Champions Showdown: Chess 960 2018

The Saint Louis Chess Club will bring ten of the top chess players in the world, including legendary world champion Garry Kasparov, to play in the Champions Showdown this September. The matches will be 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

 

• 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.

UTC Schedule:

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

Final Standings:

Topalov 14.5 - 11.5 Kasparov

Nakamura 14 - 12 Svidler

So 15.5 -10.5 Giri

Vachier-Lagrave 17.5 - 8.5 Shankland

Aronian 17.5 - 8.5 Dominguez