the duration of the registration period, for registrations, questions or just to create some hype.

Hello everyone, As promised, we’re kicking off the seventh edition of the Racing Kings World Championship! The 2025 Racing Kings WC has a match format being a best-of-10 series of 3+2 rated Racing Kings games. Participants will be assigned an opponent based on seeded ratings, and are expected to schedule and play their match before the end of a one-week round. This continues until the last 2 players, who play for the world title and rights to a unique trophy on their profile. The format is the same as last year: - Single-elimination until 32 players - Double-elimination until 4 players - 4-player round robin - 20-point final between the highest 2 players, round robin winner gets 2-0 lead Before signing up, please read the rules carefully for all the details regarding match negotiations, tournament format, and to check if you’re eligible to participate according to the entry requirements. You can find the rules here: https://sites.google.com/view/racingkingswc/2025-rkwc/2025-rules Registration is the same as last year by sending an intent to participate by private message to @RacingKings, or post in the forum below. Tournament Directors are @QueenEatingDragon and @FS-Schach, @Natso is reserve TD. @seth_777 will help collect the scores. Registrations will be open from this moment on to July 14, 2025, 12:00 UTC. We’ll leave this topic open for the duration of the registration period, for registrations, questions or just to create some hype.