Sergey PogrebnyakSports correspondentAll materialsEmail to authorMOSCOW, August 30 Russian chess player Ian Nepomniachtchi is fourth at the Grand Chess Tour stage in St. Louis, USA, after the first day of blitz games. Nepomniachtchi scored 5 points in nine blitz games, with three wins, four draws and two losses. After the rapid games and the first day of blitz, the Frenchman Alireza Firouzja is leading (18 points). Nepomniachtchi has 14 points, the same as the American Jeffrey Xiong. The second day of the blitz will take place on Tuesday.
