Sinquefield Cup: Games and results

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9/11/2022 – The Sinquefield Cup is taking place on September 2-12 at the Saint Louis Chess Club. Magnus Carlsen heads a star-studded field, which includes eight ‘tour regulars’. The regulars are fighting for an extra $175,000 in prize money reserved for the three top-ranked players of the series. | Follow the games live with expert commentary starting at 20.00 CEST (14.00 ET, 23.30 IST)
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Playoff

As the only remaining destination to be part of every Grand Chess Tour since its first edition in 2015, the Sinquefield Cup continues to be an essential element of the GCT circuit.

The final stop on this year’s tour features eight full tour players and two wildcards. An extra $175,000 will be awarded to the three top-ranked players in the tour standings ($100k, $50k and $25k for first, second and third, respectively). In case of a tie for first place in the overall standings, a GCT playoff will take place on September 12.

The players receive 90 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes to the end of the game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one.

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1.d4 4 Nf6 49 2.Nf3 24 e6 1:03 3.c4 27 d5 34 4.Nc3 10 c5 1:16 5.cxd5 15 cxd4 6 6.Qxd4 6 exd5 5 7.Bg5 29 Be7 11 8.e3 18 0-0 9 The main line 8...0-0 scores better than 8...Nc6. D50: Queen's Gambit Declined: Dutch-Peruvian Gambit. 9.Rd1 34 9.Be2 Nc6 10.Qd3 h6 11.Bh4 Qb6 12.0-0 Rd8 13.Rfd1 Qxb2 14.Rab1 Qa3 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.Nxd5 Qxd3 17.Nxf6+ gxf6 18.Rxd3 Bf5 19.Rxd8+ Nxd8 20.Rb2 Rc8 21.h4 Rc1+ ½-½ (46) Mamedyarov,S (2759)-So,W (2776) Stavanger 2022 9...Be6 1:14 10.Bd3 17 h6 2:42 11.Bh4 16 Nc6 6 12.Qa4 5 Qb6 10 13.Rd2 9 Rfd8 3:45 14.0-0 58 Rac8 4 15.Rfd1 29
15...Kf8N 11:16 Predecessor: 15...Qb4 16.Qc2 d4 17.exd4 Bg4 18.Bf5 Bxf3 19.gxf3 Ra8 20.a3 Qb6 21.d5 Ne5 1-0 (28) Bruzon Batista,L (2618)-Vazquez,G (2561) Dulles 2022 16.Bb5 29 a6 6:05 17.Bxc6 38 Rxc6 51 18.Qd4 10:03 Rdc8 20:14 19.Qd3 6:29 g5 11:48 20.Bg3 54       Bb4! 15 21.Be5 5:56 Ne4 27 22.Rc2 15:46 Bxc3 1:03 23.Bxc3 10:51 Bf5 6:25 24.Bd4 30 Don't go for 24.Qxd5? Rd6 25.Bg7+ Kg8 26.Rxc8+ Bxc8 27.Qxd6 Nxd6-+ 24.Ne5!? R6c7 25.Bd4 25.Qxd5 Nf6 24...Qb5 6:39 25.Qa3+ 1:58 Kg8 49 26.Rxc6 1:32 bxc6 56 27.Qe7 5:48 27.b4= might be stronger. 27...Be6 4:55 27...Qe2 28.Rf1 c5 28.b4= 7:46 Threatens to win with Ne5. a5 40 29.a3 6:23 axb4 16 29...Qe2!? 30.Rf1 g4= 30.axb4 3 Qb8 5:02 30...Qe2!? 31.Rf1 g4= 31.Be5 6:00 Re8 18       32.Bxb8 3:42 32.Nd4!? 32...Rxe7 2:49 33.Nd4 17 Rb7 2:39       Black has counterplay 34.Be5 23 Much worse is 34.Nxc6 Bd7 35.Ne7+ Kf8 36.Nxd5 Rxb8 34...Bd7 4:50 35.f3 2:14 f6 53 36.fxe4 14 fxe5 1       Endgame KRB-KRN 37.Nf3 6 Rxb4 5:51 38.exd5 12 cxd5 14 39.Rxd5 14 Bc6 46 40.Rxe5 20 Kf7 1:06 Inhibits Re6. 41.Kf2 32:29 Rb2+ 31:02 42.Kg3 14 Re2 0 43.Rc5 0 Be4 0 44.Rc3 0 Kf6 0 45.Ra3 0 h5 0 46.h4 0 g4 0 47.Ra6+ 0 Kg7! 0 48.Nd4 0 Rxg2+ 0 49.Kf4 0 Bd3 0 50.Rd6 0
