Leon Chess Masters 2019 5-7 July 2019. Leon, Spain
Tournament info
Leon Chess Masters is a 4-player knockout tournament. It takes place from 5-7 July 2019 in Leon, Spain.
Fourteen-year-old Grandmaster Nihal Sarin will take on the former World No. 2 Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine in a battle of generations in the first semi-final of the Leon Masters 2019 tournament, beginning on Friday.
The match will be four rapid games with Nihal starting the first game with black pieces.
Nihal goes into the tournament as currently the world's youngest player rated above 2600.
Other players include GM Parham Maghsoodloo of Iran and local star GM Jaime Santos Latasa of Spain who will be playing their match on 6th July.
The winner of this match will reach the finals and play the winner of the first match between Nihal and Ivanchuk.
The finals will be held on 7th July.
Players will play 4 rapid games in the match with 20 minutes for the entire game, plus a 10-second increment starting from move one. In case of a tie two blitz games (5+3) will be played, and if still tied an Armageddon game.
Maghsoodloo, Parham (2656) 
GM Ivanchuk, Vassily (2684) 
FM Nihal, Sarin (2610) 
