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| start_date = 18 January
| end_date = 29 November 2026
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| previous = [[Multiversal Chess Championships Season 1|MCC S1]]
| next = [[Multiversal Chess Championships Season 3|MCC S3]]
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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.
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|name_FIG={{flagicon|Saint Trimbles Island}} Marielle Figueroa |short_FIG={{Abbr|FIG|Marielle Figueroa}} 
|name_KYR={{flagicon|Saint Trimbles Island}} Stepon Kyrill |short_KYR={{Abbr|KYR|Stepon Kyrill}} 
|name_HUL={{flagicon|Choppyhausen}}Prof. James Huldenberg |short_HUL={{Abbr|HUL|Prof. James Huldenberg}} 
|name_WIL={{flagicon|The Kytler Peninsulae}} Julia Willis |short_WIL={{Abbr|WIL|Julia Willis}} 
|name_CAS={{flagicon|Libegeist}} Susanna Casey |short_CAS={{Abbr|CAS| Susanna Casey}} 

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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 {{wp|Swiss-system tournament|Casaran}} system. Ties on points were broken by {{wp|Buchholz_system|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.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Top 5 Standings of the 2nd GCC
|-
! Rank !! Player !! Score !! {{Abbr|TB|Tiebreaker}} !! W !! D !! L !! Qualification
|- style="background:#BBF3BB;"
| 1 || align="left" | {{flagicon|The Martian Independent Republic}} Ziggy Stardust || '''10 / 13''' || 95 || 8 || 4 || 1 || rowspan=2| WCC Qualifier
|- style="background:#BBF3BB;"
| 2 || align="left" | {{flagicon|Choppyhausen}} Prof. James Huldenberg || '''9.5 / 13''' || 97 || 7 || 5 || 1
|-
| 3 || align="left" | {{flagicon|The Martian Independent Republic}} Johnny B. Goode || '''9.5 / 13''' || 95.5 || 6 || 7 || 0
|-
| 4 || align="left" | {{flagicon|The Martian Independent Republic}} Ruby Tuesday || '''9 / 13''' || 97.5 || 6 || 6 || 1
|-
| 5 || align="left" | {{flagicon|Paradystopia}} Miri Robertson || '''9 / 13''' || 97 || 6 || 6 || 1
|}
<small>Source: [[nspost:43564062|Grand Casaran of Chess]]</small>

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.
{| style="vertical-align:top"
|-
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+MCC Masters Standings
|-
! Rank !! Player !! Score !! W !! D !! L !! Qualification
|- style="background:#BBF3BB;"
| 1 || align="left" | {{flagicon|Eshialand}} Jamie Cartwright || '''7 / 9''' || 6 || 2 || 1 || WCC Qualifier
|-
| 2 || align="left" | {{flagicon|Barkhastan}} Shavkat Muradov || '''6.5 / 9''' || 5 || 3 || 1
|-
| rowspan=2 | 3 || align="left" | {{flagicon|The Martian Independent Republic}} Johnny B. Goode || '''6 / 9'''  || 3 || 6 || 0
|-
| align="left" | {{flagicon|Katzeburg}} Rowena Sowards || '''6 / 9'''  || 3 || 6 || 0
|-
|rowspan=2 | 5 || align="left" | {{flagicon|Valentine Z}} Charlene Jeannie Nat Myong Suh-Hyung || '''4.5 / 9'''  || 3 || 3 || 3
|-
| align="left" | {{flagicon|The Martian Independent Republic}} Eleanor Rigby || '''4.5 / 9'''  || 2 || 5 || 2
|-
|rowspan=2 | 7 || align="left" | {{flagicon|TJUN-ia}} Margarita Altamiranda || '''3 / 9'''  || 1 || 4 || 4
|-
| align="left" | {{flagicon|Choppyhausen}} Prof. James Huldenberg || '''3 / 9'''  || 1 || 4 || 4
|-
| 9 || align="left" | {{flagicon|TJUN-ia}} Anne Christian-Warren || '''2.5 / 9'''  || 1 || 3 || 5
|-
