St. Louis Invitational & US Champs Qualifier

The St. Louis Invitational is currently taking place at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis.

The 10-player round robin event takes place from 4-9 March and the top two finishers will fill the final qualification spots for the 2011 US Championships.

After 6 rounds Gregory Kaidanov is leading with 4.5 points.  More information and coverage can be found at the St.Louis Chess Club website.

Live games link here.

From left to right: Ray Robson, Darwin Yang, Jesse Kraai, Melikset Khachiyan, Gregory Kaidanov, Joel Benjamin, Alexandro Ramirez, Julio Becerra, Eugene Perelshteyn and Michael Brookes (not pictured)