Chess 9LX: Games and standings

by ChessBase
9/16/2022 – Ten international chess superstars are battling it out over the board on September 13-16 at the Champions Showdown Chess 9LX extravaganza. The field includes living legend Garry Kasparov, an in-form Alireza Firouzja and defending champion Leinier Dominguez. | Follow the games live starting at 21.00 CEST (15.00 ET, 0.30 IST)
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Caruana beats Firouzja in play-offs

Chess 960 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 games.

Three rounds will be played daily from Wednesday until Friday. The time control is 20 minutes for the whole game plus a 5-second increment from the first move.

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Games and commentary

Tournament

 
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1.e4 11 c6 23 2.Ng3 1:51 Ng6 34 3.d4 54 d5 13 4.e5 1:47 f6 10 5.Ba5 2 Bc7 3:59 6.Bxc7 2 Kxc7 1 7.f4 9 fxe5 38 8.fxe5 3 Qf4+ 5 9.Rd2 4:07 Nh6 19 10.c3 25 Bd7 2:35 11.Bxg6 3:57 Qxf1+ 1 12.Nxf1 2 hxg6 2 13.Ne3 1:36 Rf8 1:16 14.0-0-0 34 g5 1:32 15.Nf3 1:31 g4 2:16 16.Ne1 3 Bf5 35 17.Nd3 39 Bxd3 40 18.Rxd3 2 Rf4 16 19.Rf1 44 g5 45 20.Rdd1 32 Raf8 38 21.Kd2 23 g3 1:10 22.hxg3 6 Rf2+ 1 23.Kc1 43 Kd7 33 24.Rxf2 8 Rxf2 1 25.Rd2 1 Rf7 23 26.Kd1 22 Nf5 23 27.Nxf5 11 Rxf5 1 28.Ke2 0 Ke6 55 29.Rd1 2 Rf7 0 30.Rh1 8 Kf5 1 31.Kf3 3 Kg6+ 1 32.Ke3 2 Kf5 1 33.Kf3 1:16 Kg6+ 1 34.Ke2 2 Kf5 1 35.Kf3 14 ½–½
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Dominguez Perez,L2745So,W2771½–½2022Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 20221.1
Svidler,P2683Nepomniachtchi,I27920–12022Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 20221.2
Aronian,L2759Kasparov,G28121–02022Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 20221.3
Nakamura,H2768Mamedyarov,S27570–12022Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 20221.4
Caruana,F2758Firouzja,A2778½–½2022Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 20221.5
Mamedyarov,S2757Caruana,F27580–12022Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 20222.1
So,W2771Firouzja,A27780–12022Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 20222.2
Dominguez Perez,L2745Svidler,P26831–02022Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 20222.3
Nepomniachtchi,I2792Aronian,L27591–02022Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 20222.4
Kasparov,G2812Nakamura,H27680–12022Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 20222.5
Nakamura,H2768Nepomniachtchi,I27920–12022Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 20223.1
Caruana,F2758Kasparov,G28121–02022Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 20223.2
Firouzja,A2778Mamedyarov,S2757½–½2022Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 20223.3
Svidler,P2683So,W27710–12022Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 20223.4
Aronian,L2759Dominguez Perez,L27451–02022Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 20223.5
Svidler,P2683Aronian,L2759½–½2022Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 20224.1
So,W2771Mamedyarov,S27570–12022Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 20224.2
Nepomniachtchi,I2792Caruana,F27581–02022Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 20224.3
Dominguez Perez,L2745Nakamura,H27680–12022Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 20224.4
Kasparov,G2812Firouzja,A27780–12022Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 20224.5
Firouzja,A2778Nepomniachtchi,I27921–02022Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 20225.1
Nakamura,H2768Svidler,P26831–02022Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 20225.2
Caruana,F2758Dominguez Perez,L27451–02022Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 20225.3
Mamedyarov,S2757Kasparov,G28121–02022Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 20225.4
Aronian,L2759So,W2771½–½2022Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 20225.5
So,W2771Kasparov,G28121–02022Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 20226.1
Dominguez Perez,L2745Firouzja,A2778½–½2022Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 20226.2
Aronian,L2759Nakamura,H2768½–½2022Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 20226.3
Svidler,P2683Caruana,F27581–02022Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 20226.4
Nepomniachtchi,I2792Mamedyarov,S27570–12022Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 20226.5
Nakamura,H2768So,W27710–12022Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 20227.1
Caruana,F2758Aronian,L27591–02022Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 20227.2
Firouzja,A2778Svidler,P2683½–½2022Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 20227.3
Mamedyarov,S2757Dominguez Perez,L27451–02022Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 20227.4
Kasparov,G2812Nepomniachtchi,I27920–12022Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 20227.5
Aronian,L2759Firouzja,A27780–12022Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 20228.1
So,W2771Nepomniachtchi,I2792½–½2022Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 20228.2
Dominguez Perez,L2745Kasparov,G28121–02022Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 20228.3
Nakamura,H2768Caruana,F27580–12022Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 20228.4
Svidler,P2683Mamedyarov,S27571–02022Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 20228.5
Nepomniachtchi,I2792Dominguez Perez,L2745½–½2022Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 20229.1
Firouzja,A2778Nakamura,H2768½–½2022Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 20229.2
Mamedyarov,S2757Aronian,L2759½–½2022Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 20229.3
Kasparov,G2812Svidler,P2683½–½2022Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 20229.4
Caruana,F2758So,W27711–02022Champions Showdown Chess 9LX 20229.5

