2018 Winter Chess Classic

Dariusz Swiercz

Title: 
Grandmaster
Rating: 
2667
Federation: 
USA
Age: 
25
Status: 
Accepted
Bio: 

Darius is the youngest Polish player of all time to qualify for the title Grandmaster at the age of 14 in 2009. Świercz won the 2011 World Junior Chess Championship at the age of 17 and is currently the only Polish male chess player to accomplish this title. The following year he also won the Under 18 World Championship.

Jeffery Xiong

Title: 
Grandmaster
Rating: 
2656
Federation: 
USA
Age: 
17
Status: 
Accepted
Bio: 

Jeffery Xiong of Coppell, Texas, is the highest ranked player in the US under the age of 18. He won the World Junior Chess Championship in 2016 at the age of 15, which was the first time an American chess player has won in 2 decades. He was also the youngest winner of the Chicago Open Chess Championship in history, when he won it in 2015 at the age of 14. He was awarded the prestigious Samford Chess Fellowship in 2017. He has represented the USA in the 2017 World Team Championship and FIDE World Cup.

Pairings & Results | A

Pairings & Results | B

Game White Result Black
T-1 Zaven Andriasian 0 - 1 Victor Mikhalevski
T-2 Victor Mikhalevski 0 - 1 Zaven Andriasian
Armageddon Victor Mikhalevski 0 - 1 Zaven Andriasian
GM Zaven Andriasian won the Winter Chess Classic B on tiebreaks


Regulations

Format Summary:
The 2018 Winter Chess Classic shall be a 10-player tournament paired as a Round Robin.

2018 Winter Chess Classic

The 2018 Winter Chess Classic is the fourth of four tournaments each year featuring international chess professionals. The Winter Chess Classic is comprised of two 10-player Round Robin tournaments. Over the course of 10 days, these competitors will battle for more than $30,000 in prize money and gain valuable experience in top-level events.

The Quarterly Strong Tournaments here at the Saint Louis Chess Club were created so strong international masters and newly minted grandmasters could participate in strong round robin tournaments in which to test their mettle against players of similar levels and to learn from these experiences. These tournaments are very rare. Generally, organizers are more interested in hosting elite events with big names such as Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So or Magnus Carlsen. Opportunities in the U.S. are rare grandmasters at the 2600 level.

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