The Saint Louis Chess Club organizes a Champions Showdown chess tournament facing ten of the top chess players in the world, including the legendary world champion Garry Kasparov. The matches are played in Chess 960 style, also known as Fischer Random, with $250,000 in prizes.
Players:
Garry Kasparov vs. Veselin Topalov; Hikaru Nakamura vs. Peter Svidler; Wesley So vs. Anish Giri; Sam Shankland vs. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave; Levon Aronian vs. Leinier Dominguez
Rate of play:
Six (6) rapid games at G/30 with a 10-second delay. Each rapid game is worth 2 points. Fourteen (14) blitz games at G/5 with a 5-second delay. Each blitz game is worth 1 point.
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Schedule (UTC ):
11 September
17:00 PM Draw for Position
18:00 PM Rapid Game 1
19:30 PM Rapid Game 2
21:00 PM Blitz Game 1
21:30 PM Blitz Game 2
12 September
17:00 PM Draw for Position
18:00 PM Rapid Game 3
19:30 PM Rapid Game 4
21:00 PM Blitz Game 3
21:30 PM Blitz Game 4
13 September
17:00 PM Draw for Position
18:00 PM Rapid Game 5
19:30 PM Rapid Game 6
21:00 PM Blitz Game 5
21:30 PM Blitz Game 6
14 September
17:30 PM Draw for Position
18:00 PM Blitz Game 7
18:30 PM Blitz Game 8
19:00 PM Blitz Game 9
19:30 PM Blitz Game 10
20:00 PM Draw for Position
20:30 PM Blitz Game 11
21:00 PM Blitz Game 12
21:30 PM Blitz Game 13
22:00 PM Blitz Game 14
Watch the games of the Champions Showdown: Chess 960 2018 with computer analysis LIVE on ChessBomb.
