St. Louis Rapid & Blitz: Carlsen and So share first place

Blitz - Day 2

The Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz is a rapid round-robin and blitz double round-robin tournament. In each rapid game, a win is worth 2 points, a draw is worth 1 point and a loss is worth 0 points. In each blitz game, a win is worth 1 point, a draw is worth ½ point and a loss is worth 0 points.

• The rapid time control is 25 minutes per game, with a 5-second increment from move one (G/25+5).
• The blitz time control is 5 minutes per game, with a 3-second increment from move one (G/5+3).

Full report will follow shortly

Previous reports: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4

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St	White	EloW	Black	EloB	Res	Rnd	id

	Nguyen Van Huy	2363	Singh,S	2165		6.25	1947756
	Abrahamyan,T	2310	Lee,A	2386		3.2	1279479

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Commentary by GMs Yasser Seirawan and Maurice Ashley and WGM Jennifer Shahade

Final standings - Blitz

Rk.		Name	Rtg.	Nt.	Pts.	n	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	TB	Perf.
1		Carlsen,M	2863		12.0	18		1 0	½ 1	1 ½	1 1	1 ½	0 ½	1 ½	0 1	1 ½	104.00	2877
2		Nakamura,H	2736		12.0	18	0 1		½ ½	1 ½	½ 1	1 ½	0 ½	1 1	½ ½	1 1	101.25	2891
3		So,W	2770		11.0	18	½ 0	½ ½		½ 1	0 ½	½ ½	1 1	½ ½	1 1	½ 1	91.25	2842
4		Aronian,L	2773		9.5	18	0 ½	0 ½	½ 0		0 ½	½ 1	½ 1	1 1	½ 1	½ ½	77.75	2783
5		Xiong,J	2709		8.5	18	0 0	½ 0	1 ½	1 ½		½ ½	½ 1	1 1	0 0	0 ½	75.50	2748
6		Grischuk,A	2777		8.5	18	0 ½	0 ½	½ ½	½ 0	½ ½		½ 1	½ 0	1 ½	1 ½	71.50	2740
7		Nepomniachtchi,I	2784		8.0	18	1 ½	1 ½	0 0	½ 0	½ 0	½ 0		0 1	½ ½	1 ½	73.00	2718
8		Firouzja,A	2728		7.5	18	0 ½	0 0	½ ½	0 0	0 0	½ 1	1 0		1 1	½ 1	60.50	2710
9		Harikrishna,P	2732		6.5	18	1 0	½ ½	0 0	½ 0	1 1	0 ½	½ ½	0 0		0 ½	61.25	2664
10		Dominguez Perez,L	2758		6.5	18	0 ½	0 0	½ 0	½ ½	1 ½	0 ½	0 ½	½ 0	1 ½		55.50	2662
TBs: Sonneborn-Berger

Final standings - Rapid

Rk.		Name	Rtg.	Nt.	Pts.	n	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	TB	Perf.
1		So,W	2770		13.0	9		½	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	½	52.00	2928
2		Carlsen,M	2863		12.0	9	½		0	0	1	1	½	1	1	1	46.00	2877
3		Nepomniachtchi,I	2784		10.0	9	½	1		½	1	1	0	½	0	½	47.50	2804
4		Grischuk,A	2777		10.0	9	½	1	½		½	0	1	0	1	½	43.50	2804
5		Nakamura,H	2736		9.0	9	½	0	0	½		½	½	1	½	1	34.50	2766
6		Harikrishna,P	2732		9.0	9	0	0	0	1	½		1	½	1	½	33.50	2766
7		Xiong,J	2709		7.0	9	0	½	1	0	½	0		½	½	½	29.50	2689
8		Aronian,L	2773		7.0	8	0	0	½	1	0	½	½			1	28.00	2719
9		Dominguez Perez,L	2758		6.0	8	0	0	1	0	½	0	½			1	23.00	2675
10		Firouzja,A	2728		5.0	9	½	0	½	½	0	½	½	0	0		24.50	2601
TBs: Sonneborn-Berger

Schedule

Games start daily at 18:00 UTC (20:00 CET, 14:00 ET)

• September 15-17: Rapid (3 rounds per day)
• September 18-19: Blitz (9 rounds per day)

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