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The 2022 Champions Showdown: Chess 9LX commenced on the Saint Louis Chess Club on Wednesday with three rounds of electrifying Chess960 (or Fischer Random) video games, pitting the world’s greatest chess gamers towards one another on unfamiliar taking part in fields.

GM Ian Nepomniachtchi emerged as a frontrunner with an ideal rating to start out the occasion, needing solely 75 strikes in whole to win all three of his video games. GM Fabiano Caruana is his closest pursuer after scoring 2.5/3.

Chess960 World Champion GM Wesley So had his prospects of a event win dinted early after a troublesome loss to GM Alireza Firouzja in spherical two whereas former World Champion GM Garry Kasparov and his chief preparation companion on the day, GM Peter Svidler, have been each luckless and unable to choose up factors within the opening rounds.

The occasion will proceed with rounds 4-6 on September fifteenth at 12 p.m. PT/21:00 Central European.

 


Chess followers have been spoiled on Wednesday with two world-class occasions going down concurrently, the Chess.com Global Championship Knockout and the Champions Showdown. With important crossover between the perfect gamers in each fields, the Chess960 occasion in St. Louis ought to show to be an amazing indicator of which gamers are in the perfect kind heading into the Global Championship.

Nakamura will play in each the Champions Showdown and the Chess.com Global Championship. Photo: Lennart Ootes/Chess9LX.

Nepomniachtchi was in fantastic kind within the first rounds, kicking off with a win towards Svidler, who swapped commentary for participation within the occasion. One of the shortest video games of the day was determined in 21 strikes after Nepomniachtchi discovered a intelligent knight sacrifice that put sufficient stress on Svidler to acquire a blunder.

The world championship challenger adopted up his round-one victory with a dark-square demolition of GM Levon Aronian earlier than executing a 19-move crusher towards GM Hikaru Nakamura, who had a sluggish begin on Wednesday. The American GM misplaced two video games however was capable of take solace in his victory towards Kasparov.

Nakamura’s content material group labored exhausting within the background to supply dwell commentary on his Twitch channel, and so they posted a humorous graphic on Twitter that includes Nakamura’s opponents.

Firouzja saved the momentum rolling after two main event victories in Missouri, within the Rapid and Blitz and Sinquefield Cup, scoring a useful win towards the Chess960 World Champion So in addition to attracts towards Caruana and GM Shakriyar Mamedyarov.

Caruana was scientific in rounds 1-3, carving up Mamedyarov and Kasparov with exact play. His recreation towards Mamedyarov was not marked by any notably sensible second, however as a substitute by a constant flurry of forceful strikes that noticed the analysis bar rise like a thermometer in boiling water.

One of the notable options of the occasion is the 15-minute preparation interval earlier than the beginning of every spherical. With such little time to plan after the beginning place is chosen, it was curious to see the totally different preparation strategies employed by the gamers. Kasparov labored completely with Svidler on the board whereas the opposite contributors shaped small teams to speak about concepts. Nakamura and Firouzja most popular to gather their ideas privately earlier than heading to their boards.

Kasparov was suffering from a number of tough blunders within the early rounds. Photo: Lennart Ootes/Chess9LX.

Defending Champion GM Leinier Dominguez began the day solidly, scoring 1.5/2 earlier than he faltered towards Aronian, who performed a successful transfer that highlighted an enchanting castling situation distinctive to Chess960. 

Heading into day two all eyes will flip to the top-of-the-table showdown between Nepomniachtchi and Caruana, which is able to go an extended strategy to figuring out a event victor. Meanwhile, chess followers will relish the chance to observe Kasparov take the white items towards Firouzja in an intergenerational conflict for the ages.

All Games Day 1

Current Standings












# Fed Player Rating Total
1

Ian Nepomniachtchi 2792 3
2 Fabiano Caruana 2758 2.5
3 Alirezja Firouzja 2778 2
4 Levon Aronian 2759 2
5 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 2757 1.5
6 Leinier Dominguez 2745 1.5
7 Wesley So 2771 1.5
8 Hikaru Nakamura 2768 1
9

Peter Svidler 2683 0
10

Garry Kasparov 2812 0

The Champions Showdown: Chess 9LX event takes place September 14-16, 2022, on the chess membership in St. Louis.  Players compete in a 10-player fast (20+10) spherical robin for his or her share of the $150,000 prize fund. 



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