The Julius Baer Generation Cup is the 7th event of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour and takes place from 18-25 September on chess24.com. The event featured 16 world-class players spanning the age spectrum, but the field got cut in half yesterday as the preliminary stage of the event concluded. The top eight players advanced to the Knockout stage which will be played over the next four days on chess24.com. The top 8 are: Magnus Carlsen, Arjun Erigaisi, Hans Niemann, Praggnanandhaa, Vincent Keymer, Le Quang Liem, Christopher Yoo and Levon Aronian.
The Quarterfinals matches are:
Q1: Magnus Carlsen vs Levon Aronian 3-1
Q2: Arjun Erigaisi vs Christopher Yoo 3.5-2.5
Q3: Hans Niemann vs Le Quang Liem 1.5-2.5
Q4: Praggnanandhaa – Vincent Keymer 1-3
Semi-finals:
S1: Magnus Carlsen vs Vincent Keymer
S2: Le Quang Liem vs Arjun Erigaisi
See the Knockout phase pairings and timetable here
The timetable of happenings related to Carlsen – Niemann case:
