2024 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz: Day 4 | #GrandChessTour
Live from the World Chess Hall of Fame, the 8th Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz is the third of five legs of the Grand Chess Tour. Five of the Tour players are joined by five wildcards (roster below) for a rapid round robin and a blitz double round robin. Today is the first blitz round robin. Join GMs Yasser Seirawan, Peter Svidler, & Cristian Chirila, and IM Nazi Paikidze for the move-by-move.
2024.08.15
BLITZ ROUND 1 | 5 Min. Incr. 2 Sec.
Hikaru Nakamura (9) vs. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (11)
Ian Nepomniachtchi (11) vs. Wesley So (9)
Alireza Firouzja (11) vs. Leinier Dominguez (9)
Fabiano Caruana (8) vs. Levon Aronian (10)
Nodirbek Abdusattorov (8) vs. R Praggnanandhaa (4)
BLITZ ROUND 2 | 5 Min. Incr. 2 Sec.
Wesley So vs. Fabiano Caruana
Hikaru Nakamura vs. Nodirbek Abdusattorov
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave vs. Leinier Dominguez
Levon Aronian vs. Alireza Firouzja
R Praggnanandhaa vs. Ian Nepomniachtchi
BLITZ ROUND 3 | 5 Min. Incr. 2 Sec.
Fabiano Caruana vs. R Praggnanandhaa
Nodirbek Abdusattorov vs. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Leinier Dominguez vs. Levon Aronian
Alireza Firouzja vs. Wesley So
Ian Nepomniachtchi vs. Hikaru Nakamura
BLITZ ROUND 4 | 5 Min. Incr. 2 Sec.
Wesley So vs. Leinier Dominguez
Hikaru Nakamura vs. Fabiano Caruana
Nodirbek Abdusattorov vs. Ian Nepomniachtchi
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave vs. Levon Aronian
R Praggnanandhaa vs. Alireza Firouzja
BLITZ ROUND 5 | 5 Min. Incr. 2 Sec.
Fabiano Caruana vs. Nodirbek Abdusattorov
Leinier Dominguez vs. R Praggnanandhaa
Levon Aronian vs. Wesley So
Alireza Firouzja vs. Hikaru Nakamura
Ian Nepomniachtchi vs. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
BLITZ ROUND 6 | 5 Min. Incr. 2 Sec.
Hikaru Nakamura vs. Leinier Dominguez
Nodirbek Abdusattorov vs. Alireza Firouzja
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave vs. Wesley So
R Praggnanandhaa vs. Levon Aronian
Ian Nepomniachtchi vs. Fabiano Caruana
BLITZ ROUND 7 | 5 Min. Incr. 2 Sec.
Wesley So vs. R Praggnanandhaa
Fabiano Caruana vs. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Leinier Dominguez vs. Nodirbek Abdusattorov
Levon Aronian vs. Hikaru Nakamura
Alireza Firouzja vs. Ian Nepomniachtchi
BLITZ ROUND 8 | 5 Min. Incr. 2 Sec.
Fabiano Caruana vs. Alireza Firouzja
Hikaru Nakamura vs. Wesley So
Nodirbek Abdusattorov vs. Levon Aronian
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave vs. R Praggnanandhaa
Ian Nepomniachtchi vs. Leinier Dominguez
BLITZ ROUND 9 | 5 Min. Incr. 2 Sec.
Wesley So vs. Nodirbek Abdusattorov
Leinier Dominguez vs. Fabiano Caruana
Levon Aronian vs. Ian Nepomniachtchi
Alireza Firouzja vs. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
R Praggnanandhaa vs. Hikaru Nakamura
I love Yasser's commentary usually but I had to stop this because I couldn't bear to hear Wowowowowowowo any more times. It's just way too much! A shame. Great field.
Did you know what is the funniest part of the Chess game?!
When the english translators were naming the chess pieces from persian, they put the word "VAZIR" which means "Counselor" or "Iranian first minister" to Queen!
The problem is:
when a soldier reaches the last row of the chessboard, he can become a Counselor (VAZIR). Even if all eight soldiers reach the final line, they can become Counselor (VAZIR).
What happened now:
They changed the king's advisor to the king's wife, and if any soldier reaches the last row of the chess, the king gets a new wife 🤣🤣🤣
So embarrassing!
The coverage is so disappointing. Stop showing a live board. No one wants that view. Sigh. Unwatchable
Huge Hikaru fan, but him being squashed after talking badly about aliereza and crying like a child was satisfying
Hikaru throwing matches
Hikaru throwing matches
BRING GM HANS NIEMANN BACK!!
BRING GM HANS NIEMANN BACK!!
rooting for wesley so
I love Yasser and Svidler commentary, so educational
Get over your hatred of Hans, people. What a sad chat replay showing all of the hatred. He screwed up, no doubt, but he also has done everything possible to show that he really can play, and hasn't cheated for over three years now. Magnus lost fair and square in that game, with an accuracy of 88% compared to 92%, neither all that stellar in terms of GM play.
Correction Yasser , Wesley was former World No 2 and not No 3. He catapulted in 2017 to peak rating 2822 that year for 7th highest rating of all time!!!🎉🎉🎉😊
Would be nice for us lower rated peons if the commentator would slow down with the analysis. Peter is running through the analysis 100 mph. How can anyone follow? Please, slow down.
2:32:32 amazing how WESLEY could see the skewer SO fast!
Edit: Not a pin, but a skewer.
Of all the indians sending pragg is really questionable
Hikaru didn’t make a recap video today. Bro got humbled .
I love Yasser! Such a wholesome, calm and collected demeanor!
Pragg is literally a punching bag in this event
Alireza rating 2869? or is that a typo?
Huge Hikaru fan but it's good he's getting humbled. I love Hikaru, but some of his fanboys just can't think objectively. Alireza smashing him in BCC, and then smashing him in both the rapid and blitz portion is nice to see after Hikaru was talking sh*t about his family after losing a chess game.