Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz: Closing Ceremony and Ultimate Moves

Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz

Closing Ceremony

Streamed live from the World Chess Hall of Fame

Ultimate Moves blitz

Games and Commentary

Live spectacle from 22:00 CEST

Format

• Best of 6 games
• The match will be declared a tie if it ends 3/3
• There is only one game per round
• Game 1 will start with 5 moves being played by Rex and Randy Sinquefield and then each player in the team roster plays 5 consecutive moves before giving way to one of their teammates
• Once the two amateurs at the bottom of the roster (Rachael Li and John Urshel) have played their 5 moves the rotation is reset and starts from the top again
• The rate of play for all 6 games will be Game in 5 minutes plus 5 seconds increment per move from move 1
• The match starts at 15.00 local time in St Louis and the games will start at 20 minute intervals 

Teams

The teams were chosen yesterday and will consist of the following players (order of play not determined):

Games and commentary

Commentary by GM Yasser Seirawan, GM Maurice Ashley, and WGM Jennifer Shahade

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Final blitz standings (not including rapid)

Combined standings (including rapid)

Schedule

Links

• Official site
• Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis
• Goodbye Sinquefield Cup, hello Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz
• Day 1-2: Nepomniachtchi first to clear lead
• Day 3: Kasparov was "too democratic"
• Day 4: Karjakin ascendent