| 2nd Sinquefield Cup :: St. Louis 2014 |
[ Competition summary || Crosstable || 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th || Information ]
| pos. | name | Elo | flag | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | pts | + | = | - | ||||||
| 1. | GM Caruana, Fabiano | 2801 | ● | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 8½ | 7 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2. | GM Carlsen, Magnus | 2877 | 0 | ½ | ● | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 5½ | 2 | 7 | 1 | ||
| 3. | GM Topalov, Veselin | 2772 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ● | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | ||
| =4. | GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 2768 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ● | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 4 | 1 | 6 | 3 | ||
| =4. | GM Aronian, Levon | 2805 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ● | ½ | ½ | 4 | 1 | 6 | 3 | ||
| 6. | GM Nakamura, Hikaru | 2787 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ● | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | ||
| 1st round — 27th August 2014, 1400 | |||||||||
| GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 2768 | ½ - ½ | 2877 | GM Carlsen, Magnus | |||||
| GM Aronian, Levon | 2805 | ½ - ½ | 2787 | GM Nakamura, Hikaru | |||||
| GM Topalov, Veselin | 2772 | 0 - 1 | 2801 | GM Caruana, Fabiano | |||||
| 1. Caruana 1; 2.-5. Carlsen, Vachier-Lagrave, Aronian, Nakamura ½; 6. Topalov 0; | |||||||||
| 2nd round — 28th August 2014, 1400 | |||||||||
| GM Nakamura, Hikaru | 2787 | ½ - ½ | 2877 | GM Carlsen, Magnus | |||||
| GM Caruana, Fabiano | 2801 | 1 - 0 | 2768 | GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | |||||
| GM Aronian, Levon | 2805 | 1 - 0 | 2772 | GM Topalov, Veselin | |||||
| 1. Caruana 2; 2. Aronian 1½; 3.-4. Carlsen, Nakamura 1; 5. Vachier-Lagrave ½; 6. Topalov 0; | |||||||||
| 3rd round — 29th August 2014, 1400 | |||||||||
| GM Carlsen, Magnus | 2877 | 0 - 1 | 2801 | GM Caruana, Fabiano | |||||
| GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 2768 | 1 - 0 | 2805 | GM Aronian, Levon | |||||
| GM Topalov, Veselin | 2772 | 1 - 0 | 2787 | GM Nakamura, Hikaru | |||||
| 1. Caruana 3; 2.-3. Vachier-Lagrave, Aronian 1½; 4.-6. Carlsen, Topalov, Nakamura 1; | |||||||||
| 4th round — 30th August 2014, 1400 | |||||||||
| GM Caruana, Fabiano | 2801 | 1 - 0 | 2805 | GM Aronian, Levon | |||||
| GM Carlsen, Magnus | 2877 | ½ - ½ | 2772 | GM Topalov, Veselin | |||||
| GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 2768 | ½ - ½ | 2787 | GM Nakamura, Hikaru | |||||
| 1. Caruana 4; 2. Vachier-Lagrave 2; 3.-6. Carlsen, Topalov, Aronian, Nakamura 1½; | |||||||||
| 5th round — 31st August 2014, 1400 | |||||||||
| GM Nakamura, Hikaru | 2787 | 0 - 1 | 2801 | GM Caruana, Fabiano | |||||
| GM Aronian, Levon | 2805 | 0 - 1 | 2877 | GM Carlsen, Magnus | |||||
| GM Topalov, Veselin | 2772 | 1 - 0 | 2768 | GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | |||||
| 1. Caruana 5; 2.-3. Carlsen, Topalov 2½; 4. Vachier-Lagrave 2; 5.-6. Aronian, Nakamura 1½; | |||||||||
| 6th round — 2nd September 2014, 1400 | |||||||||
| GM Caruana, Fabiano | 2801 | 1 - 0 | 2772 | GM Topalov, Veselin | |||||
| GM Carlsen, Magnus | 2877 | ½ - ½ | 2768 | GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | |||||
| GM Nakamura, Hikaru | 2787 | ½ - ½ | 2805 | GM Aronian, Levon | |||||
| 1. Caruana 6; 2. Carlsen 3; 3.-4. Topalov, Vachier-Lagrave 2½; 5.-6. Aronian, Nakamura 2; | |||||||||
| 7th round — 3rd September 2014, 1400 | |||||||||
| GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 2768 | 0 - 1 | 2801 | GM Caruana, Fabiano | |||||
| GM Carlsen, Magnus | 2877 | 1 - 0 | 2787 | GM Nakamura, Hikaru | |||||
| GM Topalov, Veselin | 2772 | ½ - ½ | 2805 | GM Aronian, Levon | |||||
| 1. Caruana 7; 2. Carlsen 4; 3. Topalov 3; 4.-5. Vachier-Lagrave, Aronian 2½; 6. Nakamura 2; | |||||||||
| 8th round — 4th September 2014, 1400 | |||||||||
| GM Caruana, Fabiano | 2801 | ½ - ½ | 2877 | GM Carlsen, Magnus | |||||
| GM Aronian, Levon | 2805 | ½ - ½ | 2768 | GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | |||||
| GM Nakamura, Hikaru | 2787 | 0 - 1 | 2772 | GM Topalov, Veselin | |||||
| 1. Caruana 7½; 2. Carlsen 4½; 3. Topalov 4; 4.-5. Vachier-Lagrave, Aronian 3; 6. Nakamura 2; | |||||||||
| 9th round — 5th September 2014, 1400 | |||||||||
| GM Caruana, Fabiano | 2801 | ½ - ½ | 2787 | GM Nakamura, Hikaru | |||||
| GM Carlsen, Magnus | 2877 | ½ - ½ | 2805 | GM Aronian, Levon | |||||
| GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 2768 | ½ - ½ | 2772 | GM Topalov, Veselin | |||||
| 1. Caruana 8; 2. Carlsen 5; 3. Topalov 4½; 4.-5. Vachier-Lagrave, Aronian 3½; 6. Nakamura 2½; | |||||||||
| 10th round — 6th September 2014, 1400 | |||||||||
| GM Aronian, Levon | 2805 | ½ - ½ | 2801 | GM Caruana, Fabiano | |||||
| GM Topalov, Veselin | 2772 | ½ - ½ | 2877 | GM Carlsen, Magnus | |||||
| GM Nakamura, Hikaru | 2787 | ½ - ½ | 2768 | GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | |||||
| 1. Caruana 8½; 2. Carlsen 5½; 3. Topalov 5; 4.-5. Vachier-Lagrave, Aronian 4; 6. Nakamura 3; | |||||||||
| 2nd Sinquefield Cup | |
| Dates: | 27th August - 6th September 2014 |
| City: | St. Louis (United States) |
| Venue: | Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis |
| Organizers: | Saint Louis Chess Club (USA); Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis (USA) |
| Tournament Director: | Tony Rich (USA) |
| Chief Arbiter: | Chris Bird (ENG) |
| Players participating: | 6 (incl. 6 GMs) |
| Games played: | 30 |
| Competition format: | Double round robin. |
| Tie-breaks: | none |
| Time control: | 40 moves in 90 minutes, then 30 minutes for the rest of the game. 30 sec. increment starting from move 1. |
| Website: | https://uschesschamps.com/event/2014-sinquefield-cup/ |
| Other websites: | Round-by-round report (Chess.com) Halfway report (Chess.com) Round 1 report (The Chess Drum) |
| PGN game file: | sinquefield-2014.pgn |