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2023 Summer Chess Classic: Round 9

August 8 2023

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Live from The Chase Park Plaza Hotel, the fourth Summer Chess Classic is comprised of two 10-player round robin tournaments (pairings below). The Classic series are strong tournaments held quarterly to create opportunities for Grandmasters and International Masters to test their skill against similar level players. Join GM Yasser Seirawan and WGM Begim Tokhirjonova for abbreviated coverage.

2023.08.10

ROUND 9 | 40 Moves in 90 Min. Incr. 30 Sec. / / 30 Min. Incr. 30 Sec.
GROUP A
Raunak Sadhwani
Benjamin Bok
John Burke
Nikolas Theodorou
Aram Hakobyan
Pranav Venkatesh
Illia Nyzhnyk
Dariusz Swiercz
Krishnan Sasikiran
Abhi Mishra

GROUP B
Semyon Lomasov
Andrew Hong
Arman Mikaelyan
Akshat Chandra
Brandon Jacobson
Dambasuren Batsuren
Luka Budisavljevic
Alex Lenderman
Elshan Moradiabadi
Justin Wang

PLAYOFF
2 PLAYERS: Best-of-Two 10 Min. Del. 10 Sec.
3-4 PLAYERS: Round Robin 10 Min. Del. 10 Sec.
5+ PLAYERS: Armageddon Single-Elimination

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