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Kasparov’s Back! | 2024 Champions Showdown Chess 9LX | Day 1 RECAP

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CCSCSL Staff

on October 28, 2024 in

IM Kostya Kavutskiy recaps Day 1 of the seventh Chess 9LX. Taking place at the World Chess Hall of Fame in Saint Louis, Chess 9LX is a 10-player Fischer Random chess (Chess960) rapid round robin tournament (players below). Today was the first three rounds.

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ROUND 1 | 20 Min. Incr. 10 Sec.
Hikaru Nakamura vs. Wesley So
Fabiano Caruana vs. Grigoriy Oparin
Levon Aronian vs. Sam Shankland
Sam Sevian vs. Ray Robson
Leinier Dominguez vs. Garry Kasparov

ROUND 2 | 20 Min. Incr. 10 Sec.
Hikaru Nakamura vs. Levon Aronian
Sam Shankland vs. Fabiano Caruana
Ray Robson vs. Leinier Dominguez
Grigoriy Oparin vs. Sam Sevian
Wesley So vs. Garry Kasparov

ROUND 3 | 20 Min. Incr. 10 Sec.
Fabiano Caruana vs. Hikaru Nakamura
Levon Aronian vs. Wesley So
Leinier Dominguez vs. Grigoriy Oparin
Sam Sevian vs. Sam Shankland
Garry Kasparov vs. Ray Robson

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