| 10 || align="left" | {{flagicon|South Newlandia}} Elani Jabulan || '''2 / 9'''  || 2 || 0 || 7
|}
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+MCC Open Standings
|-
! Rank !! Player !! Score !! {{Abbr|TB|Tiebreaker}} !! W !! D !! L !! Qualification
|- style="background:#BBF3BB;"
| 1 || align="left" | {{flagicon|Katzeburg}} Mark Jensen || '''6.5 / 9''' || 42 || 5 || 3 || 1 || WCC Qualifier
|-
| 2 || align="left" | {{flagicon|The Martian Independent Republic}} Ziggy Stardust || '''6 / 9''' || 43.5 || 3 || 6 || 0
|-
| 3 || align="left" | {{flagicon|Eshialand}} Jason Severn || '''6 / 9''' || 42.5 || 4 || 4 || 1
|-
| 4 || align="left" | {{flagicon|The Martian Independent Republic}} Ruby Tuesday || '''6 / 9''' || 41.5 || 3 || 6 || 0
|-
| 5 || align="left" | {{flagicon|Barkhastan}} Nurgul Zhaksybekova || '''6 / 9''' || 37 || 4 || 4 || 1
|-
| 6 || align="left" | {{flagicon|Eshialand}} Antonii Gerasimov || '''5.5 / 9''' || 38.5 || 3 || 4 || 2
|-
| 7 || align="left" | {{flagicon|Barkhastan}} Aydar Rakhmonov || '''5 / 9''' || 45.5 || 3 || 4 || 2
|-
| 8 || align="left" | {{flagicon|Valentine Z}} Eveline Valeria Annalise Tieu Xuan Ngoc|| '''5 / 9''' || 39.5 || 3 || 4 || 2
|-
| 9 || align="left" | {{flagicon|Valentine Z}} Adriana Faith Kowalski Ela P Re. T. Lillian || '''5 / 9''' || 39 || 3 || 4 || 2
|-
| 10 || align="left" | {{flagicon|TJUN-ia}} Tshering Gyeltshen || '''4.5 / 9''' || 34 || 2 || 5 || 2
|-
| 11 || align="left" | {{flagicon|Choppyhausen}} Philomena Keil || '''4 / 9''' || 39.5 || 2 || 4 || 3
|-
| 12 || align="left" | {{flagicon|Katzeburg}} Emilia Ziegler || '''4 / 9''' || 39 || 3 || 2 || 4
|-
| 13 || align="left" | {{flagicon|South Newlandia}} Khanyisa van Lundi || '''3.5 / 9''' || 38 || 3 || 1 || 5
|-
| 14 || align="left" | {{flagicon|Choppyhausen}} Cassandra Covert || '''2.5 / 9''' || 39 || 2 || 1 || 6
|-
| 15 || align="left" | {{flagicon|South Newlandia}} Adam Esteban || '''2.5 / 9''' || 37 || 2 || 1 || 6
|}
|}
<small>Source: [[nspost:43777490|MCC Masters & MCC Open]]</small>

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:
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| nowrap=yes
| RD1=Third Round
| RD1-seed1 = 1
| RD1-team01='''{{flagicon|The Martian Independent Republic}} Eleanor Rigby'''
| RD1-score01= '''1.5'''
| RD1-seed2 = 
| RD1-team02={{flagicon|Katzeburg}} Emilia Ziegler
| RD1-score02 = 0.5
| RD1-seed3 = 8
| RD1-team03='''{{flagicon|Katzeburg}} Rowena Sowards'''
| RD1-score03= '''2'''
| RD1-seed4 = 
| RD1-team04={{flagicon|Barkhastan}} Shavkat Muradov
| RD1-score04 = 0
| RD1-seed5 = 4 
| RD1-team05={{flagicon|The Martian Independent Republic}} Ziggy Stardust
| RD1-score05= 0
| RD1-seed6 = 
| RD1-team06='''{{flagicon|Valentine Z}} Charlene J. N. M. M. Suh-Hyung'''
| RD1-score06 = '''2'''
| RD1-seed7 = 5
| RD1-team07='''{{flagicon|The Martian Independent Republic}} Ruby Tuesday'''
| RD1-score07= '''1.5'''
| RD1-seed8 = 
| RD1-team08={{flagicon|The Martian Independent Republic}} David Watts
| RD1-score08 = 0.5
| RD1-seed9 = 2
| RD1-team09={{flagicon|The Martian Independent Republic}} Johnny B. Goode
| RD1-score09= 0.5
| RD1-seed10 = 
| RD1-team10='''{{flagicon|Katzeburg}} Mark Jensen'''
| RD1-score10 =''' 1.5'''
| RD1-seed11 = 7
| RD1-team11={{flagicon|Choppyhausen}} Prof. James Huldenberg
| RD1-score11= 1 (2.5)
| RD1-seed12 = 
| RD1-team12='''{{flagicon|Choppyhausen}} Philomena Keil'''
