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2019 Spring Chess Classic

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Event Details

Mar 2, 2019 - Mar 10, 2019

The 2019 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 grandmasters can participate in strong round robin tournaments 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 for grandmasters at the 2600 level.

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	2666	x	½	1	1	½	½	½	1	½	½	6.0
2	GM Nyzhnyk, Illya	UKR	2638	½	x	½	1	½	1	½	½	½	½	5.5
3	GM Le, Quang Liem	VIE	2710	0	½	x	½	½	0	½	1	1	1	5.0
4	GM Robson, Ray	USA	2667	0	0	½	x	½	½	1	1	1	½	5.0
5	GM Tari, Aryan	NOR	2620	½	½	½	½	x	1	½	½	0	½	4.5
6	GM Hansen, Eric	CAN	2615	½	0	1	½	0	x	1	½	½	½	4.5
7	GM Akobian, Varuzhan	USA	2643	½	½	½	0	½	0	x	0	1	1	4.0
8	GM Bok, Benjamin	NED	2638	0	½	0	0	½	½	1	x	½	1	4.0
9	GM Kasimdzhanov, Rustam	UZB	2661	½	½	0	0	1	½	0	½	x	½	3.5
10	GM Ivanchuk, Vassily	UKR	2713	½	½	0	½	½	½	0	0	½	x	3.0

Rank	Name	Fed.	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Score
1	GM Bai, Jinshi	CHN	2593	x	½	½	1	½	1	0	½	1	1	6.0
2	GM Mista, Aleksander	POL	2592	½	x	½	½	½	1	1	0	1	½	5.5
3	GM Baryshpolets, Andrey	UKR	2589	½	½	x	1	0	½	½	½	½	1	5.0
4	GM Erenburg, Sergey	USA	2586	0	½	0	x	½	1	0	1	1	½	4.5
5	GM Kadric, Denis	BIH	2545	½	½	1	½	x	½	½	0	1	0	4.5
6	GM Kaidanov, Gregory	USA	2540	0	0	½	0	½	x	1	1	1	½	4.5
7	GM Chirila, Ioan-Cristian	ROU	2566	1	0	½	1	½	0	x	0	0	1	4.0
8	FM Sorokin, Aleksey	RUS	2531	½	1	½	0	1	0	1	x	0	0	4.0
9	GM Steingrimsson, Hedinn	ISL	2561	0	0	½	0	0	0	1	1	x	1	3.5
10	IM Theodorou, Nikolas	GRE	2551	0	½	0	½	1	½	0	1	0	x	3.5

The Players

Additional Info

Denis Kadric

Invitational Rating: 2547

Aleksey Sorokin

Invitational Rating: 2531

Eric Hansen

Invitational Rating: 2615

Andrey Baryshpolets

Invitational Rating: 2580

Christian Chirila

Invitational Rating: 2561

Sergey Erenburg

Invitational Rating: 2589

Jinshi Bai

Invitational Rating: 2572

Gregory Kaidanov

Invitational Rating: 2544

Alex Mista

Invitational Rating: 2592

Hedinn Steingrimsson

Invitational Rating: 2573

Nikolas Theodorou

Invitational Rating: 2546

Jeffery Xiong

Invitational Rating: 2672

Aryan Tari

Invitational Rating: 2620

Ray Robson

Invitational Rating: 2667

Illia Nyzhnyk

Invitational Rating: 2624

Rustam Kasimdzhanov

Invitational Rating: 2659

Var Akobian

Invitational Rating: 2643

Vassily Ivanchuk

Invitational Rating: 2717

Liem Le

Invitational Rating: 2694

Benjamin Bok

Invitational Rating: 2643

Schedule

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