Armageddon is the new series of tournament organized by World Chess. The qualification stages are held online. The first season is 2022 — 2023, with the finals to be held in Berlin later in 2023.
Each event has monetary prizes for winners, and here is how the prizes are distributed
Armageddon Championship Series Online Regional Cups
Qualification tournaments (total prize fund - 1000 EUR for each tournament):
1st place - 500 EUR
2nd place - 250 EUR
3rd place - 75 EUR
4th-10th places - 25 EUR each
Armageddon Online Regional Cups. Finals (total prize fund - 10,000 EUR for each tournament)
1st place - 3,000 EUR
2nd place - 2,000 EUR
3rd-4th places - 1,000 EUR each
5th-10th places - 250 EUR each
11th - 20th places - 150 EUR each
Armageddon World Championship Series
Armageddon Women’s Week (total prize fund of 50,000 EUR)
1st place - 18,000 EUR
2nd place - 8,000 EUR
3rd-4th places - 5,000 EUR each
5th-8th places - 3,500 EUR each
Armageddon Regionals (total prize fund of 50,000 EUR for each tournament)
1st place - 18,000 EUR
2nd place - 8,000 EUR
3rd-4th places - 5,000 EUR each
5th-8th places - 3,500 EUR each
Armageddon Championship Series Grand Finale
1st place - 80,000 EUR
2nd place - 40,000 EUR
3rd-4th places - 20,000 EUR each
5th-8th places - 10,000 EUR each
The prizes are transferred within 30 calendar days following the end of the respective tournament to the bank accounts of the player using SWIFT transfer.