/PRNewswire/ Sixteen of America s best chess players gathered at the Saint Louis Chess Club to battle over the board from April 18 - April 29, 2022 in the.
/PRNewswire/ Sixteen of America s best chess players gathered at the Saint Louis Chess Club to battle over the board from April 18 - April 29, 2022 in the.
Today, the first round of the American Cup, a knockout tournament with special rules, will be played. Almost all top players from the US take part in this event, which is organised by the Saint Louis Chess Center. They fight for a prize fund of 300,000 USD, and the three top seeded players are Levon Aronian (2785), Fabiano Caruana (2781) and Wesley So (2778). The first round starts at 13.00 local time. | Photo: Lennart Ootes