Champions Showdown: Chess 9LX - Dominguez wins

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9/10/2021 – Ten grandmasters, including living legend Garry Kasparov, are the protagonists of Champions Showdown: Chess 9LX, a rapid tournament played at the Saint Louis Chess Club. The event, taking place on September 8-10, is being played in Chess 9LX style, also known as Fischer Random, with a $150,000 total prize fund. The action kicks off at 14.00 local time (21.00 CEST, 15.00 ET). | Photo: Crystal Fuller
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Rounds 7-9

Chess 9LX is another term for Chess 960 or Fischer Random. Chess 9LX is a variant of chess created by Bobby Fischer in the late 1990s in which the pieces on the home rank are randomized, with 960 representing the number of possible starting positions.

Players will not know the order of the home rank pieces until they arrive before the start of each round, and will have to rely on their creativity in a series of rapid and blitz games. The time control is 20 minutes for the whole game plus 5-second increments from move 1.

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1.d4 White has an edge. d5 2.Ne3 e6 3.c4 dxc4 4.Nxc4 Be7 5.b4 b6 6.e3 Bc6 7.f3! Ng6 8.0-0 0-0 9.Qb2 Nd7 10.Nbd2 Bb7 11.Bg3 Rfd8 12.b5 Bh4 13.Bxh4 Nxh4 14.e4 Qb8 15.Qa3 Ng6 16.g3 Nf6 17.Qe3 c5 18.bxc6 Bxc6 19.Be2 b5 20.Na5 Qb6 21.Ndb3 Ne7 22.Rc5 a6 23.Rfc1 Nd7 24.R5c2 Bb7 25.Kf2 Rxc2 26.Rxc2 Rc8 27.Rxc8+ Bxc8 28.Qc3 e5 29.Ke1 exd4! 30.Qxd4 Qxd4 31.Nxd4 Kf8 32.Kd2 Ke8 33.Kc3 Kd8 The position is equal. 34.Kb4 Kc7 35.a4 bxa4 36.Kxa4 Ne5 37.f4 N5c6 38.Ndxc6 Nxc6 39.Nxc6 Kxc6=       Endgame KB-KB 40.Ka5 f6 41.Kb4 41.Bxa6 Bxa6 42.Kxa6 h6-+ 41...Kb6 42.Kc4 Be6+ 43.Kd4 a5 44.Bd1 Kb5 45.f5 Bd7 46.Kd5 Kb4 47.g4 h6 48.h4 a4 49.Bxa4 Bxa4 KB-KP 50.e5 Bb3+ 51.Kd6!
Black must now prevent exf6. 51...fxe5 52.Kxe5 Kc5 53.h5 Bd1 54.f6! gxf6+ 55.Kxf6 Bxg4 Weighted Error Value: White=0.07/Black=0.05 ½–½
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Kasparov,G2812Dominguez Perez,L2760½–½2021Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 20211.1
So,W2778Vachier-Lagrave,M27631–02021Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 20211.2
Mamedyarov,S2762Nakamura,H27361–02021Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 20211.3
Shankland,S2720Svidler,P27011–02021Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 20211.4
Aronian,L2782Caruana,F2800½–½2021Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 20211.5
Dominguez Perez,L2760Caruana,F28000–12021Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 20212.1
Svidler,P2701Aronian,L27821–02021Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 20212.2
Nakamura,H2736Shankland,S27200–12021Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 20212.3
Vachier-Lagrave,M2763Mamedyarov,S27621–02021Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 20212.4
Kasparov,G2812So,W2778½–½2021Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 20212.5
So,W2778Dominguez Perez,L27600–12021Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 20213.1
Mamedyarov,S2762Kasparov,G28121–02021Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 20213.2
Shankland,S2720Vachier-Lagrave,M27630–12021Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 20213.3
Aronian,L2782Nakamura,H27361–02021Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 20213.4
Caruana,F2800Svidler,P27011–02021Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 20213.5
Dominguez Perez,L2760Svidler,P27011–02021Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 20214.1
Nakamura,H2736Caruana,F28001–02021Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 20214.2
Vachier-Lagrave,M2763Aronian,L2782½–½2021Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 20214.3
Kasparov,G2812Shankland,S27201–02021Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 20214.4
So,W2778Mamedyarov,S27621–02021Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 20214.5
Mamedyarov,S2762Dominguez Perez,L27600–12021Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 20215.1
Shankland,S2720So,W27781–02021Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 20215.2
Aronian,L2782Kasparov,G28120–12021Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 20215.3
Caruana,F2800Vachier-Lagrave,M27631–02021Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 20215.4
Svidler,P2701Nakamura,H2736½–½2021Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 20215.5
Dominguez Perez,L2760Nakamura,H27361–02021Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 20216.1
Vachier-Lagrave,M2763Svidler,P27011–02021Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 20216.2
Kasparov,G2812Caruana,F2800½–½2021Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 20216.3
So,W2778Aronian,L2782½–½2021Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 20216.4
Mamedyarov,S2762Shankland,S2720½–½2021Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 20216.5
Dominguez Perez,L2760Vachier-Lagrave,M2763½–½2021Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 20218.1
Kasparov,G2812Nakamura,H2736½–½2021Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 20218.2
So,W2778Svidler,P27011–02021Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 20218.3
Mamedyarov,S2762Caruana,F28001–02021Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 20218.4
Shankland,S2720Aronian,L2782½–½2021Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 20218.5
Aronian,L2782Dominguez Perez,L27600–12021Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 20219.1
Caruana,F2800Shankland,S2720½–½2021Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 20219.2
Svidler,P2701Mamedyarov,S27621–02021Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 20219.3
Nakamura,H2736So,W2778½–½2021Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 20219.4
Vachier-Lagrave,M2763Kasparov,G28121–02021Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 20219.5

Commentary by GMs Alejandro Ramirez and Maurice Ashley

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