2016 Champions Showdown

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Veselin Topalov. Fabiano Caruana. Viswanathan Anand. Hikaru Nakamura.

This November, in true holiday spirit, the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis will host a showdown between four of the top rated players in the world. Over five days in the ultimate champions matchup, No. 3 rated Fabiano Caruana, No. 7 rated Hikaru Nakamura, and two former world champions, No. 8 Viswanathan Anand of India and No. 13 Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria, will compete in three different styles of chess: two classical round robins (G/60 +5 delay), two rapid round robins (G/15 +5 delay) and four blitz round robins (G/3 +2 delay)

Each game of the exhibition will be broadcast live at 1 p.m. CT on uschesschamps.com. Join us at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis Thursday, November 10 through Monday, November 14  to watch the showdown play out live.

Day Date Time Showdown in Saint Louis

Wednesday

9-Nov


Arrival

Thursday

10-Nov

1:00 PM

RR1: Round 1: 60 minute, 5 second delay



3:30 PM

RR1: Round 2: 60 minute, 5 second delay

Friday

11-Nov

1:00 PM

RR1: Round 3: 60 minute, 5 second delay



3:30 PM

RR2: Round 1: 60 minute, 5 second delay

Saturday

12-Nov

1:00 PM

RR2: Round 2: 60 minute, 5 second delay



3:30 PM

RR2: Round 3: 60 minute, 5 second delay

Sunday

13-Nov

1:00 PM

Rapid (6 rounds): 15 minutes

Monday

14-Nov

1:00 PM

Blitz (12 rounds)

Tuesday

15-Nov


Departure

Place Prize
1st $60,000
2nd $40,000
3rd $30,000
4th $20,000
Total Prize Fund: $150,000 USD