2018-08-11

Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz 2018

The Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz is the third stage of the 2018 Grand Chess Tour. The 10-player tournament takes place in the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis from 11-15 August and sees tour regulars Aronian, Caruana, Nakamura, Anand, Karjakin, MVL, So, Mamedyarov, Grischuk and wild card Dominguez. The prize fund is $150,000, with $37,500 for 1st place. The rapid section is a single round-robin with 3 rounds each day on the first 3 days at a time control of 25 minutes for all moves and a 10-second delay from move 1. The final 2 days are a blitz double round-robin, with 18 rounds of 5 minutes + 3-second delay blitz. Rapid games count double, with 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw. A tie for first place will be decided in a 2-game Rapid mini-match (10min + 5sec delay), only between the top two, and if necessary an Armageddon game (5 vs. 4). The playoff takes place shortly after the last round.

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Schedule: (UTC)
Round - Rapid 01    Aug 11, 2018   18:00
Round - Rapid 02    Aug 11, 2018   19:30
Round - Rapid 03    Aug 11, 2018   21:00
Round - Rapid 04    Aug 12, 2018   18:00
Round - Rapid 05    Aug 12, 2018   19:30
Round - Rapid 06    Aug 12, 2018   21:00
Round - Rapid 07    Aug 13, 2018   18:00
Round - Rapid 08    Aug 13, 2018   19:30
Round - Rapid 09    Aug 13, 2018   21:00

Round - Blitz 01      Aug 14, 2018   18:00
Round - Blitz 02      Aug 14, 2018   18:30
Round - Blitz 03      Aug 14, 2018   19:00
Round - Blitz 04      Aug 14, 2018   19:30
Round - Blitz 05      Aug 14, 2018   20:00
Round - Blitz 06      Aug 14, 2018   20:30
Round - Blitz 07      Aug 14, 2018   21:00
Round - Blitz 08      Aug 14, 2018   21:30
Round - Blitz 09      Aug 14, 2018   22:00
Round - Blitz 10      Aug 15, 2018   18:00
Round - Blitz 11      Aug 15, 2018   19:30
Round - Blitz 12      Aug 15, 2018   19:00
Round - Blitz 13      Aug 15, 2018   19:30
Round - Blitz 14      Aug 15, 2018   20:00
Round - Blitz 15      Aug 15, 2018   20:30
Round - Blitz 16      Aug 15, 2018   21:00
Round - Blitz 17      Aug 15, 2018   21:30
Round - Blitz 18      Aug 15, 2018   22:00


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The video of the opening ceremony for the 2018 St Louis Rapid & Blitz