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2023 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz: Day 1 | #GrandChessTour

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Live from the World Chess Hall of Fame, the 7th Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz is the fourth of five legs of the Grand Chess Tour. Six of the Tour players are joined by four wildcards (pairings below) for a rapid round robin and a blitz double round robin. Today are the first three rounds of the rapid round robin. Join GMs Peter Svidler & Yasser Seirawan, IM Tania Sachdev, & WGM Anastasiya Karlovich for the move-by-move.

2023.11.14
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RAPID ROUND 1 | 25 Min. Incr. 10 Sec.
| GAME = 2 PTS
Fabiano Caruana vs. Alireza Firouzja
Anish Giri vs. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Liem Le vs. Wesley So
Sam Sevian vs. Ian Nepomniachtchi
Ray Robson vs. Jeffery Xiong

RAPID ROUND 2 | 25 Min. Incr. 10 Sec.
| GAME = 2 PTS
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave vs. Fabiano Caruana
Ian Nepomniachtchi vs. Anish Giri
Jeffery Xiong vs. Alireza Firouzja
Wesley So vs. Sam Sevian
Ray Robson vs. Liem Le

RAPID ROUND 3 | 25 Min. Incr. 10 Sec. | GAME = 2 PTS
Fabiano Caruana vs. Ian Nepomniachtchi
Alireza Firouzja vs. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Anish Giri vs. Wesley So
Liem Le vs. Jeffery Xiong
Sam Sevian vs. Ray Robson

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