Four-Player Chess/World Championships/2024 Teams World Four Player Chess Championship
This was the 2024 Teams World Four Player Chess Teams Championship.
- Sport: Four Player Chess Teams (2v2)
- Dates: Oct. 5 through Nov. 17 2024
- Champions:
- Runners-Up:
- Location: Online; Chess.com
- No. of Teams: 16
- Setup: Modern/New Standard (queens to the left of the kings)
- Spec.: 2 | 10 Increment; Promotion All 11th Rank; En Passant
- Prize: 1000 ($600 winners; $300 Runners-Up)
- TD: Luke Romanko; Asst. TD SM Sarvesh
- Streaming:
Background
[edit | edit source]This was only the second 4pc teams championship after the merge and setup change, and the first that was 2v2. Teams' popularity had declined since then, with only around 1300 players in October 2024, and it was hoped that this championship would generate interest in the variant.
The elite had solidified; most challengers participated in previous championships. The defending team of Luis Ignacio (eyeofthetiger1204) and Carlos Tadeo (carlosgabriel1234) was the favorite; Luis won the most recent self-partner championship and was looking for his record third team title. Arguably his biggest challenger was the team of 2023 runner-up and 2x champion Lars Johan Brodtkorb (icystun) and Andrew (smokingcaruana); after coming in second twice, Lars was looking to take back the title and take back the crown of best 4pc player alive. Other potential challengers included Jeremy Cawthon (2023 & 2021 3rd) and Jai Sandhu (Radon), Tyler Anderson (2023 & 2021 4th) and Mateusz Orzel (mati4333), Vahan Nalbandyan (Cha_charealsmooth) and Gonzalo Rojo (rojitto), Prathamesh Ramane (Prathu_19) and Kanishk Pramchander (JKCheesechess), the team of William Shi (Misterwish) and Diego Correa (Dreamconquerer), and Expanderw12 and KUGLERUNDI, a player who tied for fifth in 2023 and who had been performing very well recently.
While this tournament contained the majority of elite players at the time, there were some notable suggestions. The biggest exception was the account Mystery (player "Vibgyor"), who had been banned from the site. They were the only active player above 3000 and had been much more active recently than most competitive players. Other notable omissions included Jcrossover_14, malburysoappinksoap, and sean3139. Nevertheless, this tournament overall was considered competitive and representative of the elite community at the time
Qualification
[edit | edit source]Players in bold accepted and participated. The player in italics played part of a match but had to be replaced. Players not bolded or italicized either did not accept their invitation or did accept their invitation but did not play.
Leaderboard & Invitation
[edit | edit source]Players on both the teams (2v2) and self-partner teams leaderboard were selected and ranked by a weighted average of their ratings. Out of the players on both top 20 (top 21 for Self-Partner due to a closed account) leaderboards, they took "2/3 [of a player's] Standard Rapid Teams rating + 1/3 [of a player's] Standard Blitz Self-Partnering rating...with a correction factor of (Rating-1500) * (70-Rating Deviation)/RD" In addition, a few players were invited subjectively. As it is 2v2, these players were allowed to invite partners of their choosing, and so a couple of players participated that way. Eight teams were qualified this way. This qualification took place on October 5th, and to make eight teams one team was invited later.
