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Exciting chess games at the final of the Digitec Playground Cup Vol. 10

25.6.2023

Translation: machine translated

At the final of the Digitec Playground Cup Vol. 10, we swapped mouse and keyboard for real chessboards. You can find the full stream and all the information about the final here.

A total of 16 players qualified for the big offline final of the tenth Digitec Playground Cup. The qualifiers and the final were divided into pro and Grümpi matches.

The games were played in rapid mode with a 10-minute + 2-second increment. The rapid rating of the participants in the Pro tournament is between 2099 and 2447 - four FIDE Masters were also involved. In the Grümpi tournament, the rapid rating is between 942 and 1224.

In contrast to the online qualifiers, the finals were played offline "over the board". The players faced each other live - an unfamiliar situation for many participants.

A handshake before the game is part of good etiquette.
Source: Christian Walker

The final was hosted by Lena Georgescu and Virginia Parrotta. Lena holds the FIDE titles of "Women's International Champion" and "FIDE Champion". Virginia is a Community Manager at Digitec and has been a passionate chess player for four years.

Lena and Virginia played for six hours straight.
Source: Christian Walker

After the games, Grandmaster Yannick Pelletier analysed the moves of the winners.

GM Yannick Pelletier interviews the winners of the games.
Source: Christian Walker

Watch the entire stream here:

The Grümpi tournament starts at 0:26:13
The Pro Tournament starts at 3:32:03

An overview of the winners of the Pro Tournament

In the Pro Tournament, two FIDE Masters finished in first place. Noah Fecker (centre) took first place and Benedict Hasenohr (left) second place. Dorian Asllani (right) secured third place.

The complete ranking of the Pro Final is as follows:

Rankings Pro Tournament.
Source: Domagoj Belancic

The top three Pro places can look forward to these prizes:

Place 1

Vouchers

CHF400.–

Digital voucher for CHF 400.–

Place 2

Vouchers

CHF250.–

Digital voucher for CHF 250.–

Place 3

Vouchers

CHF150.–

Digital voucher for CHF 150.–

Overview of the winners of the Grümpi tournament

First place in the Grümpi tournament goes to Pranav Koya aka jqw123456789 (centre), second place to Flurin Pestalozzi aka Fluotrim (left) and third place to André Duarte aka b_arku (right).

The complete ranking list of the Grümpi final is as follows:

Ranking Grümpi tournament.
Source: Domagoj Belancic

The first three Grümpi places can look forward to these prizes:

Place 1

Vouchers

CHF200.–

Digital voucher for CHF 200.–

Place 2

Vouchers

CHF150.–

Digital voucher for CHF 150.–

Place 3

Vouchers

CHF100.–

Digital voucher for CHF 100.–

More impressions from the event

Before the tournament starts, the players are briefed by the admin team.
Source: Christian Walker

What's next for the Digitec Playground Cup?

The next Cup with public game voting is expected to take place in October. Click on "Follow author" below to make sure you don't miss any updates. On the Digitec Discord server you can stay up to date with news and announcements about the Digitec Playground. In the #game-suggestions channel, you can already submit your input and wishes for the next Cup.

Cover picture: Christian Walker

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Domagoj Belancic

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Domagoj.Belancic@digitecgalaxus.ch

My love of video games was unleashed at the tender age of five by the original Gameboy. Over the years, it's grown in leaps and bounds.

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