4th Sinquefield Cup :: St. Louis 2016

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Crosstable

pos. name Elo flag 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 pts + = -
1. GM So, Wesley 2771 USA ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 2 7 0
=2. GM Anand, Viswanathan 2770 IND ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 5 1 8 0
=2. GM Aronian, Levon 2792 ARM ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 5 2 6 1
=2. GM Caruana, Fabiano 2807 USA ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5 1 8 0
=2. GM Topalov, Veselin 2761 BUL 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 5 2 6 1
=6. GM Nakamura, Hikaru 2791 USA 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 2 5 2
=6. GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 2819 FRA ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 7 1
8. GM Ding, Liren 2755 CHN ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 4 1 6 2
9. GM Svidler, Peter 2751 RUS ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 1 5 3
10. GM Giri, Anish 2769 NED ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 3 0 6 3





Round by round results

1st round — 5th August 2016, 1300
GM Giri, Anish NED 2769 ½ - ½ 2819 FRA GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime
GM Anand, Viswanathan IND 2770 ½ - ½ 2807 USA GM Caruana, Fabiano
GM So, Wesley USA 2771 1 - 0 2791 USA GM Nakamura, Hikaru
GM Ding, Liren CHN 2755 ½ - ½ 2792 ARM GM Aronian, Levon
GM Topalov, Veselin BUL 2761 1 - 0 2751 RUS GM Svidler, Peter
1.-2. So, Topalov — 1; 3.-8. Anand, Aronian, Caruana, Vachier-Lagrave, Ding, Giri — ½; 9.-10. Nakamura, Svidler — 0;



2nd round — 6th August 2016, 1300
GM Caruana, Fabiano USA 2807 ½ - ½ 2761 BUL GM Topalov, Veselin
GM Ding, Liren CHN 2755 ½ - ½ 2771 USA GM So, Wesley
GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime FRA 2819 0 - 1 2770 IND GM Anand, Viswanathan
GM Nakamura, Hikaru USA 2791 1 - 0 2769 NED GM Giri, Anish
GM Aronian, Levon ARM 2792 1 - 0 2751 RUS GM Svidler, Peter
1.-4. So, Anand, Aronian, Topalov — 1½; 5.-7. Caruana, Nakamura, Ding — 1; 8.-9. Vachier-Lagrave, Giri — ½; 10. Svidler — 0;



3rd round — 7th August 2016, 1300
GM So, Wesley USA 2771 ½ - ½ 2792 ARM GM Aronian, Levon
GM Anand, Viswanathan IND 2770 ½ - ½ 2791 USA GM Nakamura, Hikaru
GM Topalov, Veselin BUL 2761 ½ - ½ 2819 FRA GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime
GM Svidler, Peter RUS 2751 ½ - ½ 2807 USA GM Caruana, Fabiano
GM Giri, Anish NED 2769 ½ - ½ 2755 CHN GM Ding, Liren
1.-4. So, Anand, Aronian, Topalov — 2; 5.-7. Caruana, Nakamura, Ding — 1½; 8.-9. Vachier-Lagrave, Giri — 1; 10. Svidler — ½;



4th round — 8th August 2016, 1300
GM Aronian, Levon ARM 2792 ½ - ½ 2807 USA GM Caruana, Fabiano
GM Nakamura, Hikaru USA 2791 ½ - ½ 2761 BUL GM Topalov, Veselin
GM Ding, Liren CHN 2755 ½ - ½ 2770 IND GM Anand, Viswanathan
GM So, Wesley USA 2771 ½ - ½ 2769 NED GM Giri, Anish
GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime FRA 2819 ½ - ½ 2751 RUS GM Svidler, Peter
1.-4. So, Anand, Aronian, Topalov — 2½; 5.-7. Caruana, Nakamura, Ding — 2; 8.-9. Vachier-Lagrave, Giri — 1½; 10. Svidler — 1;



