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2023 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz: Day 3 | #GrandChessTour

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Live from the World Chess Hall of Fame, the 7th Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz is the fourth of five legs of the Grand Chess Tour. Six of the Tour players are joined by four wildcards (pairings below) for a rapid round robin and a blitz double round robin. Today are the final three rounds of the rapid round robin. Join GMs Peter Svidler & Yasser Seirawan, IM Tania Sachdev, & WGM Anastasiya Karlovich for the move-by-move.

2023.11.16
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RAPID ROUND 7 | 25 Min. Incr. 10 Sec.
| GAME = 2 PTS
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
(7) vs. Ray Robson (8)
Alireza Firouzja
(6) vs.
Liem Le (7)
Anish Giri (7) vs. Jeffery Xiong (5)
Fabiano Caruana (6) vs. Sam Sevian (5)
Ian Nepomniachtchi
(5) vs. Wesley So
(4)

RAPID ROUND 8 | 25 Min. Incr. 10 Sec.
| GAME = 2 PTS
Anish Giri
vs. Fabiano Caruana
Jeffery Xiong vs. Wesley So
Sam Sevian
vs. Alireza Firouzja
Ray Robson vs. Ian Nepomniachtchi
Liem Le
vs. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

RAPID ROUND 9 | 25 Min. Incr. 10 Sec. | GAME = 2 PTS
Fabiano Caruana vs. Jeffery Xiong

Ian Nepomniachtchi
vs. Liem Le
Alireza Firouzja vs. Anish Giri
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave vs.
Sam Sevian
Wesley So
vs. Ray Robson

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