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2 | Seedings are decided by Pro Rank at the time of each tourney's beginning | ||
3 | The Championship match will be played between the top two finishers of the Candidates' Tournament | ||
4 | The Candidates' Tournament is a round-robin tournament with 8 competitors | ||
5 | The top 2 in the Chess World Cup, a straight knockout tournament, will qualify | ||
6 | The top 2 of the Grand Swiss Tournament, a Swiss-system tournament (basically CoLin) will qualify | ||
7 | The top 2 in the Grand Prix (series of 4 straight KO tourneys) will qualify | ||
8 | The two non-qualifiers with the most Pro Rank points on average from the last 12 weeks will qualify | ||
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