12 September 2018
Champions Showdown With Garry Kasparov Starts in Saint Louis
Grandmasters compete in Chess960.
Photo: Austin Fuller
The Champions Showdown began in Saint Louis on September 11th. The event features five 20-game matches between Garry Kasparov and Veselin Topalov, Nakamura and Svidler, So and Giri, Shankland and MVL, and Aronian and Dominguez.
On the first 3 days there are 2 rapid (2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw) and 2 blitz games, before ending with 8 blitz games on the final day. Each player has 30 minutes with a 10-second delay per move for the rapid games and 5 minutes with a 5-second delay for the blitz games. The starting positions of the pieces will be randomised according to the Fischer Random or Chess960 variant of chess.
The participants played 2 rapid and 2 blitz games on the first day.
Games
Results
Score after the first playing day:
Topalov - Kasparov 3.5-2.5, Svidler - Nakamura 2.5-3.5, So - Giri 4.5-1.5, Vachier-Lagrave - Shankland 4-2, Dominguez - Aronian 2.5-3.5.
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