6th Sinquefield Cup :: St. Louis 2018

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Crosstable

pos. name Elo flag 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 pts + = -
=1. GM Aronian, Levon 2767 ARM ● ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 5½ 2 7 0
=1. GM Carlsen, Magnus 2842 NOR ½ ● ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 5½ 2 7 0
=1. GM Caruana, Fabiano 2822 USA ½ ½ ● ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 5½ 2 7 0
4. GM Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 2801 AZE ½ ½ ½ ● ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 5 1 8 0
=5. GM Anand, Viswanathan 2768 IND ½ ½ ½ ½ ● ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 4½ 0 9 0
=5. GM Grischuk, Alexander 2766 RUS 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ● ½ ½ ½ 1 4½ 1 7 1
=5. GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 2779 FRA ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ● ½ ½ ½ 4½ 0 9 0
8. GM So, Wesley 2780 USA ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ● ½ ½ 4 0 8 1
=9. GM Karjakin, Sergey 2773 RUS 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ● ½ 3 0 6 3
=9. GM Nakamura, Hikaru 2777 USA ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ● 3 0 6 3

Three players tied for first; no tie-break was played and first place was shared.





Round by round results

1st round — 18th August 2018, 1300
GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime FRA 2779 ½ - ½ 2842 NOR GM Carlsen, Magnus
GM Caruana, Fabiano USA 2822 ½ - ½ 2766 RUS GM Grischuk, Alexander
GM Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar AZE 2801 1 - 0 2780 USA GM So, Wesley
GM Nakamura, Hikaru USA 2777 ½ - ½ 2768 IND GM Anand, Viswanathan
GM Aronian, Levon ARM 2767 1 - 0 2773 RUS GM Karjakin, Sergey
1.-2. Aronian, Mamedyarov — 1; 3.-8. Carlsen, Caruana, Anand, Grischuk, Vachier-Lagrave, Nakamura — ½; 9.-10. So, Karjakin — 0;



2nd round — 19th August 2018, 1300
GM Caruana, Fabiano USA 2822 ½ - ½ 2767 ARM GM Aronian, Levon
GM Grischuk, Alexander RUS 2766 ½ - ½ 2801 AZE GM Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
GM Carlsen, Magnus NOR 2842 1 - 0 2773 RUS GM Karjakin, Sergey
GM Anand, Viswanathan IND 2768 ½ - ½ 2779 FRA GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime
GM So, Wesley USA 2780 ½ - ½ 2777 USA GM Nakamura, Hikaru
1.-3. Aronian, Carlsen, Mamedyarov — 1½; 4.-8. Caruana, Anand, Grischuk, Vachier-Lagrave, Nakamura — 1; 9. So — ½; 10. Karjakin — 0;



3rd round — 20th August 2018, 1300
GM Aronian, Levon ARM 2767 ½ - ½ 2842 NOR GM Carlsen, Magnus
GM Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar AZE 2801 ½ - ½ 2822 USA GM Caruana, Fabiano
GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime FRA 2779 ½ - ½ 2780 USA GM So, Wesley
GM Nakamura, Hikaru USA 2777 0 - 1 2766 RUS GM Grischuk, Alexander
GM Karjakin, Sergey RUS 2773 ½ - ½ 2768 IND GM Anand, Viswanathan
1.-4. Aronian, Carlsen, Mamedyarov, Grischuk — 2; 5.-7. Caruana, Anand, Vachier-Lagrave — 1½; 8.-9. So, Nakamura — 1; 10. Karjakin — ½;



4th round — 21st August 2018, 1300
GM Anand, Viswanathan IND 2768 ½ - ½ 2842 NOR GM Carlsen, Magnus
GM Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar AZE 2801 ½ - ½ 2767 ARM GM Aronian, Levon
GM Caruana, Fabiano USA 2822 1 - 0 2777 USA GM Nakamura, Hikaru
GM Grischuk, Alexander RUS 2766 ½ - ½ 2779 FRA GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime
GM So, Wesley USA 2780 ½ - ½ 2773 RUS GM Karjakin, Sergey
1.-5. Aronian, Carlsen, Caruana, Mamedyarov, Grischuk — 2½; 6.-7. Anand, Vachier-Lagrave — 2; 8. So — 1½; 9.-10. Karjakin, Nakamura — 1;



