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Five Unique Matchups Showcase Elite Chess Talent at the Saint Louis Chess Club
For more information, contact: Kiley Herndon Phone: (314) 309-0799 [email protected] Five Unique Matchups Showcase Elite Chess Talent at the Saint Louis Chess Club American Kings of the Game and International Opponents Battle in Rapid and Blitz Chess SAINT LOUIS, MO, February 26, 2018 – Over five days of electric rapid and blitz chess play, ten […]
Regulations & Format
Regulations & Format The 2019 U.S. Championship shall be a 12-player tournament paired as a Round Robin. Prompt Arrival: Players are expected to arrive promptly for their games. Players not at their board at the beginning of each round may receive a fine of $500 to be deducted from their prize for each occurrence. Players […]
2019 Champions Showdown Recap – Day 5
With 12 more blitz games left to play, the final day of the Champions Showdown was undoubtedly going to be action packed. The fans were in for a treat as the players came ready to fight – making only 16 draws in 60 games! At the end of the day, five winners were crowned all […]
2019 Champions Showdown Recap – Day 4
by Tatev Abrahamyan With the rapid portion of the matches in the books, 12 games of blitz were in store for the players. Today brought everything one would expect from such a hectic day: blunders, flagging and a lot of fireworks across the boards. There were no big shake-ups in the standings, as the leaders […]
2019 Champions Showdown Recap – Day 3
Today was the last day of rapid chess, and the pressure was on for the players to not go drowning into day one of blitz that starts tomorrow. With every game counting double, it was especially important to score today. Shankland was trying to keep afloat against Rapport, but to no avail, and Harikrishna, although […]
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2019 Champions Showdown Recap – Day 2
by WGM Tatev Abrahamyan Day two saw more riveting chess, as two players tried to make a comeback, while the other matches started the day as a close competition. After a tough start, Shankland and Harikrishna trailed 7-1 against Rapport and Caruana respectively. Topalov and So started the day with the minimum advantage while Duda […]