Shall We Play Fischerandom Chess?

The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis will host a special edition of its Champions Showdown from September 11–14, 2018 featuring six matches of Fischerandom chess (idem to say chess960) at blitz and rapid time controls, with the extraordinary participation of 13th World Chess Champion Garry Kimovich Kasparov. Each match will include six rapid games and fourteen blitz games over the five days of play, with a $250,000 prize purse. “Bringing this amount of talent to an event is a tribute to Saint Louis, the chess capital of the world”, Kasparov said. “People will get to see chess champions battle it out in a nontraditional and exciting format that will challenge all competitors”. Player Matchups Garry Kimovich Kasparov vs. Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov Hikaru Nakamura vs. Pyotr Veniaminovich Svidler Wesley So vs. Anish Giri Samuel L. Shankland vs. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Levon Grigori Aronian vs. Leinier Domínguez Pérez For further details, visit: https://www.uschesschamps.com/.