The FIDE Chess.com Online Nations Cup is a team competition held on May 5-10, 2020 on Chess.com with Russia, USA, Europe, China, India, plus a team representing the "Rest of the World." All games will be played on the Chess.com live server and they can also be followed here.
The first stage consists of a double round-robin, with each team playing each other twice. The top two teams after 10 rounds qualify for a "Superfinal" match. The winner of this match will be declared the winner of the FIDE Chess.com Online Nations Cup. If the Superfinal ends in a tie, the team that finished first in the group stage is declared the winner.
All matches are played on four boards: three with male players and one with female players. The time control for all games is 25 minutes + 10 seconds increment per move, starting from move one.
Official site
Schedule:
Round 1 May 5 6 a.m. PDT 15:00 CEST
Round 2 May 5 7.45 a.m. PDT 16:45 CEST
Round 3 May 6 6 a.m. PDT 15:00 CEST
Round 4 May 6 7.45 a.m. PDT 16:45 CEST
Round 5 May 7 6 a.m. PDT 15:00 CEST
Round 6 May 7 7.45 a.m. PDT 16:45 CEST
Round 7 May 8 6 a.m. PDT 15:00 CEST
Round 8 May 8 7.45 a.m. PDT 16:45 CEST
Round 9 May 9 6 a.m. PDT 15:00 CEST
Round 10 May 9 7.45 a.m. PDT 16:45 CEST
Superfinal May 10 8 a.m. PDT 17:00 CEST
Watch the games of the FIDE Chess.com Online Nations Cup 2020 with computer analysis LIVE on ChessBomb.
