9/3/2023 – Presented by the Saint Louis Chess Club, the highly anticipated ‘2023 Champions Showdown: Chess 9LX’ returns this September 8-10, 2023 at the World Chess Hall of Fame with another exciting line-up featuring the top players from the United States, including World No. 3 and reigning World 960 Champion GM Hikaru Nakamura and World No. 2 GM Fabiano Caruana competing alongside legendary former World Champion Garry Kasparov. | Photo: Lennart Ootes (2022)

9/17/2022 – Fabiano Caruana scored three wins in a row on Friday to catch Alireza Firouzja in the lead of the Champions Showdown event in Saint Louis. The American star then defeated his young opponent in play-offs, choosing white in the Armageddon decider and converting a better knight endgame into a win with little time on the clock. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Ian Nepomniachtchi shared third place after finishing a half point behind the winners. | Photo: Saint Louis Chess Club / Lennart Ootes

9/16/2022 – Ten international chess superstars are battling it out over the board on September 13-16 at the Champions Showdown Chess 9LX extravaganza. The field includes living legend Garry Kasparov, an in-form Alireza Firouzja and defending champion Leinier Dominguez. | Follow the games live starting at 21.00 CEST (15.00 ET, 0.30 IST)

9/13/2022 – Ten international chess superstars are set to battle it out over the board from September 13-16 in Champions Showdown: Chess 9LX. Chess 960 is a variant of chess created by Bobby Fischer in the late 1990s in which the pieces on the home rank are randomized, with 960 representing the number of possible starting positions. The field includes living legend Garry Kasparov, an in-form Alireza Firouzja and defending champion Leinier Dominguez. | Photo: Crystal Fuller (2021)