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Champions Showdown in St. Louis - Day 5
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.
Live games and commentary
Blitz: G/3 with a 2-second increment.
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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.
