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
