# Four-Player Chess/World Championships

World Championships for Four-Player Chess started in 2018. There have been four Teams Championships, four FFA Championships, one Speed Chess Championship, and one Antichess Championship.

## Events
### Teams

The Four-Player Chess Teams World Championship was the first event created for the World Championship. The opposites are on a team together. This event usually is in the standard teams starting position.

### FFA

FFA is the second event created for the World Championship. There is only one winner, and each player plays as an individual.

### Antichess

Antichess is the third event created for the World Championship. There is only one winner, and each player plays as an individual. The objective is to lose pieces and players are forced to capture their opponent's pieces if they can. The game ends when all of a player’s pieces are captured or can’t move.

## Championships by Type
### Championship Winners

First Team Championship: valger/Oleg_Barantsev
Second Team Championship: GM valger/icystun
Third Team Championship: icystun/abhinavmartha123
Fourth Team Championship: Eyeofthetiger1204/carlosgabriel1234
First FFA (Solo) Championship: Jonasrath
Second FFA (Solo) Championship: icystun
Third FFA (Solo) Championship: icystun
Fourth FFA (Solo) Championship: icystun
First Speed Chess Championship: EyeoftheTiger1204
First (Solo) Antichess Championship: a1t19

### Teams

See Also: en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Four-Player Chess/World_Championships/2024 Teams World Four Player Chess Championship

#### Inaugural Teams World Championship

Teams
1+15s delay
Standard (old)
TD: Luke

##### Qualifiers

sixteen players were invited (or chosen as alts) based upon a variety of factors such as win%. Players who accepted chose partners to play with.
howdidimissthat13, BL0T, malaybasak, and Theoric are among those who declined. Some brackets were open on a first come first serve at a certain time. Rankings at least partially based upon rating. first player is the team "stronger player" typically.
#1 valger/Oleg_Barantsev
#2 Nutsyci/Abhinavmartha123
#3 Rezacz/Wraku89
#4 Xarisole1994/BabYagun
#5 ClashRoyale12345/Malaviya86
#6 Michaela_ruth/e4bc4qh5qf7
#7 OnlyGMbeatme/4pcChessGuru
#8 a1t19/Omi-Kiss
#9 Gremu/hamada_2000 (9) (sub: Persian_Elsa (4))
#10 GustavKlimtPaints/vrdtmr
#11 Kujtimi/legbdu92
#12 Liquid-sun/tommerrall949
#13 NedPencil/TeamsterZizo
#14 vitoria-gasteiz/7R0N1C
#15 Superatos/GDII
#16 strong-lightsaber/karem2 (3 games) (subs:x-gannicus-x (2); fischer_tanvir (1))

##### Winner's Bracket Round One

December 1, 2018
#7 (3)
#10 (0)
Dec. 2,
#11 (3)
#6 (0)
Dec. 3,
#4 (3)
#13 (0)
Dec. 4,
#3 (3)
#14 (0)
Dec. 5
#8 (3)
#9 (0)
Dec. 6
#2 (3)
#15 (0)
Dec. 6
#5 (3)
#12 (0)
Dec. 7
#1 (3)
#16 (0)
1,2,3,4,5,7,8,11 to winners bracket
6,9,10,12,13,14,15,16 to losers bracket

##### Loser's Bracket Round Two

16th
#15 (3)
#10 (0)
19th
#6 (3)
#14 (1)
14th
#9 (3)
#16 (0)
#12
#13 WD
#12 #9 #6 #15 advance

##### Winner's Bracket Round Two

8th
#4 (3)
#5 (2)
11th
#3 (3)
#11 (1)
16th
#2 (3)
#8 (1)
23rd
#1 (3)
#7 (0)

##### Loser's Bracket Round Three

29th
#15 (3)
#8 (2)
#9
#7 WD
#6 3
#5 2+WD
Jan 9th
#12 3
#11 2
Jan 16th
#12 (3)
#9 (1)
Jan 18th
#15 (3)
#6 (0)

##### Winner's Bracket Round Three

25th
#3 (3)
#2 (1)
27th
#4 (0)
#1 (3)

##### Loser's Bracket Round 4

Jan 19th
#2 (3)
#12 (1)
22nd
#15 (3)
#4 (2)

##### Winner's Bracket 4a

Jan 27th
#3 (3)
#1 (1)

##### Loser's 5a

28th
#2 3
#15 2

##### Semi-Final

Jan29/Feb5th
#2 (2)
#1 (3)

##### Final

Feb 17th/24th/25th and March 2nd
#1 (7)
#3 (5)

##### Final Standings

This is the first World Championship ever! It was won by Valger and Oleg_Barantsev with a record of 20-10!
16th-13th (Eliminated Round 2):
16. strong-lightsaber (partners: karem2 (3 games), x-gannicus-x (2 games), fischer_tanvir (1 game) Record: 0-6 (Team who knocked them out 7th)
15. NedPencil (partner: TeamsterZizo) Record: 0-6 (5th)
14. GustavKlimtPaints (partner: vrdtmr) Record: 0-6 (4th)
13. vitoria-gasteiz (partner: 7R0N1C) Record: 1-6
12th-9th (Eliminated Round 3a):
12. OnlyGMbeatme (partner: 4pcChessGuru) Record: 3-6
11. Kujtimi (partner: lebgdu92) Record: 6-6 (Eliminated by liquid-sun and tommerrall949, ranked 5th overall)
10. a1t19 (partner: Omi-Kiss) Record: 6-6 (Eliminated by Superatos and GDII, ranked 4th overall)
9. ClashRoyale12345 (partner: MALAVIYA86) Record: 7-6
8th-7th (Eliminated Round 3b):
8. michaela_ruth (partner: e4bc4qh5qf7) Record: 6-9
7. gremu (partner: hamada_2000 (9 games) Persian_Elsa (4 games)) Record: 7-6
6th-5th (Eliminated Round 4a):
6. Xarisole1994 (partner: BabYagun) Record: 8-8
5. liquid-sun (partner: tommerrall949) Record: 10-9
4th (Eliminated Round 4b):
4. Superatos (partner: GDII) Record: 14-10
3rd (Eliminated in the Semi-Final):
3. Nutsyci (partner: abhinavmartha123) Record: 15-10
RUNNER UP FINALISTS:
2. FM Wojciech Reza, rezacz (partner: GM Tomasz Warakomski, Wraku89) Record: 17-10
FIRST WORLD 4PC TEAMS CHAMPIONS:
1. GM Dmitry Kononenko, valger (partner: Oleg_Barantsev) Record: 20-10

