St. Louis Rapid & Blitz - Live!

Day 5 - Blitz

The Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz tournament is the fourth stage of the 2024 Grand Chess Tour. The tournament features rapid and blitz chess.

The tournament runs from 12 August until 16 August 14 with the well-known tour format of rapid and blitz chess: 9 rounds of rapid played on the first three days of action, followed by 18 rounds of blitz played on the final two days.

The time control in the rapid section is 25 minutes for the game plus 10-second increments per move. In the blitz section, it is 5 minutes for the game plus 2-second increments per move.

The event features a prize fund that amounts to $175,000, with $40,000 reserved for the winner. Grand Chess Tour points will also be awarded.

Live games and commentary

Navigating the Ruy Lopez Vol.1-3

The Ruy Lopez is one of the oldest openings which continues to enjoy high popularity from club level to the absolute world top. In this video series, American super GM Fabiano Caruana, talking to IM Oliver Reeh, presents a complete repertoire for White.

Commentary by Yasser Seirawan, Peter Svidler, Cristian Chirila and Nazi Paikidze

Current standings - Blitz

Rk.		Name	Rtg.	Nt.	Pts.	n	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	TB	Perf.
1		Firouzja,A	2751		12.0	18		1 ½	1 ½	½ 0	0 ½	½ 1	½ 1	1 0	1 1	1 1	100.75	2883
2		So,W	2751		11.0	18	0 ½		1 0	1 ½	1 1	½ ½	1 0	1 ½	½ ½	1 ½	94.25	2838
3		Nakamura,H	2802		10.5	18	0 ½	0 1		0 ½	1 0	½ 1	0 1	1 1	1 1	1 0	87.50	2809
4		Caruana,F	2793		10.0	18	½ 1	0 ½	1 ½		1 1	½ ½	1 0	1 0	0 1	0 ½	91.50	2796
5		Aronian,L	2729		9.0	18	1 ½	0 0	0 1	0 0		1 ½	1 ½	1 0	0 ½	1 1	77.00	2760
6		Vachier-Lagrave,M	2721		8.0	18	½ 0	½ ½	½ 0	½ ½	0 ½		1 1	1 0	0 1	½ 0	71.00	2718
7		Praggnanandhaa R	2749		8.0	18	½ 0	0 1	1 0	0 1	0 ½	0 0		0 1	1 1	0 1	70.50	2715
8		Abdusattorov,N	2762		8.0	18	0 1	0 ½	0 0	0 1	0 1	0 1	1 0		0 1	1 ½	69.25	2714
9		Nepomniachtchi,I	2767		7.0	18	0 0	½ ½	0 0	1 0	1 ½	1 0	0 0	1 0		½ 1	60.25	2676
10		Dominguez Perez,L	2748		6.5	18	0 0	0 ½	0 1	1 ½	0 0	½ 1	1 0	0 ½	½ 0		58.50	2656
TBs: Sonneborn-Berger

Final standings - Rapid (win = 2 pts.; draw = 1 pt.)

Master Class Vol.17 - Boris Spassky

In this video course, experts including Dorian Rogozenco, Mihail Marin, Karsten Müller and Oliver Reeh, examine the games of Boris Spassky. Let them show you which openings Spassky chose to play, where his strength in middlegames were and much more.

Links

• Grand Chess Tour website
• Carlsen astonishes: 10 wins in a row grant him Superbet Poland triumph
• Caruana scores 3/3 in rapid playoff, wins Superbet Chess Classic
• Unstoppable Caruana dominates SuperUnited Croatia