Mini World Chess Championship

The Mini World Chess Championship Match 2020-21 (MWCC), also known is the u2700 World Chess Tournament, was a single-elimination knockout tournament that took place online from August to October of 2020. It was played online due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The finalists were Nijat Abasov from Azerbaijan and Surya Shekhar Ganguly, who drew their final round and played a tiebreaker round of rapid. The tournament was paused as Ganguly was accused of cheating after winning the first four rapid games. Denying the allegations, both players refused to play the remainder of the tournament after games 13 and 14 were won by Abasov on forfeit as Ganguly show up to play. After a lot of controversy and negotiations, the players could finally come to terms with the tournament organizers, and a best-of-10 rematch round was held physically from April to May 2021 with the score being reset. It was won by Surya Shekhar Ganguly, becoming the first "mini" or "u2700" World Chess Champion.

History and Standings
Nijat Abasov won games 13 and 14 on forfeit and the tournament was paused due to both players refusing to play unless their demands had been adhered to. After negotiations a rematch was held from April to May 2021 in a best-of-10 games format. Abasov resigned after game 8 as Ganguly had a two point lead.