World's top chess players head to Saint Louis for Champion's Showdown

WHAT:         

The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis (CCSCSL) is hosting the Champion's Showdown, a series of matches between four of the world's top-rated chess players, Nov. 10-14, 2016.

The competition features No. 3-rated Grandmaster Fabiano Caruana of the U.S., No. 7-rated GM Hikaru Nakamura of the U.S., No. 8-rated GM Viswanathan Anand of India, and No. 13-rated GM Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria.

The tournament will showcase three different styles of chess - classical, rapid and blitz games – and the players will be competing for $150,000 total in prizes.

For more information or to stream exhibition games live, visit www.uschesschamps.com.

WHEN:

Thursday, Nov. 10 - Monday, Nov. 14, 2016:

1 p.m. CT daily

WHERE:

Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis

4657 Maryland Ave, St. Louis, MO 63108

INTERVIEWS:

• Tony Rich, Director of Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis
• Rex Sinquefield, Founder of Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis
• Grandmaster Fabiano Caruana, No. 3-rated player in the world
• Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura, No. 7-rated player in the world
• Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand, No. 8-rated player in the world
• Grandmaster Veselin Topalov, No. 13-rated player in the world