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LAWC 2026 Candidates

The Swiss stage of the 2026 LAWC is officially over!

Congratulations to
@Antichess_Valentino
@devansh2008
@neverplayslowanti
@peanutbutter12345
@peeyush_sonkar
@icelandically
@siddiq1911
@cflour
@slamdunk86
@dark_07
on making it into top 10!
They will be joined by last year's finalists aka @tetiksh1agrawal and @theunknownguyreborn for the candidates
You can see all the information about the players, the groups, and the pairings here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1S5wBGIdhJ1uqyifk6An5QVGC_7Hj6FLnsscXjwsl4OQ/edit?gid=0#gid=0
I hope all the other participants had an enjoyable tournament.

With the commencement of the candidates I would like to highlight a few rules that many might have overlooked while registering:

  1. All the matches in the Semi-Finals and Finals must be streamed. The player can either stream their games or opt to join a meeting with ONE of the tournament directors aka Tetiksh1Agrawal,Passionate_Player, Siddiq1911.
    The player is required to share their screen, audio and visuals throughout the match. All the meetings will be undisclosed to anybody except for the tournament director in the meeting.
  2. Cheating accusations must be made privately to a tournament director. If the accused gets to know about these accusations by any source other than the tournament directors themselves the accused can appeal to a tournament director which will result to the accusers disqualification immediately.
The Swiss stage of the 2026 LAWC is officially over! Congratulations to @Antichess_Valentino @devansh2008 @neverplayslowanti @peanutbutter12345 @peeyush_sonkar @icelandically @siddiq1911 @cflour @slamdunk86 @dark_07 on making it into top 10! They will be joined by last year's finalists aka @tetiksh1agrawal and @theunknownguyreborn for the candidates You can see all the information about the players, the groups, and the pairings here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1S5wBGIdhJ1uqyifk6An5QVGC_7Hj6FLnsscXjwsl4OQ/edit?gid=0#gid=0 I hope all the other participants had an enjoyable tournament. With the commencement of the candidates I would like to highlight a few rules that many might have overlooked while registering: 1) All the matches in the **Semi-Finals and Finals** must be streamed. The player can either stream their games or opt to join a meeting with ONE of the tournament directors aka Tetiksh1Agrawal,Passionate_Player, Siddiq1911. The player is required to share their screen, audio and visuals throughout the match. All the meetings will be undisclosed to anybody except for the tournament director in the meeting. 2) Cheating accusations must be made privately to a tournament director. If the accused gets to know about these accusations by any source other than the tournament directors themselves the accused can appeal to a tournament director which will result to the accusers disqualification immediately.

The LAWC Candidates groups are as follows:
Group A:
@Tetiksh1Agrawal
@devansh2008
@peanutbutter12345
@peeyush_sonkar
@cFlour
@slamdunk86

Group B:
@TheUnknownGuyReborn
@Antichess_Valentino
@neverplayslowanti
@icelandically
@siddiq1911
@dark_07
The deadline to play these games is 11th May 2026 17 UTC
(Notice that there are 4 weeks to play the 5 matches)
All the players can play the matches in any order as they wish to but they must play atleast two matches in the first two weeks
Good luck to all candidates

The LAWC Candidates groups are as follows: Group A: @Tetiksh1Agrawal @devansh2008 @peanutbutter12345 @peeyush_sonkar @cFlour @slamdunk86 Group B: @TheUnknownGuyReborn @Antichess_Valentino @neverplayslowanti @icelandically @siddiq1911 @dark_07 The deadline to play these games is 11th May 2026 17 UTC (Notice that there are 4 weeks to play the 5 matches) All the players can play the matches in any order as they wish to but they must play atleast two matches in the first two weeks Good luck to all candidates

Sid should be in group A instead of me:)

Sid should be in group A instead of me:)

@Tetiksh1Agrawal said ^

@Tetiksh1Agrawal vs @slamdunk86
Right now
Score - 10-0 in my favour
Last game link:

https://lichess.org/c0S8azJtnhK4

@Tetiksh1Agrawal said [^](/forum/redirect/post/4SgqimV3) > @Tetiksh1Agrawal vs @slamdunk86 > Right now Score - 10-0 in my favour Last game link: https://lichess.org/c0S8azJtnhK4

@Tetiksh1Agrawal said ^

@Tetiksh1Agrawal vs @cflour
In 5 minutes

9-1 in my favour
Last game link:

https://lichess.org/NFBRD2oVIdQ0

@Tetiksh1Agrawal said [^](/forum/redirect/post/Ct0wlY0X) > @Tetiksh1Agrawal vs @cflour > In 5 minutes 9-1 in my favour Last game link: https://lichess.org/NFBRD2oVIdQ0

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