8-player double elimination knockout tournament which is hold from 17-26 March in the St. Louis Chess Club .
2 classical (90min + 30s increment) games in the Champions and 2 rapid (25+10) games in the Elimination bracket.
If tied, rapid (10+5) and Armageddon game (5 vs 4 minutes, with draw odds for Black) will be played .
In the final the winner of the Champions bracket will face the winner of the Elimination bracket
| CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH - FINAL | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | Classical games | Rapid | Blitz | Total |
| Nakamura |
1 | 1.5 | 2.5 | |
| So |
1 | 0.5 | 1.5 | |
| CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH - 1 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | Classical games | Rapid | Blitz | Total |
| Nakamura |
1 | 0 | 1 | |
| So |
1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Players | Classical games | Rapid | Blitz | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nakamura |
1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| So |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Players | games | Arm. | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nakamura |
1.5 | ||
| Dominguez Perez |
0.5 |
| Caruana |
1.5 | ||
| So |
2.5 |
| Players | games | Arm. | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nakamura |
1.5 | ||
| Sevian |
0.5 |
| Players | games | Arm. | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aronian |
1.5 | ||
| Dominguez Perez |
2.5 |
| Players | games | Arm. | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| So |
2.5 | ||
| Shankland |
1.5 |
| Players | games | Arm. | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caruana |
2.5 | ||
| Robson |
1.5 |
| Players | games | Tie-break | Arm. | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aronian | 1 | 0.5 | 1.5 | |
| So | 1 | 1.5 | 2.5 |
| Players | games | Tie-break | Arm. | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aronian | 1.5 | |||
| Dominguez | 0.5 |
| Players | games | Tie-break | Arm. | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aronian | 4 | |||
| Caruana | 3 |
| Players | games | Tie-break | Arm. | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shankland | 0.5 | |||
| Dominguez | 1.5 |
| Players | games | Tie-break | Arm. | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aronian | 1.5 | |||
| Sevian | 0.5 |
| Players | games | Tie-break | Arm. | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shankland | 3.5 | |||
| Robson | 2.5 |