Category: Atomic Chess
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The 2024 Atomic World Championship
The 2024 Atomic World Championship began on 11 September 2024. The players that made it through registration and screening were paired via Challonge (74 players in total). Apart from manually making sure that the top 16 seeds were placed into groups on their own (1-16, 2-15, etc.), Challonge automatically assigned the rest of the players….
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The 2024 Atomic Chess World Championship Rules
The rules for the 2024 Atomic Chess World Championship on Lichess (Registration in August, games begin September).
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The 2023 Atomic World Championship
The 2023 Atomic World Championship began on 11 September 2023 and completed on 10 December 2023 when vlad_00 became the 2023 Atomic Chess World Champion by defeating sutcunuri 5.5 – 4.5 in the final match.
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The 2023 Atomic WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RULES
The 2023 Lichess Atomic Chess World Championship 1. Scope 1.1 The Lichess Atomic Chess World Championship for 2023 is to open the registration period on 1 August 2023. The registration period will end at 00:00 UTC on 1 September 2023. The first round of matches will commence at 00:00 UTC on 11 September 2023 and continue…
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The 2022 Atomic World CHAMPIONSHIP
The list of participants (and their ratings/calculations) are listed below. Week 1 matches (officially) begin on Monday, September 12, 2022. You may play ahead if your opponent is known. https://challonge.com/2022awc Seed Players Perf Rating Perf Link Best Rating Game Link Seeding Rating 1 vlad_00 2651 https://lichess.org/tournament/g2YveawB 2563 https://lichess.org/fMywdPxn 2607 2 fast-tsunami 2436 https://lichess.org/tournament/dpEktlDj 2516 https://lichess.org/w1Rf3fsi…
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The 2022 Atomic WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RULES
The 2022 Lichess Atomic Chess World Championship 1. Scope 1.1 The Lichess Atomic Chess World Championship for 2022 is to open the registration period on 1 August 2022. The registration period will end at 00:00 UTC on 1 September 2022. The first round of matches will commence at 00:00 UTC on 12 September 2022 and continue…
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The 2021 Atomic World Championship
The list of participants (and their ratings/calculations) are listed below. Week 1 matches (officially) begin on Monday, September 13, 2021. You may play ahead if your opponent is known. https://challonge.com/2021awc Name Peak Rating Peak Link Performance Rating Tournament Link Seeding Rating vlad_00 2589 https://lichess.org/u1r1iXlo 2642 https://lichess.org/tournament/SqY6YizN 2615.5 fast-tsunami 2528 https://lichess.org/hEpLEYTw 2454 https://lichess.org/tournament/UE8lzORF 2491 pashpash 2377…
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THE 2021 ATOMIC WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RULES
Special Announcement for 2021 Note: To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Atomic Chess, I’ve decided to run two separate tournaments to celebrate this chess variant and community. Many players today may have never experienced the early days of a brand new variant. The thrill of discovery. Everybody on a level playing field. No opening book…
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The 2020 Atomic World Championship
The 2020 AWC is currently in progress. Check this post or the Challonge link for the current pairings.
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The 2020 Atomic World Championship Rules
The 2020 Lichess Atomic Chess World Championship 1. Scope 1.1. The Lichess Atomic Chess World Championship for 2020 is to open the registration period on 1 August 2020. The registration period will end at 00:00 UTC on 1 September 2020. The first round of matches will commence at 00:00 UTC on 7 September 2020 and…