5th round — 9th August 2016, 1300
GM Anand, Viswanathan IND 2770 ½ - ½ 2771 USA GM So, Wesley
GM Topalov, Veselin BUL 2761 1 - 0 2755 CHN GM Ding, Liren
GM Giri, Anish NED 2769 ½ - ½ 2792 ARM GM Aronian, Levon
GM Caruana, Fabiano USA 2807 ½ - ½ 2819 FRA GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime
GM Svidler, Peter RUS 2751 ½ - ½ 2791 USA GM Nakamura, Hikaru
1. Topalov — 3½; 2.-4. So, Anand, Aronian — 3; 5.-6. Caruana, Nakamura — 2½; 7.-9. Vachier-Lagrave, Ding, Giri — 2; 10. Svidler — 1½;



6th round — 11th August 2016, 1300
GM So, Wesley USA 2771 1 - 0 2761 BUL GM Topalov, Veselin
GM Aronian, Levon ARM 2792 0 - 1 2819 FRA GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime
GM Giri, Anish NED 2769 ½ - ½ 2770 IND GM Anand, Viswanathan
GM Nakamura, Hikaru USA 2791 ½ - ½ 2807 USA GM Caruana, Fabiano
GM Ding, Liren CHN 2755 1 - 0 2751 RUS GM Svidler, Peter
1. So — 4; 2.-3. Anand, Topalov — 3½; 4.-8. Aronian, Caruana, Nakamura, Vachier-Lagrave, Ding — 3; 9. Giri — 2½; 10. Svidler — 1½;



7th round — 12th August 2016, 1300
GM Svidler, Peter RUS 2751 ½ - ½ 2771 USA GM So, Wesley
GM Anand, Viswanathan IND 2770 ½ - ½ 2792 ARM GM Aronian, Levon
GM Topalov, Veselin BUL 2761 ½ - ½ 2769 NED GM Giri, Anish
GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime FRA 2819 ½ - ½ 2791 USA GM Nakamura, Hikaru
GM Caruana, Fabiano USA 2807 ½ - ½ 2755 CHN GM Ding, Liren
1. So — 4½; 2.-3. Anand, Topalov — 4; 4.-8. Aronian, Caruana, Nakamura, Vachier-Lagrave, Ding — 3½; 9. Giri — 3; 10. Svidler — 2;



8th round — 13th August 2016, 1300
GM So, Wesley USA 2771 ½ - ½ 2807 USA GM Caruana, Fabiano
GM Anand, Viswanathan IND 2770 ½ - ½ 2761 BUL GM Topalov, Veselin
GM Aronian, Levon ARM 2792 1 - 0 2791 USA GM Nakamura, Hikaru
GM Ding, Liren CHN 2755 ½ - ½ 2819 FRA GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime
GM Giri, Anish NED 2769 0 - 1 2751 RUS GM Svidler, Peter
1. So — 5; 2.-4. Anand, Aronian, Topalov — 4½; 5.-7. Caruana, Vachier-Lagrave, Ding — 4; 8. Nakamura — 3½; 9.-10. Svidler, Giri — 3;



9th round — 14th August 2016, 1300
GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime FRA 2819 ½ - ½ 2771 USA GM So, Wesley
GM Topalov, Veselin BUL 2761 ½ - ½ 2792 ARM GM Aronian, Levon
GM Svidler, Peter RUS 2751 ½ - ½ 2770 IND GM Anand, Viswanathan
GM Nakamura, Hikaru USA 2791 1 - 0 2755 CHN GM Ding, Liren
GM Caruana, Fabiano USA 2807 1 - 0 2769 NED GM Giri, Anish
1. So — 5½; 2.-5. Anand, Aronian, Caruana, Topalov — 5; 6.-7. Nakamura, Vachier-Lagrave — 4½; 8. Ding — 4; 9. Svidler — 3½; 10. Giri — 3;








Information

4th Sinquefield Cup
Dates: 4th - 16th August 2016
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/2016-sinquefield-cup/2016-sinquefield-cup
Other websites: TWIC event reports
TWIC featured report
Wikipedia
PGN game file: sinquefield-2016.pgn