Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura Share Victory at Champions Showdown: Chess 9LX

Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz starts on September 15.

The Championships Showdown: Chess 9LX, organised by the Saint Louis Chess Club, finished on September 13.  

Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura shared victory having scored 6 points out of 9. Levon Aronian and Fabiano Caruana are half a point behind. Wesley So has scored 5 points. Leinier Dominguez and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave got 4 points. Garry Kasparov finished on the eighth place with 3.5 points. Peter Svidler (3 points) and Alireza Firouzja (2.5 points) are enclosing the tournament table. 

The Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz super tournament starts on September 15 featuring the world strongest grandmasters Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, Wesley So, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Alexander Grischuk, Levon Aronian, Leinier Dominguez, Alireza Firouzja, Pentala Harikrishna, and Jeffery Xiong. 

The grandmasters will play 9 rounds in rapid (September 15-17) and 18 rounds in blitz chess (September 18-19). 

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