How To Watch MVL vs Xiong Today: Speed Chess Championship
The Chess.com Speed Chess Championship has two world junior champions doing battle today, current world number-two Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, takes on the 16-year-old reigning world junior champion, Jeffery Xiong.
Follow the action live at Chess.com/TV and Twitch.tv/chess today, Aug. 30, at 9 a.m Pacific time (12 p.m. EDT, 4 p.m. GMT)
The following viewing options will be available:
- Twitch.tv/chess: the official broadcast with IM Daniel Rensch and IM Aman Hambleton (English) -- watch here to see the Twitch chat.
- Chess.com/TV: watch here to see the Chess.com chat.
More Speed Chess Championship:
- Look over the 2017 Speed Chess Championship bracket again.
- Read about the rules, match-ups, and prizes for the event at the official Speed Chess Championship page.
- Get hyped for the event by watching our promo video.
After today, the final round-one match will take place October 5th with world champion Magnus Carlsen vs Gadir Guisenov at 10 a.m. Pacific, 1 p.m. Eastern, 7 p.m. Central Europe.
Plan ahead with the full Speed Chess schedule here.
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