Sinquefield Cup 2016 6th round

So leads with 4 points.

Results of the 6th round

1	GM So, Wesley (3) 2771	1 – 0	GM Topalov, V. (3½) 2761
2	GM Aronian, L. (3) 2792	0 – 1	GM Vachier-Lagr. (2) 2819
3	GM Giri, Anish (2) 2769	½ – ½	GM Anand, V. (3) 2770
4	GM Nakamura, H. (2½) 2791	½ – ½	GM Caruana, F. (2½) 2807
5	GM Ding, Liren (2) 2755	1 – 0	GM Svidler, P. (1½) 2751

Standings after 6 rounds

1	So, Wesley	4/6	2771
2	Topalov, Veselin	3½/6	2761
3	Anand, Viswanathan	3½/6	2770
4	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	3/6	2819
5	Aronian, Levon	3/6	2792
6	Nakamura, Hikaru	3/6	2791
7	Ding, Liren	3/6	2755
8	Caruana, Fabiano	3/6	2807
9	Giri, Anish	2½/6	2769
10	Svidler, Peter	1½/6	2751

Games of the round

   [Event "4th Sinquefield Cup 2016"]   [Site "Saint Louis USA"]   [Date "2016.08.11"]   [Round "6"]   [White "So, W."]   [Black "Topalov, V."]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "A20"]   [WhiteElo "2771"]   [BlackElo "2761"]   [PlyCount "81"]   [EventDate "2016.08.04"]         c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.     d3 O-O 9. a3 Be6 10. Be3 Nd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Qa4 Re8 13. Rac1 a6 14. Nd2 Bxg2     Kxg2 Nd4 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Qb3 Rb8 18. e4 dxe3 19. fxe3 Rf8 20. Ne4 Qd7 21.     Rf3 Rbd8 22. d4 c6 23. Rcf1 Qd5 24. Qc2 g6 25. g4 Rde8 26. h3 Bd8 27. Nc3 Qe6     Na4 b6 29. Rc1 c5 30. dxc5 b5 31. Nc3 Qc6 32. Qd2 Re5 33. b4 Bg5 34. Rd1     Bxe3 35. Qd7 Qa8 36. Nd5 Bg5 37. c6 Bh4 38. Rd2 Re1 39. Rc2 Kg7 40. Nb6 Qb8 41.   Qd4+ 1-0

  [Event "4th Sinquefield Cup 2016"]   [Site "Saint Louis USA"]   [Date "2016.08.11"]   [Round "6"]   [White "Aronian, L."]   [Black "Vachier Lagrave, M."]   [Result "0-1"]   [ECO "A37"]   [WhiteElo "2792"]   [BlackElo "2819"]   [PlyCount "98"]   [EventDate "2016.08.04"]         Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Nge7 7. a3 O-O 8. b4     d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Ng5 Nc7 11. Nge4 c4 12. d3 cxd3 13. Bg5 f6 14. Be3 f5 15.   Bg5 Qd4 16. Be3 Qd8 17. Bg5 Qd7 18. Nc5 dxe2 19. Nxe2 Qxd1 20. Rfxd1 f4 21.   gxf4 h6 22. b5 Nxb5 23. Rab1 Nxa3 24. Rb3 hxg5 25. Rxa3 exf4 26. Bd5+ Kh7 27.   Ne4 Kh6 28. Nd6 Bf6 29. Bxc6 bxc6 30. Nxc8 Raxc8 31. Rd7 g4 32. Nxf4 Rcd8 33.   Raxa7 Rxd7 34. Rxd7 c5 35. Ne6 Rc8 36. Rc7 Rxc7 37. Nxc7 c4 38. Kf1 Kg5 39. Nd5   Be5 40. Ke2 Bxh2 41. Ke3 Be5 42. Nb4 Bd6 43. Nd5 Bc5+ 44. Ke2 Kf5 45. Nc3 Ke5     Nb5 Bb4 47. Ke3 g5 48. Nc7 Bc5+ 49. Ke2 c3 0-1

   [Event "4th Sinquefield Cup 2016"]   [Site "Saint Louis USA"]   [Date "2016.08.11"]   [Round "6"]   [White "Giri, A."]   [Black "Anand, V."]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "A14"]   [WhiteElo "2769"]   [BlackElo "2770"]   [PlyCount "81"]   [EventDate "2016.08.04"]         c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. d4     O-O 9. e4 Ndb4 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. e5 Bb6 12. a3 Nd5 13. Qe2 Bd7 14. Rd1 Nxc3 15.   bxc3 Qc7 16. a4 Ne7 17. Ng5 Bc6 18. Ba3 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Bc5 20. Qe4 Ng6 21. Bxc5   Qxc5 22. Nf3 b6 23. Rd7 Qxc3 24. Rad1 Rac8 25. Rxa7 Rc4 26. Qb7 Rcc8 27. Re1   Rb8 28. Qe4 Qc5 29. Rb1 b5 30. Ra5 Qc4 31. Qxc4 bxc4 32. Rxb8 Rxb8 33. Rc5 Rb4     a5 Ra4 35. Nd2 c3 36. Rc8+ Nf8 37. Nb3 g5 38. Rxc3 Ra3 39. Kf3 Ng6 40. Rc8+     Kg7 41. Rc3 1/2-1/2

