Sinquefield Cup 2018

Round nine of the Sinquefield Cup 2018, was played in Saint Louis, United States, on Sunday 26th August. The penultimate round of the tournament, it would see another clean sweep of shared points. This meant that home hero, Fabiano Caruana, would remain in the lead going into the final round. […check it out!]

When it came to round seven of the Sinquefield Cup 2018, there is no doubt that the clash of reigning World Champion, Magnus Carlsen and his current challenger, Fabiano Caruana, was the one getting most attention. With their World Championship match in London now just 75-days away, this would be […check it out!]

The Sinquefield Cup 2018, resumed on Friday 24th August following the one and only rest day. With five rounds played, four remained. Leading the tournament were Fabiano Caruana, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Levon Aronian, Alexander Grischuk and Magnus Carlsen. Each of these players had three-points from the five rounds so far. In […check it out!]

In every round of the Sinquefield Cup 2018, there had been at least one decisive game. Different victors had meant that five players were at the top of the standings table, with 2.5/4. These were, Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Alexander Grischuk and Levon Aronian. Round five was the […check it out!]

After round three of the Sinquefield Cup 2018, four players were leading with 2/3. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Levon Aronian, led after round one and since that round, there has been one decisive game per round, with a new victor joining them. Magnus Carlsen did it in round two and Alexander […check it out!]

The third round of the 2018 Sinquefield Cup, was played in Saint Louis, United States on Monday 20th August. Just like round two, (which had been held the day before), it saw four draws and one very lengthy decisive game. On that occasion, Magnus Carlsen had treated us all to […check it out!]

Round two of the Sinquefield Cup 2018 was played on Sunday 19th August. The round belonged to Magnus Carlsen. Taking on Sergey Karjakin, the World Champion achieved the only full point of the round against his former challenger. He did it in quite some style too. Playing White, Magnus chose […check it out!]

The 2018 Sinquefield Cup, opened at the Chess Hall of Fame, in Saint Louis, United States on August 17th. It is a ten-player round robin, with World Champion, Magnus Carlsen, heading the field. Also among the hopefuls, are (in no particular order): Levon Aronian, Sergey Karjakin, Wesley So, Hikaru Nakamura, […check it out!]