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2016 Champions Showdown

Exhibition event featuring four of the top world players.

The 2016 Champions Showdown shall be an exhibition event featuring four players (Viswanathan Anand, Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura and Veselin Topalov). Over five days, the Players shall complete two Classical Round Robins (G/60 +5” delay), two Rapid Round Robins (G/15 +5” delay) and four Blitz Round Robins (G/3 +2” delay).

Day	Date	Time	Showdown in Saint Louis
Wednesday	9-Nov		Arrival
Thursday	10-Nov	1:00 PM	RR1: Round 1
		3:30 PM	RR1: Round 2
Friday	11-Nov	1:00 PM	RR1: Round 3
		3:30 PM	RR2: Round 1
Saturday	12-Nov	1:00 PM	RR2: Round 2
		3:30 PM	RR2: Round 3
Sunday	13-Nov	1:00 PM	Rapid (6 rounds)
Monday	14-Nov	1:00 PM	Blitz (12 rounds)
Tuesday	15-Nov		Departure

Place	Prize
1st	$60,000
2nd	$40,000
3rd	$30,000
4th	$20,000
Total Prize Fund: $150,000 USD

Watch all the action live in Saint Louis or on uschesschamps.com.

When

November 10th, 2016 1:00 PM through November 14th, 2016 12:00 AM

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