The fifth Crazyhouse World Championship (CWC) is being held on the famous, not-for-profit chess website lichess.org.
The first time the championship was held, back in 2017 there were 64 players. Five years later, in 2021, the field grew to 269 players!
This made it necessary to seed players, and following a brief single-elimination round for the minnows, the double-elimination round began.
What this means is that everyone gets a second chance, but if a player loses two matches then that player is eliminated.
Now that only the 12 strongest players remain, they are the Candidates and are joined by the 2018-2019 Champion IM Opperwezen, the runner up in the final of 2020.
These 13 players will play a round robin for the right to play the defending champion, Jasugi99, in the Grand Final.
For 13 weeks, you and I will enjoy the battle of the gods and demigods. They will fight among themselves for the right to climb Olympus and overthrow the Zeus of the Crazyhouse pantheon.
Here are descriptions of each of the 14 players.
Idea: @the_Crocodile_Hunter
Authors: @Zaraza, @Marlonc
The first time the championship was held, back in 2017 there were 64 players. Five years later, in 2021, the field grew to 269 players!
This made it necessary to seed players, and following a brief single-elimination round for the minnows, the double-elimination round began.
What this means is that everyone gets a second chance, but if a player loses two matches then that player is eliminated.
Now that only the 12 strongest players remain, they are the Candidates and are joined by the 2018-2019 Champion IM Opperwezen, the runner up in the final of 2020.
These 13 players will play a round robin for the right to play the defending champion, Jasugi99, in the Grand Final.
For 13 weeks, you and I will enjoy the battle of the gods and demigods. They will fight among themselves for the right to climb Olympus and overthrow the Zeus of the Crazyhouse pantheon.
Here are descriptions of each of the 14 players.
Idea: @the_Crocodile_Hunter
Authors: @Zaraza, @Marlonc
