PogChamps

PogChamps is an online amateur chess tournament hosted by Chess.com. Players in the tournament are internet personalities, primarily Twitch streamers. PogChamps takes place over the course of two weeks and has a prize pool of $50,000.[1]

Tournament history

The first PogChamps tournament was announced in late May 2020 by Chess.com. The games were in a Rapid 10+5 Time control and all 16 players were streamers on Twitch.[2] Running from June 5 - June 19, the tournament was won by League of Legends streamer Voyboy.[3] Coaching and commentary was provided primarily by GM Hikaru Nakamura and WFM Alexandra Botez.

PogChamps 2 was announced on July 20, 2020 and is set to be played from August 21 - September 6. Some players will be returning from the first tournament, while others (such as David Pakman and TierZoo) will be playing in the tournament for the first time.[4] PogChamps 2's lineup will include players who are not necessarily Twitch streamers.[5] This event will feature a slightly different format, with a double-round robin group stage. Coaches will include Nakamura and Botez, as well as GM Daniel Naroditsky, WGM Qiyu Zhou, and IM Levy Rozman.[5]

Event results

PogChamps 1
Group Stage[6][7]
Group A
Player1234TotalPlace
1Voyboy11021
2NateHill0½11½2
3fuslie0½Does not appear11½3
4erobb221100Does not appear14
Group B
Player1234TotalPlace
1hutch11131
2yassuo01122
3moistCr1tikal00Does not appear113
4xQcow000Does not appear04
Group C
Player1234TotalPlace
1NymN11131
2forsen01122
3itsSliker00Does not appear113
4xChocobars000Does not appear04
Group D
Player1234TotalPlace
1boxbox11131
2Papaplatte01122
3Ludwig00Does not appear113
4Swiftor000Does not appear04

Championship Bracket
Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
         
Voyboy 2.0
yassuo 0.0
Voyboy 2.0
Boxbox 0.0
Boxbox 2.0
forsen 1.0
Voyboy 2.0
hutch 1.0
NymN 2.0
Papaplatte 0.0
NymN 1.0
hutch 2.0
hutch 2.0
NateHill 0.0

Consolation Bracket
Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
         
fuslie 0.5
xQcow 1.5
xQcow 1.0
Ludwig 2.0
Ludwig 2.0
xChocobars 0.0
Ludwig 1.0
moistCr1tikal 2.0
itsSliker 1.0
Swiftor 0.0
itsSliker 1.0
moistCr1tikal 2.0
moistCr1tikal 2.0
erobb221 0.0
gollark: They pay lots for 2G prizes.
gollark: Just wait for a trade from MetalMilitia or whoever it is.
gollark: Also, because their value is dropping somewhat.
gollark: Nowadays you can get 2G prizes for the low, *low* price of 2 CB Golds!
gollark: I would probably only do IOUs with people on here, who are relatively trustable.

References
  1. "Chess.com Launches PogChamps With Top Twitch Streamers". Chess.com. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  2. "Pogchamps: All The Information". Chess.com. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  3. "Voyboy Wins Pogchamps Chess Championship, Artemiev Leads Chessable Masters". Online Gambling. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  4. "PogChamps Twitch chess tournament returning with xQc, Mizkif, more". Dexerto. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  5. "Chess.com announces The Next Pogchamps". Chess.com. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  6. "Chess.com on Twitch". Twitch. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  7. "VoyBoy, MoistCr1tikal Win Chess.com PogChamps Finals". Chess.com. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
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