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Chess 9LX Champions Showdown 2022 – Pairings & Schedule

The Champions showdown 2022 – Chess 9LX Fischer random tournament will take place from 13-16 September in Saint Louis Chess Club. Top international chess superstars will battle it out over the board: 13th World Champion Garry Kasparov, World Number 3, Ian Nepomniachtchi, World Number 4 and 2022 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz winner, Sinquefield Cup winner, and Grand Chess Tour champion, Alireza FirouzjaLevon Aronian, Fabiano Caruana, Leinier DominguezHikaru NakamuraWesley SoShakhriyar Mamedyarov, and Peter Svidler. The tournament will be played in 9 rounds, round-robin system, in Chess 960 style, also known as Fischer Random. The total prize fund of the event is $150,000. Scroll down for pairings and schedule

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Round 1 – Wednesday, September 14, 14:00 CDT:
Leinier Dominguez – Wesley So
Peter Svidler – Ian Nepomniachtchi
Levon Aronian – Garry Kasparov
Hikaru Nakamura – Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
Fabiano Caruana – Alireza Firouzja

Round 2 – Wednesday, September 14, 15:15 CDT:
Wesley So – Alireza Firouzja
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov – Fabiano Caruana
Garry Kasparov – Hikaru Nakamura
Ian Nepomnichtchi – Levon Aronian
Leinier Dominguez – Peter Svidler

Round 3 – Wednesday, September 14, 16:30 CDT:
Peter Svidler – Wesley So
Levon Aronian – Leinier Dominguez
Hikaru Nakamura – Ian Nepomniachtchi
Fabiano Caruana – Garry Kasparov
Alireza Firouzja – Shakhriyar Mamedyarov

Round 4 – Thursday, September 15, 14:00 CDT:
Wesley So – Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
Garry Kasparov – Alireza Firouzja
Ian Nepomniachtchi – Fabiano Caruana
Leinier Dominguez – Hikaru Nakamura
Peter Svidler – Levon Aronian

Round 5 – Thursday, September 15, 15:15 CDT:

Levon Aronian – Wesley So
Hikaru Nakamura – Peter Svidler
Fabiano Caruana – Leinier Dominguez
Alireza Firouzja – Ian Nepomniachtchi
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov – Garry Kasparov

Round 6 – Thursday, September 15, 16:30 CDT:
Wesley So – Garry Kasparov
Ian Nepomniachtchi – Shakhruyar Mamedyarov
Leinier Dominguez – Alireza Firouzja
Peter Svidler – Fabiano Caruana
Levon Aronian – Hikaru Nakamura

Round 7 – Friday, September 16, 14:00 CDT:
Hikaru Nakamura – Wesley So
Fabiano Caruana – Levon Aronian
Alireza Firouzja – Peter Svidler
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov – Leinier Dominguez
Garry Kasparov – Ian Nepomniachtchi

Round 8 – Friday, September 16, 15:15 CDT:
Wesley So – Ian Nepomniachtchi
Leinier Dominguez – Garry Kasparov
Peter Svidler – Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
Levon Aronian – Alireza Firouzja
Hikaru Nakamura – Fabiano Caruana

Round 9 – Friday, September 16, 16:30 CDT:
Fabiano Caruana – Wesley So
Alireza Firouzja – Hikaru Nakamura
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov – Levon Aronian
Garry Kasparov – Peter Svidler
Ian Nepomniachtchi – Leinier Dominguez

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