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The tournament is played according to the rules of Chess 960 at rapid time controls (20+10). The prize fund is 150,000 USD.
Magnus Carlsen
Hikaru Nakamura
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Fabiano Caruana
Wesley So
Levon Aronian
Leinier Dominguez
Peter Svidler
Alireza Firouzja
Garry Kasparov
The games begins daily from September 11 to 13 at 1 p.m. CDT (8 p.m. CEST) with expert commentary by Yasser Seirawan and Maurice Ashley and Jennifer Shahade. Viewers can watch the event live on uschesschamps.com or on YouTube or on the Twitch channel of the St. Chess Club.
| Date | Time | EVENT |
|---|---|---|
| Sept. 11 | 1:00 PM | Drawing for Position |
| 1:03 PM | 9LX Round 1 | |
| 2:30 PM | Drawing for Position | |
| 2:33 PM | 9LX Round 2 | |
| 4:00 PM | Drawing for Position | |
| 4:03 PM | 9LX Round 3 | |
| Sept. 12 | 1:00 PM | Drawing for Position |
| 1:03 PM | 9LX Round 4 | |
| 2:30 PM | Drawing for Position | |
| 2:33 PM | 9LX Round 5 | |
| 4:00 PM | Drawing for Position | |
| 4:03 PM | 9LX Round 6 | |
| Sept. 13 | 1:00 PM | Drawing for Position |
| 1:03 PM | 9LX Round 7 | |
| 2:30 PM | Drawing for Position | |
| 2:33 PM | 9LX Round 8 | |
| 4:00 PM | Drawing for Position | |
| 4:03 PM | 9LX Round 9 |
