Pogchamps is undoubtedly the chess tournament most popular today; organized by Chess.com and now in its third season we find many famous personalities playing this chess tournament, among them, the Rubius, who will be the only representative of Spanish-speaking streamers.
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Pogchamps Chess 3 – El Rubius and other Participants
In it chess tournament current, Pogchamps 3, participate, in addition to the Rubius, the following famous personalities:
Additionally, in this table we can see the rating of each player in the different modalities, and the number of games they have played in that modality.
What do the icons at the top mean? In order:
Twitch Channel, Chess.com Account, Elo in Rapid, Games in Rapid, Elo in Blitz, Games in Blitz, Elo in Bullet, Games in Bullet, Elo in Puzzles.
What is each modality?
- Rapid are games in which each player has between 10 and 30 minutes on their clock.
- Blitz are games in which each player has between 3 and 10 minutes on their clock.
- Bullet are games in which each player has less than 3 minutes on their clock.
- Puzzles are exercises in which you have to find the best move in a random position.
Pogchamps 3 – Trainers
In addition to 16 iconic streamers and YouTubers, we also have the presence of 8 famous professional chess players, who will act as coaches and commentators.
| Hikaru Nakamura | Grandmaster, World No. 1 in Blitz, 5-time United States Champion |
| Levy Rozman | International Master and Streamer |
| Anna Rudolf | International Master and Female Grandmaster |
| Alexandra Botez | FIDE Master and Streamer |
| Andrea Botez | Amateur Player, sister of Alexandra and Streamer |
| Daniel Naroditsky | Grandmaster and writer of several chess books |
| Qiyu Zhou (Nemo) | FIDE Master, Female Grandmaster and U14 World Chess Champion |
| Daniel Rensch | National Master and Director of Chess.com |
Pogchamps 3 – Information
Tournament Format
The 16 players are divided into 4 groups created by Chess.com according to various statistics among the players (elo, precision, etc...).
- Games are played with 10 minutes on each clock, with a 5-second increment after each move.
- Each match is played in 2 games, but if there is a tie, an armageddon is played, in which the white player has 5 minutes without increment while the black player has 4 minutes without increment but if he manages to tie or win, he takes the point. .
The two best in each Group will go to the Champions bracket, with 3 phases, where they will play a single match in which only one out of every two players will advance to the next phase.
The Losers' bracket will be played in the same way.
When does Rubius play in this chess tournament?
This is the table of all the matches that will be played in the group stage (Pacific Time Zone).
How is the tournament progressing?
These are the results after the third round of this chess tournament, where we find the Rubius in last place in his group.
Unfortunately, he lost his chess games against xQc in two incredible round 1 matches, against Daniel Negreanu in round 2, and unexpectedly vs. Pokimane also in the third round.
Winners Group
After his 3 chess matches Rubius could not qualify to compete for first place in the tournament, but we will be able to see incredible games with these 8 streamers who have demonstrated a high level.
Consolation Group
This will be the consolation tournament, where Rubius will have to face Neeko in several chess games where it will be decided who advances to the round and who is permanently out of the tournament.
Awards
Among the 8 best:
- 1st Prize: $30,000.
- 2nd Prize: $15,000.
- 3-8th Prize: $10,000.
Among the 8 who do not pass the Group Phase:
- 1st Prize: $20,000.
- 2nd Prize: $15,000.
- 3-8th Prize: $10,000.
Pogchamps 3 – Chess Records – (Rubius vs xQc)
In past seasons of the Pogchamps tournament, records had been broken for the most viewed chess games in history, but This February 15, in the Pogchamps 3 tournament, the chess game between Rubius and xQc once again broke audience records, since only Rubius obtained a peak of 120,000 viewers, which added to those that xQc, Nakamura and Levy Rozman could have had, it is not unreasonable to think that the figure of 250,000 could be exceeded (own estimates) simultaneously watching a chess game.
Pogchamps 3 and El Rubius Chess Tournament
Information obtained from pogchampschess.com.
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