| RD1-score12 =''' 1 (3.5)'''
| RD1-seed13 = 3
| RD1-team13='''{{flagicon|Paradystopia}} Miri Robertson'''
| RD1-score13=''' 1.5'''
| RD1-seed14 = 
| RD1-team14={{flagicon|Katzeburg}} Maria Deering
| RD1-score14 = 0.5
| RD1-seed15 = 6
| RD1-team15={{flagicon|Katzeburg}} Brian Bowman
| RD1-score15= 0.5
| RD1-seed16 = 
| RD1-team16='''{{flagicon|Paradystopia}} Agamemnon'''
| RD1-score16 = '''1.5'''
| RD2-team01={{flagicon|The Martian Independent Republic}} Eleanor Rigby
| RD2-score01= 1 (1.5)
| RD2-team02='''{{flagicon|Katzeburg}} Rowena Sowards'''
| RD2-score02 = '''1 (2)'''
| RD2-team03='''{{flagicon|Valentine Z}} Charlene J. N. M. M. Suh-Hyung'''
| RD2-score03= '''1.5'''
| RD2-team04={{flagicon|The Martian Independent Republic}} Ruby Tuesday
| RD2-score04 = 0.5
| RD2-team05={{flagicon|Katzeburg}} Mark Jensen
| RD2-score05= 0.5
| RD2-team06='''{{flagicon|Choppyhausen}} Philomena Keil'''
| RD2-score06 =''' 1.5'''
| RD2-team07={{flagicon|Paradystopia}} Miri Robertson
| RD2-score07= 0.5
| RD2-team08='''{{flagicon|Paradystopia}} Agamemnon'''
| RD2-score08 = '''1.5'''
| RD3-team01={{flagicon|Katzeburg}} Rowena Sowards
| RD3-score01=1 (1.5)
| RD3-team02='''{{flagicon|Valentine Z}} Charlene J. N. M. M. Suh-Hyung'''
| RD3-score02 = '''1 (2.5)'''
| RD3-team03={{flagicon|Choppyhausen}} Philomena Keil
| RD3-score03=0
| RD3-team04='''{{flagicon|Paradystopia}} Agamemnon'''
| RD3-score04 ='''2'''
| RD4-team01={{flagicon|Valentine Z}} Charlene J. N. M. M. Suh-Hyung
| RD4-score01= 1 (1)
| RD4-team02='''{{flagicon|Paradystopia}} Agamemnon'''
| RD4-score02 = '''1 (3)'''
}}
<small>Source: [[nspost:43831588|World Chess Knockouts]]</small>

As winner of the 2nd World Chess Knockouts, Agamemnon qualified for the [[#2nd World Chess Championship Qualifier|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:
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|-
! rowspan=2|Qualification method !!rowspan=2| Player !!MCC Rank!!MESH Rating
|-
! colspan=2|Pre-Tournament
|-
| Winner of the [[#2nd South Newlandian Classical Chess Cup|2nd South Newlandian Classical Chess Cup]] || {{flagicon|Katzeburg}} Brian Bowman ||align="center"| 15th ||align="center"| 2535
|-
|rowspan=2|Top 2 finishers in the [[#2nd Grand Casaran of Chess|Grand Casaran of Chess]] || {{flagicon|The Martian Independent Republic}} Ziggy Stardust <small>(winner)</small> ||align="center"| 3rd||align="center"| 2620
|-
| {{flagicon|Choppyhausen}} Prof. James Huldenberg <small>(runner-up)</small>||align="center"| 7th ||align="center"| 2550
|-
| Winner of the [[#1st MCC Masters & MCC Open0|1st MCC Masters]]  || {{flagicon|Eshialand}} Jamie Cartwright ||align="center"| 29th ||align="center"| 2536
|-
| Winner of the [[#1st MCC Masters & MCC Open|1st MCC Open]] || {{flagicon|Katzeburg}} Mark Jensen ||align="center"| 13th ||align="center"| 2610
|-
| Winner of the [[#2nd World Chess Knockouts|2nd World Chess Knockouts]] || {{flagicon|Paradystopia}} Agamemnon ||align="center"| 16th ||align="center"| 2612
|-
| Best Classical Performance at the [[#2nd World Chess Knockouts|2nd World Chess Knockouts]] || {{flagicon|Valentine Z}} Charlene Jeannie N. Marceline Myong Suh-Hyung ||align="center"| 6th ||align="center"| 2557
|-
| Organiser Wildcard || {{flagicon|Saint Trimbles Island}} Marielle Figueroa ||align="center"| 12th ||align="center"| 2602
|}