FILIPINO IM JEM GARCIA, LALABANAN SILA GM MAGNUS CARLSEN AT IBA PA SA ASEAN E-SPORTS CHESS CUP 2026

The ASEAN Plus Chess Esports Championship is a 20-player, spectator-first rapid event run under the WR Chess Model and the FIDE Laws of Chess. It is built to deliver a compact, broadcast-friendly show while still producing a complete, fair ranking of every player. Twenty players are split into four groups of five, each a single round-robin. The top two from every group reach the Championship knockout — quarterfinals, semifinals, a final for gold and silver, and a bronze-medal match. The other places are decided in parallel: a Plate Championship for 5th–8th, and Third-, Fourth- and Fifth-Place Group Championships that rank everyone down to 20th. All games are played at 10 minutes per player with no increment, so a game lasts at most 20 minutes. Every player is guaranteed at least four games; the eventual champion plays seven. Where a result is still tied after the tie-break criteria, a single Armageddon game decides it — White has 5 minutes, Black has 4, and a draw counts as a win for Black. Create your account on the Internet Chess Club link: http://www.chessclub.com/Roderick Kamatyas Super Supporter Button https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list... For Inquiries: Email us at [email protected]