2011 Saint Louis Invitational

The 2011 Saint Louis Invitational is a new event for the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis. It is a 10 player round robin in which strong players will slug it out to the very end. In addition, this is a wildcard tournament for the 2011 U.S. Championship and will be held in conjunction with the Saint Louis Open. With many GMs and IMs and $10,000 in prizes, the 2011 Saint Louis Invitational will be both strong and exciting. The real icing on the cake is that the top two finishers qualify for the 2011 U.S. Championship, to be held April 13 – 28, 2011, also at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis.

Invited Players

(In rating order)

No.	Title	Last	First	FIDE Rating	Status
1.	GM	Ramirez	Alejandro	2584	Accepted
2.	GM	Kaidanov	Gregory	2580	Accepted
3.	GM	Benjamin	Joel	2564	Accepted
4.	GM	Becerra	Julio	2549	Accepted
5.	GM	Perelshteyn	Eugene	2533	Accepted
6.	GM	Robson	Ray	2532	Accepted
7.	GM	Khachiyan	Melikset	2518	Accepted
8.	GM	Kraai	Jesse	2516	Accepted
9.	IM	Brooks	Michael	2451	Accepted
10.	FM	Yang	Darwin	2421	Accepted
	GM	Lenderman	Alex	2549	Declined
	GM	DeFirmian	Nick	2544	Declined
	GM	Christiansen	Larry	2585	Declined
	IM	Zierk	Steven	2466	Declined
	GM	Bhat	Vinay	2511	Declined

Prize Fund

Place	Prize
1st	$2,000
2nd	$1,500
3rd	$1,200
4th	$1,100
5th	$1,000
6th	$900
7th	$800
8th	$700
9th	$600
10th	$500

Schedule

2011 Saint Louis Invitational Calendar: 2011 Saint Louis Invitational Calendar

Tournament Structure

10-player invitational round robin

Time Control

40 moves in 90 minutes followed by game in 30 mintues with a 30 second increment from move one.

Arbiter

Tony Rich