2019 Champions Showdown: The Kings

The 2019 Champions Showdown shall be an exhibition event featuring five individual matches: Hikaru Nakamura vs. Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Fabiano Caruana vs. Pentala Harikrishna, Wesley So vs. David Navara, Leinier Dominguez vs. Veselin Topalov and Sam Shankland vs. Richard Rapport. Over five days, the players shall contest games at rapid and blitz time controls. Each matchup will have a prize fund of $60,000 with first place taking $36,000 and second place taking $24,000. These matches are sure to thrill fans and will be a very exciting few days at the Saint Louis Chess Club. 

At A Glance
Dates February 20-24, 2019
Location Saint Louis Chess Club 
Format Rapid: G/15 with a 10-second increment | Blitz: G/3 with a 2-second increment
Time Control Rapid and Blitz
Prize Fund $300,000
Commentators GM Yasser Seirawan, GM Maurice Ashley, and WGM Jennifer Shahade
Spectators Purchase Tickets Here!

 

Day

Date

Time

Champions Showdown

Wednesday

20-Feb

1:00 PM

Rapid Rounds 1 - 4

Thursday

21-Feb

1:00 PM

Rapid Rounds 5 - 8

Friday

22-Feb

1:00 PM

Rapid Rounds 9 - 12

Saturday

23-Feb

1:00 PM

Blitz Rounds 1 - 12

Sunday

24-Feb

1:00 PM

Blitz Rounds 13 - 24