2020 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz

The Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz will be held online and will showcase some of the world’s top rapid and blitz players including World Champion Magnus Carlsen and a few of the American favorites - Hikaru Nakamura, Wesley So, Leinier Dominguez and Jeffery Xiong. The ten players will be competing for a $250,000 prize fund in nine rapid games and eighteen blitz games over five days of play.

Games will start daily at 1:00pm CDT (GMT-5) from September 15-19 with expert commentary featuring GM’s Yasser Seirawan and Maurice Ashley and WGM Jennifer Shahade. Viewers can watch live on uschesschamps.com or on STLChessClub’s YouTube and Twitch.tv channels.

At A Glance
Dates September 15 - 19, 2020
Format Rapid Round Robin and Blitz Double Round Robin
Time controlRapid: G/25+5  |  Blitz: G/5+3
Prize Fund $250,000

 

Prize Fund

PLACEPRIZEPLACEPRIZE
1st$50,0006th$20,000
2nd$40,0007th$15,000
3rd$35,0008th$13,000
4th$30,0009th$12,000
5th$25,00010th$10,000
Total Prize Fund: $250,000

 

Schedule

DATETIME*EVENT
Sept. 151:00 PMRapid Round 1
2:15 PMRapid Round 2
3:30 PMRapid Round 3
Sept. 161:00 PMRapid Round 4
2:15 PMRapid Round 5
3:30 PMRapid Round 6
Sept. 17 1:00 PMRapid Round 7
2:15 PMRapid Round 8
3:30 PMRapid Round 9
Sept. 18 1:00 PMBlitz Round 1
1:25 PMBlitz Round 2
1:50 PMBlitz Round 3
2:15 PMBlitz Round 4
2:30 PMBreak
2:45 PMBlitz Round 5
3:10 PMBlitz Round 6
3:35 PMBlitz Round 7
4:00 PMBlitz Round 8
4:25 PMBlitz Round 9
Sept. 191:00 PMBlitz Round 1
1:25 PMBlitz Round 2
1:50 PMBlitz Round 3
2:15 PMBlitz Round 4
2:30 PMBreak
2:45 PMBlitz Round 5
3:10 PMBlitz Round 6
3:35 PMBlitz Round 7
4:00 PMBlitz Round 8
4:25 PMBlitz Round 9

*All times are Central Time*

2020 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz
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