The Julius Baer Generation Cup is the 5th event on the 2023 Champions Chess Tour.

Format

The Julius Baer Generation Cup features three Divisions of 8, 16 and 32 players. Each division is a double-elimination knockout where if one player loses one match he drops down to a Losers bracket and can still win the tournament. In the Grand Final if the player from the Winners bracket loses, there’s a rematch.

The total prize fund is $235,000, with a top prize of $30,000 (150 Tour points) in Division I, $10,000 in Division II (50 points) and $5,000 (20 points) in Division III. The top 3 in Division I and the winner of Division II qualify straight to Division I of the next event on the Tour.

The time control for normal games is 15 minutes per player for all moves, with a 3-second increment each move. In Division I and II the Winners bracket matches are played over four games, while in the Losers bracket there are two games. In Division III all matches are over two games except the 4-game Grand Final. A tie in a match is decided by an Armageddon game with no increment, where the players bid for time they are willing to play with. The lowest bidder gets that time and can pick colour, while the opponent gets 15 minutes. Black only needs a draw to win the match.

Players

Division I

  • Magnus Carlsen 🇳🇴 2835
  • Fabiano Caruana 🇺🇸 2782
  • Alireza Firouzja 🇫🇷 2777
  • Wesley So 🇺🇸 2769
  • Nodirbek Abdusattorov 🇺🇿 2725
  • M. Amin Tabatabaei 🇮🇷 2696
  • Pavel Eljanov 🇺🇦 2695
  • Denis Lazavik 🏳️ 2560

Division II

  • Ian Nepomniatchtchi 🏳️ 2779
  • Levon Aronian 🇺🇸 2742
  • Vladislav Artemiev 🏳️ 2698
  • Alexey Sarana 🇷🇸 2685
  • Nihal Sarin 🇮🇳 2684
  • Bassem Amin 🇪🇬 2684
  • Andrey Esipenko 🏳️ 2683
  • Vladimir Fedoseev 🇸🇮 2676
  • Laurent Fressinet 🇫🇷 2652
  • Rauf Mamedov 🇦🇿 2633
  • Nodirbek Yakubboev 🇺🇿 2630
  • Eduardo Iturrizaga 🇪🇸 2617
  • Maksim Chigaev 🇪🇸 2616
  • Aleksey Dreev 🏳️ 2698
  • Aydin Suleymanli 🇦🇿 2586
  • Evgeny Alekseev 🇮🇱 2573

Division III

  • Anish Giri 🇳🇱 2769
  • Vladimir Kramnik 🏳️ 2753
  • Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 🇦🇿 2747
  • Dmitry Andreikin 🏳️ 2729
  • Parham Maghsoodloo 🇮🇷 2702
  • Samuel Sevian 🇺🇸 2698
  • Igor Kovalenko 🇺🇦 2674
  • Matthias Bluebaum 🇩🇪 2670
  • Etienne Bacrot 🇫🇷 2662
  • Jaime Santos Latasa 🇪🇸 2656
  • Alan Pichot 🇪🇸 2642
  • Gata Kamsky 🇺🇸 2641
  • Shant Sargsyan 🇦🇲 2639
  • Benjamin Gledura 🇭🇺 2637
  • Georg Meier 🇺🇾 2629
  • Yuriy Kuzubov 🇺🇦 2627
  • Benjamin Bok 🇳🇱 2617
  • Aram Hakobyan 🇦🇲 2612
  • Samvel Ter-Sahakyan 🇦🇲 2609
  • Olexandr Bortnyk 🇺🇦 2608
  • Shamsiddin Vokhidov 🇺🇿 2597
  • Nikolas Theodoru 🇬🇷 2586
  • Constantin Lupulescu 🇷🇴 2584
  • Bardiya Daneshvar 🇮🇷 2570
  • Velimir Ivic 🇷🇸 2570
  • Tuan Minh Le 🇻🇳 2559
  • Vugar Rasulov 🇦🇿 2549
  • Rudik Makarian 🏳️ 2546
  • Nikita Meshkovs 🇱🇻 2544
  • Diego Flores 🇦🇷 2534
  • Pablo Salinas Herrera 🇨🇱 2464
  • Garg Aradhya 🇮🇳 2395

