2018 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz Recap Rounds 1-3
Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz kicked off with Fabiano running away with a 3 Round win. GM Maurice Ashley recaps the days' rounds.
Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz kicked off with Fabiano running away with a 3 Round win. GM Maurice Ashley recaps the days' rounds.
The newest stop of the Grand Chess Tour is here. The 2018 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz will feature all nine of the 2018 Grand Chess Tour Players with GM Leinier Dominguez for the wildcard totaling 10 Players. This will be a three day Rapid Rounds, two day Blitz Rounds with a cash prize of $150,000.00. Live Commentary provided by GM Yasser Seirawan, GM Maurice Ashley, and WGM Jennifer Shahade.
Приветствуйте очередную остановку Grand Chess Tour 2018 - Рапид и Блиц в Сент-Луисе. Здесь будут представлены все девять основных игроков Grand Chess Tour 2018, и кубинский гроссмейстер Leinier Dominguez. Турнир с призовым фондом 150000 USD состоит из трех дней быстрых шахмат и двух дней блица - с 11 по 15 августа 2018. Русскоязычные комментаторы: гроссмейстеры Петр Свидлер и Евгений Мирошниченко.
Following the 2018 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz and before the Sinquefield Cup, the Grand Chess Tour players are drafted to play a six-game blitz team exhibition. A player executes five moves before letting the next in rotation "up to the plate."
Team Rex Sinquefield: Caruana, So, Karjakin, Vachier-Lagrave, Mamedyarov, Svidler
Team Randy Sinquefield: Carlsen, Nakamura, Aronian, Anand, Grischuk, Dominguez
2018.08.16
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The newest stop of the Grand Chess Tour is here. The 2018 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz will feature all nine of the 2018 Grand Chess Tour Players with GM Leinier Dominguez for the wildcard totaling 10 Players. This will be a three day Rapid Rounds, two day Blitz Rounds with a cash prize of $150,000.00. Live Commentary provided by GM Yasser Seirawan, GM Maurice Ashley, and WGM Jennifer Shahade.
Приветствуйте очередную остановку Grand Chess Tour 2018 - Рапид и Блиц в Сент-Луисе. Здесь будут представлены все девять основных игроков Grand Chess Tour 2018, и кубинский гроссмейстер Leinier Dominguez. Турнир с призовым фондом 150000 USD состоит из трех дней быстрых шахмат и двух дней блица - с 11 по 15 августа 2018. Русскоязычные комментаторы: гроссмейстеры Петр Свидлер и Евгений Мирошниченко.
International Master Eric Rosen shows seven games where pros such as Anatoly Karpov, Hikaru Nakamura, and Fabiano Caruana lost quickly.
Together with IM Eric Rosen we start a fresh account on lichess.org. Eric tells us to focus more on accuracy than speed. With that perspective, we are able to get over 2200 in tactics in less than an hour.
2018.08.05
The Opening Ceremony kicks off the 2018 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz with the introduction of the 10 Worlds' Best Players and the Drawing of Lots.
International Master Eric Rosen shows games where doubled pawns led to a winning advantage. Doubled pawns are typically weaknesses. Check out the study at https://lichess.org/study/STOmy4Au.