2019 Champions Showdown: Chess 9LX

The Saint Louis Chess Club will bring eight of the top chess players in the world, including legendary world champion Garry Kasparov, to play in the Champions Showdown: Chess 9LX this September. The matches will be played in Chess 960 style, also known as Fischer Random, with $200,000 in prizes.

What is Chess 960?

Chess 960, also known as Fischer Random, is a variant of chess created by Bobby Fischer in the late 1990s in which the pieces on the home rank are randomized, with 960 representing the number of possible starting positions.

What is Chess 9LX?

Chess 9LX is a trademark of the Saint Louis Chess Club, and the name of one of its annual tournaments. All competitions in the Chess 9LX tournament are played in the Chess 960 or Fischer Random style. Players will not know the order of the home rank pieces until they arrive before the start of the round and will have to rely on their creativity in rapid and blitz games.

Players

Format & Scoring

• 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.

Tickets

Free for annual members/$5.00 day for non-members

Schedule

Watch live at uschesschamps.com