#### 2019 2nd Teams Championship

2+15D
Standard (Old) Starting Position
TD:Luke
800 to winners; 200 to runner's up
Ranking is based upon head-to-head record
Players qualified through the regional system, through performance rating; valger/Oleg_Barantsev qualified for winning the first year, and Clashroyal12345 and Malaviya86 qualified due to miscommunication of the rules in the last championship. Two players also qualified on a first come/first serve basis.
The remaing spots were filled by those who qualified through performance rankings
1 a1t19, 2133.0
2 superatos, 2023.0
3 Omi-Kiss, 2022.5
4 GDII, 2018.6
5 rupnaylak, 1984.4
6 Rafael-2528, 1965.5
7 Kujtimi, 1948.5
8 vrdtmr, 1933.5
9 hamada_2000, 1925.5
10 GustavKlimtPaints, 1923.2

##### Regional Qualifiers

The qualifier regional championships were split based on different timing. The winners advanced to the World Championship Tournament. There were six.
May 18-19th 2019 Regional Tournament: GM Wraku89 + FM Rezacz
2: DirtyWindows + Fischer_tanvir 3: JCrossover08 + SportySpice (did not play in tournament) 4: nutsyci + 7R0N1C(dnpit) 5: michaela_ruth + e4bc4qh5qf7 6: MalburySoapGoodSoap + Roadrunner18

##### Rankings

1. GM Valger + Icystun (0.850527)
2. GM Wraku89 + FM Rezacz (0.799646)
3. JCrossover08 + Roadrunner18 (0.607173)
4. a1t19 + GustavKlimtPaints (0.588899)
5. typicalmove (WD at some point)+ MALAVIYA86 (0.585659)
6. MalburySoapGoodSoap + CleanWindows (0.528708)
7. Gremu + Rafael-2528 (0.517408)
8. Superatos + GDII (0.496194)
9. michaela_ruth + e4bc4qh5qf7 (0.477632)
10. Omi-Kiss + rupnaylak (0.472902)
11. ClashRoyale12345 + tommerrall949 (0.449883)
12. liquid-sun + vrdtmr (0.444513)
13. Kujtimi + flxhfft (0.439554)
14. hamada_2000 + modyfischer (0.358942)
15. Gaand_master_No_1 + Serenity788
16. ANMemmedov/TheWolfOfWallStreet

##### Double Elimination Round One

September 7th
#3 (3)
#14 (1)
September 8th
#6 (3)
#11 (0)
9th
#1 (3)
#16 (0)
14th
#2 (3)
#15 (0)
11th
#8 2
#9 3
12th
#7 3
#10 0
22nd
#5 3
#12 0
#4 (2)
#13 (3)

##### Loser's Bracket 2a

End of September
#16 (0) (wolf didn't show; sub: kurdishfighter
#8 (3)
#4 (3)
#12 (0)
#15 (0) WD
#10 (3) (Omi-kiss WD)
#14 (1)
#11 (3)

##### Winner's Bracket 2a

End of September
#1 3
#9 1
#13 2
#5 3
#2 3
#7 2
#3 1
#6 3

##### Loser's Bracket 2b

End of October
#3 (3)
#8 (0)
#7 (3)
#4 (1)
#13 (0)
#10 (3) (omatamix replaced omi-kiss)
#9 (1)
#11 (3)

##### Round 3a Winner's

November
#1 3
#5 0
#2 2
#6 3

##### Round 3a Elimination

#3 1
#7 3
#10 (2) (cha sub for omata)
#11 (3)

##### Round 3b Elimination

December 20 around
#5 1(eye sub for typical)
#7 3
#2 3
#11 0

##### Round 4 Elimination

around Jan 4th
#7 1
#2 3

##### First Semi-Final (Winners)

#1 3
#6 1

##### Semi-Final (Elimination)

#6 0
#2 3

##### Finals

Febuary 15th around
#1 7
#2 3

##### Final Standings

Note: some players withdrew and were subbed
T13 liquid-sun + vrdtmr (0-2 match wins)
T13 ANMemmmedov + TheWolfOfWallStreet (0-2)
T13 Gaand_Master_no_1 + Serenity788 (0-2)
T13 hamad_2000 + modyfischer (0-2)
T9th Micheala_ruth + e4bc4qh5qf7 (1-2)
T9th a1t19 + GustavKlimtPaints (1-2)
T9th Kujtimi + flxhfft (1-2)
T9th superatos + GDII (1-2)
T7th Jcrossover08 + roadrunner18 (2-2)
T7th rupnaylak + Cha_ChaRealSmooth (2-2)
T5th Eyeofthetiger1204 + MALAVIYA86 (2-2)
T5th Clashroyal12345 + tommerrall949 (3-2)
4th gremu + Rafeal2528 (4-2)
3rd MalburySoapGoodSoap + CleanWindows (3-2)
2nd GM Wraku89 + FM rezacz (5-2)
1st GM valger + icystun (5-0)

