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2017 Champions Showdown: Nakamura vs Topalov

Day Four of 2017 Champions Showdown, witness your favorite players battle it out against their hand-chosen opponents. Hikaru Nakamura vs Veselin Topalov. Fabiano Caruana vs Alexander Grischuk. Wesley So vs Leinier Dominguez. Last, but certainly not least, Magnus Carlsen vs Ding Liren. Each set battling it out with rounds of rapid and blitz. Coverage provided by the commentary team of Maurice Ashley, Yasser Seirawan, and Jennifer Shahade.

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2017 Champions Showdown: Caruana vs Grischuk

Day Four of 2017 Champions Showdown, witness your favorite players battle it out against their hand-chosen opponents. Hikaru Nakamura vs Veselin Topalov. Fabiano Caruana vs Alexander Grischuk. Wesley So vs Leinier Dominguez. Last, but certainly not least, Magnus Carlsen vs Ding Liren. Each set battling it out with rounds of rapid and blitz. Coverage provided by the commentary team of Maurice Ashley, Yasser Seirawan, and Jennifer Shahade.

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2017 Champions Showdown Day 3

Day Four of 2017 Champions Showdown, witness your favorite players battle it out against their hand-chosen opponents. Hikaru Nakamura vs Veselin Topalov. Fabiano Caruana vs Alexander Grischuk. Wesley So vs Leinier Dominguez. Last, but certainly not least, Magnus Carlsen vs Ding Liren. Each set battling it out with rounds of rapid and blitz. Coverage provided by the commentary team of Maurice Ashley, Yasser Seirawan, and Jennifer Shahade.

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2017 Champions Showdown Day Three

Day Three of 2017 Champions Showdown, witness your favorite players battle it out against their hand-chosen opponents. Hikaru Nakamura vs Veselin Topalov. Fabiano Caruana vs Alexander Grischuk. Wesley So vs Leinier Dominguez. Last, but certainly not least, Magnus Carlsen vs Ding Liren. Each set battling it out with rounds of rapid and blitz. Coverage provided by the commentary team of Maurice Ashley, Yasser Seirawan, and Jennifer Shahade.

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2017 Champions Showdown: Day 2

Ben Simon picks up this GM- and IM-norm event in progress. Learn about what it takes to earn a chess title. Hear from IM Daniel Gurevich and Aaron Grabinsky.

2017.11.19
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2017 Champions Showdown: Grischuk vs. Caruana

Ben Simon covers this GM- and IM-norm event, where Justin Wang has earned his first IM norm. Learn about what it takes to earn a chess title. Hear from IM John Michael Burke and Justin Wang.

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2017 Champions Showdown Players are asked about their Opponents

Day Two of 2017 Champions Showdown, witness your favorite players battle it out against their hand-chosen opponents. Hikaru Nakamura vs Veselin Topalov. Fabiano Caruana vs Alexander Grischuk. Wesley So vs Leinier Dominguez. Last, but certainly not least, Magnus Carlsen vs Ding Liren. Each set battling it out with rounds of rapid and blitz. Coverage provided by the commentary team of Maurice Ashley, Yasser Seirawan, and Jennifer Shahade.

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2017 Champions Showdown Day Two

Day Two of 2017 Champions Showdown, witness your favorite players battle it out against their hand-chosen opponents. Hikaru Nakamura vs Veselin Topalov. Fabiano Caruana vs Alexander Grischuk. Wesley So vs Leinier Dominguez. Last, but certainly not least, Magnus Carlsen vs Ding Liren. Each set battling it out with rounds of rapid and blitz. Coverage provided by the commentary team of Maurice Ashley, Yasser Seirawan, and Jennifer Shahade.

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2017 Champions Showdown: Day 1

Jonathan Schrantz challenges you to find the best move. Find a mate or win material with pins, forks, skewers, and more. If you find a good move, see if you can find an even better one.

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2017 Champions Showdown Day One

The Saint Louis Chess Club will host a series of four matches, the Champions Showdown, November 9-14. In an exciting twist, the three top American players and current World Champion, Magnus Carlsen, will face their opponents in 10 games of rapid and 20 games of blitz. Tournament play will begin November 9 at 1 p.m., with World Champion Magnus Carlsen and No. 1 Chinese Grandmaster Ding Liren beginning November 11 at 1 p.m. For the first time in recent history, each match will feature play with no delay or increment.

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