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2018 Spring Chess Classic

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Event Details

Mar 6, 2018 - Mar 14, 2018

The 2018 Spring Chess Classic is the first of four tournaments each year featuring international chess professionals. The Spring Chess Classic is comprised of two 10-player Round Robin tournaments. Over the course of 10 days, these competitors will battle for more than $30,000 in prize money and gain valuable experience in top-level events.

The Quarterly Strong Tournaments here at the Saint Louis Chess Club 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. Opportunities in the U.S. are rare grandmasters at the 2600 level.

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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 Xiong, Jeffery	USA	2640	x	½	½	1	½	½	1	1	½	1	6.5
2	GM Shankland, Samuel	USA	2668	½	x	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	5.0
3	GM Swiercz, Dariusz	POL	2654	½	½	x	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	5.0
4	GM Akobian, Varuzhan	USA	2647	0	½	½	x	½	1	½	½	1	½	5.0
5	GM Bruzon Batista, Lazaro	CUB	2673	½	½	½	½	x	½	½	0	½	1	4.5
6	GM Edouard, Romain	FRA	2613	½	½	½	0	½	x	1	½	½	½	4.5
7	GM Onischuk, Alexander	USA	2681	0	½	½	½	½	0	x	½	1	½	4.0
8	GM Zherebukh, Yaroslav	USA	2628	0	½	0	½	1	½	½	x	½	½	4.0
9	GM Ipatov, Alexander	TUR	2665	½	½	½	0	½	½	0	½	x	½	3.5
10	GM Ganguly, Surya Shekhar	IND	2650	0	0	½	½	0	½	½	½	½	x	3.0

Rank	Name	Fed.	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Score
1	GM Mikhalevski, Victor	ISR	2537	x	½	½	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	7.0
2	GM Gorovets, Andrey	BLR	2498	½	x	½	1	0	1	½	½	1	1	6.0
3	GM Kannappan Priyadharshan	IND	2513	½	½	x	1	½	0	½	½	1	1	5.5
4	GM Khachiyan, Melikset	USA	2522	0	0	0	x	½	½	1	1	½	1	4.5
5	GM Chandra, Akshat	USA	2510	0	1	½	½	x	0	½	½	½	1	4.5
6	IM Shtembuliak, Evgeny	UKR	2505	1	0	1	½	1	x	½	0	0	½	4.5
7	GM Liang, Awonder	USA	2578	0	½	½	0	½	½	x	1	½	½	4.0
8	GM Ali Marandi, Cemil Can	TUR	2538	0	½	½	0	½	1	0	x	½	1	4.0
9	GM Fier, Alexandr	BRA	2544	0	0	0	½	½	1	½	½	x	½	3.5
10	Grabinsky, Aaron	USA	2359	0	0	0	0	0	½	½	0	½	x	1.5

The Players

Additional Info

Aaron Grabinsky

Invitational Rating: 2375

Romain Edouard

Invitational Rating: 2613

Alex Onischuk

Invitational Rating: 2681

Lazaro Bruzon

Invitational Rating: 2673

Sam Shankland

Invitational Rating: 2662

Alex Ipatov

Invitational Rating: 2659

Var Akobian

Invitational Rating: 2657

Surya Ganguly

Invitational Rating: 2642

Dariusz Swiercz

Invitational Rating: 2649

Yaroslav Zherebukh

Invitational Rating: 2639

Jeffery Xiong

Invitational Rating: 2634

Alex Fier

Invitational Rating: 2557

Cemil Can Ali Marandi

Invitational Rating: 2538

Melikset Khachiyan

Invitational Rating: 2522

Victor Mikhalevski

Invitational Rating: 2538

Andrey Gorovets

Invitational Rating: 2517

Priyadharshan Kannappan

Invitational Rating: 2510

Akshat Chandra

Invitational Rating: 2510

Awonder Liang

Invitational Rating: 2572

Jack Shtembuliak

Invitational Rating: 2501

Schedule

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