#### 2020 3rd Teams Championship

Standard (Old) Starting position
2+15second-delay
TD: Luke
Prizes: 800$ to winning team; 200$ to the runners up
32 qualifiers
seeding for top sixteen is from qualifier performance

##### Round One (single elimination)

August 29, 2020
Arena #2 Santiago González @santox975 + SuicideBoyzz Arda Ferreira @ardaferreira (sub) [3]
#18 Mohammad Tanvir Hossain @fischer_tanvir + Surya Mohan @RogerFederer [2]
September 5, 2020
#10 Ahmed Morsi @Bullet-on-fire + Ahmed Munifi @El-Verdugo-Hugo, [3]
#26 Jacob Mills @Jacob7734 + Keith Madzamba @DoctorFunTimes [0]
August 30, 2020
#8 IM Minh To @DragonB70 + Illés Dávid Márk @kiskiraly13, [3]
#24Caius Mara @GustavKlimtPaints + Anar Memmedov @ANMemmedov [0]
September 6, 2020
#16 NM Eddy Tian @BoxJellyFishChess + Ryan Eicher @CubsRock9 [3]
#32 Nicholas English @omatamix + Trevor Sharp @GTSWPM150 [1]
August 29, 2020
#3 Luis Ignacio @EyeoftheTiger1204 + Carlos Tadeo @carlosgabriel1234 [3]
#19 Luke Romanko @e4bc4qh5qf7 + WIM Anna-Maja Kazarian @annamaja7 [1]
#27 Giovanny Rodriguez @giovannybay97 + Tien Dat Do @4kaks [3]
#11Theocharis Triantafyllidis @xarisole1994 (forfeit) + Ankit Sinha @DustyTwig (withdrew) [0]
August 30, 2020
#6 Kamalanathan Ravichandran @khazekamal + Arseny Kuzmin @Arseny_Vasily (substitute) MegaChief (WD) [3]
#22 Himanshu Malaviya @MALAVIYA86 + Moritz Hötte @gluddukat [1]
September 6, 2020
#14 Aswin Devendran @MasterCheif0067 + Prabin Magar @DeathN0te01 [3]
#30 Artur Sharapov @qilp (Withdrew) + ChronoCros (ineligible)
August 29, 2020
#17 Tremil Anderson (substitute) superatos@JustARandomPatzer + Ariful Ahsan @Omi-Kiss [3]
#1 Jeremy Cawthon @Karmas_Revenge + Giliam Datema @GDII [2]
September 5, 2020
#9 Jerry Xiao @Jcrossover08 + Lily McMahon @LilyFlower47 [3]
#25 Gabriel White @Lowish_Monkey + Aravind Ratakonda @aravind_nirvana [0]
August 30, 2020
#7 Lars Johan Brodtkorb @icystun + Abhinav Martha @abhinavmartha123 [3]
#23 IM Claudio Coppola @ccoppola (substitute) jotahernandezv + Valentín Fuentealba @valengoghaze [0]
September 6, 2020
#31 Brock Henderson @Broandtim + Sean Lei @Sean3139 [3]
#15 Taha Tahseen @Legend-007 + Luis Edo @luisedo12a.k.aCecilio65 [1]
Sunday, August 30, 2020
#21 Tyler Anderson @roadrunner18 + Vahan Nalbandyan @Cha_ChaRealSmooth [3]
#5 Meir Yudkowitz @TTVyukothekid + SM Sarvesh @Sarvesh21278 [0]
September 6, 2020
#29 Tom Merrall @fourplayerchess + Roman Zelensky @MalburySoapPinkSoap [3]
#13 Toni Vardi @vrdtmr + Chad Katter @chadkatter [0]
August 29, 2020
#4 FM Wojciech Reza @rezacz + GM Tomasz Warakomski @Wraku89, Won 3-0
#20 Jake Hotchkiss @Roachwalk + Dewan Md Al Yeasin @alyeasin93
September 5, 2020
#12 GM Dmitry Kononenko @Valger + Oleg Barantsev @Oleg_Barantsev, [3]
#28 Samuel Campos @Lingox (substitute)JKCheesechess + Jon Rasso @MayimChayim [0]

##### Second Round (Double Elimination)

September 12, 2020
Ahmed Morsi @Bullet-on-fire + Ahmed Munifi @El-Verdugo-Hugo, Won 3-0 Vs. Santiago González @santox975 + Arda Ferreira @ardaferreira
September 13, 2020
NM Eddy Tian @BoxJellyFishChess + Ryan Eicher @CubsRock9, Won 3-2 vs. IM Minh To @DragonB70 + Illés Dávid Márk @kiskiraly13
September 12, 2020
Luis Ignacio @EyeoftheTiger1204 + Carlos Tadeo @carlosgabriel1234, Won 3-1 Vs. Nivesh Singh @sarcasticboy7 + Tien Dat Do @4kaks
September 14, 2020
Kamalanathan Ravichandran @khazekamal + Arseny Kuzmin @Arseny_Vasily (substitute) Won 3-2 Vs. Aswin Devendran @MasterCheif0067 + Prabin Magar @DeathN0te01
September 12, 2020
Jerry Xiao @Jcrossover08 + Lily McMahon @LilyFlower47, Won 3-0 vs. Tremil Anderson (substitute) @JustARandomPatzer+ Ariful Ahsan @Omi-Kiss
September 13, 2020
Lars Johan Brodtkorb @icystun + Abhinav Martha @abhinavmartha123 Won 3-0 Vs. Brock Henderson @Broandtim + Sean Lei @Sean3139
September 13, 2020
Tyler Anderson @roadrunner18 + Vahan Nalbandyan @Cha_ChaRealSmooth, Won 3-1 Vs. Tom Merrall @fourplayerchess + Roman Zelensky @MalburySoapPinkSoap
September 12, 2020
GM Dmitry Kononenko @Valger + Oleg Barantsev @Oleg_Barantsev, Won 3-0 Vs. FM Wojciech Reza @rezacz + GM Tomasz Warakomski @Wraku89

