2nd Sinquefield Cup :: St. Louis 2014

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Crosstable

pos. name Elo flag 1 2 3 4 5 6 pts + = -
1. GM Caruana, Fabiano 2801 ITA 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 7 3 0
2. GM Carlsen, Magnus 2877 NOR 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 2 7 1
3. GM Topalov, Veselin 2772 BUL 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 5 3 4 3
=4. GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 2768 FRA 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 4 1 6 3
=4. GM Aronian, Levon 2805 ARM 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 4 1 6 3
6. GM Nakamura, Hikaru 2787 USA 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 3 0 6 4





Round by round results

1st round — 27th August 2014, 1400
GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime FRA 2768 ½ - ½ 2877 NOR GM Carlsen, Magnus
GM Aronian, Levon ARM 2805 ½ - ½ 2787 USA GM Nakamura, Hikaru
GM Topalov, Veselin BUL 2772 0 - 1 2801 ITA 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 USA 2787 ½ - ½ 2877 NOR GM Carlsen, Magnus
GM Caruana, Fabiano ITA 2801 1 - 0 2768 FRA GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime
GM Aronian, Levon ARM 2805 1 - 0 2772 BUL 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 NOR 2877 0 - 1 2801 ITA GM Caruana, Fabiano
GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime FRA 2768 1 - 0 2805 ARM GM Aronian, Levon
GM Topalov, Veselin BUL 2772 1 - 0 2787 USA 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 ITA 2801 1 - 0 2805 ARM GM Aronian, Levon
GM Carlsen, Magnus NOR 2877 ½ - ½ 2772 BUL GM Topalov, Veselin
GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime FRA 2768 ½ - ½ 2787 USA 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 USA 2787 0 - 1 2801 ITA GM Caruana, Fabiano
GM Aronian, Levon ARM 2805 0 - 1 2877 NOR GM Carlsen, Magnus
GM Topalov, Veselin BUL 2772 1 - 0 2768 FRA 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 ITA 2801 1 - 0 2772 BUL GM Topalov, Veselin
GM Carlsen, Magnus NOR 2877 ½ - ½ 2768 FRA GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime
GM Nakamura, Hikaru USA 2787 ½ - ½ 2805 ARM 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 FRA 2768 0 - 1 2801 ITA GM Caruana, Fabiano
GM Carlsen, Magnus NOR 2877 1 - 0 2787 USA GM Nakamura, Hikaru
GM Topalov, Veselin BUL 2772 ½ - ½ 2805 ARM 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 ITA 2801 ½ - ½ 2877 NOR GM Carlsen, Magnus
GM Aronian, Levon ARM 2805 ½ - ½ 2768 FRA GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime
GM Nakamura, Hikaru USA 2787 0 - 1 2772 BUL 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 ITA 2801 ½ - ½ 2787 USA GM Nakamura, Hikaru
GM Carlsen, Magnus NOR 2877 ½ - ½ 2805 ARM GM Aronian, Levon
GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime FRA 2768 ½ - ½ 2772 BUL 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 ARM 2805 ½ - ½ 2801 ITA GM Caruana, Fabiano
GM Topalov, Veselin BUL 2772 ½ - ½ 2877 NOR GM Carlsen, Magnus
GM Nakamura, Hikaru USA 2787 ½ - ½ 2768 FRA GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime
1. Caruana — 8½; 2. Carlsen — 5½; 3. Topalov — 5; 4.-5. Vachier-Lagrave, Aronian — 4; 6. Nakamura — 3;








Information

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