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MCC Season 2
Sport	Chess
Duration	22 February 2026 – 29 November 2026 (OOC)
Tournaments
SN3C champions	Brian Bowman
GCC champions	Ziggy Stardust
GCC runners-up	Prof. James Huldenberg
MCC Masters champions	Jamie Cartwright
MCC Open champions	Mark Jensen
WCK champions	tbd
World Chess Championship
Champions	tbd
Runners-up	tbd

World Chess Championship Match
Candidates

The Multiversal Chess Championships - Season 2 was the second season the individual chess tournaments that constitute the Multiversal Chess Championships, which resulted in the crowning of the second World Chess Champion.

MCC Tournaments

Five tournaments were held to determine the opponent of defending World Chess Champion Eleanor Rigby in the World Chess Championship match. All of the tournaments were contested by individual players in a classical time control.

2nd South Newlandian Classical Chess Cup

The 2nd South Newlandian Classical Chess Cup (SN3C) was the first tournament of MCC Season 2 and contested by 55 individual players in the Ivory Crown Hotel in Newport, South Newlandia. In a match, both players had 60 minutes to play all of their moves. Entrants were placed in six groups of 8 and one group of 7, playing everyone in their group once. The winners of each group qualified for a final stage, where they then played each of the other six group winners once.

Final Stage Standings of the 2nd SN3C

Rank	Player	Score	Wins	Rapid	Qualification		BOW		FIG		GOO		KYR		HUL		WIL		CAS			BOW		FIG		GOO
1	Brian Bowman	4 / 6	3	3.5	WCC Qualifier				-	0	-	1	½	-	½	-	-	1	1	-				1	1	½	1
2	Marielle Figueroa	4 / 6	3	1.5			1	-			-	½	-	½	0	-	-	1	1	-		0	0			½	1
3	Johnny B. Goode	4 / 6	3	1			0	-	½	-			-	1	-	½	-	1	1	-		0	½	0	½
4	Stepon Kyrill	3.5 / 6	2				-	½	½	-	0	-			-	1	1	-	-	½
5	Prof. James Huldenberg	2.5 / 6	1				-	½	-	1	½	-	0	-			0	-	-	½
6	Julia Willis	2 / 6	2				0	-	0	-	0	-	-	0	-	1			-	1
7	Susanna Casey	1 / 6	0				-	0	-	0		0	½	-	½	-	0	-

Source: South Newlandian Classical Chess Cup

After the end of the final stage, three players were tied for first place. A double-round robin Rapid Chess Tiebreaker was held to determine the winner of the tournament. Brian Bowman won the tiebreaker against Marielle Figueroa and Johnny B. Goode and was the first player to reach the World Chess Championship Qualifier.

2nd Grand Casaran of Chess

The 2nd Grand Casaran of Chess (GCC) was held in the Hotel Vrhukaskade in Zynusgrad, Paradystopia. The 48 entrants played 13 rounds according to a Casaran system. Ties on points were broken by Buchholz excluding the lowest, then total Buchholz, to reward players that faced tougher paths. The time control was 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, with an additional 30 minutes added after 40 moves, plus a 30 second increment added for every move from the start.

Top 5 Standings of the 2nd GCC

Rank	Player	Score	TB	W	D	L	Qualification
1	Ziggy Stardust	10 / 13	95	8	4	1	WCC Qualifier
2	Prof. James Huldenberg	9.5 / 13	97	7	5	1
3	Johnny B. Goode	9.5 / 13	95.5	6	7	0
4	Ruby Tuesday	9 / 13	97.5	6	6	1
5	Miri Robertson	9 / 13	97	6	6	1

Source: Grand Casaran of Chess

Ziggy Stardust from the Martian Independent Republic and Prof. James Huldenberg from Choppyhausen qualified for the World Chess Championship Qualifier through their position in the Top 2 standings of the GCC. World Champion Eleanor Rigby was the only Martian to not finish in the Top 4, ending the tournament on 21st place.

1st MCC Masters & MCC Open

The MCC Masters and Open were a pair of chess tournaments, contested by individual players. In both tournaments, the time control was 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, with an additional 30 minutes added after 40 moves, plus a 30 second increment added for every move from the start. Both tournaments were hosted simultaneously in the Waldstein Forum in Waldstein, Katzeburg.

The MCC Masters were contested by ten players, including both players that contested the most recent MCC World Chess Championship - Eleanor Rigby and Anne Christian-Warren, and additionally the 8 highest-ranked players in the MCC Rankings, limited to one per nation. The contestants played a round-robin event, in which every player played every other player once.

In the MCC Open, 15 players played 9 rounds according to a Casaran system.