Play-offs

 
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1.b4 7 Ng6 27 2.Nf3 5 f6 15 3.e4 21 e5 24 4.c4 1:46 a5 20 5.b5 20 Bc5 45 6.d4 20 exd4 17 7.Nxd4 4 Nd6 18 8.f3 53 Bf7 2:07 9.Qc3 1:13 0-0 6 10.Kb2 3:02 Ne5 28 11.Ka1 5 Bb4 32 12.Qc1 28 Nexc4 8 13.Bxc4 5 Nxc4 8 14.Nf5 7 d5 1:00 15.Bd4 13 Bg6 41 16.Nhg3 28 Rbe8 28 17.h4 25 Qc8 37 18.Nxg7 45 Kxg7 1:03 19.h5 4 Ne5 55 20.hxg6 11 hxg6 4 21.f4 7 Ng4 17 22.e5 6 c5 11 23.bxc6 11 Qxc6 4 24.exf6+ 7 Kf7 11 25.Qb2 15 Ne3 5 26.Rdc1 4 Nc4 8 27.Qf2 7 Rh8 10 28.Rh1 15 Na3 5 29.Rhc1 8 Nc4 5 30.Qf3 5 Rh4 8 31.Nf1 9 Qd7 7 32.g3 5 Rh3 5 33.Rd1 5 Rc8 6 34.Qg2 4 Rhh8 4 35.Nh2 5 Na3 5 36.Nf3 6 Nc2+ 4 37.Kb2 4 Ba3+ 3 0–1
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Firouzja,A2778Caruana,F27580–12022Champions Showdown Chess 9LX-TB 20221.1
Caruana,F2758Firouzja,A27780–12022Champions Showdown Chess 9LX-TB 20221.2
Caruana,F2758Firouzja,A27781–02022Champions Showdown Chess 9LX-TB 20221.3

Commentary by Alejandro Ramirez, Yasser Seirawan, and Anastasiya Karlovich

Current standings

Rk.NameRtg.Nt.Pts.n
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
TBPerf.
1
Firouzja,A
2778
6.5
9
½
½
1
1
1
½
½
½
1
26.75
2927
2
Caruana,F
2758
6.5
9
½
1
0
1
1
1
0
1
1
25.75
2929
3
Mamedyarov,S
2757
6.0
9
½
0
1
1
½
1
0
1
1
23.75
2888
4
Nepomniachtchi,I
2792
6.0
9
0
1
0
½
1
1
1
½
1
22.50
2884
5
So,W
2771
4.5
9
0
0
0
½
½
1
1
½
1
14.75
2761
6
Aronian,L
2759
4.0
9
0
0
½
0
½
½
½
1
1
13.00
2720
7
Nakamura,H
2768
4.0
9
½
0
0
0
0
½
1
1
1
12.75
2719
8
Svidler,P
2683
3.5
9
½
1
1
0
0
½
0
0
½
18.00
2691
9
Dominguez Perez,L
2745
3.5
9
½
0
0
½
½
0
0
1
1
12.50
2684
10
Kasparov,G
2812
0.5
9
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
½
0
1.75
2313
TBs: Sonneborn-Berger

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