Ne6+ is the strong threat. 50...Rf2+ 0 The position is equal. 51.Ke5 0 Hoping for Ne6+. Kf7 0 52.e4 0 Black must now prevent Nf5. g3! 0 53.Rd7+ 0 Kg8 0 53...Kg6 leads to mate. 54.Nf5 Rxf5+ 55.exf5+ Bxf5 56.Rd6+ Kf7 57.Kxf5 g2 58.Rd1 54.Rd8+ 2:40 Rf8 0 55.Rxf8+ 36 Kxf8 0 KB-KN 56.Kf4 25 g2 0 57.Nf3 4 Ke7 0 57...Be2!? 58.Ng1 Bf1= 58.Kg3 7 Bxe4 0 59.Kxg2 3 59.Ng1 keeps more tension. Kf6 60.Ne2 Kf5 61.Nd4+ 59...Bxf3+ 0 60.Kxf3 5 KP-KP Kf7 0 61.Kf4 7 Kf6 0 62.Ke4 11 Ke6 0 63.Kf4 4 Kf6 0 64.Ke4! 2 Ke6 0 65.Kf4 3 Kf6 2 Weighted Error Value: White=0.04 (flawless) /Black=0.03 (flawless) ½–½
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Mamedyarov,S2757So,W2771½–½2022D50GCT 9th Sinquefield Cup 20221.1
Dominguez Perez,L2745Vachier-Lagrave,M2757½–½2022B90GCT 9th Sinquefield Cup 20221.2
Firouzja,A2778Caruana,F2758½–½2022A34GCT 9th Sinquefield Cup 20221.3
Niemann,H2688Aronian,L2759½–½2022C67GCT 9th Sinquefield Cup 20221.5
Nepomniachtchi,I2792Firouzja,A27781–02022E04GCT 9th Sinquefield Cup 20222.1
Niemann,H2688Mamedyarov,S27571–02022A28GCT 9th Sinquefield Cup 20222.2
Vachier-Lagrave,M2757So,W2771½–½2022C67GCT 9th Sinquefield Cup 20222.4
Caruana,F2758Dominguez Perez,L2745½–½2022C42GCT 9th Sinquefield Cup 20222.5
So,W2771Caruana,F27581–02022C42GCT 9th Sinquefield Cup 20223.2
Dominguez Perez,L2745Nepomniachtchi,I2792½–½2022B90GCT 9th Sinquefield Cup 20223.3
Firouzja,A2778Aronian,L27591–02022C50GCT 9th Sinquefield Cup 20223.4
Mamedyarov,S2757Vachier-Lagrave,M2757½–½2022D27GCT 9th Sinquefield Cup 20223.5
Caruana,F2758Vachier-Lagrave,M27571–02022B90GCT 9th Sinquefield Cup 20224.1
Aronian,L2759Dominguez Perez,L2745½–½2022B30GCT 9th Sinquefield Cup 20224.2
Niemann,H2688Firouzja,A2778½–½2022C54GCT 9th Sinquefield Cup 20224.3
Nepomniachtchi,I2792So,W2771½–½2022E05GCT 9th Sinquefield Cup 20224.5
Dominguez Perez,L2745Niemann,H2688½–½2022C54GCT 9th Sinquefield Cup 20225.1
Mamedyarov,S2757Caruana,F2758½–½2022D38GCT 9th Sinquefield Cup 20225.2
So,W2771Aronian,L2759½–½2022E04GCT 9th Sinquefield Cup 20225.3
Vachier-Lagrave,M2757Nepomniachtchi,I2792½–½2022C43GCT 9th Sinquefield Cup 20225.4
Aronian,L2759Vachier-Lagrave,M27571–02022B90GCT 9th Sinquefield Cup 20226.1
Niemann,H2688So,W27710–12022C42GCT 9th Sinquefield Cup 20226.2
Nepomniachtchi,I2792Caruana,F2758½–½2022B45GCT 9th Sinquefield Cup 20226.3
Firouzja,A2778Mamedyarov,S27571–02022A20GCT 9th Sinquefield Cup 20226.4
Mamedyarov,S2757Nepomniachtchi,I2792½–½2022E32GCT 9th Sinquefield Cup 20227.1
Dominguez Perez,L2745Firouzja,A2778½–½2022B90GCT 9th Sinquefield Cup 20227.2
Vachier-Lagrave,M2757Niemann,H2688½–½2022D73GCT 9th Sinquefield Cup 20227.3
Caruana,F2758Aronian,L2759½–½2022C65GCT 9th Sinquefield Cup 20227.4
Niemann,H2688Caruana,F27580–12022A21GCT 9th Sinquefield Cup 20228.1
Aronian,L2759Nepomniachtchi,I27920–12022C42GCT 9th Sinquefield Cup 20228.2
Firouzja,A2778So,W27711–02022C54GCT 9th Sinquefield Cup 20228.3
Dominguez Perez,L2745Mamedyarov,S2757½–½2022C83GCT 9th Sinquefield Cup 20228.4
Mamedyarov,S2757Aronian,L2759½–½2022E35GCT 9th Sinquefield Cup 20229.1
So,W2771Dominguez Perez,L2745½–½2022D27GCT 9th Sinquefield Cup 20229.2
Nepomniachtchi,I2792Niemann,H2688½–½2022A21GCT 9th Sinquefield Cup 20229.3
Vachier-Lagrave,M2757Firouzja,A2778½–½2022C67GCT 9th Sinquefield Cup 20229.4

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