We examine the Saint Louis Super Swiss chess 2023 tournament’s results, schedule, date, time, format, player list, prize money, & streaming information, which is currently being hosted at the Il Monastero Banquet Hall and is scheduled to end on Thursday
At the Saint Louis Super Swiss 2023, GMs Nikolas Theodorou & Christopher Woojin Yoo are tied for the first place with 4.5/6 points each and with only three rounds left, experts are anticipating one from these two to emerge victorious. Throughout this event, participants will be paired using the Swiss Method and there will be no tiebreaker used in the case of a tie for any position, and all tied participants will get the same amount of prize money.
Saint Louis Super Swiss chess 2023 results today, round 7 and 8 schedule, date, time, points table standings and live stream
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2023 Saint Louis Super Swiss day 4 schedule, date, venue, players, format, latest standings, & other details
Players from all over the world compete in Saint Louis Super Swiss, an invited norm event, for cash prizes and the possibility to earn Grandmaster, International Master, Woman Grandmaster, & Woman International Master norms. As of the end of the sixth round, GM Nikolas Theodorou is in the lead with 4.5 points, but fellow GM Christopher Woojin Yoo has pulled even with the same number of points (4.5/6). It is known that the competition will occur from March 12 through March 16 at the Il Monastero Banquet Hall in Saint Louis.
Fans may expect some exciting matches in following rounds, which will pit some of the top-ranked players against one another, due to the unpredictable nature of the Swiss System draw. With just three rounds left in the tournament, fans anticipate a two-way title race between Nikolas Theodorou and Christopher Woojin Yoo.
| Date | Time | Event |
| March 12 | 10:00 AM | Player Meeting |
| 11:00 AM | Round 1 | |
| 5:00 PM | Round 2 | |
| March 13 | 11:00 AM | Round 3 |
| 5:00 PM | Round 4 | |
| March 14 | 11:00 AM | Round 5 |
| 5:00 PM | Round 6 | |
| March 15 | 11:00 AM | Round 7 |
| 5:00 PM | Round 8 | |
| March 16 | 11:00 AM | Round 9 |
2023 Saint Louis Super Swiss: latest standings & point table (after six rounds)
| Rank | Player | Rating | Points |
| 1 | ย Nikolas Theodorou | 2584 | 4.5 |
| 2 | ย Christopher Woojin Yoo | 2591 | 4.5 |
| 3 | ย Illya Nyzhnyk | 2654 | 3.5 |
| 4 | ย Varuzhan Akobian | 2591 | 3.5 |
| 5 | ย Dariusz Swiercz | 2646 | 3.5 |
| 6 | ย Fidel Corrales Jimenez | 2489 | 2.5 |
| 7 | ย Brian Sebasti Escalante Ramirez | 2474 | 2.5 |
| 8 | ย Yasser Quesada Perez | 2604 | 2.5 |
| 9 | ย Balaji Daggupati | 2513 | 2.5 |
| 10 | ย Denes Boros | 2406 | 2.5 |
| 11 | ย Aram Hakobyan | 2620 | 2.5 |
| 12 | ย Elshan Moradiabadi | 2507 | 2 |
| 13 | ย Gleb Dudin | 2469 | 2 |
| 14 | ย Lazaro Bruzon Batista | 2610 | 2 |
| 15 | ย Harshit Raja | 2498 | 1.5 |
| 16 | ย Brandon Jacobson | 2543 | 1.5 |
| 17 | ย Mikhail Al. Antipov | 2581 | 1.5 |
| 18 | ย Vasif Durarbayli | 2635 | 1.5 |
| 19 | ย Konstantin Kavutskiy | 2405 | 0.5 |
| 20 | ย Irine Kharisma Sukandar | 2389 | 0.5 |
| 21 | ย Annamaria Marjanovic | 2264 | 0.5 |
| 22 | ย Aaron Grabinsky | 2405 | 0.5 |
| 23 | ย Evan Park | 2383 | 0.5 |
| 24 | ย Josiah Stearman | 2391 | 0.5 |
| 25 | ย Maria Malicka | 2256 | 0.5 |
| 26 | ย Alice Lee | 2362 | 0 |
| 27 | ย Aaron Jacobson | 2308 | 0 |
| 28 | ย Sila Caglar | 2280 | 0 |
| 29 | ย Nicholas Ladan | 2273 | 0 |
| 30 | ย Gabriela Antova | 2266 | 0 |
| 31 | ย Kaleb Gosdin | 2033 | 0 |
Saint Louis Super Swiss 2023 prize money pool distribution
During the Saint Louis Super Swiss in 2023, there will be awards totaling $25,000, with the winner receiving a total of $6,000. Depending on how well each participant does, the remaining $19,000 will be split among the players. The prize money for the runner-up in this contest is anticipated to be in the range of $4,000.
|
Rank |
Prize Money |
| 1st | $6,000 |
| 2nd | $4,000 |
| 3rd | $3,000 |
| 4th | $2,000 |
| 5th | $1,500 |
| 6th | $1,000 |
| 7th | $900 |
| 8th | $800 |
| 9th | $700 |
| 10th | $600 |
| 11th-15th | $500 |
| 16th-20th | $400 |
| Total | $25,000 |
When And Where to Watch: live stream details
On the penultimate day of the competition, it is known that the seventh & eighth round matches will be hosted. Anybody interested in following the action can do so live on the chess24.com YouTube channel, where they can also hear professional commentary.