All Sinquefield Cup interviews
8/15/2017 – Ever wanted to see what the players said on the live commentary, but didn't have the time to go searching for their post-game interview (or whether they even had one)? Well, we've put together a quick reference for you! Here you'll find all player interviews from the Sinquefield Cup 2017. Every...single...one, linked for ease of use. | Photos: Lennart Ootes
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What did they say?
Often, when reading written analysis of games from top level tournaments you'll find comments like "Black must have missed this move," referring to a critical moment. A commentator working remotely typically doesn't have an opportunity to find out what was in the players' minds. Thankfully, that's not the case in Saint Louis, where the player contracts require them to be available for an appearance on the live webcast after each game. Occassionally, they may be allowed to skip out on that comittment, but for the most part you saw the players turning up for at least a few minutes, even after painful losses.
To make it easy to review these interviews, we've painstakingly linked all 75+ interviews to their corresponding player name in the round-by-round results tables below.
All links take you to the Chess Club and Scholastic Center's YouTube channel. Any missing links indicates that there was no interview with that player during the webcast for that round (it's rare, but it happens).
A bonus clip of the players taking about their youth | Source: CCSCSL on YouTube
Round 1
| Name | Result | Name |
| Aronian Levon | 1 - 0 | Nepomniachtchi Ian |
| Caruana Fabiano | ½ - ½ | Carlsen Magnus |
| Karjakin Sergey | 1 - 0 | Svidler Peter |
| Anand Viswanathan | ½ - ½ | Nakamura Hikaru |
| Vachier-Lagrave Maxime | 1 - 0 | So Wesley |
Round 2
| Name | Result | Name |
| Nepomniachtchi Ian | 0 - 1 | So Wesley |
| Nakamura Hikaru | ½ - ½ | Vachier-Lagrave Maxime |
| Svidler Peter | ½ - ½ | Anand Viswanathan |
| Carlsen Magnus | 1 - 0 | Karjakin Sergey |
| Aronian Levon | 0 - 1 | Caruana Fabiano |
Round 3
| Name | Result | Name |
| Caruana Fabiano | ½ - ½ | Nepomniachtchi Ian |
| Karjakin Sergey | ½ - ½ | Aronian Levon |
| Anand Viswanathan | ½ - ½ | Carlsen Magnus |
| Vachier-Lagrave Maxime | ½ - ½ | Svidler Peter |
| So Wesley | ½ - ½ | Nakamura Hikaru |
Round 4
| Name | Result | Name |
| Nepomniachtchi Ian | 1 - 0 | Nakamura Hikaru |
| Svidler Peter | ½ - ½ | So Wesley |
| Carlsen Magnus | 0 - 1 | Vachier-Lagrave Maxime |
| Aronian Levon | ½ - ½ | Anand Viswanathan |
| Caruana Fabiano | ½ - ½ | Karjakin Sergey |
Bonus: Vachier-Lagrave confessional
Round 5
| Name | Result | Name |
| Karjakin Sergey | ½ - ½ | Nepomniachtchi Ian |
| Anand Viswanathan | 1 - 0 | Caruana Fabiano |
| Vachier-Lagrave Maxime | ½ - ½ | Aronian Levon |
| So Wesley | 0 - 1 | Carlsen Magnus |
| Nakamura Hikaru | ½ - ½ | Svidler Peter |
Round 6
| Name | Result | Name |
| Nepomniachtchi Ian | ½ - ½ | Svidler Peter |
| Carlsen Magnus | ½ - ½ | Nakamura Hikaru |
| Aronian Levon | 1 - 0 | So Wesley |
| Caruana Fabiano | ½ - ½ | Vachier-Lagrave Maxime |
| Karjakin Sergey | ½ - ½ | Anand Viswanathan |
Round 7
| Name | Result | Name |
| Anand Viswanathan | 1 - 0 | Nepomniachtchi Ian |
| Vachier-Lagrave Maxime | ½ - ½ | Karjakin Sergey |
| So Wesley | ½ - ½ | Caruana Fabiano |
| Nakamura Hikaru | 0 - 1 | Aronian Levon |
| Svidler Peter | ½ - ½ | Carlsen Magnus |
Bonus: Garry Kasparov guest commentary
Round 8
| Name | Result | Name |
| Nepomniachtchi Ian | ½ - ½ | Carlsen Magnus |
| Aronian Levon | ½ - ½ | Svidler Peter |
| Caruana Fabiano | ½ - ½ | Nakamura Hikaru |
| Karjakin Sergey | 1 - 0 | So Wesley |
| Anand Viswanathan | ½ - ½ | Vachier-Lagrave Maxime |
Bonus: Svidler confessional
Round 9
| Name | Result | Name |
| Vachier-Lagrave Maxime | 1 - 0 | Nepomniachtchi Ian |
| So Wesley | ½ - ½ | Anand Viswanathan |
| Nakamura Hikaru | ½ - ½ | Karjakin Sergey |
| Svidler Peter | 1 - 0 | Caruana Fabiano |
| Carlsen Magnus | 1 - 0 | Aronian Levon |
Bonus: Svidler confessional
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Follow the World Champion and your chess friend next door. Start your success story with ChessBase 14 and enjoy your chess even more! In addition to the ChessBase 14 Program, the Premium Package contains:
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• Corr Database 2018
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Links
- Official site
- Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis
- Sinquefield Cup Round 1 - Creativity and Precision
- Sinquefield Cup Round 2 - Carlsenomics
- Sinquefield Cup Round 3 - Five Draws
- Sinquefield Cup Round 4 - Vachier-Lagreat!
- Sinquefield Cup Round 5 - Carlsen back in the pack
- Sinquefield Cup Round 6 - Aronian arises
- Sinquefield Cup Round 7 - Three at the top
- Sinquefield Cup Round 8 - Poised for a photo-finish
- Sinquefield Cup Round 9 - MVL Wins!
Discussion and Feedback
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This is fantastic - thanks!
... which, I hasten to add, is not (necessarily) a comment on the quality of his play.
Cool linking work. Now we can just skip to the Svidler comedic interludes.
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