Match of the Millennials

The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis (CCSCSL), in cooperation with the Kasparov Chess Foundation (KCF), U.S. Chess Federation, World Chess Federation (FIDE) and FIDE Trainers’ Commission are proud to announce the Match of the Millennials. Hosted at the CCSCSL from July 26th through the 29th, nine American players will face nine of the best juniors from around the world.

DATES July 26-29, 2017
LOCATION Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis
FORMAT U17 & U14 sections
PRIZE FUND $30,000
COMMENTATORS The games will be broadcast live. 
SPECTATORS Admittance is free for annual members of the Chess Club and Scholastic Center or $5/day


Schedule of Events 

DATE TIME EVENT
Monday & Tuesday, July 24 & 25 Arrival
Tuesday, July 25 6 P.M. Opening Ceremony
Wednesday, July 26 10 A.M. Rounds 1 
5 P.M. Round 2
Thursday, July 27 10 A.M. Rounds 3 
5 P.M. Round 4
Friday, July 28 10 A.M. Rounds 5 
5 P.M. Round 6
Saturday, July 29 9 A.M. Rounds 7
4 P.M. Round 8

8 P.M. Closing Ceremony
Sunday, July 30  Departure

* All times listed are (GMT+1). Dates and times subject to change.

Admission: Members of the Chess Club & Scholastic Center of Saint Louis can watch the live rounds for free. Live commentary will be streamed online

The Fields

U.S. Team

Captains: Michael Khodarkovsky and Armen Ambartsumian; Coach: Alex Onischuk

Team

Name

FIDE Rating

Age

Home Country

Federation

U17

Jeffery Xiong

2642

17

U.S.A.

U.S.A.

U17

Sam Sevian

2633

16

U.S.A.

U.S.A.

U17

Ruifeng Li

2568

15

U.S.A.

U.S.A.

U17

John Michael Burke

2479

16

U.S.A.

U.S.A.

U17

Nicolas Checa

2415

15

U.S.A.

U.S.A.

U14

Awonder Liang

2536

14

U.S.A.

U.S.A.

U14

Andrew Hong

2334

12

U.S.A.

U.S.A.

U14

Carissa Yip

2261

13

U.S.A.

U.S.A.

U14

Martha Samadashvili

2018

13

U.S.A.

U.S.A.




World Team

Captains: Efstratios Grivas (Greece) and Alexander Beliavsky (Slovenia), Head of delegation: Jorge Vega (Guatamala).

Team

Name

FIDE Rating

Age

Home Country

Federation

U17

Haik Martirosyan

2544

17

Armenia

ARM

U17

Andrey Esipenko

2523

15

Russia

RUS

U17

Aleksey Sarana

2510

17

Russia

RUS

U17

Anton Smirnov

2495

16

Australia

AUS

U17

Aryan Chopra

2491

16

India

IND

U14

Praggnanandhaa Ramesh Babu

2479

12

India

IND

U14

Nodirbek Abdusattorov

2467

13

Uzbekistan

UZB

U14

Bibisara Assaubayeva

2386

13

Russia

RUS

U14

Nurgyul Salimova

2332

14

Bulgaria

FIDE