The Saint Louis Chess Club will bring ten 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 $250,000 in prizes.

Players

Garry Kasparov vs. Veselin Topalov Hikaru Nakamura vs. Peter Svidler Wesley So vs. Anish Giri Sam Shankland vs. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Levon Aronian vs. Leinier Dominguez

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.

Schedule

Day Date Time Event



Tuesday



11 September 12:00 PM Draw for Position 1:00 PM Rapid Game 1 2:30 PM Rapid Game 2 4:00 PM Blitz Game 1 4:30 PM Blitz Game 2



Wednesday



12 September 12:00 PM Draw for Position 1:00 PM Rapid Game 3 2:30 PM Rapid Game 4 4:00 PM Blitz Game 3 4:30 PM Blitz Game 4



Thursday



13 September 12:00 PM Draw for Position 1:00 PM Rapid Game 5 2:30 PM Rapid Game 6 4:00 PM Blitz Game 5 4:30 PM Blitz Game 6



Friday



14 September 12:30 PM Draw for Position 1:00 PM Blitz Game 7 1:30 PM Blitz Game 8 2:00 PM Blitz Game 9 2:30 PM Blitz Game 10 3:00 PM Draw for Position 3:30 PM Blitz Game 11 4:00 PM Blitz Game 12 4:30 PM Blitz Game 13 5:00 PM Blitz Game 14