   [Event "4th Sinquefield Cup 2016"]   [Site "Saint Louis USA"]   [Date "2016.08.11"]   [Round "6"]   [White "Nakamura, Hi"]   [Black "Caruana, F."]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "A61"]   [WhiteElo "2791"]   [BlackElo "2807"]   [PlyCount "117"]   [EventDate "2016.08.04"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. Bf4 Bg7 8. Qa4+     Bd7 9. Qb3 b5 10. Bxd6 Qb6 11. Be5 O-O 12. e3 c4 13. Qd1 b4 14. Nb1 Rc8 15.   Nbd2 Bb5 16. a4 bxa3 17. Rxa3 Bf8 18. Bd4 Qb7 19. Ra1 Nxd5 20. Be2 Nc6 21. O-O   Nxd4 22. Nxd4 a6 23. Bf3 Rd8 24. Ne4 Qb6 25. Nc3 Nxc3 26. bxc3 Rac8 27. Qc2 Qf6     Rfb1 Rc5 29. Bd1 Bg7 30. Qe2 Qe7 31. Rb2 Qe8 32. Rba2 h5 33. Ba4 Bxa4 34.     Rxa4 Bxd4 35. cxd4 Rxd4 36. exd4 Qxe2 37. dxc5 c3 38. Rc1 c2 39. Rd4 Qb5 40.   Rd2 Qxc5 41. Rdxc2 Qa3 42. h4 a5 43. g3 a4 44. Re1 Qb3 45. Rce2 Qc3 46. Re3 Qb2     R1e2 Qb4 48. Kh2 Kg7 49. Rf3 g5 50. hxg5 h4 51. Ree3 hxg3+ 52. Kxg3 Kg6 53.     Kh2 Qc4 54. Rg3 Qf1 55. Ref3 Qc4 56. Rf6+ Kg7 57. Rff3 Kg6 58. Rf6+ Kg7 59.   Rff3 1/2-1/2

  [Event "4th Sinquefield Cup 2016"]   [Site "Saint Louis USA"]   [Date "2016.08.11"]   [Round "6"]   [White "Ding Liren"]   [Black "Svidler, P."]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "E60"]   [WhiteElo "2755"]   [BlackElo "2751"]   [PlyCount "117"]   [EventDate "2016.08.04"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. Nh3 a6 8. a4 e6   Nf4 exd5 10. Nfxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Nc6 12. O-O Re8 13. Ra2 Rb8 14. b3 b5 15.     axb5 axb5 16. cxb5 Nd4 17. b6 Be6 18. e3 Nb5 19. Bd2 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Qxb6 21. Qf3   Re7 22. Ba5 Qa7 23. Bd8 Rxd8 24. Rxa7 Rxa7 25. Bc4 Nc3 26. Qc6 d5 27. Bd3 Ra3     Qb6 Rc8 29. Kg2 Bf8 30. Rc1 Na2 31. Ra1 Bg7 32. Rb1 Nb4 33. Bb5 Bf8 34. e4     Raa8 35. Bf1 Rab8 36. Qa7 Ra8 37. Qb7 Rab8 38. Qa7 Ra8 39. Qd7 c4 40. bxc4 dxe4     Qb7 Nc6 42. Re1 Rab8 43. Qd7 Ne5 44. Qd5 Rc5 45. Qxe4 Rbc8 46. Rc1 R8c7 47.     Be2 Rc8 48. f4 Nd7 49. Ra1 Nf6 50. Qf3 Re8 51. Ra8 Re6 52. Qd3 Kg7 53. Bf3 Rd6     Qc3 h5 55. h3 Kg8 56. Qb4 Nd7 57. Bd5 Rb6 58. Qd2 Rc7 59. f5 1-0

Pairings of the 7th round

1	GM Svidler, P. (1½) 2751	— —	GM So, Wesley (4) 2771
2	GM Anand, V. (3½) 2770	— —	GM Aronian, L. (3) 2792
3	GM Topalov, V. (3½) 2761	— —	GM Giri, Anish (2½) 2769
4	GM Vachier-Lagr. (3) 2819	— —	GM Nakamura, H. (3) 2791
5	GM Caruana, F. (3) 2807	— —	GM Ding, Liren (3) 2755

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