Royal Rumble Rough Draft

Creator Cup Arrives at the Scene! A Battle of Creators Made by Creators

Creator Cup showcases upcoming chess creators in a newly created amateur chess championship. The PogChamps-inspired features 16 rising creators and personalities playing rapid games for partnerships, content, and bragging rights.

The 16-player group stage and play-offs run until December 1st before the finals happening on December 8th.

Creator Cup will be hosted by Houseline and Gilbyfish123 two new content creators seeking to create an enjoyable event for the chess community while bringing together creators. Fans can expect a lineup of talented creators to grace the field of what promises to be a fun and exciting event.

Broadcast and Streaming

Tune in to our Twitch channels( Gilbyfish123 and Houseline ) to enjoy the competition of up and down moves, banter, and checkmates that few events can rival.

Players 

Sixteen rising chess creators and personalities are joining the Creator Cup field:

• MaxPlayzChess | Twitch
• Bloodqueen | Twitch
• BSkyWalk | Twitch
• Gilbyfish123 | Twitch
• UcheKennedyX | Twitch
• Zmoothly | Twitch
• AgneSemonaViciute | Twitch
• GremlinPlaysChess | Twitch
• Houseline | Twitch
• PinPawnChess | YouTube
• CodaCarter | Twitch
• Oli14970 | Twitch
• ApexChesss | YouTube
• FarzyPlaysChess | Twitch
• DamienNick | Twitch
• CarCrash25 | YouTube

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Groups

Format

Creator Cup features a Group Stage followed by a Championship and Consolation single-elimination brackets.

Overview

• Sixteen Players Participate
• Each Player Starts with 10 minutes on their clock, with 5 seconds added after every move.

Group Stage

• Players are divided into four groups of four players.
• Each group plays a single round-robin, with participants playing a two-game match against every other player in their group.
• If a match ends in a tie, players contest a 3+5 game, with the player with the highest accuracy score starting with White. Players keep swapping colors and playing 3+5 games until a decisive game decides the winner.
• Players receive 3 points for an outright match win, 2 points for winning a match in the tiebreaks, 1 point for losing the match in the tiebreaks, and 0 points for losing a match without tiebreaks.
• The first and second from each group advance to the Champions bracket.
• The third and fourth from each group go to the Consolation bracket.

Championship and Consolation Brackets

• Both Brackets will consist of eight players.
• Both brackets are single-elimination, with players who win their matches advancing to the next stage.
• Matches are in the best-of-four format.

Tiebreaks

If there's a tie in any stage of the tournament, the following tiebreaks, in order, decide the winner:

1. Match points earned in matches between tied players.
2. Game points earned in games between tied players (regulation only).
3. Average CAPS score across all 3 group play matches (regulation only). The player with the lowest average CAPS score among those who are tied will be awarded the lowest rank of the tied players. This entire process is repeated until all ties have been resolved.

Schedule (Times in UTC)

Round 1

November 1st

• 9pm - Gilbyfish123 vs MaxPlayzChess
• 10pm - Bloodqueen vs BSkyWalk

November 2nd

• 8pm - AgneSemonaViciute vs GremlinPlaysChess
• 9pm - FarzyPlaysChess vs ApexChesss
• 10pm - Zmoothly vs. UcheKennedyX

November 3rd

• 8pm - PinPawnChess vs Oli14970
• 9pm - CarCrash25 vs DamienNick
• 10pm - CodaCarter vs Houseline

Round 2

November 8th

• 9pm - Gilbyfish123 vs Bloodqueen
• 10pm - MaxPlayzChess vs BSkyWalk

November 9th

• 8pm - Zmoothly vs GremlinPlaysChess
• 9pm - PinPawnChess vs CodaCarter

November 10th

• 7pm - CodaCarter vs Oli14970
• 8pm - AgneSemonaViciute vs UcheKennedyX
• 9pm - ApexChesss vs DamienNick
• 10pm - FarzyPlaysChess vs CarCrash25

Round 3

November 15th

• 9pm - Bloodqueen vs MaxPlayzChess
• 10pm - Gilbyfsh123 vs BSkyWalk

November 16th

• 8pm - Houseline vs Oli14970
• 9pm - GremlinPlaysChess vs UcheKennedyX
• 10pm - FarzyPlaysChess vs DamienNick

November 17th

• 8pm - AgneSemonaViciute vs Zmoothly
• 9pm - CarCrash25 vs ApexChesss
• 10pm - PinPawnChess vs Houseline

Knockout Round 1

November 22nd

• 8pm - Group A 3rd vs Group D 4th
• 9:30pm - Group A 1st vs Group D 2nd

November 23rd

• 8pm - Group B 3rd vs Group C 4th
• 9:30pm - Group B 1st vs Group C 2nd

November 24th

• 5:30pm - Group C 3rd vs Group A 4th
• 7:00pm - Group C 1st vs Group A 2nd
• 8:30pm - Group D 3rd vs Group B 4th
• 10:00pm - Group D 1st vs Group B 2nd

Knockout Round 2

November 30th

• 8:30pm - (Winner of Group C 3rd vs Group A 4th) vs (Winner of Group D 3rd vs Group B 4th)
• 10pm - (Winner of Group C 1st vs Group A 2nd) vs (Winner of Group D 1st vs Group B 2nd)

December 1st

• 8:30pm - (Winner of Group D 4th vs Group A 3rd) vs (Winner of Group C 4th vs Group B 3rd)
• 10pm - (Winner of Group D 2nd vs Group A 1st) vs (Winner of Group B 1st vs Group C 2nd)

Finals

December 7th

• 8:30pm - Consolation 3rd Place Match
• 10pm - Winners 3rd Place Match

December 8th

• 8:30pm - Consolation Final
• 10pm - Winners Final