Playoff match assignments across the three boards, over three balanced weeks. Each wave is one match-slot — start the next wave as soon as all three boards finish. Waves are not clock times; actual timing drifts with match length (WB/play-in Bo3, Losers Bracket single-leg, finals Bo5). A wave never contains a match that depends on another match in the same wave.
| Wave | Board 1 | Board 2 | Board 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wave 1 | PA1Adams def. Hawthorne (WO) | PA2Rivera def. Taran (WO) | PB2Yarmeisch def. Perez |
| Wave 2 | PB1Allison def. Rivera | PB3Laakko def. Adams | PB4Mecke def. Lim |
| Wave 3 | W1Lemanski def. Scarfe (WO) | W2Serowiecki def. Zeligier | W3Jaipuria def. Fugate |
| Wave 4 | W4Franke def. Dabrowski | W5Alldian def. Krisa | W6Wagmeister def. Vazquez |
| Wave 5 | W7North def. Tepper (WO) | W8Gera def. Francois | — |
| Wave | Board 1 | Board 2 | Board 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wave 1 | QF1Lemanski vs Serowiecki | QF2Franke def. Jaipuria | QF3Alldian def. Wagmeister |
| Wave 2 | QF4North vs Gera | L1Scarfe vs Allison | L2Fugate vs Yarmeisch |
| Wave 3 | L3Krisa vs Laakko | L4Tepper vs Mecke | L5Zeligier vs L1 winner |
| Wave 4 | L6Dabrowski vs L2 winner | L7Vazquez vs L3 winner | L8Francois vs L4 winner |
| Wave 5 | L9QF1 loser vs L5 winner | L10Jaipuria vs L6 winner | L11Wagmeister vs L7 winner |
| Wave 6 | L12QF4 loser vs L8 winner | — | — |
| Wave | Board 1 | Board 2 | Board 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wave 1 | SF1QF1 winner vs QF2 winner | SF2QF3 winner vs QF4 winner | L13L9 winner vs L10 winner |
| Wave 2 | WB FinalSF1 winner vs SF2 winner | L14L11 winner vs L12 winner | L15SF1 loser vs L13 winner |
| Wave 3 | L16SF2 loser vs L14 winner | — | — |
| Wave 4 | LB SFL15 winner vs L16 winner | — | — |
| Wave 5 | LB FinalLB SF winner vs WB Final loser | — | — |
| Wave 6 | Grand FinalWB champ vs LB champ | — | — |
| Wave 7 (only if LB champ won GF) | ResetWB champ vs LB champ (reset) | — | — |