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St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz) Tournament

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave13.5/18(+10 -1 =7)[games]
Hikaru Nakamura10.5/18(+7 -4 =7)[games]
Alexander Grischuk9.5/18(+5 -4 =9)[games]
Levon Aronian9/18(+6 -6 =6)[games]
Fabiano Caruana9/18(+6 -6 =6)[games]
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov9/18(+7 -7 =4)[games]
Sergey Karjakin8/18(+5 -7 =6)[games]
Viswanathan Anand7.5/18(+2 -5 =11)[games]
Leinier Dominguez Perez7/18(+2 -6 =10)[games]
Wesley So7/18(+3 -7 =8)[games]

Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz) (2018)

The Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz is the third stage of the 2018 Grand Chess Tour. The 10-player tournament takes place in the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis from 11-15 August and sees tour regulars Aronian, Caruana, Nakamura, Anand, Karjakin, MVL, So, Mamedyarov, Grischuk and wild card Dominguez. The prize fund is $150,000, with $37,500 for 1st place.

The rapid section is a single round-robin with 3 rounds each day on the first 3 days at a time control of 25 minutes for all moves and a 10-second delay from move 1. The final 2 days are a blitz double round-robin, with 18 rounds of 5 minutes + 3-second delay blitz. Rapid games count double, with 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw. A tie for first place will be decided in a 2-game Rapid mini-match (10min + 5sec delay), only between the top two, and if necessary an Armageddon game (5 vs. 4). The playoff takes place shortly after the last round. (1)

Rapid section: St. Louis Rapid (2018)

Official site: https://grandchesstour.org/2018-gra...

(1) Chess24: St. Louis Rapid & Blitz GCT https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-t...

 page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 90  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Caruana vs Karjakin 1-0252018St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz)A28 English
2. Mamedyarov vs Vachier-Lagrave  0-1602018St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz)E60 King's Indian Defense
3. Caruana vs Vachier-Lagrave  0-1862018St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz)A48 King's Indian
4. Karjakin vs Mamedyarov  0-1502018St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz)B12 Caro-Kann Defense
5. So vs Aronian  ½-½292018St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz)E20 Nimzo-Indian
6. Nakamura vs Dominguez Perez  1-0622018St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz)A06 Reti Opening
7. Anand vs Grischuk  1-0332018St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz)B90 Sicilian, Najdorf
8. Grischuk vs Caruana  1-0492018St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz)A06 Reti Opening
9. Dominguez Perez vs Anand  ½-½222018St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz)E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3
10. Aronian vs Nakamura  1-0702018St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz)B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen
11. Mamedyarov vs So  1-0432018St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz)A06 Reti Opening
12. Vachier-Lagrave vs Karjakin  1-0492018St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz)C53 Giuoco Piano
13. Nakamura vs Karjakin  0-1772018St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz)A04 Reti Opening
14. So vs Vachier-Lagrave  ½-½472018St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz)A33 English, Symmetrical
15. Nakamura vs Mamedyarov  1-0382018St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz)A06 Reti Opening
16. Anand vs Aronian  ½-½312018St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz)C67 Ruy Lopez
17. Grischuk vs Dominguez Perez  1-0432018St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz)C44 King's Pawn Game
18. Dominguez Perez vs Caruana  0-1762018St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz)E10 Queen's Pawn Game
19. Aronian vs Grischuk  0-1302018St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz)B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen
20. Mamedyarov vs Anand  1-0202018St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz)A06 Reti Opening
21. Vachier-Lagrave vs Nakamura  ½-½412018St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz)B06 Robatsch
22. Karjakin vs So  0-1672018St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz)A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack
23. So vs Caruana 0-1312018St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz)A06 Reti Opening
24. Dominguez Perez vs So  1-0402018St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz)B12 Caro-Kann Defense
25. Aronian vs Karjakin  ½-½532018St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz)C50 Giuoco Piano
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