Category Archives: Sinquefield Cup 2015

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Topalov and Aronian lead with 3 out of 4.

Results of the 4th round

GM Grischuk, A. (1) 2771 ½-½ GM Topalov, V. (2½) 2816
GM Giri, Anish (2) 2793 ½-½ GM Carlsen, M. (2) 2853
GM So, Wesley (1½) 2779 0-1 GM Aronian, L. (2) 2765
GM Vachier-Lagr. (1½) 2731 ½-½ GM Nakamura, H. (1½) 2814
GM Caruana, F. (½) 2808 ½-½ GM Anand, V. (½) 2816

Standings after 4 rounds

1 Topalov, Veselin 3/4 2816
2 Aronian, Levon 3/4 2765
3 Carlsen, Magnus 2½/4 2853
4 Giri, Anish 2½/4 2793
5 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 2/4 2731
6 Nakamura, Hikaru 2/4 2814
7 So, Wesley 1½/4 2779
8 Grischuk, Alexander 1½/4 2771
9 Anand, Viswanathan 1/4 2816
10 Caruana, Fabiano 1/4 2808

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Topalov is leading with 2.5 points out of 3, Carlsen, Aronian and Giri are on 2.

Results of the 3rd round

Anand 0 1/2 2 Topalov
Aronian 1.5 1/2 1.5 Giri
Carlsen 1 1-0 1.5 Vachier-Lagrave
Nakamura 1 1/2 0 Caruana
So 0.5 1-0 1 Grischuk

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Topalov won again and is leading with 2 out of 2! Carlsen won against Caruana in a terrible time-scramble (definitely worth going over this game a couple of times 🙂 ).

Results of the 2nd round

Topalov 1 1-0 1 Nakamura
Vachier-Lagrave 1 1/2 1 Aronian
Giri 1 1/2 0 So
Caruana 0 0-1 0 Carlsen
Grischuk 0 1-0 0 Anand

Standings after 2 rounds

Topalov 2
Aronian, Vachier-Lagrave, Giri 1.5
Nakamura, Grischuk, Carlsen 1
So 0.5
Caruana, Anand 0

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Official site.

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The event started yesterday in St Louis! The participants are:

1 NED Giri 2793
2 USA So 2779
3 ARM Aronian 2765
4 NOR Carlsen 2853
5 USA Nakamura 2814
6 IND Anand 2816
7 BUL Topalov 2816
8 USA Caruana 2808
9 FRA Vachier-Lagrave 2731
10 RUS Grischuk 2771

The first round was incredibly fighting and no draws were made which is very unique.

Giri 1-0 Grischuk
So 0-1 Vachier-Lagrave
Aronian 1-0 Caruana
Carlsen 0-1 Topalov
Nakamura 1-0 Anand

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Official site.