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The 2015 Showdown in Saint Louis brought together the best in America and the best collegiate players nationwide!

It all came down to Blitz. Grandmaster Fabiano Caruana and Grandmaster Hou Yian won the 2015 Showdown in Saint Louis.

Day three of the Showdown in Saint Louis featured Rapid Chess played by Fabiano Caruana vs. Hikaru Nakamura and Hou Yifan vs. Parimarjan Negi.

Grandmasters Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana faced off alongside Hou Yifan and Parimarjan Negi in four rounds of Fischer Random.

Round one of the 2015 Showdown in Saint Louis featured Basque chess between GM Nakamura vs. GM Caruana alongside GM Negi and GM Hou.

American chess is getting stronger and is on the rise. This fall, Grandmasters Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana, the top two players in the United States, will visit the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis (CCSCSL) and compete in a series of games over four days: Thursday, November 12 through Sunday, November 15.

After the first three rounds of the tournament these two players were the leaders, and it was presumed that this 9th round matchup could potentially decide the tournament’s results. It turned out that this was true but not the way Awonder would have wanted it. In his last five games, Awonder was only able to score one point, compared to Akshat Chandra who was still leading the tournament.

Round eight featured the two leaders facing off in a pivotal game for this year’s U.S. Junior Championship. Chandra has maintained at least a shared lead throughout the entire tournament, while Shen’s 1 out 3 start was impressively improved upon with 4 consecutive wins.

Easily the most anticipated game of the tournament: Jeffrey Xiong vs. Akshat Chandra. In addition to being the two highest rated players of the tournament, the winner of this game was guaranteed at least a share of first place.

Arthur Shen is the only player in the tournament to have played all decisive games. The streak continued once again on round six! Going into the game, Mika Brattain, along with Xiong, was playing the most solid chess of the tournament.