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Armageddon chess
A game guaranteed to produce a decisive result, because Black has draw odds (that is, for Black, a draw is equal to a victory).
To compensate, White has more time on the clock.
Common times are six minutes for White and five for Black, or five minutes for White and four for Black.
This can also be played with a small increment.
This is also known as "time odds" and it is used in various tie breaks for quick tournaments.
An article about the Armageddon (Chessbase 2008).
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Armageddon in Vancouver
2019
Oct 19 - Armageddon tournament (5' vs 4') - photos
2018
Sep, 23 - Armageddon tournament (5' vs 4') - photos, video
2017
Sep, 9 - Armageddon tournament (5' vs 4') - photos, video
2016
March 24 - The quarterfinal (5' vs 4') - photos, video
September 10 - Armageddon tournament (5' vs 4') - photos, video
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Online
Abu Dhabi Super Blitz Challenge 2020
12.3 - Daniil Dubov vs. Peter Svidler - article, video (English, Russian)
Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020 (5' vs. 4')
1.5 - Hikaru Nakamura vs. Magnus Carlsen - game, video (English, Russian, Spanish), analysis
4.5 - MVL vs. Ian Nepomniachtchi - game, video (English, Russian, Spanish), analysis
4.5 - Liren Ding vs. Fabiano Caruana - game, video (English, Russian, Spanish), analysis
6.5 - Liren Ding vs. MVL - game, video (English, Russian, Spanish), analysis
8.5 - Anish Giri vs. Liren Ding - game, video (English, Russian, Spanish)
10.5 - Fabiano Caruana vs. Hikaru Nakamura - game, video (English, Russian, Spanish), analysis
11.5 - Magnus Carlsen vs. Ian Nepomniachtchi - game, video (English, Russian, Spanish), analysis
12.5 - Liren Ding vs. Hikaru Nakamura - game, video (English, Russian, Spanish), analysis
13.5 - Ian Nepomniachtchi vs. Alireza Firouzja - game, video (English, Russian, Spanish), analysis
13.5 - MVL vs. Hikaru Nakamura - game, video (English, Russian, Spanish), analysis
Play for Russia Charity Tournament (4' vs. 3')
Alexander Grischuk vs. Vladimir Kramnik - game, article, video (English, Russian) (2.3)
FIDE Women's Online Steinitz Memorial (5' vs. 4')
Tingjie Lei vs. Kateryna Lagno - game, video (English, Russian) tie-break
Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge (5' vs. 4') - results
Levon Aronian vs Hikaru Nakamura - game, report
Yu Yangyi vs. Ding Liren - game, report
Yu Yangyi vs. Ding Liren - game, report
Daniil Dubov vs. Hikaru Nakamura - game, report
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Armageddon in the World
2020
Gibraltar - David Paravyan vs. Andrey Esipenko - game, video
2019
June - Norway Chess (10' vs. 7' + 3" after move 61) - chess24 the score is: +13 -6 +13, i.e. White won 13 games and Black scored 19 points.
1 - Magnus Carlsen vs. Viswanathan Anand - game, analysis
9 - Ding Liren vs. Alexander Grischuk - video
Yu Yangyi vs. Fabiano Caruana - game, analysis
June - Worldchess Armageddon series - an article
Time control: 5 min vs. 4 min. Increment after move 60.
