19 August 2018
First Games of Sinquefield Cup Played in Saint Louis
Levon Aronian and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov win.
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