2015 Champions Showdown
12 - 15 November 2015
The Saint Louis Showdown took place 12th to 15th November 2015. Two matches Hikaru Nakamura vs Fabiano Caruana and Hou Yifan vs Parimarjan Negi over four days and four chess contests. Day 1 saw two rounds of "Basque" chess where the players play their opponents in two games one with black and one with white. day two Fischer Random chess, day 3 4 rapid games, and on the final day 4 8 rapid blitz. Nakamura and Caruana drew both Basque games, Nakamura won the Fischer Random 2.5-1.5, Caruana the rapid 3-1 and the blitz 4.5-3.5. Final result: Caruana 10 - 8 Nakamura. Negi won both Basque games. Hou Yifan won the Fischer Random section 3.5-0.5, the rapids 3-1 and the blitz 4.5-3.5. Final result: Hou Yifan 11 - 7 Negi.
| Basque (Nov 12, 2015) 90m + 30s incr. |
Live Show  |
| Fabiano Caruana |
Nakamura, Hikaru |
½-½ |
B30 |
Sicilian: Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6) |
| Nakamura, Hikaru |
Fabiano Caruana |
½-½ |
C26 |
Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening) |
| Hou Yifan |
Parimarjan Negi |
0-1 |
A13 |
English opening |
| Parimarjan Negi |
Hou Yifan |
1-0 |
B35 |
Sicilian: accelerated fianchetto, modern variation with Bc4 |
| Fischer Random (Nov 13, 2015) 20m + 10s incr. |
Live Show |
| Nakamura, Hikaru |
Fabiano Caruana |
0-1 |
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| Fabiano Caruana |
Nakamura, Hikaru |
0-1 |
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| Nakamura, Hikaru |
Fabiano Caruana |
1-0 |
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| Fabiano Caruana |
Nakamura, Hikaru |
½-½ |
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| Parimarjan Negi |
Hou Yifan |
0-1 |
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| Hou Yifan |
Parimarjan Negi |
1-0 |
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| Hou Yifan |
Parimarjan Negi |
1-0 |
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| Parimarjan Negi |
Hou Yifan |
½-½ |
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| Rapid (Nov 14, 2015) 15m + 10s delay |
Live Show |
| Nakamura, Hikaru |
Fabiano Caruana |
½-½ |
A01 |
Nimzovich-Larsen attack |
| Fabiano Caruana |
Nakamura, Hikaru |
1-0 |
B30 |
Sicilian: Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6) |
| Nakamura, Hikaru |
Fabiano Caruana |
½-½ |
A05 |
Reti opening |
| Fabiano Caruana |
Nakamura, Hikaru |
1-0 |
C11 |
French: Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation |
| Parimarjan Negi |
Hou Yifan |
0-1 |
B28 |
Sicilian: O'Kelly variation |
| Hou Yifan |
Parimarjan Negi |
0-1 |
B90 |
Sicilian: Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack |
| Parimarjan Negi |
Hou Yifan |
0-1 |
B81 |
Sicilian: Scheveningen, Keres attack |
| Hou Yifan |
Parimarjan Negi |
1-0 |
B23 |
Sicilian: closed |
| Blitz (Nov 15, 2015) 3m + 2s delay |
Live Show |
| Nakamura, Hikaru |
Fabiano Caruana |
0-1 |
A05 |
Reti opening |
| Fabiano Caruana |
Nakamura, Hikaru |
½-½ |
B52 |
Sicilian: Canal-Sokolsky attack, 3...Bd7 |
| Nakamura, Hikaru |
Fabiano Caruana |
0-1 |
A05 |
Reti opening |
| Fabiano Caruana |
Nakamura, Hikaru |
0-1 |
C00 |
French defence |
| Nakamura, Hikaru |
Fabiano Caruana |
½-½ |
A07 |
Reti: King's Indian attack |
| Fabiano Caruana |
Nakamura, Hikaru |
0-1 |
C67 |
Ruy Lopez: Berlin defence, open variation |
| Parimarjan Negi |
Hou Yifan |
>½-½ |
B35 |
Sicilian: accelerated fianchetto, modern variation with Bc4 |
| Hou Yifan |
Parimarjan Negi |
1-0 |
B53 |
Sicilian: Chekhover variation |
| Parimarjan Negi |
Hou Yifan |
½-½ |
B32 |
Sicilian: Labourdonnais-Loewenthal (Kalashnikov) variation |
| Hou Yifan |
Parimarjan Negi |
1-0 |
B53 |
Sicilian: Chekhover variation |
| Parimarjan Negi |
Hou Yifan |
½-½ |
B34 |
Sicilian: Labourdonnais-Loewenthal |
| Hou Yifan |
Parimarjan Negi |
½-½ |
B47 |
Sicilian: Taimanov (Bastrikov) variation |
| Parimarjan Negi |
Hou Yifan |
1-0 |
B31 |
Sicilian: Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (with ...g6, without ...d6) |
