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2015 Sinquefield CupThis super-GM single Round Robin brings together some of the best players in the world. This is the second leg of the Grand Chess Tour. The players – Magnus Carlsen (Norway), Levon Aronian (Armenia), Fabiano Caruana (USA), Hikaru Nakamura (USA), Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria), Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France), Alexander Grischuk (Russia), Anish Giri (Netherlands), Viswanathan Anand (India), Wesley So (USA). The venue is the Chess Club and Scholastic Center at 4657 Maryland Avenue, Saint Louis, MO 63108. Tickets can be purchased at the Saint Louis Chess Club. |
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Round Four
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Name
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Rtg
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Res.
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Name
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Rtg
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Grischuk, Alexander | 2771 |
½-½
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Topalov, Veselin | 2816 |
Caruana, Fabiano | 2808 |
½-½
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Anand, Viswanathan | 2816 |
Vachier-Lagr, Maxime | 2731 |
½-½
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Nakamura, Hikaru | 2814 |
Giri, Anish | 2793 |
½-½
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Carlsen, Magnus | 2853 |
So, Wesley | 2779 |
0-1
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Aronian, Levon | 2765 |
Daniel King shows the game of the day from round 4: So vs Aronian
An unusual day today, as we saw four (!) opposite colored bishops positions. It’s an unusual circumstance, which can make the game either extremely exciting or very dull. The games are exciting when one of the sides has a strong attack, and then the opposite colored bishops gives the advantage to the attacker, as he has an extra piece that cannot be neutralized. Unfortunately, the very dull case is endgames, and that was the theme of the day. Saving us from monotony was a brilliant massacre that Aronian inflicted onto So.
The first game of the day to finish, Grischuk-Topalov, was a Najdorf. Grischuk had a chance to get a slightly better game by interposing a subtle Rhe1 at some point, which would have given him the same position that he got in the game but with a full extra tempo, but he missed his chance and the resulting endgame was a dead draw.
Grischuk missed his one chance for a slight edge and it was a dead draw after that
Next was Giri-Carlsen. The World Champion used the Sveshnikov Sicilian, not the most fashionable but strong enough in many circumstances. Giri was unable to put any real pressure on his opponent and again the opposite colored bishops reared their ugly head.
Giri-Carlsen was a Sveshnikov, not the most common
Caruana faced a nice novelty from Anand in his game, and the Indian player equalized effortlessly. However, some strange strategical decisions put his game in danger. Caruana pushed forward, but it was not enough. Black’s position was just strong enough to hold a blockade. Caruana went for some tactics, but it resulted in a dead drawn endgame.
This is what the players saw today at the confessional booth!
The MVL-Nakamura game was crazy from the get go. An exciting King’s Indian Saemisch Variaion was too messy for even computers to understand. Somehow Nakamura made a serious mistake, but MVL was unable to punish it as he failed to find the correct continuation. This allowed the American to consolidate his extra pawn, but it was meaningless in the endgame.
MVL was down two pawns, but by that point there was no danger for him
The game of the day was without a doubt the beautiful destruction of Wesley So. Levon Aronian’s spectacular knight sacrifice was very well founded, and with White’s lack of development he was simply torn apart.
So was heavily punished for not developing
Select from the dropdown menu to replay the games
Photos by Lennart Ootes
Round One
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Name
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Rtg
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Res.
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Name
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Rtg
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Giri, Anish | 2793 |
1-0
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Grischuk, Alexander | 2771 |
So, Wesley | 2779 |
0-1
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Vachier-Lagr, Maxime | 2731 |
Aronian, Levon | 2765 |
1-0
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Caruana, Fabiano | 2808 |
Carlsen, Magnus | 2853 |
0-1
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Topalov, Veselin | 2816 |
Nakamura, Hikaru | 2814 |
1-0
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Anand, Viswanathan | 2816 |
Round Two
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Name
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Rtg
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Res.
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Name
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Rtg
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Grischuk, Alexander | 2771 |
1-0
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Anand, Viswanathan | 2816 |
Topalov, Veselin | 2816 |
1-0
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Nakamura, Hikaru | 2814 |
Vachier-Lagr, Maxime | 2731 |
½-½
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Aronian, Levon | 2765 |
Giri, Anish | 2793 |
½-½
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So, Wesley | 2779 |
Caruana, Fabiano | 2808 |
0-1
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Carlsen, Magnus | 2853 |
Round Three
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Name
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Rtg
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Res.
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Name
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Rtg
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So, Wesley | 2779 |
1-0
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Grischuk, Alexander | 2771 |
Aronian, Levon | 2765 |
½-½
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Giri, Anish | 2793 |
Carlsen, Magnus | 2853 |
1-0
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Vachier-Lagr, Maxime | 2731 |
Nakamura, Hikaru | 2814 |
½-½
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Caruana, Fabiano | 2808 |
Anand, Viswanathan | 2816 |
½-½
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Topalov, Veselin | 2816 |
Round Four
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Name
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Rtg
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Res.