The score is: +1 -2 =2
All videos below are commented in Russian:
2.3 - Dubov vs. Karjakin - video
8.3 - Radjabov vs. Kramnik - video
9.3 - Radjabov vs. Dubov - video
11.3 - Radjabov vs. Karjakin - video
14.3 - Nepo vs. Karjakin - video
FIDE Grand Prix Riga - Levon Aronian vs. Yu Yangyi - game, video
FIDE Grand Prix Riga - Sergey Karjakin vs. Anish Giri - game, video
FIDE Grand Prix Riga - MVL vs. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov - game, video, analysis
FIDE Grand Prix Jerusalem - Pentala Harikrishna vs. Sergey Karjakin - game, video
Women's World Rapid Championship - Lei Tingjie vs. Humpy Koneru (tie-break) - game, video
2018
U.S. Women's championship - Nazi Paikidze vs. Annie Wang - game, video, video, analysis (5'+2" vs. 4'+2")
Isle of Man International - Wojtaszek vs. Naiditsch - video
David Navara vs. Wei Yi - article, analysis
2017
71st Moscow Blitz Championship (5' vs. 4')
Andrey Rychagov vs. Alexey Korotylev - game, video
2016
Wei Yi vs. Richard Rapport - game, article
Gibraltar - Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (MVL) vs. Hikaru Nakamura - game, report, video
2015
Zurich Chess Challenge - Vishy Anand vs. Hikaru Nakamura - video, video 2
Millionaire Chess Satellite - Priyadharshan Kannappan vs. Ashwin Jayaram - video (6' vs. 4')
Grenke - Magnus Carlsen vs. Arkadij Naiditsch - game, video (6' vs. 5')
2013
ACP World Rapid Cup (Riga) - Alexander Grischuk vs. Ian Nepomniachtchi - game
U.S. Chess championship - Gata Kamsky vs. Alejandro Ramírez - game, analysis, video (45'00"+5" vs. 19'45"+5")
Aeroflot Open Rapid KO (5' vs. 4' +3" after move 61)
Sergey Karjakin vs. Alexander Grischuk - article, game, video, video (4.3)
Ian Nepomniachtchi vs. Sergey Karjakin - game, video (3.3)
Ian Nepomniachtchi vs. Peter Svidler - game (2.3)
Pavel Eljanov vs. Anton Korobov - game (1.3)
2012
ACP Women Cup Rapid - Pia Cramling vs. Nana Dzagnidze (tie-break) - video, an article
Piterenka Rapid/Blitz tournament - Grischuk vs. Sergey Karjakin - game, an article, video, video (5' vs 4')
2011
Moscow RGSU cup - Ian Nepomniachtchi vs. Sergey Karjakin - video (tie-break)
2010
Shanghai Masters - Levon Aronian vs. Vladimir Kramnik - game, video
U.S. Chess championship - Yury Shulman vs. Gata Kamsky - an article, game (60' vs. 25')
4th ACP World Rapid Cup (Odessa, Ukraine) - Sergey Karjakin vs. Dmitry Jakovenko - game (Final)
Russian Championship - Sergey Karjakin vs. Ian Nepomniachtchi - game, video (6' vs 5')
2009
European Individual Chess Championship
Tomashevsky vs. Malakhov (Tie-break) - an article, one more
2008
USA Women's Championship - Irina Krush vs. Anna Zatonskih - game, video
2007
ACP Rapid Cup (Odessa, Ukraine)
Morozevich vs. Harikrishna (1.5) - game, video
Boris Gelfand vs. Peter Leko (3.5) - game
2002
Eurotel World Chess Trophy
Garry Kasparov vs. Vassily Ivanchuk - game
FIDE Grand Prix, Dubai UAE
Peter Leko vs. Alexander Grischuk - game, news (Final)
1998
Frankfurt Chess Classic International rapid tournament
(sudden death tie break with faster time controls) ?
Vladimir Kramnik vs. Viswanathan Anand - game, report (tie-break)
1995
PCA / Intel World Chess Grand Prix Rapid (5' vs. 4')
Leg 1 Moscow
Jonathan Speelman vs. Veselin Topalov - game, video (1.3)
Zurab Azmaiparashvili vs. Viktor Korchnoi - game (1.3)
Vassily Ivanchuk vs. Viktor Korchnoi - game (2.3)
Artur Yusupov vs. Vladimir Kramnik - game (2.3)
Alexander Morozevich vs. Viswanathan Anand - game (2.3)
Vladimir Kramnik vs. Vassily Ivanchuk - game, video (3.3)
Leg 2 New York (The first time when digital chess clock was used?)
