2025 RKWC pairings & match time announcements • page 1/6 • Racing Kings WC • lichess.org

Hello everyone!

Our registration period has come to a close. It's time to start!

We reached a total of 44 accepted registrations this year. First we will have a playoff round, if you lose you are out!

The match format for the 2025 RKWC is: 10 games of 3+2, and whilst both players can stop the match as soon as a decisive advantage (5.5 points) has been reached, it is also possible to fully complete the 10-game-series. If a match ends in 5-5, then pairs of two 3+2 games will be played until the score is unequal after an even number of games. In case the score reaches 8-8 the same procedure is repeated with the time format changing to 1+0.

As soon as you read this, please follow these steps:

Contact your opponent and offer at least 3 match times over 2 days in UTC, see https://time.is/UTC if you don't know your timezone.
If you agreed on a match time, please post the time in this thread. Otherwise message @QueenEatingDragon, @FS-Schach or @Natso.
Play your match.
Post the result, and a link to the first game in the match results thread: lichess.org/forum/team-racing-kings-wc/2025-rkwc-match-results). Otherwise message @QueenEatingDragon, @FS-Schach or @Natso.
Wait for your next pairing to be announced. When you lose this round you are out of the RKWC, after that if you lose TWO matches.

The first round pairings for the single elimination bracket are listed below. Each players' seeding is shown in front of their username.

The top 20 seeded players are placed directly into the double elimination phase. You don't have to do anything this week. This applies to (1) @CyberShredder, (2) @seth_777, (3) @QueenEatingDragon, (4) @Natso, (5) @r2300, (6) @AtoAntRac, (7) @sathsaradissanayakee, (8) @panagiskosmatos, (9) @CemalZiya027, (10) @GKR_gabriel, (11) @sachmaty8, (12) @Telecaster12, (13) @FS-Schach, (14) @LC-Racing, (15) @Huguitooo_xD, (16) @RacingKingsKing, (17) @Max_FLM, (18) @VladislavAlikin, (19) @AshaneStNicholas, (20) @AstroCat789.

Playoff round:
(32) @arjunarora1208 - (33) @NoBody_is_not_here
(25) @matusayayim - (40) @Discovered_Attack0-3
(24) @steel_real - (41) @ekaansh_nagia25
(29) @OLLiEparker - (36) @LeChuchel
(28) @MANDOMan13 - (37) @Virat000
(21) @AdvayaPanavModi - (44) @ronavjaswal
(31) @paulinho98 - (34) @sumeet_talikoti07
(26) @RacingKingsQueen - (39) @uijh
(23) @MaxwellsSilvrHammer - (42) @huangyuting2377
(30) @corywong8888 - (35) @Dron111111
(27) @Lahan_2014 - (38) @Dude128
(22) @Kante_01 - (43) @chen-rcc

Every round of the Racing Kings WC lasts for one week, except for the winners bracket round 3, 4 and 5. Matches from the first round should be completed by the end of 27 July. The full schedule is on the team description and might be changed. You can schedule as soon as your opponent is listed on Challonge.

All rules can be viewed on sites.google.com/view/racingkingswc/2025-rkwc/2025-rules but if there are any questions you can't find an answer to, don't hesitate to contact @QueenEatingDragon, @FS-Schach or @Natso.
All data regarding the seeded ratings can be found here: sites.google.com/view/racingkingswc/2025-rkwc/2025-entrants
The bracket for the 2025 RKWC can be found here: challonge.com/rkwc2025

Good luck to all participants!

Hello everyone! Our registration period has come to a close. It's time to start! We reached a total of 44 accepted registrations this year. First we will have a playoff round, if you lose you are out! The match format for the 2025 RKWC is: 10 games of 3+2, and whilst both players can stop the match as soon as a decisive advantage (5.5 points) has been reached, it is also possible to fully complete the 10-game-series. If a match ends in 5-5, then pairs of two 3+2 games will be played until the score is unequal after an even number of games. In case the score reaches 8-8 the same procedure is repeated with the time format changing to 1+0. As soon as you read this, please follow these steps: - Contact your opponent and offer at least 3 match times over 2 days in UTC, see https://time.is/UTC if you don't know your timezone. - If you agreed on a match time, please post the time in this thread. Otherwise message @QueenEatingDragon, @FS-Schach or @Natso. - Play your match. - Post the result, and a link to the first game in the match results thread: lichess.org/forum/team-racing-kings-wc/2025-rkwc-match-results). Otherwise message @QueenEatingDragon, @FS-Schach or @Natso. - Wait for your next pairing to be announced. When you lose this round you are out of the RKWC, after that if you lose TWO matches. The first round pairings for the single elimination bracket are listed below. Each players' seeding is shown in front of their username. The top 20 seeded players are placed directly into the double elimination phase. You don't have to do anything this week. This applies to (1) @CyberShredder, (2) @seth_777, (3) @QueenEatingDragon, (4) @Natso, (5) @r2300, (6) @AtoAntRac, (7) @sathsaradissanayakee, (8) @panagiskosmatos, (9) @CemalZiya027, (10) @GKR_gabriel, (11) @sachmaty8, (12) @Telecaster12, (13) @FS-Schach, (14) @LC-Racing, (15) @Huguitooo_xD, (16) @RacingKingsKing, (17) @Max_FLM, (18) @VladislavAlikin, (19) @AshaneStNicholas, (20) @AstroCat789. Playoff round: (32) @arjunarora1208 - (33) @NoBody_is_not_here (25) @matusayayim - (40) @Discovered_Attack0-3 (24) @steel_real - (41) @ekaansh_nagia25 (29) @OLLiEparker - (36) @LeChuchel (28) @MANDOMan13 - (37) @Virat000 (21) @AdvayaPanavModi - (44) @ronavjaswal (31) @paulinho98 - (34) @sumeet_talikoti07 (26) @RacingKingsQueen - (39) @uijh (23) @MaxwellsSilvrHammer - (42) @huangyuting2377 (30) @corywong8888 - (35) @Dron111111 (27) @Lahan_2014 - (38) @Dude128 (22) @Kante_01 - (43) @chen-rcc Every round of the Racing Kings WC lasts for one week, except for the winners bracket round 3, 4 and 5. Matches from the first round should be completed by the end of 27 July. The full schedule is on the team description and might be changed. You can schedule as soon as your opponent is listed on Challonge. All rules can be viewed on sites.google.com/view/racingkingswc/2025-rkwc/2025-rules but if there are any questions you can't find an answer to, don't hesitate to contact @QueenEatingDragon, @FS-Schach or @Natso. All data regarding the seeded ratings can be found here: sites.google.com/view/racingkingswc/2025-rkwc/2025-entrants The bracket for the 2025 RKWC can be found here: challonge.com/rkwc2025 Good luck to all participants!