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2023 Chess 9LX: Day 2

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Live from the World Chess Hall of Fame, the sixth Chess 9LX event is a 10-player Fischer Random chess (Chess960) round robin rapid tournament (roster below). Today are the middle three rounds. Join GMs Yasser Seirawan, Cristian Chirila, and IM Nazi Paikidze for the move-by-move.

2023.09.09
USChessChamps.com

ROUND 4 | 20 Min. Incr. 5 Sec.
Sam Shankland vs.
Leinier Dominguez
Fabiano Caruana
vs. Hikaru Nakamura

Sam Sevian
vs. Wesley So
Levon Aronian vs.
Garry Kasparov
Jeffery Xiong
vs. Ray Robson

ROUND 5 | 20 Min. Incr. 5 Sec.
Leinier Dominguez vs. Levon Aronian
Wesley So
vs. Sam Shankland
Ray Robson
vs. Fabiano Caruana

Garry Kasparov vs. Jeffery Xiong
Hikaru Nakamura vs.

Sam Sevian

ROUND 6 | 20 Min. Incr. 5 Sec.
Fabiano Caruana vs.

Garry Kasparov
Sam Shankland

vs. Hikaru Nakamura

Levon Aronian vs. Jeffery Xiong
Leinier Dominguez

vs. Wesley So
Sam Sevian

vs. Ray Robson

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