MCC Masters Standings Rank Player Score W D L Qualification 1 Jamie Cartwright 7 / 9 6 2 1 WCC Qualifier 2 Shavkat Muradov 6.5 / 9 5 3 1 3 Johnny B. Goode 6 / 9 3 6 0 Rowena Sowards 6 / 9 3 6 0 5 Charlene Jeannie Nat Myong Suh-Hyung 4.5 / 9 3 3 3 Eleanor Rigby 4.5 / 9 2 5 2 7 Margarita Altamiranda 3 / 9 1 4 4 Prof. James Huldenberg 3 / 9 1 4 4 9 Anne Christian-Warren 2.5 / 9 1 3 5 10 Elani Jabulan 2 / 9 2 0 7

MCC Open Standings Rank Player Score TB W D L Qualification 1 Mark Jensen 6.5 / 9 42 5 3 1 WCC Qualifier 2 Ziggy Stardust 6 / 9 43.5 3 6 0 3 Jason Severn 6 / 9 42.5 4 4 1 4 Ruby Tuesday 6 / 9 41.5 3 6 0 5 Nurgul Zhaksybekova 6 / 9 37 4 4 1 6 Antonii Gerasimov 5.5 / 9 38.5 3 4 2 7 Aydar Rakhmonov 5 / 9 45.5 3 4 2 8 Eveline Valeria Annalise Tieu Xuan Ngoc 5 / 9 39.5 3 4 2 9 Adriana Faith Kowalski Ela P Re. T. Lillian 5 / 9 39 3 4 2 10 Tshering Gyeltshen 4.5 / 9 34 2 5 2 11 Philomena Keil 4 / 9 39.5 2 4 3 12 Emilia Ziegler 4 / 9 39 3 2 4 13 Khanyisa van Lundi 3.5 / 9 38 3 1 5 14 Cassandra Covert 2.5 / 9 39 2 1 6 15 Adam Esteban 2.5 / 9 37 2 1 6

Source: MCC Masters & MCC Open

The two winners, Jamie Cartwright and Mark Jensen, qualified for the World Chess Championship Qualifier. The latter became the second qualified Katzeburgian, making Katzeburg the first nation with two players in the WCC Qualifier this season.

2nd World Chess Knockouts

The World Chess Knockouts took place in Nyíregyháza, Valentine Z. The 58 entrants played each other in head-to-head matchups. In each round, two players faced each other in two Classical time games. If they were tied after this, the match proceeded to rapid (15+5) and, if needed, blitz (3+2) tiebreakers. One player progressed from every matchup until only one player remained.

This is the tournament bracket from the third round onwards:

	Third Round				Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Finals
	Eleanor Rigby	1.5
	Emilia Ziegler	0.5
					Eleanor Rigby	1 (1.5)
					Rowena Sowards	1 (2)
	Rowena Sowards	2
	Shavkat Muradov	0
									Rowena Sowards	1 (1.5)
								Charlene J. N. M. M. Suh-Hyung	1(2.5)
	Ziggy Stardust	0
	Charlene J. N. M. M. Suh-Hyung	2
					Charlene J. N. M. M. Suh-Hyung	1.5
					Ruby Tuesday	0.5
	Ruby Tuesday	1.5
	David Watts	0.5
													Charlene J. N. M. M. Suh-Hyung	1 (1)
													Agamemnon	1 (3)
	Johnny B. Goode	0.5
	Mark Jensen	1.5
					Mark Jensen	0.5
					Philomena Keil	1.5
	Prof. James Huldenberg	1 (2.5)
	Philomena Keil	1 (3.5)
									Philomena Keil	0
								Agamemnon	2
	Miri Robertson	1.5
	Maria Deering	0.5
					Miri Robertson	0.5
					Agamemnon	1.5
	Brian Bowman	0.5
	Agamemnon	1.5
													Third place

Source: World Chess Knockouts As winner of the 2nd World Chess Knockouts, Agamemnon qualified for the World Chess Championship Qualifier.

A second berth in the World Chess Championship Qualifier was also awarded to the player who achieved the best performance (in percent) in Classical Games only. There was a four-way tie at 75% between Charlene Jeannie N. Marceline Myong Suh-Hyung (VEZ) (6/6/0), Maria Deering (KAT) (4/1/1), Adriana Faith Krystal Venus Kowalski Ela R. Lillian (VEZ) and Aydar Rakhmanov (BKH) (3/0/1 each). With the tiebreaker being the number of matches played, Charlene Jeannie N. Marceline Myong Suh-Hyung (VEZ) qualified for the World Chess Championship Qualifier

2nd World Chess Championship Qualifier

The 2nd World Chess Championship Qualifier featured eight players, playing a double-round-robin. The winner earned the right to challenge reigning champion Eleanor Rigby (MIR) for the World Chess Championship. The tournament was played at Borealis Base, the Martian Independent Republic.

These were the players featured:

Qualification method	Player	MCC Rank	MESH Rating
		Pre-Tournament
Winner of the 2nd South Newlandian Classical Chess Cup	Brian Bowman	15th	2535
Top 2 finishers in the Grand Casaran of Chess	Ziggy Stardust (winner)	3rd	2620
	Prof. James Huldenberg (runner-up)	7th	2550
Winner of the 1st MCC Masters	Jamie Cartwright	29th	2536
Winner of the 1st MCC Open	Mark Jensen	13th	2610
Winner of the 2nd World Chess Knockouts	Agamemnon	16th	2612
Best Classical Performance at the 2nd World Chess Knockouts	Charlene Jeannie N. Marceline Myong Suh-Hyung	6th	2557
Organiser Wildcard	Marielle Figueroa	12th	2602