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2017 Fall Chess Classic

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Event Details

Sep 6, 2017 - Sep 14, 2017

Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis

The 2017 Fall Chess Classic is the last of four tournaments each year featuring international chess professionals. The Fall Chess Classic is comprised of two 10-player Round Robin tournaments. Over the course of 10 days, these competitors will battle for more than $50,000 in prize money and gain valuable experience in top-level events.

The Quarterly Strong Tournaments here at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center were created so strong international masters and newly minted grandmasters could participate in strong round robin tournaments in which to test their mettle against players of similar levels and to learn from these experiences. These tournaments are very rare. Generally, organizers are more interested in hosting elite events with big names such as Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So or Magnus Carlsen. These organizers are rarely seeking sponsorship for grandmasters in the 2600 level.

Every quarter, the Chess Club will host these strong events.

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Tournament Crosstable

Wins / Draws / Losses

Standard Scoring

1 Win

½ Draw

0 Loss

Rank	Name	Fed.	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Score
1	GM Meier, Georg	GER	2649	x	½	½	1	1	½	½	½	½	½	5.5
2	GM Zherebukh, Yaroslav	USA	2627	½	x	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	5.5
3	GM Swiercz, Dariusz	POL	2638	½	½	x	0	1	½	½	1	½	½	5.0
4	GM Shimanov, Aleksandr	RUS	2646	0	½	1	x	½	0	½	½	½	1	4.5
5	GM Kovalev, Vladislav	BLR	2640	0	½	0	½	x	½	½	½	1	1	4.5
6	GM Ju, Wenjun	CHN	2578	½	½	½	1	½	x	½	1	0	0	4.5
7	IM Liang, Awonder	USA	2540	½	½	½	½	½	½	x	½	½	½	4.5
8	GM Naroditsky, Daniel	USA	2647	½	½	0	½	½	0	½	x	½	1	4.0
9	GM Li, Ruifeng	USA	2540	½	0	½	½	0	1	½	½	x	½	4.0
10	GM Petrosian, Tigran L.	ARM	2615	½	0	½	0	0	1	½	0	½	x	3.0

Rank	Name	Fed.	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Score
1	GM Friedel, Joshua E	USA	2536	x	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	6.5
2	GM Pichot, Alan	ARG	2565	½	x	½	½	½	0	1	1	1	1	6.0
3	GM Pavlidis, Antonios	GRE	2536	½	½	x	0	1	½	1	½	1	1	6.0
4	GM Ramirez, Alejandro	USA	2563	½	½	1	x	1	½	0	1	0	1	5.5
5	WGM Ni, Shiqun	CHN	2432	½	½	0	0	x	½	1	½	1	1	5.0
6	GM Chandra, Akshat	USA	2480	½	1	½	½	½	x	½	1	0	0	4.5
7	GM Shabalov, Alexander	USA	2561	0	0	0	1	0	½	x	½	0	1	3.0
8	IM Prasanna Raghuram Rao	IND	2455	0	0	½	0	½	0	½	x	1	½	3.0
9	WGM Abrahamyan, Tatev	USA	2333	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	x	0	3.0
10	GM Arribas Lopez, Angel	ESP	2505	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	½	1	x	2.5

The Players

Additional Info

Ruifeng Li

Invitational Rating: 2540

Tigran Petrosyan

Invitational Rating: 2430

Georg Meier

Invitational Rating: 2649

Vladislav Kovalev

Invitational Rating: 2640

Aleksandr Shimanov

Invitational Rating: 2646

Dariusz Swiercz

Invitational Rating: 2638

Awonder Liang

Invitational Rating: 2540

Daniel Naroditsky

Invitational Rating: 2644

Wenjun Ju

Invitational Rating: 2578

Yaroslav Zherebukh

Invitational Rating: 2627

Alan Pichot

Invitational Rating: 2564

Akshat Chandra

Invitational Rating: 2480

Tatev Abrahamyan

Invitational Rating: 2333

Alejandro Ramirez

Invitational Rating: 2563

Antonis Pavlidis

Invitational Rating: 2536

Rao Prasanna

Invitational Rating: 2455

Shiqun Ni

Invitational Rating: 2432

Angel Arribas Lopez

Invitational Rating: 2505

Josh Friedel

Invitational Rating: 2536

Alexander Shabalov

Invitational Rating: 2561

Schedule

Day	Time	Groups A & B
Tuesday 5-September		Arrival
Wednesday 6-September	12:00 PM	Player Meeting
Wednesday 6-September	1:00 PM	Round 1
Thursday 7-September	1:00 PM	Round 2
Friday 8-September	1:00 PM	Round 3
Saturday 9-September	1:00 PM	Round 4
Sunday 10-September	1:00 PM	Round 5
Monday 11-September	1:00 PM	Round 6
Tuesday 12-September	1:00 PM	Round 7
Wednesday 13-September	1:00 PM	Round 8
Thursday 14-September	11:00 AM	Round 9
	5:00 PM	Playoff
	6:30 PM	Closing Ceremony
Friday 15-September		Departure