Alexey Vyzmanavin vs. Alexander Morozevich - game (1.3)
Jonathan Speelman vs. Viktor Korchnoi - game (1.3)
Vassily Ivanchuk vs. Johann Hjartarson - game (1.3)
Nick de Firmian vs. Ilya Smirin - game (1.3)
Larry Christiansen vs. Alexander Morozevich - game (2.3)
Vladimir Kramnik vs. Garry Kasparov - game, video (3.3)
Leg 3 London
Vladimir Kramnik vs. Anthony Miles - game, video (1.3)
Ivan Sokolov vs. Nigel Short - game (1.3)
Joel Lautier vs. Viswanathan Anand - game (1.3)
Loek van Wely vs. Eric Lobron - game (1.3)
Vassily Ivanchuk vs. Aleksey Dreev - game (2.3)
Loek van Wely vs. Anthony Miles - game (2.3)
Jeroen Piket vs. Michael Adams - game, video (2.3)
Viswanathan Anand vs. Aleksey Dreev - game, video (3.3)
Leg 4 Paris
Konstantin Aseev vs. Kiril Georgiev - game (1.3)
Viktor Korchnoi vs. Valentin Arbakov - game (1.3)
Joel Lautier vs. Michael Adams - game (1.3)
Vassily Ivanchuk vs. Vladimir Kramnik - game (2.3)
1994
PCA / Intel Chess Grand Prix (6' vs. 5')
Leg 1 Moscow
Alexey Vyzmanavin vs. Alexey Shirov - game (1.3)
Zurab Azmaiparashvili vs. Vassily Ivanchuk - game (1.3)
Michael Adams vs. Viktor Korchnoi - game (1.3)
Ilya Smirin vs. Viswanathan Anand - game (1.3)
Alexey Vyzmanavin vs. Vladimir Kramnik - game (3.3)
Leg 2 New York
Ilya Smirin vs. Viswanathan Anand - game, video (1.3)
Alexey Vyzmanavin vs. Predrag Nikolic - game (1.3)
Vassily Ivanchuk vs. Vladimir Kramnik - game, video (3.3)
Leg 3 London
Nigel Short vs. Predrag Nikolic - game (1.3)
Michael Adams vs. Viswanathan Anand - game (1.3)
Romuald Mainka vs. Alexey Vyzmanavin - game (1.3)
Utut Adianto vs. Vladimir Kramnik - game (1.3)
Vladimir Kramnik vs. Vassily Ivanchuk - game (3.3)
Viswanathan Anand vs. Vassily Ivanchuk - game (4.5)
Leg 4 Paris
Ilya Smirin vs. Vassily Ivanchuk - game (1.3)
Judit Polgar vs. Vladimir Kramnik - game (1.3)
Vladimir Kramnik vs. Alexey Vyzmanavin - game (2.3)
Ilya Smirin vs. Predrag Nikolic - game (2.3)
Anatoli Vaisser vs. Vadim Milov - game (2.3)
Garry Kasparov vs. Vladimir Kramnik - game, video (3.3)
1992
3rd Trophee Immopar. Rapid International Tournament. Paris, France. (6' vs. 5') ?
Evgeny Bareev vs. Anatoly Karpov - game, video (1.3)
Michael Adams vs. Viswanathan Anand - game, video (1.3)
1991
2nd Trophee Immopar. Rapid International Tournament. Paris, France.
Evgeny Bareev vs. Joel Lautier - (1.3)
Alexander Beliavsky vs. Boris Gelfand - game (1.3)
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Armageddon at the FIDE World Cups
2019 (Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia) 5' vs. 4' +3" after move 61
Evgeny Najer vs. Anish Giri - video 1, video 2, game (2.9)
Yu Yangyi vs. Nikita Vitiugov- video, video 2, game (5.9)
2017 (Tbilisi, Georgia) 5' vs. 4' +3" after move 61
Levon Aronian vs. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (MVL) - analysis, video, game (6.9)
2015 (Baku, Azerbaijan) 5' vs. 4' +3" after move 61
Mateusz Bartel vs. Gabriel Sargissian - video, game, video 2 (1.9)
Michael Adams vs. Viktor Laznicka - video, game, video 2 (2.9)
Ian Nepomniachtchi vs. Hikaru Nakamura - video, game, video 2 (3.9)
2013 (Tromsø, Norway) 5' vs. 4' +3" after move 61
Evgeny Tomashevsky vs. Alejandro Ramirez Alvarez - video, game (1.9)
Hrant Melkumyan vs. Julio E Granda Zuniga - video, game (1.9)
Daniil Dubov vs. Ruslan Ponomariov - video, game (2.9)
2011 (Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia) 5' vs. 4' +3" after move 61
Yuri Drozdovskij vs. Alexander Motylev - video, game (1.9)
Leinier Dominguez Perez vs. Igor Lysyj - video, game (3.9)
2009 (Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia) 5' vs. 4' +3" after move 61
no Armageddon games were played
2007 (Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia) 6' vs. 5'
Michael Roiz vs. Varuzhan Akobian - game (1.7)
