The sport of chess develops quickly in terms of coverage and fandom, India and the United States at the forefront of this world wave. Their best players – including D Gukesh and Hikaru Nakamura – will compete in a unique competition in October. Here is everything you need to know.
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Two chess powers – India and the United States – will come up against the Esports stadium in Arlington, Texas, in a single five -boards in October this year. The upcoming event, which is named Checkmate: USA VS India, will see the chess of the world champion of Gukeshsh take the great master n ° 1 Hikaru Nakamura, while Arigaisi will be confronted with Fabiano Caruana, world n ° 5.
The uniqueness of the chess tournament, which will take place on October 4, can be assessed because it will also include matches between players who are among the biggest chess banners in the world. For example, Levy Rozman, also known as Gothamchess, will face Sagar Shah, who directs the failures of India. The international master Rozman has more than 6 million subscribers on his YouTube channel, while Chessbase India has more than 2.62 million subscribers.
The CheckMate tournament: USA VS India will also feature some of the largest players in the two countries, while Carissa Yip, 21, will face Divya Deshmukh (19). Another great attraction of the competition will be the fight between young chess talents, such as the match between the eight -year -old chess prodigy Tanitoluwa Adewumi and Ethan Vaz, 14, in India.
Five checkmate plates: USA vs India
Hikaru Nakamura (USA) against D Gukesh (India)
Fabiano Caruana (USA) against Arjun Erigaisi (India)
Levy Rozman (USA) against Sagar Shah (India)
Carissa Yip (USA) against Divya Deshmukh (India)
Tanitoluwa Adewumi (United States) against Ethan Vaz (India)
The organizers hope that at least 2,500 spectators will go to the Esports stadium for the competition to see matches between the world champion Gukesh and Nakamura and other chess stars.
The world n ° 2 Nakamura believes that such an event will be a big boost to enhance the profile of chess.
“This is the kind of event that raises failures to the next level,” said Nakamura. “India has become one of the most exciting forces of world failures, and I am delighted to take them in front of a live crowd here in the United States, we want to show the world that America is home to some of the best game players – and that failures can be as exciting and competitive as any major sport.”
The oragnisers of the event, CheckMate Strategic Ventures, said that a first leg would also take place in India soon.
Checkmate: USA vs India: Format
The USA team will have the advantage of the whiteboard in all matches because they are the home team. India should have white boards in the second step.
The USA VS India match will include five laps. They will be played sequentially, one board at a time.
Time control:
Regular game: 10 minutes per player
If print, overtime game: 5 minutes per player
If drawing, shooting game: 1 minute per player
In the event of a drawing, an additional 1 min per player until the winner emerges
No price has been declared so far and the tickets have been put online on Tixr.com on May 1.
