19 September 2020

Magnus Carlsen Retakes Lead at Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz

Final match day is ahead.

Photo by Lennart Ootes
Photo by Lennart Ootes

The first part of the blitz event was played at the Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz super tournament on September 18. The results of blitz are summed up with the rapid ones.

Standings after 9 rounds of blitz:

1. Magnus Carlsen - 6.5 points
2. Hikaru Nakamura - 5.5
3-4. Wesley So, Ian Nepomniachtchi - 5
5-6. Jefferey Xiong, Alexander Grischuk - 4.5
7-10. Levon Aronian, Pentala Harikrishna, Alireza Firouzja, Leinier Dominguez - 3.5.

Rapid + blitz standings:

1. Magnus Carlsen - 18.5 points
2. Wesley So - 18
3. Ian Nepomniachtchi - 15
4-5. Hikaru Nakamura, Alexander Grischuk - 14.5
6-7. Levon Aronian, Pentala Harikrishna - 12.5
8. Jefferey Xiong - 11.5
9. Leinier Dominguez - 9.5
10. Alireza Firouzja - 8.5.

The grandmasters will play the final 9 rounds of blitz on September 19.


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