The 2020 Pro-Biz Cup brings business minds, England’s leading players plus guest Grandmasters together in an online tournament to be staged on Twitch.tv/chesscomevents 9th December 2020 at 18.00 UK 13.00 EST. The tournament is a fundraiser for Chess in Schools and Communities.

Businesses team up with chess professionals to learn and play with them in a fun format, in which the business leaders make alternate moves as they take on other Pro-Am pairs in rapid chess. Each team will have 20 minutes on the clock for all their moves (plus an additional 5 seconds per move). The amateurs will be able to take a couple of two-minute timeouts, during which time they can consult with their GM partners.

You can get involved by following the broadcast at Twitch.tv/chesscomevents where Maria Emelianova and IM Malcolm Pein will commentate on the 7 games in progress.

You can also bid for one of these signed boards in the broadcast or by emailing [email protected]. Bids close at end of play, there will be regular updates on the stream.

You can also follow the games on Chess.com by going to chess.com/livechess and typing /follow playername so for example to follow Mickey Adams type /followGMMickeyAdams.

See signed boards and bid or to give a Christmas gift of a donation to Chess in Schools and Communities.

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The Pro-Biz 2020 pairs are:

GM Vladimir Kramnik	Ryad Belab, Market Securities
GM Mickey Adams	Kameron G
GM David Howell	James Hanbury, Odey Asset Management
GM Luke McShane	Chris Flowers, J.C. Flowers & Co.
GM Matthew Sadler	Terry Chapman, Terence Chapman Group
GM Nick Pert	Chris Gant, EY
GM Gawain Jones	Richard Jiangyang
GM Jon Speelman	Justin Baptie, Insight Strategic Associates
GM John Nunn	Rajko  Vujatovic, Model Risk
GM Emil Sutovsky	Etan Ilfeld, Watkins Books
IM Lorin D'Costa	Colm O'Shea, COMAC Capital
IM Ravi Haria	Shreyas Royal
WFM Kanwal Bhatia	Lee Green, KMI Consultants
FM Callum Kilpatrick	Ryan Miller

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Tune in to the games at 18.00 UK 13.00 EST at twitch.tv/chesscomevents

Download the Pro-Biz Cup flyer