Nikita Vitiugov vs. Konstantin Sakaev - game (1.7)
Zhou Jianchao vs. Andrei Volokitin - game (2.7)
Kiril Georgiev vs. Rustam Kasimdzhanov - game (2.7)
2005 (Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia) 6' vs. 5'
Konstantin Sakaev vs. Joel Lautier - game (7.7)
Evgeny Najer vs. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov - game (2.7)
Vadim Zvjaginsev vs. Yury Shulman - game (1.7)
Alexander Khalifman vs. Yury Shulman - game (2.7)
Zviad Izoria vs. Sergey Erenburg - game (1.7)
Sergei Tiviakov vs. Oleg Korneev - game (2.7)
Loek van Wely vs. Alexander Moiseenko - game (2.7)
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Armageddon at the FIDE World Chess Championship Matches (1997-2004)
2004 (Tripoli, Libya) 6' vs. 5' / no increment
Sergei Tiviakov vs. Gabriel Sargissian - game or this (1.7)
Ni Hua vs. Evgeny Vladimirov - game (1.7)
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov vs. Smbat Lputian - game (2.7)
Leinier Dominguez vs. Vladimir Malakhov - game (2.7)
Teimour Radjabov vs. Peter Heine Nielsen - game (2.7)
Hichem Hamdouchi vs. Sergey Kudrin - game (2.7)
Ye Jiangchuan vs. Ni Hua - game (2.7)
Aleksey Dreev vs. Konstantin Sakaev - game (3.7)
Pavel Smirnov vs. Levon Aronian - game (3.7)
Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu vs. Andrei Kharlov - game (4.7)
Dominguez vs. Teimur Radjabov - game (5.7)
2001-02 (Moscow, Russia) 6' vs. 5' / no increment
Veselin Topalov vs. Alexey Shirov - game (4.7)
2000 (New Delhi, India)
No Armageddon games. The final stage of the tie-break was a series of blitz games (4'+10" per move for White, 5'+10" per move for Black, the first player to win is the winner of the match)
Fouad El Taher vs. Alexej Alexandrov - game (1.8)
Bartłomiej Macieja vs. Michael Krasenkow - game (2.10)
Alexander Khalifman vs. Peter Leko - game, video (3.8)
1999 (Las Vegas, NV, USA)
Sergei Tiviakov vs. Dmitry Gurevich - game (1.8)
Peter Heine Nielsen vs. Joel Benjamin - game (1.7)
1997-1998 (Groningen, Netherlands. The final - Lausanne, Switzerland)
Étienne Bacrot vs. Giorgi Giorgadze - game (1.7)
Larry Mark Christiansen vs. Ulf Andersson - game (1.9)
Ulf Andersson vs. Vadim Milov - game (2.7)
Vladimir Akopian vs. Rafael Vaganian - game (3.7)
Michael Krasenkov vs. Zurab Azmaiparashvili - game (4.7)
Nigel Short vs. Michael Adams - game (6.7)
Viswanathan Anand vs. Michael Adams - game, video (7.9)
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Armageddon at the Women's World Chess Championship Matches (2000-2018)
2018 (Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia) 5' vs. 4' +3" after move 61
Kateryna Lagno vs. Natalia Pogonina - game, video, video 2 (3.9)
2017 (Tehran, Iran) 5' vs. 4' +3" after move 61
Anastasia Bodnaruk vs. Mitra Hejazipour - game, report (1.9)
Nino Batsiashvili vs. Nino Khurtsidze - game (2.9)
Anna Ushenina vs. Tan Zhongyi - game (2.9)
Dronavalli Harika vs. Tan Zhongyi - game (5.9)
2015 (Sochi, Russia) 5' vs. 4' +3" after move 61
Mary Ann Gomes vs. Tatiana Kosintseva - game (1.9)
Aleksandra Goryachkina vs. Lilit Mkrtchian - game (1.9)
2012 (Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia) 5' vs. 4' +3" after move 61
Cristina-Adela Foisor vs. Mariya Muzychuk - game, video (1.9)
2010 (Antakya, Turkey) 5' vs. 4' +3" after move 61
Mariya Muzychuk vs. Dronavalli Harika - game (3.7)
2008 (Nalchik, Russia) 6' vs. 5' without increment
Monika Soćko vs. Sabina Francesca Foisor - game, article, video (1.7)
Elisabeth Pähtz vs. Ilaha Kadimova - game, interview (1.7)
2004 (Elista, Russia)
Thi Thanh An Nguyen vs. Ketino Kachiani-Gersinska - game (1.7)
Xu Yuanyuan vs. Tatjana Vasilevich - game (1.7)
Joanna Dworakowska vs. Peng Zhao Qin - game (1.7)
Monika Socko vs. Lilit Mkrtchian - game (1.7)
