Champions Showdown: The Kings: Live

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3/7/2025 – "The 2025 Champions Showdown: The Kings" is a tournament featuring six of the best American chess players, competing in a daily triathlon of blitz, rapid and semi-classical chess from 4-6 March.

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2025 Champions Showdown: The Kings

March 4-6, 2025 at the Saint Louis Chess Club

Follow the games of "The Champions Showdown: The Kings" round by round live with IM Eric Rosen and WGM Thalia Cervantes 12:15 - 16:15 local time (19:15-23.15 CET).

Format

Six players compete in three daily rounds
Prize pool
$250,000 total prize money

Players

GM Fabiano Caruana (2803)
GM Hikaru Nakamura (2802)
GM Levon Aronian (2745)
GM Wesley So (2747)
GM Leinier Dominguez (2741)
GM Ray Robson (2689)

Daily 4-6 March

Schedule

Blitz, Rapid and Semi-Classical every day

12:00 PM (19:00 CET) Blitz G/3+2
12:15 PM (19:15 CET) Rapid G/15+10
1:45 PM (20:45 CET) Semi-Classical G/60+15

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