Leaderboard:
| Date | Method | Rating | Flag | Username | Name | SP Rating | Averaged Rating | Notes |
| 5th | LB | 3012 | India | Mystery | "Vibgyor" | 2299 | 2774 | Banned |
| 5th | LB | 2778 | Norway | icystun | Lars Johan Brodtkorb | 2286 | 2546 | |
| 5th | LB | 2643 | India | prathu_19 | Prathamesh Ramane | 2049 | 2496 | 2nd round No-show |
| 5th | LB | 2672 | U.S.A | misterwish | William Shi | 2027 | 2444 | |
| 5th | LB | 2673 | N/A | malburysoappinksoap | N/A | 2043 | 2428 | Declined/Ineligable |
| 5th | LB | 2530 | Argentina | rojitto | Gonzalo Rojo | 2104 | 2424 | |
| 5th | LB | 2551 | U.S.A | Puzzles | John Lucian Goins | 2063 | 2419 | |
| 5th | LB | 2460 | Nepal | P_t_mag | Prabin Mager | 2057 | 2392 | Declined/Ineligable |
| 5th | LB | 2471 | Canada | DreamConqueror | Diego Correa | 2083 | 2390 | |
| 5th | LB | 2505 | Palestine | The-Outcast1 | Ahmed Morsi | 2060 | 2387 | |
| 5th | LB | 2439 | N/A | NoMoreFuns | N/A | 2095 | 2371 | Declined/Ineligable |
| 5th | LB | 2484 | U.S.A | WasherAndDryer | Brennan Lee | 2061 | 2324 | |
| 5th | Partner | 2556 | U.S.A | JKCheeseChess | Kanishk Premchandar | 1940 | N/A | via Prathu |
| 5th | Partner | 2322 | Poland | zooooz123 | Adam Wygramtopodam | 2049 | N/A | via Puzzles |
| 5th | Partner | 2127 | U.S.A | smokincaruana | Andrew | 1749 | N/A | via icystun |
Invitation:
| Date | Method | Rating | Flag | Username | Name | SP Rating | Notes |
| 5-Oct-24 | Invite | 2616 | Armenia | Cha_charealsmooth | Vahan Nalbandyan | N/A | |
| 5-Oct-24 | Invite | 2597 | Hungary | IM DragonB70 | Nhat Mihn To | 1830 | Declined/Ineligable |
| 5-Oct-24 | Invite | 2563 | Poland | FM Rezacz | Wojciech Reza | N/A | |
| Post-Qualifiers | Invite | 1863 | Armenia | Gangster_H | Hamlet Antonyan | N/A | |
| 5-Oct-24 | Partner | 1660 | Poland | GM Maciek_92 | Maciej Klekowski | N/A | |
| Post-Qualifiers | Partner | 1849 | England | 24Bullet | Alfredo Baggiano | N/A |
Arena Qualification
[edit | edit source]Eight teams qualified through arenas. The first arena was broken and so the most persistently joining team qualified.
| Date | Method | Rating | Flag | Username | Name | SP Rating | Notes | #T | #Qualification Game |
| 12th | Arena (1) | 2405 | U.S.A | roadrunner18 | Tyler Anderson | 2032 | Broken Tournament | N/A | N/A |
| 12th | Arena (1) | 2387 | India | Sarvesh_2111 | SM Sarvesh | 1823 | Broken Tournament/ No-show | N/A | N/A |
| 12th | Arena (2) 12 UTC | 2936 | Argentina | Eyeofthetiger1204 | Luis Ignacio | 2141 | T#34783 | #71382986 | |
| 12th | Arena (2) 12 UTC | 2406 | Peru | carlosgabriel1234 | Carlos Tadeo | 1778 | T#34783 | #71382986 | |
| 12th | Arena (3) 16 UTC | 2555 | India | sakthi09 | Aswin Devendran | 1924 | T#34787 | #71390435 | |
| 12th | Arena (3) 16 UTC | 2276 | India | N-a-v-a | Navaneeth K R | N/A | T#34787 | #71390435 | |
| 12th | Arena (4) 20 UTC | 2407 | Argentina | Fiat147 | Emanuel Martin | 1915 | 2 games/DNP | T#34791 | #71396991 |
| 12th | Arena (4) 20 UTC | 2323 | Uruguay | santox994 | Santiago Gonzalez | 1975 | T#34791 | #71396991 | |
| 13th | Arena (5) 0 UTC | 2395 | Pakistan | Legend-007 | Taha Tahseen | 1892 | T#34794 | #71401653 | |
| 13th | Arena (5) 0 UTC | 2360 | India | Khazekamel | Kamalanathan Ravichandran | 2019 | T#34794 | #71401653 | |
| 13th | Arena (6) 12 UTC | 2203 | India | Profblundermaster | Sheldon Sequeira | 2007 | DNP/No-show | T#34800 | #71419283 |
| 13th | Arena (6) 12 UTC | 2004 | Egypt | Expanderw12 | abdulrahman faiz | 1745 | T#34800 | #71419283 | |
| 13th | Arena (7) 16 UTC | 2375 | Algeria | ShintoTsukoyami | Dr. Aymen Guellil | 1931 | T#34805 | #71426949 | |
| 13th | Arena (7) 16 UTC | 2121 | Germany | RealMoxile | Martin Velitchkov | 1821 | T#34805 | #71426949 | |
| 13th | Arena (8) 20 UTC | 2401 | U.S.A | Pioleen | Jeremy Cawthon | 2063 | T#34808 | #71432794 | |
| 13th | Arena (8) 20 UTC | 2346 | U.K. | Radon | Jai Sandhu | 1823 | T#34808 | #71432795 |
Substitutions
[edit | edit source]Four players were substitutes. If players did not show, they forfeited their right to play and were replaced by the strongest available players. These replacements are then considered an official member of the team, not the original player. Sarvesh_2111 and Profblundermaster were slated to play but did not, so they are not counted as participants. If a player was able to play part of a match but not all of it, they are considered a participant in the tournament but are not considered a full member of a team. Fiat147 played but was unable to continue, so they are counted as a participant, but not a full member of the team.
