The Saint Louis Chess Club hosted the second leg of the Classic Series, the 2022 Summer Chess Classic, from June 1-11. Read more: Saint Louis Chess Club to Host Legends and Rising Stars of American Chess
Over the course of 9 days, twenty competitors fought for $36,000 in prize money in two 10-player Round Robin tournaments: A and B. Chinese grandmaster Yu Yangyi convincingly won the A tournament scoring 6.5/9 points. He was a point and a half ahead of Grigoriy Oparin and Abhimanyu Mishra who tied for the second place with 5 points each. (scroll down for final rankings)
The youngest Grandmaster in the history of chess was unbeaten in the event. With 8 draws and one victory, he scored 5.5 points to claim third place.
Final standings – Summer Chess Classic A tournament:
Rank
Name
Rating
Score
1
GM Yu, Yangyi
2710
6.5
2
GM Oparin, Grigoriy
2685
5
3
GM Mishra, Abhimanyu
2535
5
4
GM Theodorou, Nikolas
2567
4
5
GM Gledura, Benjamin
2644
3.5
6
GM Hakobyan, Aram
2615
3.5
7
GM Bjerre, Jonas Buhl
2610
3.5
8
GM Smirin, Ilia
2599
3.5
9
GM Sevian, Samuel
2703
3
10
GM Robson, Ray
2684
1.5
.
Mikhail Antipov and Guillermo Vasquez shared the top of the B tournament as they had the same score of 6 points. Additional criteria was in favor of Mikhail Antipov. To players tied for the third place with 5.5 points each: Kamil Dragun and Cemil Can Ali Marandi. (scroll down for final rankings)
Final standings – Summer Chess Classic B tournament:
Rank
Name
Rating
Score
1
GM Antipov, Mikhail Al.
2592
6
2
GM Vazquez, Guillermo
2560
6
3
GM Dragun, Kamil
2571
5.5
4
GM Ali Marandi, Cemil Can
2532
5.5
5
GM Yoo, Christopher Woojin
2548
5
6
GM Zhou, Jianchao
2583
4
7
GM Burke, John M
2579
4
8
GM Checa, Nicolas
2533
3.5
9
GM Harutyunyan, Tigran K.
2550
3
10
GM Jacobson, Brandon
2526
2.5
.