Champions Showdown Chess 9LX - Live!

by ChessBase
10/30/2024 – The Chess 9LX tournament, organised by the Saint Louis Chess Club, is taking place on 28-30 October at the World Chess Hall of Fame. Top US grandmasters, including Fabiano Caruana and Hikaru Nakamura, are joined by former world champion Garry Kasparov in a rapid, chess960 (a.k.a. Fischer Random) tournament. | Follow the action live from 19.00 CET (14.00 ET, 23.30 IST).
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Rounds 7-9

This October, just after the US Championships, the Champions Showdown: Chess9LX event returns with another exciting edition featuring top players from the United States alongside legendary former world champion Garry Kasparov.

Competing for a total prize purse of $150,000, the participants will compete in nine rounds of Chess 960 (also known as Fischer Random Chess) with a rapid time control.

Live games and commentary

At a glance

Dates: 27-30 October 2024

Venue: World Chess Hall of Fame

Format: Round Robin, Chess960 (Fischer Random)

Time control: 20 minutes for the game plus 10-second increments

Prize fund: $150.000

On this DVD a team of experts gets to the bottom of Kasparov's play. In over 8 hours of video running time the authors Rogozenko, Marin, Reeh and Müller cast light on four important aspects of Kasparov's play: opening, strategy, tactics and endgame.

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