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CWC 2022 Candidates Stage

In recent years, we have had 13 players who commence the Candidates Stage of the Crazyhouse World Championship.

Following tradition, @Jasugi99 has qualified automatically (Candidate 1), being the runner up last year against the champion @catask in the Grand Final of 2021.

Congratulations to the following 8 players, who have qualified by winning all their matches in the Undefeated bracket of the Double Elimination Knockout Stage, maintaining a series of victories up until Round 5:
@xuanet (Candidate 2)
@Kleerkast (Candidate 3)
@Bugzilla (Candidate 4)
@Mugwort (Candidate 5)
@blitzbullet (Candidate 6)
@littleplotkin (Candidate 7)
@Fumitoks (Candidate 8)
@LegionDestroyer (Candidate 9)

We are currently in the exciting last few rounds of the Losers bracket, where the 4 remaining Candidates will be determined:
Candidate 10: @esken vs @mastertan
Candidate 11: (@burpcow vs @pknm) vs winner of (@unjournakamura vs winner of (@jeremydurham vs @GRXbullet))
Candidate 12: @Morlockk vs @SpinalTap
Candidate 13: @zyxon vs winner of (@tjarkvos vs @Maple-Kev)

You can view the current Double Elimination Knockout bracket with results here:
challonge.com/cwc2022

Good luck to the players competing for the remaining Candidates positions in these last critical rounds! Congratulations again to those who have already qualified. More updates soon when the full field of Candidates have been determined.

Regards,
Jann
Congratulations to @mastertan (Candidate 10) and @SpinalTap (Candidate 12) who recently scored victories this week to join the Candidates Stage for CWC2022!

There are just 5 remaining matches to be played to determine the last two Candidates:
Candidate 11: @pknm vs winner of (@unjournakamura vs winner of (@jeremydurham vs @GRXbullet))
Candidate 13: @zyxon vs winner of (@tjarkvos vs @Maple-Kev)

You can view the current Double Elimination Knockout bracket with results here:
challonge.com/cwc2022
Following recent match results this week, there are now just 3 remaining matches to be played to determine the last two Candidates:
Candidate 11: @pknm vs winner of (@unjournakamura vs @GRXbullet)
Candidate 13: @zyxon vs @tjarkvos

Good luck to the above players in these last critical and exciting matches remaining in the Double Elimination Knockout Stage!
Congratulations to @pknm (Candidate 11) who has joined the Candidates Stage for CWC2022, following a hard fought 7-5 victory against unjournakamura.

There is just one match remaining to determine the last available position (Candidate 13): @zyxon vs @tjarkvos, scheduled to be played this Sunday, 18th September at 8pm CEST, equivalent to 6pm UTC.
Today the full set of participants of the Candidates Stage were determined!

Congratulations to @zyxon who secured the last position with a 6-3 victory against tjarkvos.

We recently saw @Jasugi99 withdraw as he was unable to commit to the schedule this year. We will therefore have 12 instead of 13 Candidates.

The list of 12 participants who have qualified, each with equal standing at the commencement of the Candidates Stage:
@xuanet
@Kleerkast
@Bugzilla
@Mugwort
@blitzbullet
@littleplotkin
@Fumitoks
@LegionDestroyer
@mastertan
@pknm
@SpinalTap
@zyxon

To see their journey in recent months, you can see the completed Double Elimination Knockout Stage here:
challonge.com/CWC2022

Schedule for Candidates Stage:
lichess.org/forum/team-crazyhouse-world-championship/cwc-2022-scheduling?page=31#310

In other news, I'll be hosting a surprise stream during the week ahead to generate a bit of hype for crazyhouse chess. Follow on twitch.tv/jannleecrazyhouse for the notification.

Looking forward to more great competitive matches soon in the Crazyhouse World Championship 2022!

Regards,
Jann
We were fortunate to have GM Yasser Seirawan pick random colours to determine the draw for the pairings of the Candidates Stage this year! You can see the video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0onNzxacVvM&t=3880s

First round pairings of the Candidates Stage to be played by Sunday 2nd October:
@Mugwort vs @zyxon
@Kleerkast vs @mastertan
@blitzbullet vs @LegionDestroyer
@littleplotkin vs @xuanet
@Bugzilla vs @Fumitoks
@pknm vs @SpinalTap

The full draw can be seen on the "Candidates Schedule" sheet which can be selected at the bottom of the page at this website: bit.ly/CrazyhouseWC2022

Big thanks to @LegionDestroyer for building the Excel file containing pairings and dashboard for live results.

Tournament Structure and Rules for Candidates Stage 2022 have been posted separately here:
lichess.org/forum/team-crazyhouse-world-championship/tournament-structure-and-rules-for-candidates-stage-2022#1

Players may post their agreed scheduled match times in this forum thread. Aside from setting an official match date and time, this also helps our crazyhouse streamers to broadcast matches live to our community.

Good luck to all of the Candidates! Looking forward to some exciting matches ahead!
mastertan vs Kleerkast => Sunday 2nd October 0700 UTC

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