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The Julius Baer Generation Cup took place Fri 27th Sep to Tue 1st Oct 2024. The event is the last qualifiying event in the online Champions Chess Tour before the finals in December. The format is the Double Elimination KO format where you have to lose two matches to be knocked out. Magnus Carlsen had to qualify but still reached the Grand Final after winning the winners final. Carlsen beat Alireza Firouzja 2.5-1.5 in the final of Division 1, Wesley So beat Denis Lazavik 3-2 in Division 2 and Fabiano Caruana beat Vincent Keymer 2.5-0.5 to win Division 3. There were no Grand Final Resets required in any of the divisions.

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Julius Baer Gen Cup D1 W chess.com INT Fri 27th Sep 2024 - Tue 1st Oct 2024 Leading Round 4 (of 5) Standings:
Rk	Name	Pts
	Grand Final
1	Carlsen, Magnus	2.5
2	Firouzja, Alireza	1.5
	Final
1	Carlsen, Magnus	2.5
2	Firouzja, Alireza	1.5
	Semi-final
1	Firouzja, Alireza	2.5
2	Grischuk, Alexander	0.5
1	Carlsen, Magnus	2.5
2	Aronian, Levon	1.5
	Quarter-final
1	Firouzja, Alireza	2.5
2	Fedoseev, Vladimir3	1.5
1	Grischuk, Alexander	2.5
2	Erigaisi, Arjun	1.5
1	Carlsen, Magnus	3
2	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	2
1	Aronian, Levon	2.5
2	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	1.5
8 players

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Julius Baer Gen Cup D1 L chess.com INT Fri 27th Sep 2024 - Tue 1st Oct 2024 Leading Final Round 4 Standings:
Rk	Name	Pts
	Final
1	Firouzja, Alireza	2
2	Aronian, Levon	0
	Round 3
1	Aronian, Levon	1.5
2	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	0.5
	Round 2
1	Aronian, Levon	2
2	Fedoseev, Vladimir3	0
1	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	2
2	Grischuk, Alexander	1
	Round 1
1	Fedoseev, Vladimir3	1.5
2	Erigaisi, Arjun	0.5
1	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	1.5
2	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	0.5
8 players

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Julius Baer Gen Cup D2 W chess.com INT Fri 27th Sep 2024 - Tue 1st Oct 2024 Leading Round 5 (of 6) Standings:
Rk	Name	Pts
	Grand Final
1	So, Wesley	3
2	Lazavik, Denis	2
	Final
1	So, Wesley	2.5
2	Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo	1.5
	Semi-final
1	So, Wesley	2.5
2	Sargsyan, Shant	0.5
1	Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo	3
2	Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	2
	Quarter-final
1	So, Wesley	2.5
2	Madaminov, Mukhiddin	0.5
1	Sargsyan, Shant	2.5
2	Daneshvar, Bardiya	1.5
1	Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	2.5
2	Durarbayli, Vasif	0.5
1	Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo	2.5
2	Lazavik, Denis	1.5
	Round 1
1	So, Wesley	2.5
2	Yakubboev, Nodirbek	1.5
1	Madaminov, Mukhiddin	2.5
2	Bok, Benjamin	1.5
1	Daneshvar, Bardiya	3
2	Bortnyk, Olexandr	1
1	Sargsyan, Shant	2.5
2	Le, Tuan Minh	1.5
1	Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	2.5
2	Robson, Ray	1.5
1	Durarbayli, Vasif	3
2	Anton Guijarro, David	2
1	Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo	2.5
2	Indjic, Aleksandar	1.5
1	Lazavik, Denis	2.5
2	Oparin, Grigoriy	0.5
16 players

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Julius Baer Gen Cup D2 L chess.com INT Fri 27th Sep 2024 - Tue 1st Oct 2024 Leading Final Round 6 Standings:
Rk	Name	Pts
	Final
1	Lazavik, Denis	1.5
2	Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo	0.5
	Semi-final
1	Lazavik, Denis	2.0
2	Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	1.0
	Quarter-final
1	Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	2.0
2	Indjic, Aleksandar	0.0
1	Lazavik, Denis	2.0
2	Sargsyan, Shant	0.0
	Round 2
1	Lazavik, Denis	1.5
2	Bortnyk, Olexandr	0.5
1	Indjic, Aleksandar	2
2	Daneshvar, Bardiya	1
	Quarter-final
1	Bortnyk, Olexandr	2
2	Durarbayli, Vasif	1
1	Lazavik, Denis	1.5
2	Bok, Benjamin	0.5
1	Daneshvar, Bardiya	1.5
2	Anton Guijarro, David	0.5
1	Indjic, Aleksandar	1.5
2	Madaminov, Mukhiddin	0.5
	Round 1
1	Bortnyk, Olexandr	2
2	Le, Tuan Minh	0
1	Bok, Benjamin	2
2	Yakubboev, Nodirbek	0
1	Anton Guijarro, David	2
2	Robson, Ray	1
1	Indjic, Aleksandar	2
2	Oparin, Grigoriy	0
8 players