5th round — 22nd August 2018, 1300
GM Carlsen, Magnus NOR 2842 ½ - ½ 2780 USA GM So, Wesley
GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime FRA 2779 ½ - ½ 2822 USA GM Caruana, Fabiano
GM Nakamura, Hikaru USA 2777 ½ - ½ 2801 AZE GM Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
GM Aronian, Levon ARM 2767 ½ - ½ 2768 IND GM Anand, Viswanathan
GM Karjakin, Sergey RUS 2773 ½ - ½ 2766 RUS GM Grischuk, Alexander
1.-5. Aronian, Carlsen, Caruana, Mamedyarov, Grischuk — 3; 6.-7. Anand, Vachier-Lagrave — 2½; 8. So — 2; 9.-10. Karjakin, Nakamura — 1½;



6th round — 24th August 2018, 1300
GM Grischuk, Alexander RUS 2766 ½ - ½ 2842 NOR GM Carlsen, Magnus
GM Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar AZE 2801 ½ - ½ 2779 FRA GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime
GM Caruana, Fabiano USA 2822 1 - 0 2773 RUS GM Karjakin, Sergey
GM Nakamura, Hikaru USA 2777 ½ - ½ 2767 ARM GM Aronian, Levon
GM So, Wesley USA 2780 ½ - ½ 2768 IND GM Anand, Viswanathan
1. Caruana — 4; 2.-5. Aronian, Carlsen, Mamedyarov, Grischuk — 3½; 6.-7. Anand, Vachier-Lagrave — 3; 8. So — 2½; 9. Nakamura — 2; 10. Karjakin — 1½;



7th round — 25th August 2018, 1300
GM Carlsen, Magnus NOR 2842 ½ - ½ 2822 USA GM Caruana, Fabiano
GM Aronian, Levon ARM 2767 ½ - ½ 2780 USA GM So, Wesley
GM Anand, Viswanathan IND 2768 ½ - ½ 2766 RUS GM Grischuk, Alexander
GM Karjakin, Sergey RUS 2773 ½ - ½ 2801 AZE GM Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime FRA 2779 ½ - ½ 2777 USA GM Nakamura, Hikaru
1. Caruana — 4½; 2.-5. Aronian, Carlsen, Mamedyarov, Grischuk — 4; 6.-7. Anand, Vachier-Lagrave — 3½; 8. So — 3; 9. Nakamura — 2½; 10. Karjakin — 2;



8th round — 26th August 2018, 1300
GM Caruana, Fabiano USA 2822 ½ - ½ 2768 IND GM Anand, Viswanathan
GM Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar AZE 2801 ½ - ½ 2842 NOR GM Carlsen, Magnus
GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime FRA 2779 ½ - ½ 2767 ARM GM Aronian, Levon
GM Grischuk, Alexander RUS 2766 ½ - ½ 2780 USA GM So, Wesley
GM Nakamura, Hikaru USA 2777 ½ - ½ 2773 RUS GM Karjakin, Sergey
1. Caruana — 5; 2.-5. Aronian, Carlsen, Mamedyarov, Grischuk — 4½; 6.-7. Anand, Vachier-Lagrave — 4; 8. So — 3½; 9. Nakamura — 3; 10. Karjakin — 2½;



9th round — 27th August 2018, 1300
GM So, Wesley USA 2780 ½ - ½ 2822 USA GM Caruana, Fabiano
GM Carlsen, Magnus NOR 2842 1 - 0 2777 USA GM Nakamura, Hikaru
GM Aronian, Levon ARM 2767 1 - 0 2766 RUS GM Grischuk, Alexander
GM Anand, Viswanathan IND 2768 ½ - ½ 2801 AZE GM Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
GM Karjakin, Sergey RUS 2773 ½ - ½ 2779 FRA GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime
1.-3. Aronian, Carlsen, Caruana — 5½; 4. Mamedyarov — 5; 5.-7. Anand, Grischuk, Vachier-Lagrave — 4½; 8. So — 4; 9.-10. Karjakin, Nakamura — 3;







Information

6th Sinquefield Cup
Dates: 16th - 29th August 2018
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: 100 minutes for 40 moves, then 60 minutes for the rest of the game.
30 sec. delay from move 1.
Website: https://grandchesstour.org/
Other websites: TWIC event reports
Wikipedia
PGN game file: sinquefield-2018.pgn