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Name
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Rtg
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Grischuk, Alexander | 2771 |
½-½
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Topalov, Veselin | 2816 |
Caruana, Fabiano | 2808 |
½-½
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Anand, Viswanathan | 2816 |
Vachier-Lagr, Maxime | 2731 |
½-½
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Nakamura, Hikaru | 2814 |
Giri, Anish | 2793 |
½-½
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Carlsen, Magnus | 2853 |
So, Wesley | 2779 |
0-1
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Aronian, Levon | 2765 |
Round Five
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Name
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Rtg
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Res.
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Name
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Rtg
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Aronian, Levon | 2765 | Grischuk, Alexander | 2771 | |
Carlsen, Magnus | 2853 | So, Wesley | 2779 | |
Nakamura, Hikaru | 2814 | Giri, Anish | 2793 | |
Anand, Viswanathan | 2816 | Vachier-Lagr, Maxime | 2731 | |
Topalov, Veselin | 2816 | Caruana, Fabiano | 2808 |
Round Six
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Name
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Rtg
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Res.
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Name
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Rtg
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Grischuk, Alexander | 2771 | Caruana, Fabiano | 2808 | |
Vachier-Lagr, Maxime | 2731 | Topalov, Veselin | 2816 | |
Giri, Anish | 2793 | Anand, Viswanathan | 2816 | |
So, Wesley | 2779 | Nakamura, Hikaru | 2814 | |
Aronian, Levon | 2765 | Carlsen, Magnus | 2853 |
Round Seven
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Name
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Rtg
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Res.
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Name
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Rtg
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Carlsen, Magnus | 2853 | Grischuk, Alexander | 2771 | |
Nakamura, Hikaru | 2814 | Aronian, Levon | 2765 | |
Anand, Viswanathan | 2816 | So, Wesley | 2779 | |
Topalov, Veselin | 2816 | Giri, Anish | 2793 | |
Caruana, Fabiano | 2808 | Vachier-Lagr, Maxime | 2731 |
Round Eight
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Name
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Rtg
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Res.
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Name
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Rtg
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Grischuk, Alexander | 2771 | Vachier-Lagr, Maxime | 2731 | |
Giri, Anish | 2793 | Caruana, Fabiano | 2808 | |
So, Wesley | 2779 | Topalov, Veselin | 2816 | |
Aronian, Levon | 2765 | Anand, Viswanathan | 2816 | |
Carlsen, Magnus | 2853 | Nakamura, Hikaru | 2814 |
Round Nine
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Name
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Rtg
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Res.
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Name
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Rtg
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Nakamura, Hikaru | 2814 | Grischuk, Alexander | 2771 | |
Anand, Viswanathan | 2816 | Carlsen, Magnus | 2853 | |
Topalov, Veselin | 2816 | Aronian, Levon | 2765 | |
Caruana, Fabiano | 2808 | So, Wesley | 2779 | |
Vachier-Lagr, Maxime | 2731 | Giri, Anish | 2793 |
Games start at 1 p.m. local time (20:00h CEST, 22:00h Moscow, Thursday 12:30 New Delhi, 03:00h Tokyo, 04:00 Canberra – check your location here).
Playoffs, if necessary, will be on the 2nd at 1pm.
The games will be broadcast live on Playchess, with expert analysis (see schedule below).
Day | Date | Time | Event | German |
English
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Sunday | Aug. 23 | 1 PM | Round 1 | Thomas Luther |
Mihail Marin
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Monday | Aug. 24 | 1 PM | Round 2 | Calrstedt/Pähtz |
Mihail Marin
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Tuesday | Aug. 25 | 1 PM | Round 3 | S. Siebrecht |
Simon Williams
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Wednesday | Aug. 26 | 1 PM | Round 4 | S. Siebrecht |
Simon Williams
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Thursday | Aug. 27 | 1 PM | Round 5 | S. Siebrecht |
Simon Williams
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Friday | Aug. 28 | Rest Day | |||
Saturday | Aug. 29 | 1 PM | Round 6 | Reeh/Breutigam |
Y. Pelletier
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Sunday | Aug. 30 | 1 PM | Round 7 | Reeh/Breutigam |
Y. Pelletier
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Monday | Aug. 31 | 1 PM | Round 8 | S. Siebrecht |
Daniel King
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Tuesday | Sept. 1 | 1 PM | Round 9 | Y. Pelletier |
Daniel King
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Wednesday | Sept. 2 | 1 PM | Playoffs |
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