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Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup 2019-20 (Games and Results)
Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup 2019-20
Mark Crowther - Wednesday 15th April 2020
Alireza Firouzja beat Magnus Carlsen 8.5-7.5 in the Banter Blitz. Photo © | https://chess24.com
Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup took place 25th September 2019 to April 15th 2020. 128 players started the knockout event which has reached the quarter final stages. Time control 3 minutes a game.
Quarter Final Pairings: Carlsen 9-1 Grandelius, Sjugirov 8.5-5.5 Robson, Firouzja 8.5-2.5 Meier, Narayanan 8.5-6.5 Iturrizaga.
Semi-Finals: Carlsen 9-0 Sjugirov and Firouzja 9-6 Narayanan.
The final between Carlsen and Firouzja took place Wednesday 15th April 2020 at 6pm BST. Firouzja won the match 8.5-7.5 and was behind only once in the match (after game 12) when he allowed checkmate when he expected to win on time but he immediately followed this setback with two consecutive wins, Carlsen leveled things up once again but then lost the final game 16 and thus lost the match. Carlsen was constantly berating himself throughout the match for his oversights.
Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup 2019 (chess24.com INT)
Wed 25th Sep 2019 - Fri 20th Dec 2019 -
Official Site - Results - Live
Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup (128 players 7 Rds KO Indiv TC:3m) - Games in PGN: Games
Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup (128 players 7 Rds KO Indiv TC: 3m) - Games in PGN: Games
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| Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup chess24.com INT Wed 25th Sep 2019 - Fri 20th Dec 2019
Leading Final Round 7 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Name | Rtg | Pts |
| Final | |||
| 1 | Firouzja, Alireza | 2702 | 8.5 |
| 2 | Carlsen, Magnus | 2876 | 7.5 |
| Semi Finals | |||
| 1 | Carlsen, Magnus | 2876 | 9 |
| 2 | Sjugirov, Sanan | 2662 | 0 |
| 1 | Firouzja, Alireza | 2702 | 9 |
| 2 | Narayanan.S.L | 2611 | 6 |
| Quarter Finals | |||
| 1 | Carlsen, Magnus | 2876 | 9 |
| 2 | Grandelius, Nils | 2691 | 1 |
| 1 | Sjugirov, Sanan | 2662 | 8.5 |
| 2 | Robson, Ray | 2653 | 5.5 |
| 1 | Firouzja, Alireza | 2702 | 8.5 |
| 1 | Meier, Georg | 2628 | 2.5 |
| 1 | Narayanan.S.L | 2611 | 8.5 |
| 1 | Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo | 2626 | 6.5 |
| Round 4 | |||
| 1 | Carlsen, Magnus | 2876 | 8.5 |
| 2 | Cheparinov, Ivan | 2670 | 1.5 |
| 1 | Grandelius, Nils | 2691 | 9 |
| 2 | Abasov, Nijat | 2632 | 4 |
| 1 | Robson, Ray | 2653 | 9 |
| 2 | Anton Guijarro, David | 2674 | 5 |
| 1 | Sjugirov, Sanan | 2662 | 8.5 |
| 2 | Tang, Andrew | 2507 | 3.5 |
| 1 | Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo | 2626 | 8.5 |
| 2 | Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | 2608 | 7.5 |
| 1 | Narayanan.S.L | 2611 | 8.5 |
| 2 | Donchenko, Alexander | 2631 | 5.5 |
| 1 | Meier, Georg | 2628 | 8.5 |
| 2 | Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | 2730 | 5.5 |
| 1 | Firouzja, Alireza | 2702 | 9 |
| 2 | Bluebaum, Matthias | 2631 | 1 |
| 34 players | |||
