St. Louis Chess 9LX, Day 3: Live

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9/13/2020 – On Sunday, 1 p.m. CDT (8 p.m. CEST), the Chess 9LX 2020 tournament goes into its final stage. The Chess 9LX tournament is a Chess960 round robin at rapid time controls (20+10) with ten top players: Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Fabiana Caruana, Wesley So, Levon Aronian, Leinier Dominguez, Peter Svidler, Alireza Firouzja and Garry Kasparov(!). Follow the event and the games live, with commentary – live transmission will begin about ten minutes before the start of round 7.

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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.

The line-up

Magnus Carlsen
Hikaru Nakamura
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Fabiano Caruana
Wesley So
Levon Aronian
Leinier Dominguez
Peter Svidler
Alireza Firouzja
Garry Kasparov

Standings after Day 2

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.

Live commentary by the St. Louis Chess Center

Schedule (Time= Local time)

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

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chessbibliophile chessbibliophile 9/13/2020 05:02
It was David Bronstein who suggested the idea long before Fischer did. It’s mentioned in the book here (sample):
https://bit.ly/3bPYlrq
Laurence2 Laurence2 9/12/2020 07:12
Then, just call it chess 960 instead of trying to get fancy and using Roman numerals (L=50 and X +10)
fgkdjlkag fgkdjlkag 9/12/2020 07:00
Yes it does not make any sense. FIDE interestingly officially used the term "Fischer Random" for the world championship last year. Since 960 is short and quicker to say I am okay with this term or Fischer Random.
Laurence2 Laurence2 9/12/2020 05:00
Sorry, my English is not doing well. It is, it dawned on me, not downed. Also. it is fancier, not more fancier.
Laurence2 Laurence2 9/12/2020 04:58
At first I could not figure out how Fischer Random Chess or Chess 960 became 9LX. Then, it downed on me. It is Roman numerals. L is 50 and X is 10. Thus, it is just another way to call it 960, but why? What is the point? Does it sound more fancier to call it 9LX? For me I prefer Fischer random. He is the first one to come up with the idea.
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