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Fall Chess Classic 2018
September 13, 2018
A few days after the Olympiad, the Fall Classic takes place:
2018 FALL CHESS CLASSIC
The 2018 Fall Chess Classic is the third of four tournaments each year featuring international chess professionals. The Fall Chess Classic is comprised of two 10-player Round Robin tournaments. Over the course of 10 days, these competitors will battle for more than $30,000 in prize money and gain valuable experience in top-level events.
The Quarterly Strong Tournaments here at the Saint Louis Chess Club were created so strong international masters and newly minted grandmasters could participate in strong round robin tournaments in which to test their mettle against players of similar levels and to learn from these experiences. These tournaments are very rare. Generally, organizers are more interested in hosting elite events with big names such as Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So or Magnus Carlsen. Opportunities in the U.S. are rare grandmasters at the 2600 level.
At A Glance
Dates October 10-18, 2018
Location Saint Louis Chess Club
Format Two 10-Player Round Robins
Prize Fund $36,000
The Field
RankTitle First Name Last Name Fed.FIDE Rating
1 GM Ray Robson USA 2682
2 GM Dariusz Swiercz POL 2669
3 GM Sethuraman Sethuraman IND 2673
4 GM Lazaro Bruzon CUB 2653
5 GM Yuriy Kuzubov UKR 2652
6 GM Varuzhan Akobian USA 2641
7 GM Aleksey Dreev RUS 2649
8 GM Jon Ludvic Hammer NOR 2662
9 GM Eric Hansen CAN 2629
10 GM Alex Lenderman USA 2630
Average
2654
September 13, 2018
A few days after the Olympiad, the Fall Classic takes place:
2018 FALL CHESS CLASSIC
The 2018 Fall Chess Classic is the third of four tournaments each year featuring international chess professionals. The Fall Chess Classic is comprised of two 10-player Round Robin tournaments. Over the course of 10 days, these competitors will battle for more than $30,000 in prize money and gain valuable experience in top-level events.
The Quarterly Strong Tournaments here at the Saint Louis Chess Club were created so strong international masters and newly minted grandmasters could participate in strong round robin tournaments in which to test their mettle against players of similar levels and to learn from these experiences. These tournaments are very rare. Generally, organizers are more interested in hosting elite events with big names such as Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So or Magnus Carlsen. Opportunities in the U.S. are rare grandmasters at the 2600 level.
At A Glance
Dates October 10-18, 2018
Location Saint Louis Chess Club
Format Two 10-Player Round Robins
Prize Fund $36,000
The Field
RankTitle First Name Last Name Fed.FIDE Rating
1 GM Ray Robson USA 2682
2 GM Dariusz Swiercz POL 2669
3 GM Sethuraman Sethuraman IND 2673
4 GM Lazaro Bruzon CUB 2653
5 GM Yuriy Kuzubov UKR 2652
6 GM Varuzhan Akobian USA 2641
7 GM Aleksey Dreev RUS 2649
8 GM Jon Ludvic Hammer NOR 2662
9 GM Eric Hansen CAN 2629
10 GM Alex Lenderman USA 2630
Average
2654
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