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The Champions Showdown 9LX took place in Saint Louis 2nd to 5th September 2019. Four matches using a version of the Chess 960 variant with both rapid and blitz games. Fabiano Caruana defeated Garry Kasparov 19-7, Hikaru Nakamura beat Levon Aronian 14.5-11.5, Wesley So beat Veselin Topalov 18-8 and Peter Svider beat Leinier Dominguez Perez 15.5-10.5. I don't have software that can display these games on my website but I do have the games split into files of rapid and blitz.

Kasparov bit off a little more than he could chew against world number 2 Fabiano Caruana but it would be a great shame if he took that as a sign to stop playing altogether. I'm sure he'd be fine against players even a little further down the rating list and his loss in game two of the rapid when he played very powerfully up to a point was particularly unfortunate. There's a traditional place in tournament chess for the older former World Champions and Kasparov is certainly capable of fulfilling such a role, players such as Lasker, Botvinnik, Smyslov, Petrosian, Spassky, Tal and Karpov come to mind. I might even call such a role an important one.

Champ Showdown 9LX Blitz Saint Louis USA Mon 2nd Sep 2019 - Thu 5th Sep 2019 Leading Final Round 14 Standings:
Rk	Name	Rtg	Gms	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pts
1	Caruana, Fabiano	2818	14	-1	+1	+0	-1	-1	+½	+0	-1	+1	-½	-0	+1	-0	+1	9.0
2	Kasparov, Garry	2812	14	+0	-0	-1	+0	+0	-½	-1	+0	-0	+½	+1	-0	+1	-0	5.0
1	Nakamura, Hikaru	2743	14	+0	-½	-1	+½	+½	-1	-1	+1	-1	+½	+½	-1	+1	-0	9.5
2	Aronian, Levon	2765	14	-1	+½	+0	-½	-½	+0	+0	-0	+0	-½	-½	+0	-0	+1	4.5
1	So, Wesley	2776	14	+1	-0	-½	+1	+½	-1	-½	+1	-1	+½	+1	-0	+½	-½	9.0
2	Topalov, Veselin	2736	14	-0	+1	+½	-0	-½	+0	+½	-0	+0	-½	-0	+1	-½	+½	5.0
1	Svidler, Peter	2729	14	-1	+½	+1	-1	-0	+½	+0	-1	+1	-½	-½	+1	-0	+½	8.5
2	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	2763	14	+0	-½	-0	+0	+1	-½	-1	+0	-0	+½	+½	-0	+1	-½	5.5
8 players

Champ Showdown 9LX Blitz Saint Louis USA Mon 2nd Sep 2019 - Thu 5th Sep 2019 Leading Final Round 14 Standings:
Rk	Name	Rtg	Gms	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pts
1	Caruana, Fabiano	2818	14	-1	+1	+0	-1	-1	+½	+0	-1	+1	-½	-0	+1	-0	+1	9.0
2	Kasparov, Garry	2812	14	+0	-0	-1	+0	+0	-½	-1	+0	-0	+½	+1	-0	+1	-0	5.0
1	Nakamura, Hikaru	2743	14	+0	-½	-1	+½	+½	-1	-1	+1	-1	+½	+½	-1	+1	-0	9.5
2	Aronian, Levon	2765	14	-1	+½	+0	-½	-½	+0	+0	-0	+0	-½	-½	+0	-0	+1	4.5
1	So, Wesley	2776	14	+1	-0	-½	+1	+½	-1	-½	+1	-1	+½	+1	-0	+½	-½	9.0
2	Topalov, Veselin	2736	14	-0	+1	+½	-0	-½	+0	+½	-0	+0	-½	-0	+1	-½	+½	5.0
1	Svidler, Peter	2729	14	-1	+½	+1	-1	-0	+½	+0	-1	+1	-½	-½	+1	-0	+½	8.5
2	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	2763	14	+0	-½	-0	+0	+1	-½	-1	+0	-0	+½	+½	-0	+1	-½	5.5
8 players

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