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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 1; 22 games  PGN Download 
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Nakamura vs Karjakin  0-1772018St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz)A04 Reti Opening
2. Karjakin vs So  0-1672018St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz)A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack
3. Aronian vs Grischuk  0-1302018St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz)B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen
4. Dominguez Perez vs Caruana  0-1762018St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz)E10 Queen's Pawn Game
5. Karjakin vs Mamedyarov  0-1502018St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz)B12 Caro-Kann Defense
6. Caruana vs Vachier-Lagrave  0-1862018St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz)A48 King's Indian
7. Mamedyarov vs Vachier-Lagrave  0-1602018St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz)E60 King's Indian Defense
8. Caruana vs Mamedyarov  0-1502018St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz)B12 Caro-Kann Defense
9. Dominguez Perez vs Vachier-Lagrave  0-1352018St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz)A34 English, Symmetrical
10. So vs Nakamura  0-1402018St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz)E46 Nimzo-Indian
11. Anand vs Vachier-Lagrave  0-1512018St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz)A48 King's Indian
12. So vs Caruana 0-1312018St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz)A06 Reti Opening
13. Aronian vs Caruana  0-1602018St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz)C42 Petrov Defense
14. Grischuk vs Vachier-Lagrave  0-1722018St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz)B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation
15. Caruana vs Nakamura  0-1512018St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz)D37 Queen's Gambit Declined
16. So vs Anand  0-1412018St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz)E20 Nimzo-Indian
17. Karjakin vs Grischuk  0-1502018St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz)A48 King's Indian
18. Grischuk vs So  0-1542018St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz)A30 English, Symmetrical
19. Karjakin vs Caruana  0-1312018St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz)D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
20. Mamedyarov vs Nakamura  0-1492018St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz)A15 English
21. Nakamura vs Vachier-Lagrave  0-1622018St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz)B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
22. So vs Karjakin  0-1632018St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz)A06 Reti Opening
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