Sinquefield Cup 2016 last round

By Yelena Dembo | August 15, 2016 - 07:07 |August 15, 2016 Sinquefield Cup 2016

Wesley So won the event with 5.5 points.

Results of the last round

1	GM Vachier-Lagr. (4) 2819	½ – ½	GM So, Wesley (5) 2771
2	GM Topalov, V. (4½) 2761	½ – ½	GM Aronian, L. (4½) 2792
3	GM Svidler, P. (3) 2751	½ – ½	GM Anand, V. (4½) 2770
4	GM Nakamura, H. (3½) 2791	1 – 0	GM Ding, Liren (4) 2755
5	GM Caruana, F. (4) 2807	1 – 0	GM Giri, Anish (3) 2769

Final standings

1	So, Wesley	5½/9	2771
2	Aronian, Levon	5/9	2792
3	Topalov, Veselin	5/9	2761
4	Caruana, Fabiano	5/9	2807
5	Anand, Viswanathan	5/9	2770
6	Nakamura, Hikaru	4½/9	2791
7	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	4½/9	2819
8	Ding, Liren	4/9	2755
9	Svidler, Peter	3½/9	2751
10	Giri, Anish	3/9	2769

Games of the round

  [Event "4th Sinquefield Cup 2016"]   [Site "Saint Louis USA"]   [Date "2016.08.14"]   [Round "9.1"]   [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]   [Black "So, Wesley"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "C67"]   [WhiteElo "2819"]   [BlackElo "2771"]   [PlyCount "94"]   [EventDate "2016.08.05"]         e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5   Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Bg5 Be6 12. Rad1 Be7 13. b3 a5 14. Rd3     Rd8 15. Rxd8+ Bxd8 16. Rd1 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 Ke7 18. Ne2 Nh4 19. g3 Ng6 20. Nxe6   fxe6 21. f4 Rf8 22. Rd4 c5 23. Re4 Rd8 24. Kf2 Rd1 25. g4 hxg4 26. hxg4 b5 27.   f5 Nh4 28. Ng3 Ra1 29. a4 Ra2 30. axb5 Rxc2+ 31. Re2 Rxe2+ 32. Kxe2 c4 33. bxc4   a4 34. Kd3 Nf3 35. f6+ Kf7 36. fxg7 Nxe5+ 37. Kc3 a3 38. c5 Nd3 39. Kb3 Nxc5+     Kxa3 Kxg7 41. Kb4 Nd3+ 42. Kc4 Ne5+ 43. Kc5 Kh6 44. Ne2 c6 45. bxc6 Nxc6   Kxc6 Kg5 47. Kd6 Kxg4 1/2-1/2

   [Event "4th Sinquefield Cup 2016"]   [Site "Saint Louis USA"]   [Date "2016.08.14"]   [Round "9.2"]   [White "Topalov, Veselin"]   [Black "Aronian, Levon"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "C65"]   [WhiteElo "2761"]   [BlackElo "2792"]   [PlyCount "162"]   [EventDate "2016.08.05"]         e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d5 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Bc4 Qd6 8.     Qe2 O-O 9. Nbd2 a5 10. Ng5 Bf5 11. Nde4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. dxe4 Nd8 14. Bd2   c6 15. a4 Ne6 16. Rd1 Qe7 17. g3 Rad8 18. O-O Rd7 19. Bc1 Rfd8 20. Rxd7 Rxd7     Kg2 g6 22. Bh6 Qf6 23. Qg4 Rd8 24. Bxe6 Qxe6 25. Qxe6 fxe6 26. Kf3 Kf7 27.     Ke2 Rd7 28. h4 Bf8 29. Be3 Be7 30. Rb1 c5 31. g4 h5 32. gxh5 gxh5 33. Rh1 Rd8     Rh3 Rg8 35. Rf3+ Ke8 36. Rg3 Kf7 37. Kd3 b6 38. Kc4 Bxh4 39. Rh3 Bg5 40.     Bxg5 Rxg5 41. Kb5 Rg2 42. Rf3+ Ke7 43. Kxb6 Rg8 44. Rh3 c4 45. Rxh5 Rb8+ 46.   Kc6 Rxb2 47. Rxe5 Rc2 48. Rxa5 Rxc3 49. Rc5 Rc2 50. Kb5 c3 51. Kb4 Rxf2 52.   Rxc3 Kd6 53. Rc4 Rf8 54. a5 Rb8+ 55. Ka3 Ra8 56. Ka4 Ra7 57. Rd4+ Kc5 58. Rd8   Rb7 59. Rc8+ Kd4 60. a6 Re7 61. Kb5 Kxe4 62. Rc4+ Kd3 63. Ra4 e5 64. Ra3+ Kd4     a7 Rb7+ 66. Kc6 Rxa7 67. Rxa7 e4 68. Ra4+ Kd3 69. Kd5 e3 70. Ra3+ Kd2 71.     Kd4 e2 72. Ra2+ Kd1 73. Kd3 e1=N+ 74. Kc3 Nf3 75. Rf2 Ne1 76. Rd2+ Kc1 77. Rh2   Kd1 78. Rf2 Kc1 79. Rd2 Nf3 80. Rd5 Ne1 81. Rd8 Nf3 1/2-1/2