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Julius Baer Gen Cup D3 W chess.com INT Fri 27th Sep 2024 - Tue 1st Oct 2024 Leading Round 6 (of 7) Standings:
Rk	Name	Pts
	Grand Final
1	Caruana, Fabiano	2.5
2	Keymer, Vincent	0.5
	Final
1	Caruana, Fabiano	2.5
2	Moussard, Jules	0.5
	Semifinal
1	Caruana, Fabiano	2.5
2	Keymer, Vincent	0.5
1	Moussard, Jules	2.5
2	Korobov, Anton	0.5
	Round 3
1	Keymer, Vincent	3
2	Theodorou, Nikolas	0
1	Caruana, Fabiano	2.5
2	Bharath, Subramaniyam H	0.5
1	Korobov, Anton	3
2	Sindarov, Javokhir	0
1	Moussard, Jules	3
2	Yoo, Christopher Woojin	1
	Round 2
1	Theodorou, Nikolas	2.5
2	Makarian, Rudik	1.5
1	Keymer, Vincent	2.5
2	Santos Latasa, Jaime	1.5
1	Bharath, Subramaniyam H	3
2	Navara, David	2
1	Caruana, Fabiano	3
2	Alekseenko, Kirill	0
1	Korobov, Anton	2.5*
2	Gelfand, Boris	2.5
1	Sindarov, Javokhir	2.5
2	Kamsky, Gata	1.5
1	Moussard, Jules	3
2	Svane, Rasmus	1
1	Yoo, Christopher Woojin	3
2	Niemann, Hans Moke	2
	Round 1
1	Theodorou, Nikolas	3
2	Svane, Frederik	2
1	Makarian, Rudik	2.5*
2	Yilmaz, Mustafa	2.5
1	Santos Latasa, Jaime	2.5
2	Sargissian, Gabriel	0.5
1	Keymer, Vincent	3
2	Hakobyan, Aram	0
1	Navara, David	2.5*
2	Amin, Bassem	2.5
1	Bharath, Subramaniyam H	3
2	Guseinov, Gadir	1
32 players

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Julius Baer Gen Cup D3 L chess.com INT Fri 27th Sep 2024 - Tue 1st Oct 2024 Leading Final Round 8 Standings:
Rk	Name	Pts
	Final
1	Keymer, Vincent	1.5
2	Moussard, Jules	0.5
	Semi-final
1	Keymer, Vincent	2.0
2	Gelfand, Boris	1.0
	Quarter-final
1	Gelfand, Boris	1.5
2	Korobov, Anton	0.5
1	Keymer, Vincent	1.5
2	Sindarov, Javokhir	0.5
	Round 5
1	Gelfand, Boris	1.5*
2	Niemann, Hans Moke	1.5
1	Sindarov, Javokhir	1.5
2	Yoo, Christopher Woojin	0.5
	Round 4
1	Gelfand, Boris	2
2	Theodorou, Nikolas	0
1	Niemann, Hans Moke	2
2	Bharath, Subramaniyam H	1
1	Sindarov, Javokhir	1.5
2	Makarian, Rudik	0.5
1	Yoo, Christopher Woojin	1.5
2	Navara, David	0.5
	Round 3
1	Gelfand, Boris	2
2	Kamsky, Gata	1
1	Niemann, Hans Moke	1.5
2	Hakobyan, Aram	0.5
1	Makarian, Rudik	2
2	Bosiocic, Marin	1
1	Navara, David	2
2	Alekseenko, Kirill	1
	Round 2
1	Gelfand, Boris	1.5
2	Amin, Bassem	0.5
1	Kamsky, Gata	2
2	Martirosyan, Haik M.	1
1	Niemann, Hans Moke	2
2	Svane, Frederik	1
1	Hakobyan, Aram	2
2	Svane, Rasmus	0
1	Makarian, Rudik	1.5*
2	Deac, Bogdan-Daniel	1.5
1	Bosiocic, Marin	2
2	Santos Latasa, Jaime	0
1	Navara, David	1.5
2	Predke, Alexandr	0.5
1	Alekseenko, Kirill	2
16 players

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