Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz 2025 pairings

The Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz 2025, a cornerstone of the Grand Chess Tour (GCT) since 2017, is set to deliver another thrilling display of high-stakes, fast-paced chess action. Held in the chess capital of America, Saint Louis, Missouri, this tournament is the third and final rapid and blitz event of the 2025 GCT season.

Warsaw: Grand Chess Tour 2025 Warsaw (replay) / Grand Chess Tour 2025 – Warsaw, Rapid info
Bucharest: Grand Chess Tour 2025 – Bucharest (replay) / Grand Chess Tour 2025 – Bucharest, Classical info
Saint Louis: Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz 2025 live

Running from August 11 to August 15, 2025, ten elite players will compete for a $175,000 prize fund, with the winner claiming $40,000 and valuable GCT points that could secure a spot in the prestigious GCT Finals.

Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz pairings

Rapid

Round 1 on 2025/08/11 at 12:00
Bo.	No.	Rtg		White	Result		Black	Rtg	No.
1	1	2705	GM	Dominguez Perez, Leinier		GM	Shankland, Sam	2621	10
2	2	2704	GM	So, Wesley		GM	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	2721	9
3	3	2750	GM	Caruana, Fabiano		GM	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	2725	8
4	4	2732	GM	Aronian, Levon		GM	Gukesh, D	2687	7
5	5	2634	GM	Oparin, Grigoriy		GM	Le, Quang Liem	2655	6
Round 2 on 2025/08/11 at 13:30
Bo.	No.	Rtg		White	Result		Black	Rtg	No.
1	10	2621	GM	Shankland, Sam		GM	Le, Quang Liem	2655	6
2	7	2687	GM	Gukesh, D		GM	Oparin, Grigoriy	2634	5
3	8	2725	GM	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime		GM	Aronian, Levon	2732	4
4	9	2721	GM	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek		GM	Caruana, Fabiano	2750	3
5	1	2705	GM	Dominguez Perez, Leinier		GM	So, Wesley	2704	2
Round 3 on 2025/08/11 at 15:00
Bo.	No.	Rtg		White	Result		Black	Rtg	No.
1	2	2704	GM	So, Wesley		GM	Shankland, Sam	2621	10
2	3	2750	GM	Caruana, Fabiano		GM	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	2705	1
3	4	2732	GM	Aronian, Levon		GM	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	2721	9
4	5	2634	GM	Oparin, Grigoriy		GM	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	2725	8
5	6	2655	GM	Le, Quang Liem		GM	Gukesh, D	2687	7
Round 4 on 2025/08/12 at 12:00
Bo.	No.	Rtg		White	Result		Black	Rtg	No.
1	10	2621	GM	Shankland, Sam		GM	Gukesh, D	2687	7
2	8	2725	GM	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime		GM	Le, Quang Liem	2655	6
3	9	2721	GM	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek		GM	Oparin, Grigoriy	2634	5
4	1	2705	GM	Dominguez Perez, Leinier		GM	Aronian, Levon	2732	4
5	2	2704	GM	So, Wesley		GM	Caruana, Fabiano	2750	3
Round 5 on 2025/08/12 at 13:30
Bo.	No.	Rtg		White	Result		Black	Rtg	No.
1	3	2750	GM	Caruana, Fabiano		GM	Shankland, Sam	2621	10
2	4	2732	GM	Aronian, Levon		GM	So, Wesley	2704	2
3	5	2634	GM	Oparin, Grigoriy		GM	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	2705	1
4	6	2655	GM	Le, Quang Liem		GM	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	2721	9
5	7	2687	GM	Gukesh, D		GM	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	2725	8
Round 6 on 2025/08/12 at 15:00
Bo.	No.	Rtg		White	Result		Black	Rtg	No.
1	10	2621	GM	Shankland, Sam		GM	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	2725	8
2	9	2721	GM	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek		GM	Gukesh, D	2687	7
3	1	2705	GM	Dominguez Perez, Leinier		GM	Le, Quang Liem	2655	6
4	2	2704	GM	So, Wesley		GM	Oparin, Grigoriy	2634	5
5	3	2750	GM	Caruana, Fabiano		GM	Aronian, Levon	2732	4
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

