2023 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz: Day 1 | #GrandChessTour

Live from the World Chess Hall of Fame, the 7th Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz is the fourth of five legs of the Grand Chess Tour. Six of the Tour players are joined by four wildcards (pairings below) for a rapid round robin and a blitz double round robin. Today are the first three rounds of the rapid round robin. Join GMs Peter Svidler & Yasser Seirawan, IM Tania Sachdev, & WGM Anastasiya Karlovich for the move-by-move. RAPID ROUND 1 | 25 Min. Incr. 10 Sec. | GAME = 2 PTS Fabiano Caruana vs. Alireza Firouzja Anish Giri vs. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Liem Le vs. Wesley So Sam Sevian vs. Ian Nepomniachtchi Ray Robson vs. Jeffery Xiong RAPID ROUND 2 | 25 Min. Incr. 10 Sec. | GAME = 2 PTS Maxime Vachier-Lagrave vs. Fabiano Caruana Ian Nepomniachtchi vs. Anish Giri Jeffery Xiong vs. Alireza Firouzja Wesley So vs. Sam Sevian Ray Robson vs. Liem Le RAPID ROUND 3 | 25 Min. Incr. 10 Sec. | GAME = 2 PTS Fabiano Caruana vs. Ian Nepomniachtchi Alireza Firouzja vs. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Anish Giri vs. Wesley So Liem Le vs. Jeffery Xiong Sam Sevian vs. Ray Robson