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
Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz 2019
Levon Aronian Wins Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz 2019
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!]