Top players meet in 2016 Champions Showdown

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11/9/2016 – In November, the top players meet in the U.S.. On Friday, 11th of November, Magnus Carlsen and Sergey Karjakin will play the first game of their World Championship match in New York, and from Thursday, 10th of November, to Tuesday, 15th November, Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura, Vishy Anand and Veselin Topalov will slug it out in the Champions Showdown in Saint Louis.

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2016 Champions Showdown

Veselin Topalov, Fabiano Caruana, Vishy Anand, Hikaru Nakamura

The 2016 Champions Showdown shall be an exhibition event featuring four players (Viswanathan Anand, Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura and Veselin Topalov). Over five days, the Players shall complete two Classical Round Robins (G/60 +5” delay), two Rapid Round Robins (G/15 +5” delay) and four Blitz Round Robins (G/3 +2” delay).

Day	Date	Time	Showdown in Saint Louis
Wednesday	9-Nov		Arrival
Thursday	10-Nov	1:00 PM	RR1: Round 1
		3:30 PM	RR1: Round 2
Friday	11-Nov	1:00 PM	RR1: Round 3
		3:30 PM	RR2: Round 1
Saturday	12-Nov	1:00 PM	RR2: Round 2
		3:30 PM	RR2: Round 3
Sunday	13-Nov	1:00 PM	Rapid (6 rounds)
Monday	14-Nov	1:00 PM	Blitz (12 rounds)
Tuesday	15-Nov		Departure