SAINT LOUIS, September 12, 2022 - The top international chess superstars are set to battle it out over the board from September 13-16 in Champions Showdown: Chess 9LX™, which will feature the world’s top grandmasters including legendary 13th World Champion Garry Kasparov, World Number 3, Ian Nepomniachtchi, World Number 4 and 2022 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz, Sinquefield Cup winner, and 2022 Grand Chess Tour champion, Alireza Firouzja and returning 2021 Ches
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.
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The world’s top grandmasters battle from September 14-16 in a Fischer random chess rapid round robin. It's Chess960: see what happens when bank-rank pieces are scrambled and opening theory is obliterated! Nakamura, Nepomniachtchi, Wesley So, Caruana, Aronian, Firouzja, Mamedyarov, Dominguez, Svidler, and Kasparov play the first three rounds today. Join GMs Alejandro Ramirez, Yasser Seirawan, and WGM Anastasiya Karlovych for the move-by-move.
2021.09.14
USChessChamps.com
Alireza Firouzja talks to Alejandro Ramirez after defeating Nepomniachtchi in the playoff of the 2022 Sinquefield Cup. Firouzja is the first person to win the Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz, Sinquefield Cup, and the entire Grand Chess Tour all in the same season.
2022.09.11
KasparovChess.com
GrandChessTour.org
Hans Niemann talks to Alejandro Ramirez after a draw with Nepomniachtchi in the ninth round of the 2022 Sinquefield Cup.
2022.09.11
KasparovChess.com
GrandChessTour.org
Ian Nepomniachtchi talks to Alejandro Ramirez after a draw with Niemann in the ninth round of the 2022 Sinquefield Cup.
2022.09.11
KasparovChess.com
GrandChessTour.org
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.
2022.09.11
KasparovChess.com
GrandChessTour.org
Levon Aronian talks to Alejandro Ramirez after a draw with Mamedyarov in the ninth round of the 2022 Sinquefield Cup.
2022.09.11
KasparovChess.com
GrandChessTour.org
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov talks to Alejandro Ramirez after a draw with Aronian in the ninth round of the 2022 Sinquefield Cup.
2022.09.11
KasparovChess.com
GrandChessTour.org
Leinier Dominguez talks to Alejandro Ramirez after a draw with Wesley So in the ninth round of the 2022 Sinquefield Cup.
2022.09.11
KasparovChess.com
GrandChessTour.org
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