Blitz

Round 1 on 2025/08/14 at 12:00
Bo.	No.	Rtg		White	Result		Black	Rtg	No.
1	1	2760	GM	Caruana, Fabiano		GM	Shankland, Sam	2651	10
2	2	2675	GM	Le, Quang Liem		GM	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	2634	9
3	3	2769	GM	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime		GM	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	2757	8
4	4	2651	GM	Oparin, Grigoriy		GM	So, Wesley	2803	7
5	5	2768	GM	Aronian, Levon		GM	Gukesh, D	2613	6
Round 2 on 2025/08/14 at 12:30
Bo.	No.	Rtg		White	Result		Black	Rtg	No.
1	10	2651	GM	Shankland, Sam		GM	Gukesh, D	2613	6
2	7	2803	GM	So, Wesley		GM	Aronian, Levon	2768	5
3	8	2757	GM	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek		GM	Oparin, Grigoriy	2651	4
4	9	2634	GM	Dominguez Perez, Leinier		GM	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	2769	3
5	1	2760	GM	Caruana, Fabiano		GM	Le, Quang Liem	2675	2
Round 3 on 2025/08/14 at 13:00
Bo.	No.	Rtg		White	Result		Black	Rtg	No.
1	2	2675	GM	Le, Quang Liem		GM	Shankland, Sam	2651	10
2	3	2769	GM	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime		GM	Caruana, Fabiano	2760	1
3	4	2651	GM	Oparin, Grigoriy		GM	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	2634	9
4	5	2768	GM	Aronian, Levon		GM	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	2757	8
5	6	2613	GM	Gukesh, D		GM	So, Wesley	2803	7
Round 4 on 2025/08/14 at 13:30
Bo.	No.	Rtg		White	Result		Black	Rtg	No.
1	10	2651	GM	Shankland, Sam		GM	So, Wesley	2803	7
2	8	2757	GM	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek		GM	Gukesh, D	2613	6
3	9	2634	GM	Dominguez Perez, Leinier		GM	Aronian, Levon	2768	5
4	1	2760	GM	Caruana, Fabiano		GM	Oparin, Grigoriy	2651	4
5	2	2675	GM	Le, Quang Liem		GM	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	2769	3
Round 5 on 2025/08/14 at 14:00
Bo.	No.	Rtg		White	Result		Black	Rtg	No.
1	3	2769	GM	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime		GM	Shankland, Sam	2651	10
2	4	2651	GM	Oparin, Grigoriy		GM	Le, Quang Liem	2675	2
3	5	2768	GM	Aronian, Levon		GM	Caruana, Fabiano	2760	1
4	6	2613	GM	Gukesh, D		GM	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	2634	9
5	7	2803	GM	So, Wesley		GM	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	2757	8
Round 6 on 2025/08/14 at 14:30
Bo.	No.	Rtg		White	Result		Black	Rtg	No.
1	10	2651	GM	Shankland, Sam		GM	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	2757	8
2	9	2634	GM	Dominguez Perez, Leinier		GM	So, Wesley	2803	7
3	1	2760	GM	Caruana, Fabiano		GM	Gukesh, D	2613	6
4	2	2675	GM	Le, Quang Liem		GM	Aronian, Levon	2768	5
5	3	2769	GM	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime		GM	Oparin, Grigoriy	2651	4
Round 7 on 2025/08/14 at 15:00
Bo.	No.	Rtg		White	Result		Black	Rtg	No.
1	4	2651	GM	Oparin, Grigoriy		GM	Shankland, Sam	2651	10
2	5	2768	GM	Aronian, Levon		GM	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	2769	3
3	6	2613	GM	Gukesh, D		GM	Le, Quang Liem	2675	2
4	7	2803	GM	So, Wesley		GM	Caruana, Fabiano	2760	1
5	8	2757	GM	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek		GM	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	2634	9
Round 8 on 2025/08/14 at 15:30
Bo.	No.	Rtg		White	Result		Black	Rtg	No.
1	10	2651	GM	Shankland, Sam		GM	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	2634	9
2	1	2760	GM	Caruana, Fabiano		GM	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	2757	8
3	2	2675	GM	Le, Quang Liem		GM	So, Wesley	2803	7
4	3	2769	GM	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime		GM	Gukesh, D	2613	6
5	4	2651	GM	Oparin, Grigoriy		GM	Aronian, Levon	2768	5
Round 9 on 2025/08/14 at 16:00
Bo.	No.	Rtg		White	Result		Black	Rtg	No.
1	5	2768	GM	Aronian, Levon		GM	Shankland, Sam	2651	10
2	6	2613	GM	Gukesh, D		GM	Oparin, Grigoriy	2651	4
3	7	2803	GM	So, Wesley		GM	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	2769	3
4	8	2757	GM	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek		GM	Le, Quang Liem	2675	2
5	9	2634	GM	Dominguez Perez, Leinier		GM	Caruana, Fabiano	2760	1