##### Round 3a: One-Loss Brackets

September 26
Santiago González @santox975 + Arda Ferreira @ardaferreira, Won 3-2 vs. IM Minh To @DragonB70 + Illés Dávid Márk @kiskiraly13
September 21
Aswin Devendran @MasterCheif0067 + Prabin Magar @DeathN0te01, Won 3-0 vs. Nivesh Singh @sarcasticboy7 + Tien Dat Do @4kaks
September 27
Tremil Anderson @JustARandomPatzer+ Ariful Ahsan @Omi-Kiss (forfeit) Nazar Bek @kgchoro (replacement), Won 3-1 vs. Brock Henderson @Broandtim + Sean Lei @Sean3139
September 26
Tom Merrall @fourplayerchess + Roman Zelensky @MalburySoapPinkSoap, Won 3-0 vs. FM Wojciech Reza @rezacz + GM Tomasz Warakomski @Wraku89

##### Round 3a Winner’s Brackets:

September 20
Ahmed Morsi @Bullet-on-fire + Ahmed Munifi @El-Verdugo-Hugo, Won 3-2 vs. NM Eddy Tian @BoxJellyFishChess + Ryan Eicher @CubsRock9
September 26
Kamalanathan Ravichandran @khazekamal + Arseny Kuzmin @Arseny_Vasily, Won 3-1 vs. Luis Ignacio @EyeoftheTiger1204 + Carlos Tadeo @carlosgabriel1234
September 27
Lars Johan Brodtkorb @icystun + Abhinav Martha @abhinavmartha123, Won 3-1 vs. Jerry Xiao @Jcrossover08 + Lily McMahon @LilyFlower47
September 20
GM Dmitry Kononenko @Valger + Oleg Barantsev @Oleg_Barantsev, Won 3-1 vs. Tyler Anderson @roadrunner18 + Vahan Nalbandyan @Cha_ChaRealSmooth

##### Round 3b (One Loss)

Tom Merrall @fourplayerchess + Roman Zelensky @MalburySoapPinkSoap (Won 3-0) vs. NM Eddy Tian @BoxJellyFishChess (withdrew) + Ryan Eicher @CubsRock9 (withdrew)
October 4, 2020
Luis Ignacio @EyeoftheTiger1204 + Carlos Tadeo @carlosgabriel1234, Won 3-0 vs. Tremil Anderson @JustARandomPatzer+ Nazar Bek @kgchoro
Jerry Xiao @Jcrossover08 + Lily McMahon @LilyFlower47 (Won 3-0) vs. Aswin Devendran @MasterCheif0067 (withdrew) + Prabin Magar @DeathN0te01 (withdrew)
October 4, 2020
Tyler Anderson @roadrunner18 + Vahan Nalbandyan @Cha_ChaRealSmooth, Won 3-1 vs. Santiago González @santox975 + Arda Ferreira @ardaferreira

##### Round 4a (One Loss):

October 10, 2020
Luis Ignacio @EyeoftheTiger1204 + Carlos Tadeo @carlosgabriel1234, Won 3-1 vs. Tom Merrall @fourplayerchess + Mike De Leeuw (Sigma_1984) Roman Zelensky @MalburySoapPinkSoap (withdrew)
October 11, 2020
Tyler Anderson @roadrunner18 + Vahan Nalbandyan @Cha_ChaRealSmooth, Won 3-2 vs. Jerry Xiao @Jcrossover08 + Lily McMahon @LilyFlower47

##### Round 4a - Winners:

October 25, 2020
Ahmed Morsi @Bullet-on-fire + Ahmed Munifi @El-Verdugo-Hugo, Won 3-1 vs. Kamalanathan Ravichandran @khazekamal + Arseny Kuzmin @Arseny_Vasily
October 17, 2020
GM Dmitry Kononenko @Valger + Oleg Barantsev @Oleg_Barantsev, Won 3-2 vs. Lars Johan Brodtkorb @icystun + Abhinav Martha @abhinavmartha123

##### Round 4b (one loss):

November 1, 2020
Tyler Anderson @roadrunner18 + Vahan Nalbandyan @Cha_ChaRealSmooth , Won 3-2 vs. Kamalanathan Ravichandran @khazekamal + Arseny Kuzmin @Arseny_Vasily
November 7, 2020 - Lars Johan Brodtkorb @icystun + Abhinav Martha @abhinavmartha123, Won 3-0 vs. Luis Ignacio @EyeoftheTiger1204 + Carlos Tadeo @carlosgabriel1234

##### Round 5a - Winners Semi-Final:

November 7, 2020
GM Dmitry Kononenko @Valger + Oleg Barantsev @Oleg_Barantsev Won 3-1 vs. Michael Heredia @michael9908 (substitute) + Ahmed Munifi @El-Verdugo-Hugo

##### Round 5a (4th Place Elimination):

November 21, 2020
Lars Johan Brodtkorb @icystun + Abhinav Martha @abhinavmartha123 won 3-1 vs. Tyler Anderson @roadrunner18 + Vahan Nalbandyan @Cha_ChaRealSmooth

##### Semi-Final (3rd Place Elimination):

December 12, 2020: Lars Johan Brodtkorb @icystun + Abhinav Martha @abhinavmartha123, Won 3-0 vs. Michael Heredia @michael9908 + Ahmed Munifi @El-Verdugo-Hugo

##### Finals:

17:00 UTC Saturday, January 16, 2020 [4] and 17:00 UTC Sunday, January 17, 2020: GM Dmitry Kononenko @Valger + Oleg Barantsev @Oleg_Barantsev lost vs. Lars Johan Brodtkorb @icystun + Abhinav Martha @abhinavmartha123 [7]