| Date | Method | Rating | Flag | Username | Name | SP Rating | Averaged Rating | Notes |
| First Round (Rating Post-Qualifiers) | Sub: | 2641 | Germany | KUGLERUNDI | Leon Wu | 2172 | via: profblundermaster | |
| First Round (Rating Post-Qualifiers) | Sub: | 2454 | Poland | mati4333 | Mateusz Orzel | 1827 | via: Sarvesh_2111 | |
| First Round (Rating Post-Qualifiers) | Sub: | 2371 | U.S.A | flappydayo | Mark Costner | 1954 | via: fiat147 | |
| First Round (Rating Post-Qualifiers) | Sub: | 2169 | Canada | Droptheseventh | Andrew Harris | N/A | via: Prathu_19 |
Teams
[edit | edit source]Table contains team's average combined rating taken on the 5th or after their arena.
| Rating | Team |
| 2671 | Eyeofthetiger1204 + carlosgabriel1234 |
| 2600 | JKCheesechess + DroptheSeventh (prathu19) |
| 2573 | Rojitto + Cha_charealsmooth |
| 2572 | MisterWish + Dreamconquerer |
| 2495 | The-Outcast1 + Washeranddryer |
| 2453 | icystun + smokincaruana |
| 2437 | Puzzles + zooooz123 |
| 2430 | roadrunner18 + mati4333 |
| 2416 | sakthi_09 + N_A_V_A |
| 2378 | Khazekamel + Legend_007 |
| 2374 | Pioleen + Radon |
| 2347 | santox994 + flappydayo (fiat147) |
| 2323 | KUGELRUNDI + Expanderw12 |
| 2248 | ShintoTsukoyami + realmoxile |
| 2112 | FM rezacz + GM maciek_92 |
| 1856 | Gangster_H + 24Bullet |
Tournament
[edit | edit source]Round One & Two: Single Elimination Group Stage | Oct. 19-27
[edit | edit source]For round one, players who qualified for a certain time (ex: Sat. 12 UTC) played on that certain time. For round two the remaining two players who qualified for that time played each other. The remaining players were matched up based on who could play at that time and general rating. Bold means team was red/yellow while non-bolded denotes green and blue
Group One: 12 UTC
[edit | edit source]| Rating | Name |
| 2936 + 2406 | Eyeofthetiger1204 + Carlosgabriel1234 |
| 2504 + 2315 | The-Outcast1 + Washeranddryer |
| 2645 + 2304 | Puzzles + Zoooozs123 |
| 2650 + 2006 | KUGELRUNDI + Expanderw12 |
Round One:
| Oct. 19 12 UTC | Rating | Name | G1 | G2 | G3 | T |
| #71668985 | 2936 + 2406 | Eyeofthetiger1204 + Carlosgabriel1234 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| #71669335; #71670427 | 2645 + 2304 | Puzzles + Zoooozs123 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Description:
| Oct. 20 12 UTC | Rating | Name | G1 | G2 | G3 | G4 | T |
| #71707225; #71707897 | 2505 + 2315 | The-Outcast1 + Washeranddryer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| #71708537; #71709210 | 2650 + 2006 | KUGELRUNDI + Expanderw12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Description:
Round Two:
| Oct. 26 12 Utc | Rating | Name | G1 | G2 | G3 | T |
| #71970929 | 2951 + 2421 | Eyeofthetiger1204 + Carlosgabriel1234 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| #79171413; #71972095 | 2709 + 2141 | KUGELRUNDI + Expanderw12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Description:
Group Two: 20 UTC
[edit | edit source]| Rating | Name |
| 2515 + 2661/2169 | JKcheesechess + Prathu_19/Droptheseventh |
| 2420 + 2278 | Pioleen + Radon |
| 2319 + 2407/2366 | santox994 + fiat147/flappydao |
| 2252 + 2038 | Gangster_H + 24Bullet |
Round One:
| Oct. 19: 20 UTC | Rating | Name | G1 | G2 | G3 | G4 | T |
