A tough day for Gukesh
Round 4: Shankland - Gukesh: 2-0
GM Sam Shankland (USA, 2621) and GM D Gukesh (2687) faced only once in a Rapid rated game against each other. Shankland won that encounter. The result was repeated in this game. Gukesh got himself in a difficult position out of the opening and could not recover for the rest of the game.
Round 5: Gukesh - Vachier-Lagrave: 1-1
Round 6: Abdusattorov - Gukesh: 1-1
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Schedule and Format
Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz will have three rounds per day in the Rapid portion from 11th to 13th August. The Blitz event will take place on 14th and 15th August. It will be a double round-robin event for the Blitz which means nine rounds will be played on each day. Round 1 starts at 12 p.m. local time, 10:30 p.m. IST. It will be a 10-player Round Robin event. Time control for Rapid will be 25 minutes + 10 seconds increment. For Blitz, it will be 5 minutes + 2 seconds increment.
Round 6 results
Standings after Round 6
Round 7-9 pairings
| Round 7 on 2025/08/13 at 12:00 | ||||||||||
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | White | Result | Black | Rtg | No. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 2732 | GM | Aronian, Levon | GM | Shankland, Sam | 2621 | 10 | ||
| 2 | 5 | 2634 | GM | Oparin, Grigoriy | GM | Caruana, Fabiano | 2750 | 3 | ||
| 3 | 6 | 2655 | GM | Le, Quang Liem | GM | So, Wesley | 2704 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 7 | 2687 | GM | Gukesh, D | GM | Dominguez Perez, Leinier | 2705 | 1 | ||
| 5 | 8 | 2725 | GM | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | GM | Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | 2721 | 9 | ||
| Round 8 on 2025/08/13 at 13:30 | ||||||||||
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | White | Result | Black | Rtg | No. | |||
| 1 | 10 | 2621 | GM | Shankland, Sam | GM | Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | 2721 | 9 | ||
| 2 | 1 | 2705 | GM | Dominguez Perez, Leinier | GM | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 2725 | 8 | ||
| 3 | 2 | 2704 | GM | So, Wesley | GM | Gukesh, D | 2687 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 2750 | GM | Caruana, Fabiano | GM | Le, Quang Liem | 2655 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 4 | 2732 | GM | Aronian, Levon | GM | Oparin, Grigoriy | 2634 | 5 | ||
| Round 9 on 2025/08/13 at 15:00 | ||||||||||
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | White | Result | Black | Rtg | No. | |||
| 1 | 5 | 2634 | GM | Oparin, Grigoriy | GM | Shankland, Sam | 2621 | 10 | ||
| 2 | 6 | 2655 | GM | Le, Quang Liem | GM | Aronian, Levon | 2732 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 7 | 2687 | GM | Gukesh, D | GM | Caruana, Fabiano | 2750 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 8 | 2725 | GM | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | GM | So, Wesley | 2704 | 2 | ||
| 5 | 9 | 2721 | GM | Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | GM | Dominguez Perez, Leinier | 2705 | 1 | ||
Prize
The total prize fund for each of the Rapid and Blitz event is US$ 175000. The top three prizes are $40000, $30000 and $25000.
