Name: 2026 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz
Start: 2026-08-02T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2026-08-06T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Saint Louis Chess Club

From August 2 to August 6, 2026 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz is played in St. Louis, with $200,000 in prizes.

Schedule

01SUN Aug 2 · 12:10✓

02MON Aug 3 · 12:10✓

03TUE Aug 4 · 12:10✓

04WED Aug 5 · 12:05✓

05THU Aug 6 · 12:05✓

Rules

Format

Invitation-only event among 7 full Grand Chess Tour players and 3 wildcards (Levon Aronian, Leinier Dominguez, Awonder Liang). There is no open entry for players.

9 rounds of round-robin rapid (25’+10“) followed by 18 rounds of double round-robin blitz (5’+2“).

Schedule

Event window: July 31 - August 7, 2026. Rapid: August 2-4 (3 rounds/day, starting 12:10 CDT). Blitz: August 5-6 (9 rounds/day, starting 12:05 CDT).

Venue

Saint Louis Chess Club, 4657 Maryland Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.

Prizes

$200,000 in total prizes.

Broadcast

Live commentary on the Saint Louis Chess Club’s YouTube (@STLChessClub) and Twitch (STLChessClub) channels.

Tickets

Public tickets (not player registration, invitation-only event) via register.stlchess.club.

Rules summarised from grandchesstour.org and the Saint Louis Chess Club, checked on 2026-08-01. In case of any doubt or discrepancy, the official rules published by the organisers prevail.