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Live from the World's Fair Pavilion, join GM Alejandro Ramirez for the opening ceremony of the 2022 Sinquefield Cup. The field is: Carlsen, Nepomniachtchi, Wesley So, Caruana, Vachier-Lagrave, Aronian, Firouzja, Mamedyarov, Dominguez, and Niemann. Plus, celebrate the 50th anniversary of Bobby Fischer's victory over Boris Spassky in the 1972 World Chess Championship with a one-of-a-kind musical performance curated by World Chess Hall of Fame's Music Director Brian Owens. Play begins Friday, September 2 at 12:50 P.M. CDT.

The ninth annual Sinquefield Cup is also the fifth and final leg of the Grand Chess Tour. Eight Tour players (Wesley So, Vachier-Lagrave, Aronian, Caruana, Firouzja, Nepomniachtchi, Dominguez, and Mamedyarov) are joined by wildcards (Carlsen and Niemann) for a classical chess event, live from 308 N Euclid Ave. Join GMs Peter Svidler, Yasser Seirawan, Alejandro Ramirez, and WGM Anastasiya Karlovich for the move-by-move.

2022.09.02
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The sixth annual Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz is also the fourth leg of the Grand Chess Tour. Seven Tour players (Vachier-Lagrave, Aronian, Caruana, Firouzja, Nepomniachtchi, Dominguez, and Mamedyarov) are joined by wildcards (Nakamura, Shankland, and Xiong) for a rapid round robin and blitz double round robin event. Today has the final blitz round robin, live from 308 N Euclid Ave. Join GMs Peter Svidler, Yasser Seirawan, and Cristian Chirila for the move-by-move.

2022.08.30
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Maxime Vachier-Lagrave talks to Cristian Chirila after scoring 11/18 after the rapid portion of the 2022 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz. The commentary team decided to put MVL to work with game analysis after a painfully short draw.

2022.08.28
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