Schedule

Division I

  • Quarterfinals: 30th August
    • Game 1: 15:00 UTC
    • Game 2: 15:35 UTC
    • Game 3: 16:20 UTC
    • Game 4: 16:55 UTC
    • Game 5: 17:40 UTC
  • Losers Round 1: 31st August
    • Game 1: 15:00 UTC
    • Game 2: 15:35 UTC
    • Game 3: 16:20 UTC
  • Semifinals: 31st August
    • Game 1: 16:50 UTC
    • Game 2: 17:25 UTC
    • Game 3: 18:10 UTC
    • Game 4: 18:45 UTC
    • Game 5: 19:30 UTC
  • Losers Quarterfinals: 1st September
    • Game 1: 15:00 UTC
    • Game 2: 15:35 UTC
    • Game 3: 16:10 UTC
  • Final: 1st September
    • Game 1: 16:50 UTC
    • Game 2: 17:25 UTC
    • Game 3: 18:10 UTC
    • Game 4: 18:45 UTC
    • Game 5: 19:30 UTC
  • Losers Final: 2nd September
    • Game 1: 16:50 UTC
    • Game 2: 17:25 UTC
    • Game 3: 18:05 UTC
  • Grand Final: 3rd September
    • Game 1: 15:00 UTC
    • Game 2: 15:35 UTC
    • Game 3: 16:20 UTC
    • Game 4: 16:55 UTC
    • Game 5: 17:40 UTC
  • Grand Final Reset: 3rd September
    • Game 1: 18:15 UTC
    • Game 2: 18:50 UTC
    • Game 3: 19:25 UTC

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    Day 1 - Division I

    Classified for Semifinals
    • Magnus Carlsen 2.5/3 🇳🇴 2835
    • Fabiano Caruana 3/5 🇺🇸 2782
    • Alireza Firouzja 3/3 🇫🇷 2777
    • Wesley So 3/3 🇺🇸 2769
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    • Nodirbek Abdusattorov 🇺🇿 2725
    • M. Amin Tabatabaei 🇮🇷 2696
    • Pavel Eljanov 🇺🇦 2695
    • Denis Lazavik 🏳️ 2560
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    Day 1 - Division II

    Classified for Quarterfinals
    • Ian Nepomniatchtchi 2.5/3 🏳️ 2779
    • Levon Aronian 2.5/5 🇺🇸 2742
    • Vladislav Artemiev 2.5/4 🏳️ 2698
    • Alexey Sarana 3/3 🇷🇸 2685
    • Bassem Amin 2.5/5 🇪🇬 2684
    • Vladimir Fedoseev 2.5/5 🇸🇮 2676
    • Laurent Fressinet 2.5/3 🇫🇷 2652
    • Aydin Suleymanli 2.5/3 🇦🇿 2586
    Move to Losers bracket
    • Nihal Sarin 🇮🇳 2684
    • Andrey Esipenko 🏳️ 2683
    • Rauf Mamedov 🇦🇿 2633
    • Nodirbek Yakubboev 🇺🇿 2630
    • Maksim Chigaev 🇪🇸 2616
    • Eduardo Iturrizaga 🇪🇸 2617
    • Aleksey Dreev 🏳️ 2698
    • Evgeny Alekseev 🇮🇱 2573
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    Day 1 - Division III

    Classified for Round 3
    • Anish Giri 🇳🇱 2769
    • Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 🇦🇿 2747
    • Samuel Sevian 🇺🇸 2698
    • Etienne Bacrot 🇫🇷 2662
    • Gata Kamsky 🇺🇸 2641
    • Benjamin Bok 🇳🇱 2617
    • Tuan Minh Le 🇻🇳 2559
    • Pablo Salinas Herrera 🇨🇱 2464
    Moved to Losers bracket
    • Vladimir Kramnik 🏳️ 2753
    • Dmitry Andreikin 🏳️ 2729
    • Matthias Bluebaum 🇩🇪 2670
    • Jaime Santos Latasa 🇪🇸 2656
    • Shant Sargsyan 🇦🇲 2639
    • Benjamin Gledura 🇭🇺 2637
    • Georg Meier 🇺🇾 2629
    • Yuriy Kuzubov 🇺🇦 2627
    • Samvel Ter-Sahakyan 🇦🇲 2609
    • Olexandr Bortnyk 🇺🇦 2608
    • Shamsiddin Vokhidov 🇺🇿 2597
    • Nikolas Theodoru 🇬🇷 2586
    • Constantin Lupulescu 🇷🇴 2584
    • Rudik Makarian 🏳️ 2546
    • Diego Flores 🇦🇷 2534
    • Garg Aradhya 🇮🇳 2395
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    Day 2 - Division II

