Fabiano Caruana beat Javokhir Sindarov via Armageddon after a 7.5 hour marathon to reach the final of the Grand Chelem Freestyle tour on Wednesday. We explain the format of the Armageddon shooting system in failures.
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The American Grand Master Fabiano Caruana overcome his Uzbekistan counterpart Javokhir Sindarov to go to the final of the Weissenhaus leg of the Grand Slam tour of the 2025 Freestyle chess on Wednesday. Caruana and Sibdarov were involved in two intense chess games in their tie in the semi-finals.
They played a draw in the first match of the semi-finals on Tuesday and the second Wednesday match had the same result. Only this time there was no longer to play. Caruana and Sindarov played two draws in the break-in equality and exchanged victories in the Blip-Tie-Blip, forcing the match in Armageddon.
Caruana, who had beaten D Gukesh in the quarter -final, took over Sindarov in Armageddon to reach the final in Germany after 7.5 hours of exhilarating failures. Caruana will face Vincent Keymer in the final which will also be held in two games on Thursday and Friday. Meanwhile, Magnus Carlsen, who lost to Keymer, will face Sindarov during the eliminatory match in third place.
What is Armageddon?
Armageddon is used as a break in final equality in failures. The Armageddon format, which is a type of fast failure, uses rules similar to that of an ordinary chess. However, there are two notable differences in Armageddon failures.
The first is that the black pieces have “odds”, which means that the player playing with Black has only to get a draw against his opponent to win the competition.
Another aspect is that the player with black parts starts with less time on the clock. In Blitz Time Control Games, the player with black pieces four minutes and the player with white has five minutes. On the other hand, in quick format, the players with white have 10 minutes while the black rooms have eight minutes.
Another type of Armageddon is Armageddon submission. In this format, players can teach time to play with black pieces. They inform the referee of the time they are ready to abandon in order to play with the color they choose. Players who are ready to play with less time then receive black parts and draw odds.
