The 1000 GM/IM St. Louis Norm Tournaments will take place from 19-23 July in Saint Louis, Missouri. Both IM and GM events will be played in 9 rounds, round-robin system. The time control will be: 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment.
The field of the Grandmaster tournament is led by GM Dragun Kamil, GM Vladimir Belous and FM Andy Woodward – the top U12 player in the world. The top seeds of the International master tournament are: GM Illia Nyzhnyk, IM Tianqi Wang and IM Justus Williams. Scroll down for starting rank list of both events
1000 GM/IM St. Louis Tournaments LIVE
Starting rank list 1000GM St. Louis:
| No. | Name | FED | Rtg | |
| 6 | GM | Kamil Dragun | POL | 2563 |
| 3 | GM | Belous Vladimir | FID | 2519 |
| 10 | FM | Woodward Andy | USA | 2486 |
| 8 | GM | Chandra Akshat | USA | 2485 |
| 4 | IM | Mardov Dimitar | USA | 2396 |
| 2 | FM | Eswaran Ashritha | USA | 2394 |
| 5 | FM | Shankar Gauri | IND | 2376 |
| 1 | WGM | Abrahamyan Tatev | USA | 2291 |
| 9 | FM | Yu Jennifer | USA | 2268 |
| 7 | FM | Kretchetov Alexandre | RUS | 2219 |
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Starting rank list 1000IM St. Louis:
| No. | Name | FED | Rtg | |
| 7 | GM | NYZHNYK ILLIA | UKR | 2686 |
| 9 | IM | WANG TIANQI | USA | 2402 |
| 4 | IM | WILLIAMS JUSTUS | USA | 2390 |
| 5 | IM | STEFANOV EMIL | BUL | 2342 |
| 1 | WGM | TOKHIRJONOVA GULRUKHBEGIM | USA | 2329 |
| 2 | FM | SETHURAMAN SANDEE | USA | 2305 |
| 3 | PROLEIKO JULIAN | USA | 2238 | |
| 10 | FM | CERVANTES THALIA | USA | 2234 |
| 6 | CM | ALTMAN JOSHUA A | ENG | 2162 |
| 8 | KOZELOV ROMAN | UKR | 2104 |
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