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 features 16 world-class players spanning the age spectrum. World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen headlines the field and met again with 19-year-old Hans Niemann, resigning his game after only two moves of play (Read more here). The field includes also the six-time World Championship candidate Boris Gelfand, Ukraine’s 53-year-old former World Rapid Champion Vassily Ivanchuk, 15-year-old Christopher Yoo, Indian prodigy Praggnanandhaa, Vincent Keymer, Arjun Erigaisi, Anish Giri, Levon Aronian, Liem Le, Radoslaw Wojtaszek, David Navara, Ivan Saric, and Adhiban Baskaran, and today gets cut in half, as only the top eight players proceed to the Knockout phase of the event.
One of the exciting encounters of the last Prelims day features the clash between two youngsters who recently joined the 2700 club – Vincent Keymer and Arjun Erigaisi. Follow the day 4 video coverage here
Pairings of all rounds of the Preliminary stage & Schedule can be found here / Julius Baer Generation Cup LIVE games
