The third and final speed event of the Grand Chess Tour 2024, Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz Chess Tournament, is taking place from 12-16th August at The World Chess Hall of Fame in Saint Louis, USA.
This event features seven full-tour players and three wildcard players. The total prize fund is $175,000.
There are three leaders after the second day of the rapid tournament. Alireza Firouzja defeated Nodirbek Abdusattorov to catch up with Ian Nepomniachtchi and overnight leader Maxime Vachier-Lagrave on the top.
Rapid round 6 standings:
1-3 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave FRA 2747, Alireza Firouzja FRA 2731 and Ian Nepomniachtchi FID 2753 – 8
4 Levon Aronian USA 2754 – 7
5 Leinier Dominguez USA 2693 – 6
6-9 Fabiano Caruana USA 2777, Hikaru Nakamura USA 2746, Nodirbek Abdusattorov UZB 2732 and Wesley So USA 2735 – 5
10 Praggnanadhaa R IND 2688 – 3
The event will be played in 9 round-robin rapid rounds (2 points/game), and 9 double round-robin blitz rounds (1 point/game), and the cumulative sum of the points will determine the Winner of the tournament.
Day 2 of the Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz continues Tuesday, August 13, with live commentary from GM’s Yasser Seirawan, Peter Svidler, Cristian Chirila and IM Nazi Paikidze starting at 1:00pm CDT. Tune in to the Saint Louis Chess Club’s Twitch & YouTube channels.
Caruana: In GCT, You Can’t Have One Bad Day | #STLRapidBlitz
Nakamura: A Changing of the Guard? | #STLRapidBlitz
