Ten of the world’s top chess players are currently competing in the St Louis Rapid and Blitz tournament, the fourth and final of the 2021 Grand Chess Tour (GCT), which ends tomorrow.
Among them are American Fabiano Caruana, the world’s number two chess player and American Wesley So, winner of the 2021 Paris Rapid and Blitz on the GCT.
This tournament carries a prize fund of US$150,000 and an opportunity to climb higher on the FIDE rating list. It is being played at the Saint Louis Chess Club, St Louis, Missouri, USA.