| fiat left after two games; #71684683 | 2661 + 2515 | Prathu_19 + JKcheesechess | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| #71685403; #71686418 #71686688 | 2319 + 2407/2366 | santox994 + fiat147/flappydao | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Description:
| Oct. 20: 20 UTC | Rating | Name | G1 | G2 | G3 | T |
| #71721667; #71721961 | 2420 + 2278 | Pioleen + Radon | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| #71722292 | 2252 + 2038 | Gangster_H + 24Bullet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Description:
Round Two:
| Oct. 27: 17 UTC | Rating | Name | G1 | G2 | G3 | T |
| #72019330; #72019808 | 2443 + 2246 | Pioleen + Radon | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| #72020794; Prathu No-showed | 2512 + 2169 | JKcheesechess + DroptheSeventh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Description:
Group Three: 16 UTC
[edit | edit source]| Rating | Name |
| 2884 + 2090 | icystun + smokincaruana |
| 2558 + 2279 | sakthi09 + N_A_V_A |
| 2398 + 2202 | ShintoTsukoyami + realmoxile |
| 2490 + 1684 | rezacz + maciek_92 |
Round One:
| Oct. 19: 16 UTC | Rating | Name | G1 | G2 | G3 | G4 | G5 | T |
| #71677428; #71678239 | 2490 + 1684 | rezacz + maciek_92 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| #71679252; #71679980; #71680779 | 2558 + 2279 | sakthi09 + N_A_V_A | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Discussion:
| Oct. 20: 16 UTC | Rating | Name | G1 | G2 | G3 | T |
| #71714981; #71716379 | 2884 + 2090 | icystun + smokincaruana | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| #71716772 | 2398 + 2202 | ShintoTsukoyami + realmoxile | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Discussion:
Round Two:
| Oct. 26: 16 UTC | Rating | Name | G1 | G2 | G3 | T |
| #71978840; #71979491 | 2912 + 2132 | icystun + smokincaruana | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| #71980005 | 2559 + 2264 | sakthi_09 + N_A_V_A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Description
Group Four: 0 UTC
[edit | edit source]| Rating | Name |
| 2607 + 2597 | rojitto + Cha_charealsmooth |
| 2637 + 2484 | MisterWish + Dreamconquerer |
| 2435 + 2383 | Mati4333 + Roadrunner18 |
| 2407 + 2316 | Khazekamel + Legend_007 |
Round One:
| Oct. 19: 0 UTC | Rating | Name | G1 | G2 | G3 | G4 | T |
| #71653153; #71653743 | 2607 + 2597 | rojitto + Cha_charealsmooth | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| #71654007; #71654368 | 2435 + 2383 | Mati4333 + Roadrunner18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Description:
| Oct. 20: 0 UTC | Rating | Name | G1 | G2 | G3 | G4 | T |
| #71690109; #71690323 | 2637 + 2484 | MisterWish + Dreamconquerer | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| #71690643; #71691169 | 2407 + 2316 | Khazekamel + Legend_007 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Description: Round Two:
| Oct. 27: 18 UTC | Rating | Name | G1 | G2 | G3 | G4 | G5 | T |
| #72021191; #72021823 | 2602 + 2609 | MisterWish + Dreamconquerer | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| #72022674; #72023343; #72023913 | 2661 + 2600 | rojitto + Cha_charealsmooth | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Description: