Live from the World Chess Hall of Fame, the sixth Chess 9LX event is a 10-player Fischer Random chess (Chess960) round robin rapid tournament (pairings below). Today are the final three rounds, plus playoffs if necessary. Join GMs Yasser Seirawan, Cristian Chirila, and IM Nazi Paikidze for the move-by-move.
2023.09.10
USChessChamps.com
LIVE GAMES: https://lichess.org/broadcast/2023-champions-showdown-chess9lx/round-7/c...
ROUND 7 | 20 Min. Incr. 5 Sec.
Wesley So
(3.5) vs. Levon Aronian
(4.5)
Garry Kasparov
(3) vs. Sam Sevian
(4.5)
Jeffery Xiong
(2.5) vs.
Fabiano Caruana
(3.5)
Ray Robson
(1) vs.
Sam Shankland
(3.5)
Hikaru Nakamura
(3) vs. Leinier Dominguez
(1)
ROUND 8 | 20 Min. Incr. 5 Sec.
Leinier Dominguez
vs. Ray Robson
Wesley So
vs. Hikaru Nakamura
Levon Aronian vs.
Fabiano Caruana
Sam Sevian
vs. Jeffery Xiong
Sam Shankland
vs. Garry Kasparov
ROUND 9 | 20 Min. Incr. 5 Sec.
Fabiano Caruana
vs. Sam Sevian
Hikaru Nakamura vs. Levon Aronian
Jeffery Xiong
vs. Sam Shankland
Ray Robson
vs. Wesley So
Garry Kasparov vs. Leinier Dominguez
PLAYOFF SCENARIOS
2 PLAYERS | 10 Min. Incr. 2 Sec.
two-game match (Armageddon if needed)
3-4 PLAYERS | 10 Min. Incr. 2 Sec.
round robin (then 3 Min. Incr. 2 Sec. round robin)
5+ PLAYERS | 5v4 Armageddon Knockout
