19 August 2018

First Games of Sinquefield Cup Played in Saint Louis

Levon Aronian and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov win. 

Photo: Official website
Photo: Official website

The 2018 Sinquefield Cup, where the world champion and the strongest chess players of the world are taking part, started in Saint Louis on August 18th. In the first round, Levon Aronian defeated Sergey Karjakin, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov bested Wesley So, while the games Vachier-Lagrave – Carlsen, Nakamura – Anand, and Caruana – Grischuk were drawn. 



Round 2 parings:

Caruana - Aronian, Grischuk - Mamedyarov, So - Nakamura, Anand - Vachier-Lagrave, Carlsen - Karjakin   

Official website