##### Final Standings

T16. #8 IM DragonB70/kiskiraly13
T15. #6 GM Wraku89/FM Rezacz
T14. #10 broandtim/Sean3139
T13. #13 4kaks/sarcasticboy7
T12. #9 NM BoxJellyfishChess/Cubsrock9
T11. #2 JustARandomPatzer/Omi-Kiss
T10. #12 DeathN0te01/Mastercheif007
T9. #1 ArdaFerreira/santox975
T8. #14 malburysoappinksoap/tommerrall949
T7. #15 Jcrossover08/LilyFlower47
T6. #4 carlosgabriel1234/Eyeofthetiger1204
T5. #5 Arseny_Vasily/Khazekamel
4. #3 cha_charealsmooth/roadrunner18
3. #16 Bullet-on-Fire/El-Verdugo-Hugo
2. #11 GM valger/Oleg_Barantsev
1.#7abhinavmartha123/icystun

#### 2021 4th Teams Championship

Standard (Old) Position
2+15second delay
700 to the winning team; 300 to the runner's up.

##### Qualifiers/Round One

Through the qualifiers, sixteen teams qualified. In round one (mostly September 17th and 18th), qualifier one vs qualifier eight (2 and 9 ect.) played each other in a single elimination match
Striked-out players withdrew or didn't appear
LazyImp/MegaChief [3]
SuspiciousSquid/ScatteredWealth [2]
KhazeKamal/jaro_game [WD]
mati4333/piotrauto3
EyeoftheTiger1204/carlosgabriel1234 [3.5]
Wings_of_Tatev/XXX18MilesOutXXX [2.5]
Dynamikus/roadrunner18
ShintoTsukoyami/El_Verdugo_Hugo [WD]
JCrossover_14/Lilyflower47 [3]
Mastermind_93/DarkShadowArt [1]
sakthi09/lolcomments21 [3]
Sarvesh_2721/Scorching_Spirit [2]
ardaferreira[Cha_Charealsmooth]/chadkatter [0]
gamergirl_002/Sean3139 [3]
superatos/Manollis [1]
Omi-Kiss/Nataliza[e4bc4qh5qf7] [3]

##### Round Two (First Double Elimination round)

They take the highest rated in each bracket, seed them by rating 1-4. The lower rated in a bracket corrospond.
September 25th at 0,12,16 and 20 UTC
#1 Sean3139/gamergirl_002 [0] to R3A [2667]
#8 Eye... [3] [2615]
#4 e4... [3] [2522]
#5 road... [2] to R3A [2489]
#2 Jcross... [1] to R3A [2556]
#7 Lazy... [3] [2552]
#3 sakthi... [3] [2397]
#6 mati... [2] to R3A [2552]

##### Round Three [A] One Loss

October 2nd, 16 UTC
#1 Sean... [2] (final position 8/T7)
#5 road... [3]
October 3rd, 16 UTC
#2 Jcross... [0] (7/T7)
#6 mati... [3]

##### Round Three Zero Loss

October 2nd, 12 UTC
#8 Eye... [3]
#4 e4... [0]
Oct. 3rd, 16UTC
#7 Lazy... [3]
#3 sak... [1]

##### Round 3 B One Loss

around Oct. 16th
#3 sak... [0] (6/T5)
#5 road... [3]
October 16th, 12:00 UTC
#4 e4... [1] (5/T5)
#6 mati... [3]

##### Round 4 One Loss

Oct. 23rd
#6 mati... [1] (4)
#5 road... [3]

##### Quarterfinals

Oct. 9th 12:00 UTC
#7 Lazy... [3]
#8 eye... [2]

##### Semifinal 1 [One loss]

Oct. 31st 16 UTC
#8 eye... [3]
#5 road... [0] (3)

##### Semifinal 2

Nov. 14th 14 UTC
#7 Lazy... [1] (2)
#8 Eye... [3]

##### Finals

January 15th/16th 2022 14:30 UTC
#8 eyeofthetiger1204/carlosgabriel1234 [7]
Defending Champ icystun/abhinavmartha123 [4]

### FFA
#### 2019 First FFA (Solo) World Championship

Dates: March 10th-June 15th
1+15D Time Control
Standard (Old) Starting Position
Non-Rated
Double Elimination
Anonymous, with the winner taking all.
TD: Luke (e4bc4qh5qf7)
Prizes: First gets five years of chess.com diamond membership, second and third get two, and fourth gets one.
1st Evgeni Miller (JonasRath), Canada
2nd Biljan Popadic (NeoSerbian), Serbia
3rd Fifth_something, Japan
4th Justin Davis (JustinD7), United Kingdom
Seeding and Qualification: out of the top twenty FFA players as of February 19th, the sixteen with the most WTA wins were invited; for seeding, their head-to-head record was considered

##### Seeds

1st: JustinD7
2nd: Fifth_something
3rd: alt19
4th: raffa25
5th: hest1805
6th: Jonasrath
7th: KarthikElangoGM
8th: Neoserbian
9th: me43
10th: nutsyci
11th: jbolea
12th: george56789
13th: Bill13Cooper
14th: romison
15th: empty_k3
16th: your_master_is_here

