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.
| Dates | September 15 – 19, 2020 |
|---|---|
| Format | Rapid Round Robin and Blitz Double Round Robin |
| Time control | Rapid: G/25+5 | Blitz: G/5+3 |
| Prize Fund | $250,000 |
Prize Fund
| PLACE | PRIZE | PLACE | PRIZE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | $50,000 | 6th | $20,000 |
| 2nd | $40,000 | 7th | $15,000 |
| 3rd | $35,000 | 8th | $13,000 |
| 4th | $30,000 | 9th | $12,000 |
| 5th | $25,000 | 10th | $10,000 |
| Total Prize Fund: $250,000 | |||
Schedule
| DATE | TIME* | EVENT |
|---|---|---|
| Sept. 15 | 1:00 PM | Rapid Round 1 |
| 2:15 PM | Rapid Round 2 | |
| 3:30 PM | Rapid Round 3 | |
| Sept. 16 | 1:00 PM | Rapid Round 4 |
| 2:15 PM | Rapid Round 5 | |
| 3:30 PM | Rapid Round 6 | |
| Sept. 17 | 1:00 PM | Rapid Round 7 |
| 2:15 PM | Rapid Round 8 | |
| 3:30 PM | Rapid Round 9 | |
| Sept. 18 | 1:00 PM | Blitz Round 1 |
| 1:25 PM | Blitz Round 2 | |
| 1:50 PM | Blitz Round 3 | |
| 2:15 PM | Blitz Round 4 | |
| 2:30 PM | Break | |
| 2:45 PM | Blitz Round 5 | |
| 3:10 PM | Blitz Round 6 | |
| 3:35 PM | Blitz Round 7 | |
| 4:00 PM | Blitz Round 8 | |
| 4:25 PM | Blitz Round 9 | |
| Sept. 19 | 1:00 PM | Blitz Round 1 |
| 1:25 PM | Blitz Round 2 | |
| 1:50 PM | Blitz Round 3 | |
| 2:15 PM | Blitz Round 4 | |
| 2:30 PM | Break | |
| 2:45 PM | Blitz Round 5 | |
| 3:10 PM | Blitz Round 6 | |
| 3:35 PM | Blitz Round 7 | |
| 4:00 PM | Blitz Round 8 | |
| 4:25 PM | Blitz Round 9 |
*All times are Central Time*
