The Grand Finale of the Armageddon Series is taking place on September 14-20 at the World Chess Club in Berlin. On the first day of action, Gukesh D faces Wesley So and Jan-Krzysztof Duda faces Sam Shankland. | Follow the games live with expert commentary by Simon Williams and Jovanka Houska, starting at 19.00 CEST (13.00 ET, 22.30 IST).
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After a week of intense and exciting blitz matches, the Armageddon Women's Week in Berlin came to an end on Sunday. In the final, Bibisara Assaubayeva beat Humpy Koneru. The organisers, World Chess, measured the players' heart rates during the games: The highest was 173 beats per minute. | Photos: World Chess
“Armageddon Championship Series: Asia & Oceania”, the second event of the cycle developed by World Chess, will take place on April 3-9 in Berlin. Daniil Dubov, Yu Yangyi, Vladimir Kramnik, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Vidit Gujrathi, Parham Maghsoodloo, Gukesh D and Murali Karthikeyan will play a double-elimination blitz knockout, as they battle for €50,000 in prize money and two spots in the series’ Grand Finale.
The first quarter-finals of the Americas group of the World Chess Armageddon series were played on Monday. The venue is the World Chess Club Unter den Linden in Berlin. Wesley So won against Sam Shankland and Renato Terry prevailed in the Armageddon against Eric Hansen. The losers continue in the elimination group. | Photo: World Chess