Format and schedule

Chairman’s Cup is played from Saturday 25 to Thursday 30 July 2026 . The CC is played in two stages; the Qualifying stage (Swiss format) and the Knock out stage (KO).
With at least 64 teams participating, the teams ranked 1-32 in the Swiss qualify for the CC KO, while the teams ranked 33-64 qualify for the
‘Bonus Cup (BC)’ KO. Teams ranked 65 and upwards are knocked out of the tournament.

Qualifying stage (Swiss format) - 13 rounds (of 8 boards each)
KO-match CC- Round of 32 and Round of 16, 32 boards.
KO-match CC - Quarter finals, semi-finals and final, 64 boards

KO - match Bonus Cup - 32 boards (20 boards monday afternoon/evening).

Day Date | Time Main bracket | Time Bonus cup
Sat 25 | 12.00 Captains’ Meeting |
| 13.30 Swiss Qualifier |
Sun 26 | 10.00 Swiss Qualifier | Round of
Mon 27 | 10.00 Round of 32 | 10.00 32a
| 15.30 Round of 16 | 15.30 32b
| | 18.40 16a
Tue 28 | 10.00 Quarter-final | 10.00 16b
| 15.30 | 15.30 8a
Wed 29 | 10.00 Semi-final | 10.00 8b
| 15.30 | 15.30 4a
Thu 30 | 10.00 Final | 10.00 4b
| 15.30 | 15.30 No play-off

The detailed schedule along with results can be found here, in due time.

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