2019 CHAMPIONS SHOWDOWN: CHESS 960


… including legendary world champion Garry Kasparov

The Saint Louis Chess Club will bring eight of the top chess players in the world, including legendary world champion Garry Kasparov, to play in the Champions Showdown this September. The matches will be played in Chess 960 style, also known as Fischer Random, with $200,000 in prizes..

Players

Fabiano Caruana

vs.

Garry Kasparov

Wesley So

vs.

Veselin Topalov

Leinier Dominguez

vs.

Peter Svidler

Hikaru Nakamura

vs.

Levon Aronian

Format & Scoring

  • Six (6) rapid games at G/30 with a 10-second delay. Each rapid game is worth 2 points.

  • Fourteen (14) blitz games at G/5 with a 5-second delay. Each blitz game is worth 1 point.

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