​Ronnie O’Sullivan (reigning champion) has maintained a four-frame lead over Luca Bresel (World No. 10), with the Englishman in his first chance to reach the WC snooker semi-finals at the Crucible.

Ronnie O’Sullivan leads Luca Bresel 10-6 before the final session

Ronnie started the second session 6-2 against Bresel, and after Tuesday’s evening frames the advantage held, with O’Sullivan now 10-6.

As a reminder, it is played according to the “best of 25 frames” system, i.e. the first at 13. The last session of the game will take place on Wednesday, from 16:30.

Previously, O’Sullivan and Bresel met four times with a score of 3:1 in favor of the current world champion.

CM Snooker 2023 quarter schedule

• Wednesday, April 26

From 12:00

Xi Jiahui – Anthony McGill 4-4

Mark Allen – Jake Jones 8-8

From 16:30

Ronnie O’Sullivan – Luca Bresel 10-6

John Higgins – Mark Selby 4-4

From 21:00

And Jiahui is Anthony McGill

John Higgins – Mark Selby.

*You can watch the World Snooker Championship live on Eurosport.

How to play at the World Snooker Championship

• In quarters, the “best of 25 frames” rule applies.

• In the semi-finals, the winner will be determined by the “best of 33 shots” system.

• Finally, in the grand final, the winner will be determined by the “best of 35 frames”.

How it will be in the final

• There will be 8 frames in the first session of the final. The second session will consist of 9 frames, the third will consist of 8 frames. Finally, the final session will have a maximum of 10 frames (may or may not all be played, depending on the score on the table).

How money is distributed for CM Snooker 2023

Winner: £500,000

Second place: £200,000

Semi-Final: £100,000

Quarters: £50,000

Second round: £30,000

First round: £20,000.

You can read the full presentation of the World Snooker Championship here.

List of all Crucible champions

2022 – Ronnie O’Sullivan

2021 – Mark Selby

2020 – Ronnie O’Sullivan

2019 – Judd Trump

2018 – Mark Williams

2017 – Mark Selby

2016 – Mark Selby

2015 – Stuart Bingham

2014 – Mark Selby

2013 – Ronnie O’Sullivan

2012 – Ronnie O’Sullivan

2011 – John Higgins

2010 – Neil Robertson

2009 – John Higgins

2008 – Ronnie O’Sullivan

2007 – John Higgins

2006 – Graham Dott

2005 – Sean Murphy

2004 – Ronnie O’Sullivan

2003 – Mark Williams

2002 – Peter Ebdon

2001 – Ronnie O’Sullivan

2000 – Mark Williams

1999 – Stephen Hendy

1998 – John Higgins

1997 – Ken Doherty

1996 – Stephen Hendry

1995 – Stephen Hendry

1994 – Stephen Hendry

1993 – Stephen Hendry

1992 – Stephen Hendry

1991 – John Parrott

1990 – Stephen Hendry

1989 – Steve Davis

1988 – Steve Davis

1987 – Steve Davis

1986 – Joe Johnson

1985 – Dennis Taylor

1984 – Steve Davis

1983 – Steve Davis

1982 – Alex Higgins

1981 – Steve Davis

1980 – Cliff Thorburn

1979 – Terry Griffiths

1987 – Ray Reardon

1977 – John Spencer.

From the history of the World Snooker Championship

• Between 1941 and 1945, the World Snooker Championship was not held due to World War II. In addition, the competition was not held between 1958 and 1963 due to declining interest in the World Cup.

• The first World Cup was held in 1927, and since 1977 the tournament has been held at the Crucible Theater in Sheffield.

• The first maximum breakthrough (147 points) was achieved by Cliff Thorburn in 1983.

• The modern era of competition (something like the “Open Era” of tennis) began in 1969.

• The record for titles (not in the modern era) is held by Stephen Hendry and Ronnie O’Sullivan (7 each).

• The 2008 World Championship was the first in which two maximum breaks were made at the final stage. In these circumstances, Ronnie O’Sullivan and Ali Carter should have shared the award.

• The youngest world champion is Stephen Hendry, who won the 1990 final at the age of 21.

• In the entire history of the World Cup, only four champions were not from the Kingdom of Great Britain: Horace Lindrum (Australia, 1952), Cliff Thorburn (Canada, 1980), Ken Doherty (Ireland, 1997) and Neil Robertson (Australia, 2010).

• Since the tournament moved to the Crucible, the only champions to successfully defend their title are Steve Davis, Stephen Hendry, Ronnie O’Sullivan and Mark Selby.