    Classified for Semifinals
    • Ian Nepomniatchtchi 🏳️ 2779
    • Levon Aronian 🇺🇸 2742
    • Vladislav Artemiev 🏳️ 2698
    • Bassem Amin 🇪🇬 2684
    Classified for Round 2 (Losers bracket)
    • Alexey Sarana 🇷🇸 2685
    • Andrey Esipenko 🏳️ 2683
    • Vladimir Fedoseev 🇸🇮 2676
    • Laurent Fressinet 🇫🇷 2652
    • Rauf Mamedov 🇦🇿 2633
    • Nodirbek Yakubboev 🇺🇿 2630
    • Aydin Suleymanli 🇦🇿 2586
    • Evgeny Alekseev 🇮🇱 2573
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    Day 2 - Division I

    Classified for Finals
    • Magnus Carlsen 🇳🇴 2835
    • Alireza Firouzja 🇫🇷 2777
    Classified for Quarterfinals (Losers bracket)
    • Fabiano Caruana 🇺🇸 2782
    • Wesley So 🇺🇸 2769
    • Nodirbek Abdusattorov 🇺🇿 2725
    • Denis Lazavik 🏳️ 2560
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    Day 2 - Division III

    Classified for Finals
    • Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 🇦🇿 2747
    • Samuel Sevian 🇺🇸 2698
    Classified for Round 5 (Losers bracket)
    • Anish Giri 🇳🇱 2769
    • Dmitry Andreikin 🏳️ 2729
    • Etienne Bacrot 🇫🇷 2662
    • Gata Kamsky 🇺🇸 2641
    • Yuriy Kuzubov 🇺🇦 2627
    • Olexandr Bortnyk 🇺🇦 2608
    • Nikolas Theodoru 🇬🇷 2586
    • Pablo Salinas Herrera 🇨🇱 2464
    Classified for Quarterfinals (Losers bracket)
    • Benjamin Bok 🇳🇱 2617
    • Tuan Minh Le 🇻🇳 2559
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    Day 3 - Division I

    Classified for Grand Final
    • Magnus Carlsen 🇳🇴 2835
    Classified for Final (Losers bracket)
    • Alireza Firouzja 🇫🇷 2777
    Classified for Semifinal (Losers bracket)
    • Nodirbek Abdusattorov 🇺🇿 2725
    • Denis Lazavik 🏳️ 2560
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    Day 3 - Division III

    Classified for Grand Final
    • Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 🇦🇿 2747
    Classified for Final (Losers bracket)
    • Samuel Sevian 🇺🇸 2698
    Classified for Semifinal (Losers bracket)
    • Gata Kamsky 🇺🇸 2641
    • Olexandr Bortnyk 🇺🇦 2608
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    Day 3 - Division II

    Classified for Final
    • Ian Nepomniatchtchi 🏳️ 2779
    • Vladislav Artemiev 🏳️ 2698
    Classified for Quarterfinals (Losers bracket)
    • Levon Aronian 🇺🇸 2742
    • Bassem Amin 🇪🇬 2684
    • Nodirbek Yakubboev 🇺🇿 2630
    • Evgeny Alekseev 🇮🇱 2573
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    Day 4 - Division III

    Classified for Grand Final
    • Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 🇦🇿 2747
    • Samuel Sevian 🇺🇸 2698
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    Day 4 - Division I

    Classified for Grand Final
    • Magnus Carlsen 🇳🇴 2835
    • Alireza Firouzja 🇫🇷 2777
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    Day 4 - Division II

    Classified for Grand Final
    • Ian Nepomniatchtchi 🏳️ 2779
    • Levon Aronian 🇺🇸 2742
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    Grand Final, Division II

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    Ian Nepomniatchtchi 🏳️ 2779 vs Levon Aronian 🇺🇸 2742: 2.5-0.5

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    Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 🇦🇿 2747 vs Samuel Sevian 🇺🇸 2698: 2-3

    Grand Final 2

    Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 🇦🇿 2747 vs Samuel Sevian 🇺🇸 2698: 1-2

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    Grand Final, Division I

    Result

    Magnus Carlsen 🇳🇴 2835 vs Alireza Firouzja 🇫🇷 2777: 3-2