Round 10 on 2025/08/15 at 12:00
Bo.	No.	Rtg		White	Result		Black	Rtg	No.
1	10	2651	GM	Shankland, Sam		GM	Caruana, Fabiano	2760	1
2	9	2634	GM	Dominguez Perez, Leinier		GM	Le, Quang Liem	2675	2
3	8	2757	GM	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek		GM	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	2769	3
4	7	2803	GM	So, Wesley		GM	Oparin, Grigoriy	2651	4
5	6	2613	GM	Gukesh, D		GM	Aronian, Levon	2768	5
Round 11 on 2025/08/15 at 12:30
Bo.	No.	Rtg		White	Result		Black	Rtg	No.
1	6	2613	GM	Gukesh, D		GM	Shankland, Sam	2651	10
2	5	2768	GM	Aronian, Levon		GM	So, Wesley	2803	7
3	4	2651	GM	Oparin, Grigoriy		GM	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	2757	8
4	3	2769	GM	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime		GM	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	2634	9
5	2	2675	GM	Le, Quang Liem		GM	Caruana, Fabiano	2760	1
Round 12 on 2025/08/15 at 13:00
Bo.	No.	Rtg		White	Result		Black	Rtg	No.
1	10	2651	GM	Shankland, Sam		GM	Le, Quang Liem	2675	2
2	1	2760	GM	Caruana, Fabiano		GM	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	2769	3
3	9	2634	GM	Dominguez Perez, Leinier		GM	Oparin, Grigoriy	2651	4
4	8	2757	GM	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek		GM	Aronian, Levon	2768	5
5	7	2803	GM	So, Wesley		GM	Gukesh, D	2613	6
Round 13 on 2025/08/15 at 13:30
Bo.	No.	Rtg		White	Result		Black	Rtg	No.
1	7	2803	GM	So, Wesley		GM	Shankland, Sam	2651	10
2	6	2613	GM	Gukesh, D		GM	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	2757	8
3	5	2768	GM	Aronian, Levon		GM	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	2634	9
4	4	2651	GM	Oparin, Grigoriy		GM	Caruana, Fabiano	2760	1
5	3	2769	GM	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime		GM	Le, Quang Liem	2675	2
Round 14 on 2025/08/15 at 14:00
Bo.	No.	Rtg		White	Result		Black	Rtg	No.
1	10	2651	GM	Shankland, Sam		GM	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	2769	3
2	2	2675	GM	Le, Quang Liem		GM	Oparin, Grigoriy	2651	4
3	1	2760	GM	Caruana, Fabiano		GM	Aronian, Levon	2768	5
4	9	2634	GM	Dominguez Perez, Leinier		GM	Gukesh, D	2613	6
5	8	2757	GM	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek		GM	So, Wesley	2803	7
Round 15 on 2025/08/15 at 14:30
Bo.	No.	Rtg		White	Result		Black	Rtg	No.
1	8	2757	GM	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek		GM	Shankland, Sam	2651	10
2	7	2803	GM	So, Wesley		GM	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	2634	9
3	6	2613	GM	Gukesh, D		GM	Caruana, Fabiano	2760	1
4	5	2768	GM	Aronian, Levon		GM	Le, Quang Liem	2675	2
5	4	2651	GM	Oparin, Grigoriy		GM	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	2769	3
Round 16 on 2025/08/15 at 15:00
Bo.	No.	Rtg		White	Result		Black	Rtg	No.
1	10	2651	GM	Shankland, Sam		GM	Oparin, Grigoriy	2651	4
2	3	2769	GM	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime		GM	Aronian, Levon	2768	5
3	2	2675	GM	Le, Quang Liem		GM	Gukesh, D	2613	6
4	1	2760	GM	Caruana, Fabiano		GM	So, Wesley	2803	7
5	9	2634	GM	Dominguez Perez, Leinier		GM	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	2757	8
Round 17 on 2025/08/15 at 15:30
Bo.	No.	Rtg		White	Result		Black	Rtg	No.
1	9	2634	GM	Dominguez Perez, Leinier		GM	Shankland, Sam	2651	10
2	8	2757	GM	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek		GM	Caruana, Fabiano	2760	1
3	7	2803	GM	So, Wesley		GM	Le, Quang Liem	2675	2
4	6	2613	GM	Gukesh, D		GM	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	2769	3
5	5	2768	GM	Aronian, Levon		GM	Oparin, Grigoriy	2651	4
Round 18 on 2025/08/15 at 16:00
Bo.	No.	Rtg		White	Result		Black	Rtg	No.
1	10	2651	GM	Shankland, Sam		GM	Aronian, Levon	2768	5
2	4	2651	GM	Oparin, Grigoriy		GM	Gukesh, D	2613	6
3	3	2769	GM	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime		GM	So, Wesley	2803	7
4	2	2675	GM	Le, Quang Liem		GM	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	2757	8
5	1	2760	GM	Caruana, Fabiano		GM	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	2634	9