   [Event "4th Sinquefield Cup 2016"]   [Site "Saint Louis USA"]   [Date "2016.08.14"]   [Round "9.3"]   [White "Svidler, Peter"]   [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "C65"]   [WhiteElo "2751"]   [BlackElo "2770"]   [PlyCount "59"]   [EventDate "2016.08.05"]         e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. O-O Bd6 8.     b3 Nd7 9. Nc4 O-O 10. h3 Qe7 11. Nxd6 cxd6 12. d4 f5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Ng5 f4     Nxe6 Qxe6 16. Ba3 Rfd8 17. Qe2 Nf6 18. Rfd1 g5 19. f3 Kf7 20. Rd3 Rxd3 21.     Qxd3 h5 22. Rd1 g4 23. hxg4 hxg4 24. Qd6 Qxd6 25. Rxd6 Rg8 26. Kf1 Rh8 27. Kg1   Rg8 28. Kf1 Rh8 29. Kg1 Rg8 30. Kf1 1/2-1/2

   [Event "4th Sinquefield Cup 2016"]   [Site "Saint Louis USA"]   [Date "2016.08.14"]   [Round "9.4"]   [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]   [Black "Ding, Liren"]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "D43"]   [WhiteElo "2791"]   [BlackElo "2755"]   [PlyCount "55"]   [EventDate "2016.08.05"]         d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5   Be2 Bb7 10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Be5 Qe7 14. b3 cxb3 15.     axb3 a6 16. Qc1 Rg8 17. O-O Nh5 18. d5 Qxh4 19. g3 Qg5 20. dxc6 Qxe5 21. cxb7   Rb8 22. Nd5 exd5 23. Qc8+ Ke7 24. Rxa6 Nxg3 25. Bxb5 Ne2+ 26. Bxe2 f6 27. Re6+   Qxe6 28. Qxb8 1-0

   [Event "4th Sinquefield Cup 2016"]   [Site "Saint Louis USA"]   [Date "2016.08.14"]   [Round "9.5"]   [White "Caruana, Fabiano"]   [Black "Giri, Anish"]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "C81"]   [WhiteElo "2807"]   [BlackElo "2769"]   [PlyCount "91"]   [EventDate "2016.08.05"]         e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5     Be6 9. Qe2 Nc5 10. Rd1 Nxb3 11. cxb3 Be7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Be3 Qd7 14. h3 Rad8     Rd2 f6 16. Rad1 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 fxe5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 Qxd5 20. Rxd5     Rxd5 21. Qc2 c5 22. g3 Kh8 23. h4 Rfd8 24. Qe4 h6 25. Kg2 Bf6 26. Kh3 h5 27. a4   Rd3 28. axb5 axb5 29. Qg6 e4 30. Qxh5+ Kg8 31. Qf5 Bxb2 32. Qxe4 c4 33. bxc4   bxc4 34. Qxc4+ R3d5 35. g4 Kh8 36. g5 Bd4 37. Bxd4 Rxd4 38. Qf7 R8d7 39. Qe8+   Kh7 40. Qh5+ Kg8 41. g6 Re4 42. Qh7+ Kf8 43. Qh8+ Ke7 44. Qxg7+ Ke6 45. Qh8   Rd3+ 46. Kh2 1-0

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