2020 Champions Showdown: Chess 9LX
The top international chess superstars are set to battle online from September 11-13 in Championships Showdown: Chess 9LX hosted by the Saint Louis Chess Club. Champions Showdown: Chess 9LX will feature the world’s top grandmasters including legendary World Champion Garry Kasparov, the reigning World Champion Magnus Carlsen, and World Number 2 Fabiano Caruana. The matches will be played in Chess 960 style, also known as Fischer Random, with a $150,000 prize fund. Games will start daily at 1:00pm CDT (GMT-5) from September 11-13 with expert commentary featuring GM’s Yasser Seirawan and Maurice Ashley and WGM Jennifer Shahade. Viewers can watch live on uschesschamps.com or on STLChessClub’s YouTube and Twitch.tv channels.
| Dates | September 11 - 13, 2020 |
|---|---|
| Format | Round Robin Chess 960 |
| Time control | G/20+10 |
| Prize Fund | $150,000 |
Prize Fund
| PLACE | PRIZE | PLACE | PRIZE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | $37,500 | 6th | $10,000 |
| 2nd | $25,000 | 7th | $7,500 |
| 3rd | $20,000 | 8th | $7,500 |
| 4th | $15,000 | 9th | $7,500 |
| 5th | $12,500 | 10th | $7,500 |
| Total Prize Fund: $150,000 | |||
Schedule
| DATE | TIME* | EVENT |
|---|---|---|
| Sept. 11 | 1:00 PM | Draw for Position |
| 1:03 PM | 9LX Round 1 | |
| 2:30 PM | Draw for Position | |
| 2:33 PM | 9LX Round 2 | |
| 4:00 PM | Draw for Position | |
| 4:03 PM | 9LX Round 3 | |
| Sept. 12 | 1:00 PM | Draw for Position |
| 1:03 PM | 9LX Round 4 | |
| 2:30 PM | Draw for Position | |
| 2:33 PM | 9LX Round 5 | |
| 4:00 PM | Draw for Position | |
| 4:03 PM | 9LX Round 6 | |
| Sept. 13 | 1:00 PM | Draw for Position |
| 1:03 PM | 9LX Round 7 | |
| 2:30 PM | Draw for Position | |
| 2:33 PM | 9LX Round 8 | |
| 4:00 PM | Draw for Position | |
| 4:03 PM | 9LX Round 9 |
*All times are Central Time*
Chess 9LX is an event featuring a chess variant known as Chess 960 or Fischer Random. Chess 960 was created by Bobby Fischer in the late 1990s in which the order of the pieces on the home rank are randomized, with 960 representing the number of possible starting positions. Players will not know the order of the home rank pieces until they arrive before the start of the round and will have to rely on their creativity from move one.
