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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 2; games 1-25 of 31  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Aronian vs Mamedyarov  1-0342018St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz)B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange
2. Karjakin vs Anand  1-0472018St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz)C53 Giuoco Piano
3. Mamedyarov vs Anand  1-0202018St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz)A06 Reti Opening
4. Grischuk vs Dominguez Perez  1-0432018St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz)C44 King's Pawn Game
5. Nakamura vs Mamedyarov  1-0382018St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz)A06 Reti Opening
6. Caruana vs Karjakin 1-0252018St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz)A28 English
7. Vachier-Lagrave vs Karjakin  1-0492018St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz)C53 Giuoco Piano
8. Mamedyarov vs So  1-0432018St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz)A06 Reti Opening
9. Aronian vs Nakamura  1-0702018St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz)B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen
10. Grischuk vs Caruana  1-0492018St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz)A06 Reti Opening
11. Anand vs Grischuk  1-0332018St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz)B90 Sicilian, Najdorf
12. Nakamura vs Dominguez Perez  1-0622018St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz)A06 Reti Opening
13. Dominguez Perez vs So  1-0402018St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz)B12 Caro-Kann Defense
14. Grischuk vs Aronian  1-01222018St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz)A04 Reti Opening
15. Aronian vs Anand  1-0282018St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz)C42 Petrov Defense
16. So vs Mamedyarov  1-0592018St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz)B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange
17. Nakamura vs Aronian  1-0332018St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz)C45 Scotch Game
18. Aronian vs So  1-0342018St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz)B90 Sicilian, Najdorf
19. Mamedyarov vs Karjakin  1-0292018St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz)A15 English
20. Vachier-Lagrave vs Caruana  1-0442018St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz)C78 Ruy Lopez
21. Vachier-Lagrave vs Mamedyarov  1-0672018St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz)B12 Caro-Kann Defense
22. Karjakin vs Aronian  1-0902018St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz)A00 Uncommon Opening
23. Nakamura vs Grischuk  1-0512018St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz)C67 Ruy Lopez
24. Caruana vs Anand  1-0542018St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz)A18 English, Mikenas-Carls
25. Aronian vs Vachier-Lagrave  1-0342018St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz)B90 Sicilian, Najdorf
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