##### Round One

All sixteen players were put into four groups. The winners advanced to the winner's group, while the losers advanced to three other one loss brackets. Your record is determined by how many wins (firsts) and losses (fourths) you have.
Time: 18:00 GMT, Sunday, March 24th
1st: Neoserbian [2-1] (Qualified for the winner's group)
2nd: me43 [1-0]
3rd: JustinD7 [0-1]
4th: your_master_is_here [0-1]
Bracket Two
Time: 18:00 GMT, Sunday, March 10th
1st: hest1805 [2-1] (Qualified for the winner's group)
2nd: george56789 [1-1]
3rd: raffa25 [0-0]
4th: Bill13Cooper [0-1]
Bracket Three
Time: 1800 GMT, Friday and Sunday, March 22 and March 24
1st: a1t19 [2-0] (Qualified for the winner's group)
2nd: romison [1-0]
3rd: jbolea [0-1]
4th: Jonasrath [0-2]
Bracket Four
Time: 21:00 GMT, Tuesday, March 12th
1st: empty_k3 [2-0] (Qualified for the winner's group)
2nd: KarthikElangoGM [1-0]
3rd: nutsyci [0-1]
4th: Fifth_something [0-2]

##### Round Two

Players have either advanced to the winner's bracket or the one-loss bracket. The winner of the winner's bracket advances to the finals, and the players who place fourth in the other three brackets are eliminated. The others advance to round three.
Bracket One
Time: 18:00 GMT, Sunday, March 31st
1st: JonasRath [2-0] [2-2]
T2nd: KarthikElangoGM [0-0] tiebreak: [1-0]
T3rd: JustinD7 [0-0] tiebreak: [0-1]
4th: raffa25 [0-2] [0-2] Eliminated
Bracket Two
Records were given automatically
T1st: me43 [1-0] [2-0]
T1st: romison [1-0] [2-0]
T3rd: Fifth_something [1-0] [1-2]
4th: Bill13Cooper Withdrew [0-3] [0-4] Eliminated
Bracket Three
Time: 18:00 UTC, Saturday, April 6th
1st: jbolea [2-1] [2-2]
2nd: your_master_is_here [1-0] [1-1]
3rd: nutsyci [0-1] [0-2]
4th: george56789 [0-1] [1-2] Eliminated (was worse in tiebreak game)
Winner's Bracket
Time: Played between March 31st to April 4th
1st: neoserbian [2-0] [4-1] Advanced to Finals
2nd: hest1805 [1-0] [3-1]
3rd: a1t19 [1-1] [3-1]
4th: empty_k3 [0-3] [2-3]

##### Round Three

There were three brackets. The winner advances to finals, and the others are eliminated.
Bracket One
May 19th, 17:00 GMT
1st: JonasRath [2-0] [4-2]
T2nd: me43 [1-0] [3-0]
T2nd: hest1805 [1-0] [4-1]
4th: your_master_is_here [0-4 DQ] [1-5] sub: carlosgabriel1234
Bracket Two
May 11th, 14:00 GMT
1st: Fifth_something [2-0] [3-2]
2nd: a1t19 [1-0] [4-1]
T4th: jbolea [0-1.5] [2-3.5]
T4th: KarthikElangoGM [0-1.5] [1-1.5]
Subs: carlosgabriel1234; YalinTala
Bracket Three
May 5th, and May 7th
1st: JustinD7 [2-0] [2-1]
2nd: nutsyci [1-0] [1-2]
3rd: romison [0-0] [2-0]
4th: empty_K3 [0-3] [2-6]
Sub: GDII

##### Championship

June 1st, June 8th, and June 15th
1st: JonasRath [3-3] [7-5]
2nd: Neoserbian [2-3] [6-4]*
3rd: Fifth_something [1-0] [4-2]
4th: JustinD7 [1-1] [3-2]

##### Elimination List

5th: a1t19 [4-1] Won Tiebreak
6th: hest1805 [4-1] Lost Tiebreak
7th: me43 [3-0]
8th: romison [2-0]
9th: jbolea [2-3.5]
10th: empty_k3 [2-6]
11th: KarthikElangoGM [1-1.5]
12th: nutsyci [1-2]
13th: your_master_is_here [1-5 DQ]
14th: George56789 [1-2]
15th: raffa25 [0-2]**
16th: Bill13Cooper [0-4]
*Disputed; officially [6-3], perhaps incorrect
**officially [0-3], perhaps incorrect

#### 2020 Second FFA (Solo) Championship

This was the second FFA Championship
Anonymous
2+15D
Standard (Old) starting position
Prize: 1000USD for first

##### Qualifying

JonasRath qualified by winning last year's championship
YalinTala, GDII, and Carlosgabriel1234 qualified for subbing in last year's championship
There were six qualifying arenas
In Qualifier one, Division one, chirak qualified.
In Qualifier one, Division two, neoserbian qualified.
In Qualifier two, Division one, empty_k3 qualified.
In Qualifier two, Division two, hest1805 qualified.
In Qualifier three, Division one, Chessisfunforme qualified.
In Qualifier three, Division two, merceq1 qualified.
Cha_ChaRealSmooth, Arseny_Vasily, and Grathieben qualified by being first, second and third on the solo leaderboard respectively.
khazekamal(2011.12), icystun(2011.72), and HSCCCalebBrown(2079.54) qualified for the tournament with the highest performance rating (3,2,1 respectively)
YalinTala declined to play, and was replaced with lagpress (1927.27) (JustinD7 (4th/1996.68) and ebb2013(5th/1984.88) also declined.)
Seeding was based upon head to head records.

