37th Magistral Ciudad de Leon: Arjun Erigaisi and Vishy Anand set to face Jaime Latasa and Veselin Topalov

by Shahid Ahmed - 28/06/2024

Arjun Erigaisi and Vishy Anand both will be seen in action at 37th Torneo Magistral de Ajedrez Ciudad de Leon. It will be knockout tournament played in Rapid time control in a best of four games. In the first Semifinal, it will be the clash of two former world champions - Veselin Topalov (BUL) and Anand. The defending champion, Jaime Santos Latasa (ESP) will face Arjun Erigaisi as determined in the draw of lots in presence of the Chief Arbiter - IA Javier Perez Llera (ESP). The first Semifinal starts today at 4:30 p.m. local time, 8 p.m. IST. The second Semifinal will take place tomorrow Saturday at the same time. Finals will be held on Sunday. There is a huge chance of Arjun vs Anand in the Finals. Photo: Magistral de León

Friday: Topalov vs Anand, Saturday: Jaime vs Arjun

It is a great week for Indian chess. The top four Indians will be seen in action in two different tournaments having different formats too. D Gukesh and R Praggnanandhaa have already started their campaign at Grand Chess Tour Superbet Classic 2024. Vishy Anand and Arjun Erigaisi will get into the action during the course of Friday and Saturday respectively. The pairings have made a great chance for a showdown between Arjun and Anand on Sunday. It will certainly be the most desired final for all the chess fans.

The four participants of 37th Torneo Magistral de Ajedrez Ciudad de Leon | Photo: Magistral de León

Schedule

Friday 28th June - First Semi-final: Veselin Topalov (BUL) vs Vishy Anand

Saturday 29th June - Second Semi-final: Jaime Santos Latasa (ESP) vs Arjun Erigaisi

Sunday 30th June - Final: Winner of Semi-final 1 vs Winner of Semi-final 2

Format

Each of the Playoffs will consist of four games of 20 minutes each + 10 seconds increment. If the score is tied after four games, the winner will be decided in games played with 5 minutes + 3 seconds increment.

Participants

World no.8 and India no.1 - Arjun Erigaisi, five-time Classical World Champion and World no.11 - Vishy Anand, former World Champion and World no.22 - Veselin Topalov (BUL) and Spain no.6 - Jaime Santos Latasa.

It will be Arjun Erigaisi vs Jaime Santos Latasa and Vishy Anand vs Veselin Topalov | Photo: Magistral de León

Draw of Lots in presence of Chief Arbiter - IA Javier Perez Llera (ESP) | Photo: Magistral de León

Vishy Anand - Campeón mundial de ajedrez (Spanish audio) | Video: El Inversor Inquieto

Links

Official site

Rules and Regulations

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