October 3, 2025

Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz 2019

The Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz was held between August 9th and 15th, in Saint Louis, United States of America. It is part of the 2019 Grand Chess Tour. It featured a round robin rapid tournament, played over August 10th, 11th and 12th. There followed a double-round-robin blitz event, played over August 13th and 14th. It had a prize fund of $150,000 (£123,447 / €135,202), 1st prize of $37,500 (£30,861 / €33,800). Official website: https://grandchesstour.org/2019-grand-chess-tour/2019-saint-louis-rapid-blitz

Levon Aronian Wins Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz 2019

August 15, 2019 John Lee Shaw

The second day of Blitz at the 2019 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz tournament, was also the final day of play. It took place on Wednesday 14th August. Leading the event, was French Grandmaster, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, half a point ahead of Levon Aronian of Armenia. Unfortunately for Maxime, he did […check it out!]

Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz 2019: Vachier-Lagrave Snatches Lead After First Day Of Blitz

August 14, 2019 John Lee Shaw

After three days of rapid chess, the Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz tournament, switched it up a notch and moved to blitz chess. This section of the event would see the 10 players playing a double-round-robin, held over two days. Unlike the rapid section, which saw 2 points for a […check it out!]

Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz 2019: Vachier-Lagrave Joins Aronian At The Top Going To The Blitz

August 13, 2019 John Lee Shaw

Day three of the Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz 2019, took place on August 12th. It was the final day of play for the rapid section. Going into day three, the tournament was being led by Armenian Grandmaster, Levon Aronian, with his score of 10-points. (Grand Chess Tour Scoring is […check it out!]

Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz 2019: Vachier Lagrave Dominates Day 2 With 3/3

August 12, 2019 John Lee Shaw

Day two of play at the Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz 2019, took place on August 11th. It saw Levon Aronian, (who had dominated play on day one, with a 3/3 score), consolidating his position at the top of the standings. The Armenian drew his first and last games of […check it out!]

Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz 2019: Aronian Starts Strongly with 3/3

August 11, 2019 John Lee Shaw

After the opening ceremony on the 9th of August, the action at the Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz 2019, kicked off in Saint Louis, United States of America, on August 10th. The fourth event in the current cycle of the Grand Chess Tour, the event left classical chess behind, in […check it out!]

Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz 2019

Levon Aronian Wins Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz 2019

Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz 2019: Vachier-Lagrave Snatches Lead After First Day Of Blitz

Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz 2019: Vachier-Lagrave Joins Aronian At The Top Going To The Blitz

Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz 2019: Vachier Lagrave Dominates Day 2 With 3/3

Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz 2019: Aronian Starts Strongly with 3/3

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Tata Steel 2020, Rd 10: Carlsen Wins Again. Caruana Retains Lead After Beating Firouzja

The World Champion stamps some authority in this game, against the player many are tipping to be a future challenger and successor. The other games are drawn, Caruana leads. The Challengers group sees a 3-way tie at the top.

Fabiano outplays Vishy in the endgame to take the point, he leads with Alireza Firouzja on 5.5/8. Artemiev collapses against Carlsen, who notches up a rather comfortable point. Duda and Kovalev also win. Eljanov remains in the lead of the Challengers, which sees 4 games decided.

Tussle of the 'born in the 2000s' goes the way of the Iranian as his American opponent falters. Points also go to Caruana and van Foreest. Vishy Anand survives against Magnus Carlsen. Things largely unchanged in the Challengers as Sarin beats Saduakassova, Eljanov still at the top of the standings.

2018's World Championship rivals, are again not to be separated. Anish Giri recovers his point from round 5, at the cost of Vladislav Kovalev, while Daniil Dubov sees Vladislav Artemiev strategically wanting. The Challengers group sees 3 decided games, Eljanov leads.

Round 5 takes place away from Wijk aan Zee, at the stadium of football team, PSV Einhoven. It sees Firouzja take his 3rd win in 5 games, notching up a performance rating of 2854 so far. Xiong suffers at the hands of Anand. The Challengers group sees 6 of the 7 games decided.

In a very one-sided game, the player who gave the chess world 'My System', demonstrates his strategic superiority and notches up a very fine and instructive miniature.

Adams takes the only point of the round, adds to Topalov's suffering

Listless final White game for Karjakin keeps match tied; Carlsen with his yet to come.

Dutchman pounces on mistake by Svidler. Gelfand and Anand also drop points.

Between 1939 and 1940, Paul Keres and Max Euwe played a 14-game match in the Netherlands. In game nine, Euwe would make some serious strategic errors. Keres takes advantage and plays a powerful game, which becomes known as 'the ninth' in relation to Beethoven's last symphony.