##### Brackets

This was a single bracket elimination tournament. The first player to 1.25 wins (basically 2 wins) advanced, and the others are eliminated.
Bracket One
April 19th, 20:00 UTC
#1 merceq1 [2] Advanced
#9 carlsogabriel1234 [1]
#8 HSCCCalebBrown
#16 chessisfunforme
Bracket Two
April 11th, 18:00 UTC
4kaks (sub) [2] Advanced
#2 Jonasrath [1]
#10 Grathieben
#7 Neoserbian
#15 chirak
Bracket Three
April 12th and 19th at 11:00 UTC
#3 Arseny_Vasily [2]
#6 Cha_Charealsmooth [1]
#11 lagpress [1]
#14 khazekamal
Bracket Four
April 15th at 16:00 UTC
#4 Icystun [2]
#5 hest1805
#12 empty_k3
#13 GDII

##### Championship

In tiebreak, who got to two victories first.
May 17th, 24th, and 31st at 14:00 UTC
1st. Lars Johan Brodtkorb [icystun] (Norway) [3]
2nd. Arseny Vasily Kuzmin [Arseny_Vasily] (Russia) [2]
3rd. Marie Mercedes "Mercy" Quino Ixtepan [merceq1] (Mexico) [2]
4th. Tien Dat Do [4kaks] (Vietnam) [2]

##### Final Rankings

by decreasing wins, then by their score in their last game
5. JonasRath [1/67]
6. carlosgabrieal1234 [1/55]
7. khazekamal [1/23]
8. ChaChaRealSmooth [1/20]
9. GDII [0/50] Tie:51
10. hest1805 [0/50] Tie:14
11. lagpress [0/49]
12. Grathieben [0/28]
13. empty_k3 [0/23]
14. HSCCCalebBrown [0/15]
15. chessisfunforme [0/12]
16. neoserbian [0/4]

#### 2021 Third FFA (Solo) Championship

1+5 Increment
Anonymous
Standard (Old) Starting Position and promotion
Prize: 1000$

##### Qualification

Bracket 1: Champion/Leaderboard Bracket
Saturday, 06/12 at 16:00 UTC.
Lars Johan Brodtkorb (icystun) [Defending Champ] 2 wins
Matei-Maria Uta (a1t19) (sub) [Riba qualified] 1 win
Vahan Nalbandyan (Cha_ChaRealSmooth) [Leaderboard #1]
Delan Lara (Grathieben) [LB #2]
Bracket 2, Performance
Saturday, 06/12 at 20:00 UTC.
Michael T. Tieber (empty_k3) (third highest) 2 wins
Carlos Tadeo (Carlosgabriel1234) (performance highest) 1 win
Biljan Popadic (neoserbian) (2nd highest) 1 win
Luis Ignacio (EyeoftheTiger1204) (fourth)
Bracket 3, Winners of 16 UTC qualifiers
Sunday, 06/13 at 16:00 UTC.
José Bolea (jbolea) 2 wins
Aswin Devendran (sakthi09) 1 win
GM Max Illingworth (Illingworth)
Gonzalo Rojo (Rojitto)
Bracket 4, Winners of 20 UTC qualifiers
Sunday, 06/13 at 20:00 UTC.
Suneth Karunaratne (Suneth) 2 wins
NM Ethan Bashkansky (playablecharacter) 1 win
Mohammad Rahman (yasmin-er-vatar)
Sherzod Khodjimatov (matenitian)

##### Finals

Saturday June at 18:00 UTC
1st. Icystun [2.5] (Norway)
2nd. Jbolea [1.5] (Spain)
3rd. empty_k3 [Overall 2/28] (Austria)
4th. Suneth [Overall 2/26] (Sri Lanka)

##### Final Rankings

5. EyeoftheTiger1204 [1/62]
6. neoserbian [1/43]
7. playablecharacter [1/25]
8. sakthi09 [1/15]
9. a1t19 [1/0]
10. Cha_ChaRealSmooth [0/49]
11. GM Max Illingworth [0/46]
12. matenitian [0/45]
13. Carlosgabriel1234 [0/42]
14 rojitto [0/32]
15. Grathieben [0/31]
16 yasmin-er-vatar [0/16]

#### 2022 Fourth FFA (Solo) Championship

Anonymous
3/7 increment
Prize: 1000$

##### Qualifiers

1st qualifier. neoserbian
2nd. a1t19 yasmin-er-vatar (DQ)
3rd. rojitto (was second) typicalmove (DQ)
4th. MoreMao
5th. jbolea
6th. icystun (due to 2021WC) lazyimp (Withdraw)
7th. empty_k3
8th. rojitto cha_charealsmooth
9th. Jcrossover14
10th. Radon
11th. Suneth
12th. Darksquareman
13th. vrdtmr
14th. carlosgabriel1234
15th. Grathieben
16th. Indipendenza

##### Brackets

Bracket 1
Saturday 18th, June 0:00 UTC
jbolea (Jose Bolea) [2]
JCrossover_14 FourPlayerChess (Luke Romanko)(sub)(1/28)
Darksquareman (Elias Matthews) (0/75)
neoserbian (Biljan Popadic) (0/7)
Bracket 2
Saturday 18th, June 12:00 UTC
icystun (Lars Johan Brodtkorb) (2)
Radon (Jai Sandhu) (1/12)
carlosgabriel1234 (Carlos Tadeo) (1/8)
a1t19 (Matei-Maria Uta) (0/48)
Bracket 3
Saturday 18th, June 16:00 UTC
rojitto (Gonzalo Rojo) (2)
empty_K3 (Micheal T. Tieber) (0/11)
Suneth (Suneth Karunaratne) (0/36)
Grathieben (Delan Lara) (0/35)
Bracket 4
Saturday 18th, June 20:00 UTC
MoreMao (Mauricio Alejandro Moreno) (0/71)
Cha_ChaRealSmooth (Vahan Nalbandyan) (1/17)
vrdtmr (Toni Vardi) (2)
Indipendenza (Leo Golovine) (1/9)

##### Final

18:00 UTC June 25 and 26
1st. Icystun (2.5) (Norway)
2nd. jbolea (2 first/59) (Spain)
3rd. vrdtmr (2 second/62) (U.S.A)
4th. rojitto (1.5/68) (Argentina)

