The Saint Louis Chess Club has finally announced its seasonal Champions Showdown, which this year will be held online due to the COVID-19 pandemic. There will be two formats as usual: Fischerandom chess (a.k.a. chess960) and rapid & blitz from September 11–19. The Fischerandom showdown, in particular, will feature ten superstars, including 13th World Chess Champion Garry Kimovich Kasparov, the World Chess Champion in office Magnus Carlsen and world number two Fabiano Caruana, who, from September 11–13, will compete online for a $150,000 prize fund. For further details have a look at the press release.
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