Carlsen and Lagno win FIDE Online Steinitz Memorial

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5/17/2120 – The Online Steinitz Memorial is organised by FIDE and Chess24, and consists of two tournaments: the Women's Online Steinitz Memorial and the Online Steinitz Memorial. Both are 10-player double round-robin blitz tournaments (3+2) and take place on chess24 on May 15-17. The women's tournament starts at 15:00 CEST (13.00 UTC, 09:00 EDT), while the open event kicks off at 18:30 CEST (16:30 UTC, 12:30 EDT). After day two, Kateryna Lagno and Daniil Dubov are leading. Follow the live games with commentary.
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About the tournament

The FIDE Online Steinitz Memorial features two 10-player double round-robins taking place on chess24 from May 15-17 to celebrate the 1st World Chess Champion Wilhelm Steinitz (1836-1900). The total prize fund is €30,000, the time control is 3 minutes per player for all moves, with a 2-second increment from move 1. No draw offers are allowed before move 30. A tie for 1st will be decided by an Armageddon game, where White has 5 minutes to Black's 4 but a draw counts as a win for Black.

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Schedule

Round 1 May 15, 2020 18:30
Round 2 May 15, 2020 19:00
Round 3 May 15, 2020 19:30
Round 4 May 15, 2020 20:00
Round 5 May 15, 2020 20:30
Round 6 May 15, 2020 21:00
Round 7 May 16, 2020 18:30
Round 8 May 16, 2020 19:00
Round 9 May 16, 2020 19:30
Round 10 May 16, 2020 20:00
Round 11 May 16, 2020 20:30
Round 12 May 16, 2020 21:00
Round 13 May 17, 2020 18:30
Round 14 May 17, 2020 19:00
Round 15 May 17, 2020 19:30
Round 16 May 17, 2020 20:00
Round 17 May 17, 2020 20:30
Round 18 May 17, 2020 21:00

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yama22 yama22 5/15/2020 11:30
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