Sinquefield Cup 2015

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Caruana-Carlsen

Caruana-Carlsen


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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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Sinquefield Cup 2015

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Nakamura

Nakamura


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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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