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2024 Champions Showdown: Chess9LX – Day 2 Recap

DAY 2 RECAP

IM Kostya Kavutskiy recaps Day 2 of the seventh Chess 9LX. Taking place at the World Chess Hall of Fame in Saint Louis, Chess 9LX is a 10-player Fischer Random chess (Chess960) rapid round robin tournament (players below). Today was rounds 4-6.

Pre-Round 4-6 Win Probabilities

The team looks at the probabilities of each player to win the 2024 Chess 9LX Fischer Random tournament, as of before Rounds 4-6. The method simulates 15,000 versions of the tournament. Statistics by Ben Underwood.

ROUND 4

Starting Setup for Round 4: Position #190

ROUND 5

Starting Setup for Round 5: Position #668

ROUND 6

Starting Setup for Round 6: Position #464

Hot Takes! Ding vs. Gukesh

The players talk to Begim Tokhirjonova before the 2024 Chess 9LX Fischer Random tournament. This aired during Day 2.