The Champions Showdown: Chess 9LX tournament will feature the world’s top grandmasters including legendary World Champion Garry Kasparov! The matches will be played in Chess 960 style, also known as Fischer Random, with a $150,000 prize fund.

Chess 9LX is a trademark of the Saint Louis Chess Club, and the name of one of its annual tournaments. All competitions in the Chess 9LX tournament are played in the Chess 960 or Fischer Random style. Players will not know the order of the home rank pieces until they arrive before the start of the round and will have to rely on their creativity in rapid and blitz games.

Time control is 20 minutes for the whole game with a 5-second increment from move one.

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Players

#	Title	Name	Federation	Rating
1	GM	Garry Kasparov	RUS	2812
2	GM	Fabiano Caruana	USA	2806
3	GM	Levon Aronian	ARM	2782
4	GM	Shakhriyar Mamedyarov	AZE	2782
5	GM	Wesley So	USA	2772
6	GM	Lenier Dominquez	USA	2758
7	GM	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave	FRA	2751
8	GM	Hikaru Nakamura	USA	2736
9	GM	Peter Svidler	RUS	2714
10	GM	Sam Shankland	USA	2709

2021 Champions Showdown: Chess 9LX