2/24/2019 – From February 20 to February 24 the Saint Louis Chess Club hosts the Champions Showdown, an exhibition event in which ten top players show their skills in five matches in blitz and rapid chess. The games start at 1 pm local time (20:00 CET, 19:00 UTC). Live and with commentary by Maurice Ashley, Yasser Seirawan and Jennifer Shahade. | Picture: Saint Louis Chess Club
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Day 5
The 2019 Champions Showdown is an exhibition event featuring five individual matches. Over five days the players shall contest games at rapid and blitz time controls. Each matchup will have a prize fund of $60,000 with first place taking $36,000 and second place taking $24,000.
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Commentary by GM Yasser Seirawan, GM Maurice Ashley and WGM Jennifer Shahade
Current blitz standings
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Rapid results
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Players
Name
Rapid / Blitz FIDE Rating
Federation
Name
Rapid Blitz FIDE Rating
Federation
Fabiano Caruana
2772 / 2770
USA
vs
Pentala Harikrishna
2711 / 2641
India
Hikaru Nakamura
2845 / 2894
USA
vs
Jan-Krzysztof Duda
2716 / 2818
Poland
Wesley So
2797 / 2775
USA
vs
David Navara
2688 / 2661
Czech Republic
Leinier Dominguez
2816 / 2717
USA
vs
Veselin Topalov
2717 / 2708
Bulgaria
Sam Shankland
2622 / 2639
USA
vs
Richard Rapport
2708 / 2695
Hungary
Schedule
Day
Date
Time
Champions Showdown
Wednesday
20-Feb
1:00 PM
Rapid Rounds 1 - 4
Thursday
21-Feb
1:00 PM
Rapid Rounds 5 - 8
Friday
22-Feb
1:00 PM
Rapid Rounds 9 - 12
Saturday
23-Feb
1:00 PM
Blitz Rounds 1 - 12
Sunday
24-Feb
1:00 PM
Blitz Rounds 13 - 24
About the Saint Louis Chess Club
The Saint Louis Chess Club is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization that is committed to making chess an important part of our community. In addition to providing a forum for the community to play tournaments and casual games, the club also offers chess improvement classes, beginner lessons, and special lectures.
Recognizing the cognitive and behavioural benefits of chess, the Saint Louis Chess Club is committed to supporting those chess programs that already exist in area schools while encouraging the development of new in-school and after-school programs. For more information, visit saintlouischessclub.org.
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