3rd Sinquefield Cup :: St. Louis 2015

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Crosstable

pos. name Elo flag 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 pts + = -
1. GM Aronian, Levon 2765 ARM ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 6 3 6 0
=2. GM Carlsen, Magnus 2853 NOR ½ ½ ½ 1 0 0 ½ 1 1 5 3 4 2
=2. GM Giri, Anish 2793 NED ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 5 1 8 0
=2. GM Nakamura, Hikaru 2814 USA 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ 1 5 3 4 2
=2. GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 2731 FRA ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 5 2 6 1
=6. GM Grischuk, Alexander 2771 RUS ½ 1 0 0 ½ ½ 1 1 0 3 3 3
=6. GM Topalov, Veselin 2816 BUL ½ 1 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 2 5 2
=8. GM Anand, Viswanathan 2816 IND ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 7 2
=8. GM Caruana, Fabiano 2808 USA 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 5 3
10. GM So, Wesley 2779 USA 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 3 1 4 4





Round by round results

1st round — 23rd August 2015, 1300
GM Carlsen, Magnus NOR 2853 0 - 1 2816 BUL GM Topalov, Veselin
GM Nakamura, Hikaru USA 2814 1 - 0 2816 IND GM Anand, Viswanathan
GM Aronian, Levon ARM 2765 1 - 0 2808 USA GM Caruana, Fabiano
GM Giri, Anish NED 2793 1 - 0 2771 RUS GM Grischuk, Alexander
GM So, Wesley USA 2779 0 - 1 2731 FRA GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime
1.-5. Aronian, Giri, Nakamura, Vachier-Lagrave, Topalov — 1; 6.-10. Carlsen, Grischuk, Anand, Caruana, So — 0;



2nd round — 24th August 2015, 1300
GM Topalov, Veselin BUL 2816 1 - 0 2814 USA GM Nakamura, Hikaru
GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime FRA 2731 ½ - ½ 2765 ARM GM Aronian, Levon
GM Giri, Anish NED 2793 ½ - ½ 2779 USA GM So, Wesley
GM Caruana, Fabiano USA 2808 0 - 1 2853 NOR GM Carlsen, Magnus
GM Grischuk, Alexander RUS 2771 1 - 0 2816 IND GM Anand, Viswanathan
1. Topalov — 2; 2.-4. Aronian, Giri, Vachier-Lagrave — 1½; 5.-7. Carlsen, Nakamura, Grischuk — 1; 8. So — ½; 9.-10. Anand, Caruana — 0;



3rd round — 25th August 2015, 1300
GM Anand, Viswanathan IND 2816 ½ - ½ 2816 BUL GM Topalov, Veselin
GM Aronian, Levon ARM 2765 ½ - ½ 2793 NED GM Giri, Anish
GM Carlsen, Magnus NOR 2853 1 - 0 2731 FRA GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime
GM So, Wesley USA 2779 1 - 0 2771 RUS GM Grischuk, Alexander
GM Nakamura, Hikaru USA 2814 ½ - ½ 2808 USA GM Caruana, Fabiano
1. Topalov — 2½; 2.-4. Aronian, Carlsen, Giri — 2; 5.-7. Nakamura, Vachier-Lagrave, So — 1½; 8. Grischuk — 1; 9.-10. Anand, Caruana — ½;



4th round — 26th August 2015, 1300
GM Grischuk, Alexander RUS 2771 ½ - ½ 2816 BUL GM Topalov, Veselin
GM Giri, Anish NED 2793 ½ - ½ 2853 NOR GM Carlsen, Magnus
GM So, Wesley USA 2779 0 - 1 2765 ARM GM Aronian, Levon
GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime FRA 2731 ½ - ½ 2814 USA GM Nakamura, Hikaru
GM Caruana, Fabiano USA 2808 ½ - ½ 2816 IND GM Anand, Viswanathan
1.-2. Aronian, Topalov — 3; 3.-4. Carlsen, Giri — 2½; 5.-6. Nakamura, Vachier-Lagrave — 2; 7.-8. Grischuk, So — 1½; 9.-10. Anand, Caruana — 1;



