The Kramnik Challenge is a 16-player rapid round-robin taking place on chess24 from August 12-15. The third of five events on the $100,000 Julius Baer Challengers Chess Tour, it features two teams of 8 young players captained by Vladimir Kramnik and Judit Polgar.

The winner earns $3,000 as well as a place on the next event on the $1.5 million Meltwater Champions Chess Tour, starting August 28. The time control is 10 minutes for all moves, with a 5-second increment per move starting from move 1. The winner is decided by individual points, but the players’ scores also count towards team standings. After the tour is over the best scoring team earns a trip to the World Chess Championship match in Dubai.

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Official website: challengerschesstour.com

Julius Baer Challengers Chess Tour. 2 этап

В турнире принимают участие две сильнейшие шахматистки Казахстана Абдумалик Жансая и Садуакасова Динара.

The Gelfand Challenge is a 20-player rapid round-robin taking place on chess24 from June 10-13. The second of five events on the $100,000 Julius Baer Challengers Chess Tour, it features two teams of 10 young players captained by Vladimir Kramnik and Judit Polgar. The winner earns $3,000 as well as a place on the next event on the $1.5 million Meltwater Champions Chess Tour, starting June 26. The time control is 10 minutes for all moves, with a 5-second increment per move starting from move 1. The winner is decided by individual points, but the players’ scores also count towards team standings. After the tour is over the best scoring team earns a trip to the World Chess Championship match in Dubai.

Official website: challengerschesstour.com

В турнире играют две сильнейшие шахматистки Казахстана:

За Team Polgar сыграет Жансая Абдумалик (Алматы)
За Team Kramnik сыграет Динара Садуакасова (Нур — Султан)

К сожалению Динара Садуакасова (Казахстан) выбыла из турнира из-за неустойчивого соединения интернета и ее результаты были аннулированы.

Официальное заявление организаторов турнира.

Заявление Динары Садуакасовой:

Дорогие друзья, с большим сожалением вынуждена сообщить, что из-за нестабильного интернета вынуждена прервать участие в турнире Polgar Challenge. Я готовилась к турниру, как в шахматном плане, так и в техническом. Но на протяжении всех 7-ми партий которые я играла, все время были проблемы с интернетом. Даже в последней партии, 7-го тура с международным гроссмейстером Lei Tingjie у меня был перевес по времени и лишняя пешка в коневом эндшпиле 3 на 2, но из-за нестабильной связи я просрочила время. В ходе каждой партии мне приходилось больше думать об интернете. Использовала соединение трёх провайдеров, ничего не помогало. Ещё раз приношу извинения болельщикам и организаторам.

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Finding the NextGen in chess: The new Julius Baer Challengers Chess Tour
Chess legends Judit Polgar and Vladimir Kramnik have joined forces with Play Magnus Group to launch a new elite online tour designed to support rising young players and advance gender equality in the sport.

The Julius Baer Challengers Chess Tour will feature some of the world’s top talent and include a healthy balance of male and female competitors.

At stake is a $100,000 prize pot, golden tickets to compete with the very best in the game in the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour as well as educational opportunities and experiences.

Kramnik and Polgar launch the Julius Baer Challengers Chess Tour

Are you Team Polgar, or Team Kramnik?

Fronted by the strongest female player of all time, Judit Polgar, and former World Champion Vladimir Kramnik, the new tour will run alongside the hugely-popular Meltwater Champions Chess Tour.

In total 20 players will be involved, divided into teams run by Judit and Vladimir. Live commentary of the action will be provided here on chess24.

The Tour is designed to tackle head-on the lack of female role models competing in top events and promote emerging talent.

Figures from FIDE released last year show there are more than 1700 grandmasters in the world, but only 37 of them are female.

Judit Polgar, however, has shown gender alone is no barrier to success in chess.

The Hungarian’s extraordinary career saw her beat Bobby Fischer’s long-standing record to become the youngest GM in history.

World Champions Judit has beaten include Garry Kasparov, Anatoly Karpov, Boris Spassky, Vasily Smyslov and Viswanathan Anand. She peaked in 2005 when she was 29, hitting eighth in the world rankings.

The 44-year-old, who retired in 2014, said: “It has always been my mission to show chess is not just a game, it is a powerful tool in education.

“The Julius Baer Challengers Chess Tour will be full of drama and exciting chess. We hope you tune in to watch!”

It is an honour being the co-host of the @juliusbaer Challengers Chess Tour, a new event will feature some of the world’s top young male and female talents! It starts on April 8. ♟❤️#ChessChallengers pic.twitter.com/EMacEkYCKX

— Judit Polgar (@GMJuditPolgar) March 21, 2021

The new Tour starts on April 8 and includes four 4-day rapid tournaments played on chess24, leading into a Final taking place from September 9 to 13.
The winner of each event will qualify for a place on the $1.5 million Meltwater Champions Chess Tour, Play Magnus Group’s flagship series.

Julius Baer, the Swiss private bank that has supported the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour, will be the new event’s title partner.

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