Ekaterina Polovnikova vs. Kateryna Lahno - game (2.7)
Natalia Zhukova vs. Nadezhda Kosintseva - game (2.7)
2001 (Moscow, Russia)
Nino Khurtsidze vs. Zhu Chen - game (4.7)
2000 (New Delhi, India)
Nikoletta Lakos vs. Pia Cramling - game (1.7)
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Armageddon at the World Chess Championship Matches
Here are the part rules of the World Chess Championship matches.
In fact, the armageddon or even blitz tie-breaks never used yet (was never required in the final matches).
2018
If the blitz matches had failed to produce a winner, one sudden death "Armageddon" game: White receives 5 minutes and Black receives 4 minutes. Both players receive an increment of 3 seconds starting from move 61. The player who wins the drawing of lots may choose the colour.
2016
For the final sudden death game, 5 minutes for white pieces, 4 minutes for black pieces, no increment for the first 60 moves, 3 seconds increment per move starting at the move 61. The winner of this game is world champion; if drawn, black is the winner and world champion.
2014
A final "Armageddon" game. In that game, white would have received 5 minutes, black 4 minutes and a 3-second increment after move 61 for both; in the event of a draw, the player of the black pieces would have been declared a champion.
2013
If the score is still level after five matches (of blitz games 5'+3"), the players shall play a one sudden death game. The player who wins the drawing of lots may choose the color. The player with the white pieces shall receive 5 minutes, the player with the black pieces shall receive 4 minutes whereupon, after the 60th move, both players shall receive an increment of 3 seconds starting from move 61.
2012
If the score was tied after ten blitz games (5'+10"), a single sudden-death "Armageddon game" would determine the champion. The winner of a draw of lots would get to choose the colour to play, with white has given 5 minutes and Black 4 minutes. Beginning with move 61, a three-second increment would be added following each move.
2010
If the score is tied after ten blitz games (5'+10"), a single sudden-death "Armageddon game" will determine the champion. The winner of a drawing of lots gets to choose the colour to play, with White given 5 minutes and Black 4 minutes. Beginning with move 61, a three-second increment will be added following each move.
2008
If the score is tied after the two blitz games (5'+10"), a single sudden-death "Armageddon game" will determine the champion. The winner of a draw of lots gets to choose the color to play, with White given 6 minutes and Black 5 minutes and no time increment added per move.
2006
If the score is still tied (after blitz games 5'+10"), this is followed by a sudden death game: white has 6 minutes and needs to win, black has 5 minutes and needs to draw or win.
2005
If the score is still tied (after blitz games 5'+10"), this is followed by a sudden death game: white has 6 minutes and needs to win, black has 5 minutes and needs to draw or win.
2004
If the score was still tied after these four extra games (5'+10"), a single game of Armageddon game chess would be played where White had 6 minutes and Black had 5, with no increment.
2002
A single Armageddon game if required (white has 6 minutes and must win, black has 5 minutes and only needs to draw).
2000
A series of blitz games (4 minutes + 10 seconds per move for White, 5 minutes + 10 seconds per move for Black, the first player to win is the winner of the match).
(No details about an Armageddon game.)
1999
A single Armageddon game if required (white has 6 minutes and must win, black has 5 minutes and only needs to draw).
1997-98
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