2025 Clutch Chess | Champions Showdown: Day 2 GUKESH! MAGNUS! HIKARU! CARUANA!

October 28, 2025 NHaselton Chess Lectures

Saint Louis Chess ClubTue, October 28, 2025 4:49pmURL:
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Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, Fabiano Caruana, and Gukesh Dommaraju compete in the 4th Clutch Chess, a rapid sextuple round robin (today’s schedule below). Each game is worth one point on the first day, two on the second, and three on the final. And on Day 3, draws are worth less! Join GMs Yasser Seirawan & Maurice Ashley, WGM Anastasiya Karlovich, and James Dash for the move-by-move.

2025.10.28
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ROUNDS 4-6 (Each Game Worth 2 points) | 10 Min. Incr. 5 Sec.
Each Round consists of a two-game mini-match.
Double round robin each day!

SCORES AFTER ROUNDS 1-3
Gukesh Dommaraju (4)
Magnus Carlsen (3.5)
Hikaru Nakamura (3)
Fabiano Caruana (1.5)

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