5th round — 27th August 2015, 1300
GM Topalov, Veselin BUL 2816 0 - 1 2808 USA GM Caruana, Fabiano
GM Aronian, Levon ARM 2765 ½ - ½ 2771 RUS GM Grischuk, Alexander
GM Nakamura, Hikaru USA 2814 ½ - ½ 2793 NED GM Giri, Anish
GM Carlsen, Magnus NOR 2853 1 - 0 2779 USA GM So, Wesley
GM Anand, Viswanathan IND 2816 ½ - ½ 2731 FRA GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime
1.-2. Aronian, Carlsen — 3½; 3.-4. Giri, Topalov — 3; 5.-6. Nakamura, Vachier-Lagrave — 2½; 7.-8. Grischuk, Caruana — 2; 9.-10. Anand, So — 1½;



6th round — 29th August 2015, 1300
GM Aronian, Levon ARM 2765 ½ - ½ 2853 NOR GM Carlsen, Magnus
GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime FRA 2731 1 - 0 2816 BUL GM Topalov, Veselin
GM Giri, Anish NED 2793 ½ - ½ 2816 IND GM Anand, Viswanathan
GM So, Wesley USA 2779 0 - 1 2814 USA GM Nakamura, Hikaru
GM Grischuk, Alexander RUS 2771 1 - 0 2808 USA GM Caruana, Fabiano
1.-2. Aronian, Carlsen — 4; 3.-5. Giri, Nakamura, Vachier-Lagrave — 3½; 6.-7. Grischuk, Topalov — 3; 8.-9. Anand, Caruana — 2; 10. So — 1½;



7th round — 30th August 2015, 1300
GM Nakamura, Hikaru USA 2814 0 - 1 2765 ARM GM Aronian, Levon
GM Carlsen, Magnus NOR 2853 0 - 1 2771 RUS GM Grischuk, Alexander
GM Topalov, Veselin BUL 2816 ½ - ½ 2793 NED GM Giri, Anish
GM Caruana, Fabiano USA 2808 ½ - ½ 2731 FRA GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime
GM Anand, Viswanathan IND 2816 ½ - ½ 2779 USA GM So, Wesley
1. Aronian — 5; 2.-5. Carlsen, Giri, Vachier-Lagrave, Grischuk — 4; 6.-7. Nakamura, Topalov — 3½; 8.-9. Anand, Caruana — 2½; 10. So — 2;



8th round — 31st August 2015, 1300
GM Aronian, Levon ARM 2765 ½ - ½ 2816 IND GM Anand, Viswanathan
GM Carlsen, Magnus NOR 2853 ½ - ½ 2814 USA GM Nakamura, Hikaru
GM Grischuk, Alexander RUS 2771 ½ - ½ 2731 FRA GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime
GM Giri, Anish NED 2793 ½ - ½ 2808 USA GM Caruana, Fabiano
GM So, Wesley USA 2779 ½ - ½ 2816 BUL GM Topalov, Veselin
1. Aronian — 5½; 2.-5. Carlsen, Giri, Vachier-Lagrave, Grischuk — 4½; 6.-7. Nakamura, Topalov — 4; 8.-9. Anand, Caruana — 3; 10. So — 2½;



9th round — 1st September 2015, 1300
GM Topalov, Veselin BUL 2816 ½ - ½ 2765 ARM GM Aronian, Levon
GM Anand, Viswanathan IND 2816 ½ - ½ 2853 NOR GM Carlsen, Magnus
GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime FRA 2731 ½ - ½ 2793 NED GM Giri, Anish
GM Nakamura, Hikaru USA 2814 1 - 0 2771 RUS GM Grischuk, Alexander
GM Caruana, Fabiano USA 2808 ½ - ½ 2779 USA GM So, Wesley
1. Aronian — 6; 2.-5. Carlsen, Giri, Nakamura, Vachier-Lagrave — 5; 6.-7. Grischuk, Topalov — 4½; 8.-9. Anand, Caruana — 3½; 10. So — 3;








Information

3rd Sinquefield Cup
Dates: 21st August - 3rd September 2015
City: St. Louis (United States)
Venue: Saint Louis Chess Club
Organizers: Saint Louis Chess Club (USA); Grand Chess Tour (USA)
Tournament Director: Tony Rich (USA)
Chief Arbiter: Chris Bird (ENG)
Players participating: 10 (incl. 10 GMs)
Games played: 45
Competition format: Single round robin.
Tie-breaks: none
Time control: 120 minutes for 40 moves, then 60 minutes for the rest of the game.
30 sec. increment from move 1.
Website: http://grandchesstour.com/2015-sinquefield-cup/2015-sinquefield-cup
Other websites: TWIC event reports
TWIC featured report
Wikipedia
PGN game file: sinquefield-2015.pgn