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2022 RKWC recap

Hey everyone!
Here’s a short recap of the 2022 world championship cycle.

The 2022 Racing Kings WC was played between June 27 and September 27, with a total of 45 players battling it out in a new format. This is a slight decline after the incredible increase from 34 to 54 players last year.

The 2022 Final between the top seed and world champion @CyberShredder, and second seed @IMakeManyMistakes was played on October 27, 17:30 UTC. After playing for nearly 2,5 hours, @IMakeManyMistakes came out on top in the RKWC Final with a score of 11 - 9. Congratulations to our new world champion!
All games from the Final can be viewed in this study:



See the commentary by @RoyalManiac here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHtvxmk8DZs

The bracket of the RKWC can be found here: challonge.com/rkwc2022.
Check out this link for the final standings according to Challonge: challonge.com/rkwc2022/standings

The 2022 rules were posted on the RKWC website: sites.google.com/view/racingkingswc/2022-rkwc/2022-rules
Read the announcement of the 2022 RKWC here: lichess.org/forum/team-racing-kings-wc/2022-rkwc-announcement--registrations
The match times were announced here: lichess.org/forum/team-racing-kings-wc/2022-rkwc-pairings--match-time-announcements
And finally, all match results are posted in this topic: lichess.org/forum/team-racing-kings-wc/2022-rkwc-match-results

Also many thanks to everyone that helped out this edition: @seth_7777777 for updating the discord standings and the TD's @FS-Schach and @Natso.

In accordance with tradition, the registrations for the 2023 RKWC will take place between May 29 and June 25. We hope you’ll be there with us in 2023!

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