##### Rankings

5th. Fourplayerchess (1/28)
6th. Cha_ChaRealSmooth (1/17)
7th. Radon (1/12)
8th. Indipendenza (1/9)
9th. carlosgabriel1234 (1/8)
10th. Darksquareman (0/75)
11th. MoreMao (0/71)
12th. a1t19 (0/48)
13th. Suneth (0/36)
14th. Grathieben (0/35)
15th. empty_K3 (0/11)
16th. neoserbian (0/7)

### Speed Chess
#### 2021 W4SCC Speed Chess Championship

Time Control: 1/1 increment and 45 seconds
Anonymous
Standard (Old) starting position
TD: Luke Romanco

##### Qualification

There were 16 qualifier arenas for each time control. The qualifiers ran from the end of January through Febuary. To calculate, the player's top two arena scores were added; the top four advanced
1/1 (one minute + one second increment) [A]
1. carlosgabriel1234 (206)
2. Darksquareman (200)
3. DragonB70 (198)
4. Karmas_Revenge (197)
45 second [B]
1.JCrossover08 (392)
2. EyeoftheTiger1204 (362)
3. ccoppola (339 WD)
4. Grathieben (327: winning 54.75 out of 77 games)
5. mati4333 (327: winning 53.75 out of 78 games)

##### Semi-Finals

For each bracket, they played one and a half hours of each time control.
For scoring of the semi-finals and finals, 1|1 FFA: 1st=9pt, 2nd=5pt, 3rd=4pt, 4th=0pt; 3/4|0 FFA: 1st=3pt, 2nd=2pt, 3rd=1pt, 4th=0pt [1/1wins|45secwins]
Bracket One
March 6th, 16:00 UTC
B#3 Grathieben (Delan Lara) (Adv.) [100] [3|8]
A#2 Darksquareman (Elias Mathews) (Adv.) [107.5] [2|10]
A#1 carlosgabriel1234 (Carlos Tadeo) [74.5] [3|5]
B#4 mati4333 (Mateusz Orzel) (Adv.) [96] [3|7]
Bracket Two
March 7th, 16:00 UTC
B#1 Jcrossover08 (Jerry Xiao) (Adv. Declined) [103] [4|6]
B#2 Eyeofthetiger1204 (Luis Ignacio) (Adv.) [151] [6|13]
A#3 DragonB70 (IM Mihn To) [77.5] [1|3]
A#4 Karmas_Revenge (Jeremy Cawthon) [88.5] [2|9]

##### Championship

March 13th and 14th, 17:00 UTC, 2021
1.Eyeofthetiger1204 (288.5) [17|15]
2. Grathieben (192) [2|19]
3. Darksquareman (184) [4|17]
4. mati4333 (163.5) [2|12]

### 4pc Variant
#### 2020 Antichess Championship

Standard (Old) setup
1 minute and 5 seconds increment
rated
anonymous
TD: Luke
There were sixteen qualifier arenas. The top player from each qualifier advanced to the tournament; if they declined to participate or had already won a qualifier, the second place finisher was considered, and so on. Bracket one contained the qualifiers from 1, 5, 9, and 12. Bracket two contained the qualifiers from 2, 6, 12, and 14, and so on.
Chesskq75 and NegavitLibertas qualified but did not participate. Vumzie and MrXX2018 were qualified alternates but did not participate
The first player with four wins wins the bracket.

##### Preliminaries/semi-finals

Division I, June 27, 2020, 00:00 UTC:
icystun [4]
TTVYukoTheKid [3]
Magicsteph [2]
Darksquareman [2]
Division II, June 27, 11:00 UTC:
a1t19 [4]
e4bc4qh5qf7 [2]
Sarcasticboy7 [1]
tommerrall949 (sub) [1]
Division III, June 27, 16:00 UTC:
7R0N1C [4]
srijanspam [3]
CARBO710 [2]
SPatrik [0]
Division IV, June 27, 21:00 UTC:
viloski [4]
klazhiki (sub) [2]; martinzelenka (sub) [1]
Gior782 [1]
naman437 [1]

##### Finals

July, 19th, at about 17:00 UTC
a1t19 [5]
viloski [3] [got to three first]
7RON1C [3]
icystun [1]

## Four Player Chess League

The Four Player Chess League is a community driven league unrelated with the world championship cycle.

#### Season One
###### FFA

(Old) Standard
5+10 increment
1st: 3 points
2nd/3rd: 1 point
4th: 0
Jbolea was first in the season with the most points. Players who qualified for the semifinals were Radon (2nd place) , Martinaxo (3rd), Mati4333 (5th), Rojitto, 505EXY, fourplayerchess, Neoserbian, sans17, Daniel1115, KASTOUR, Abel-Pasache, and Cha_Charealsmooth.
LosChessquire (4th), Slayer950, droptheseventh, ChessmasterGS, Chessyclub, rupkayak, and nikai qualified but did not participate in the semi-finals
Finalists
jbolea: Won 11+final win
Radon:11
rojitto:9
martinaxo:6
First to 10 wins once they win again

###### Teams

The top eight teams for the season qualified for the championship bracket (ordered by games played in 3 or more player teams)
Losquesos (1st): Loschessquire; Vibgyor2; MisterWish; TheCheesePhoenix
HangingQueens: droptheseventh; ConnerMHarris, SirSandHobbit
ChaChaKayak (2nd): rupkayak; Roadrunner18; Cha_Charealsmooth; Rojitto
Chicken Nuggets: ChessmasterGS; Mongooseeziya
LazyLegend (3rd): LazyImp; Legend-007 and Jcrossover14
Mjolnir: AbelPasache; martinaxo
4PlayerChessyClub: fourplayerchess; chessyclub
Mati-Pio: mati4333; poitrauto3
Final: Team LazyLegend (LazyImp, Legend-007, with Jcrossover08 as the third) vs 4PlayerChessyClub (ChessyClub, FourPlayerChess with Matttin as the third)