29 August 2019
Sinquefield Cup: Magnus Carlsen and Ding Liren to Determine the Winner in Play-off
Sergey Karjakin and Viswanathan Anand shared third place.
Photo: Lennart Ootes
In the final 11th round of the Sinquefield Cup in Saint Louis, Magnus Carlsen defeated Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Ian Nepomniachtchi lost to Anish Giri, while the games Ding Liren - Mamedyarov, Caruana - Karjakin, Anand - Nakamura, and So - Aronian were drawn.
Magnus Carlsen and Ding Liren scored 6.5 points and will determine the winner in a play-off match today. World champion will have the white pieces in the first game.
Final standings:
1-2. Magnus Carlsen, Ding Liren - 6.5
3-4. Viswanathan Anand, Sergey Karjakin - 6
5-8. Ian Nepomniachtchi, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Fabiano Caruana, Anish Giri - 5.5
9-10. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Hikaru Nakamura - 5
11-12. Wesley So, Levon Aronian - 4.5.
GCT Series standings:
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