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Sinquefield Cup (2015) The 3rd Sinquefield Cup was played in the Saint Louis Chess Club and Scholastic Center, Missouri USA, 23 August - 1 September 2015. It was this year the second of three events of the new Grand Chess Tour. The nine regular tour players were joined by wildcard Wesley So for a single round robin. Tournament director: Tony D Rich. Overall prize fund: $300,000, with $75,000 to the winner, and down to $15,000 for 10th place. Players received 120 minutes for 40 moves, 60 more minutes for the rest of the game, and a 30-second delay from move 41. Rounds started at 1 pm. Levon Aronian won with 6/9 and collected 13 Grand Chess Tour points (GP): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 GP 1 Aronian 2765 * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 6 13 2 Carlsen 2853 ½ * ½ 1 ½ 0 0 1 ½ 1 5 10 3 Nakamura 2814 0 ½ * ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 5 8 4 Vachier-Lagrave 2731 ½ 0 ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 5 7 5 Giri 2793 ½ ½ ½ ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 5 6 6 Grischuk 2771 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 * ½ 1 1 0 4½ 5 7 Topalov 2816 ½ 1 1 0 ½ ½ * 0 ½ ½ 4½ 4 8 Caruana 2808 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 * ½ ½ 3½ 3 9 Anand 2816 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ 3½ 2 10 So 2779 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ * 3 1 Category: XXII (2795). Chief arbiter: Christopher Bird Wikipedia article: Sinquefield Cup#2015 GCT page: https://grandchesstour.org/2015-tou... Regulations: https://grandchesstour.org/content/... Chess-Results: http://chess-results.info/tnr184011... Chess.com: https://www.chess.com/news/view/aro... ChessBase: https://en.chessbase.com/post/sinqu... TWIC: http://theweekinchess.com/chessnews... Previous: Sinquefield Cup (2014). Next: Sinquefield Cup (2016). Previous Grand Chess Tour event: Norway Chess (2015). Next (and last): London Chess Classic (2015)  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 45  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Aronian vs Caruana 1-0 39 2015 Sinquefield Cup D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 2. Carlsen vs Topalov 0-1 40 2015 Sinquefield Cup B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 3. Nakamura vs Anand 1-0 43 2015 Sinquefield Cup E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 4. Giri vs Grischuk 1-0 34 2015 Sinquefield Cup D02 Queen's Pawn Game 5. So vs Vachier-Lagrave 0-1 35 2015 Sinquefield Cup A15 English 6. Topalov vs Nakamura 1-0 73 2015 Sinquefield Cup C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 7. Vachier-Lagrave vs Aronian ½-½ 32 2015 Sinquefield Cup D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation 8. Giri vs So ½-½ 30 2015 Sinquefield Cup A30 English, Symmetrical 9. Caruana vs Carlsen 0-1 40 2015 Sinquefield Cup C78 Ruy Lopez 10. Grischuk vs Anand 1-0 35 2015 Sinquefield Cup A45 Queen's Pawn Game 11. Anand vs Topalov ½-½ 31 2015 Sinquefield Cup B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 12. Nakamura vs Caruana ½-½ 76 2015 Sinquefield Cup D81 Grunfeld, Russian Variation 13. So vs Grischuk 1-0 41 2015 Sinquefield Cup A35 English, Symmetrical 14. Carlsen vs Vachier-Lagrave 1-0 43 2015 Sinquefield Cup A15 English 15. Aronian vs Giri ½-½ 42 2015 Sinquefield Cup A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 16. Grischuk vs Topalov ½-½ 31 2015 Sinquefield Cup B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 17. So vs Aronian 0-1 28 2015 Sinquefield Cup E20 Nimzo-Indian 18. Giri vs Carlsen ½-½ 31 2015 Sinquefield Cup B33 Sicilian 19. Vachier-Lagrave vs Nakamura ½-½ 51 2015 Sinquefield Cup E81 King's Indian, Samisch 20. Caruana vs Anand ½-½ 42 2015 Sinquefield Cup D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 21. Topalov vs Caruana 0-1 53 2015 Sinquefield Cup C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 22. Carlsen vs So 1-0 56 2015 Sinquefield Cup B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 23. Anand vs Vachier-Lagrave ½-½ 42 2015 Sinquefield Cup B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 24. Nakamura vs Giri ½-½ 39 2015 Sinquefield Cup B48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 25. Aronian vs Grischuk ½-½ 30 2015 Sinquefield Cup B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 45    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 44 OF 56 ·  Later Kibitzing> Aug-30-15    SirRuthless: Carlsen has struggled with the white pieces recently. Two losses with white in this event alone. I guess it is no advantage to him to have white anymore since he keeps losing with that color. Should be easy for his opponent to finish him off tomorrow. Aug-30-15    keypusher: <Edeltalent: <Shams> <keypusher> I think it is this game: A Ebralidze vs Ragozin, 1937> Yes, that was it. Thank you. Aug-30-15    epistle: 3 of So's losses were win white pieces. He is therefore like carlsen Aug-30-15    Sally Simpson: Hi Edeltalent, Yes that's the one. (white to play) click for larger view White thought he could not take the Rook (even when spectators told to too!) because of Bd6+ (The Bishop is still pinned after Rxc7). And five moves later this happened. click for larger view You oould not make it. Aug-30-15    tpstar: Great fighting spirit in this tournament! Before the games started, all eyes were on Carlsen and Caruana, but now it's Aronian and Grischuk. Meanwhile, Giri and MVL are quietly doing great, while Topalov burns hot and cold. Aug-30-15    HeMateMe: <Shame Carlsen had to stink the place out with his "woe is me" nonsense. I see he still hasn't grown up.> Come on, they're professional sportsmen! If Serena Williams loses a tennis match she explains to the press that she was suffering from a bacteria or viral infection so fearsome that even the CDC doesn't know what to do about it! When Kobe Bryant loses a basketball playoff series his teammates "Weren't man enough to stand in there!" by his reckoning. When Bobby Fischer failed to win an important tournament, he took a year off. Magnus can babble all he wants. The more nonsensical it is, the better company he is in. Aug-30-15    SugarDom: Yeah right. You omitted your favorite player. Where's the "go Wesley" ? Aug-30-15    epistle: He's making diagrams of wesleys games with the theme: THESE SHOW LACK OF STUDY AND PREPARATION Aug-30-15    SugarDom: <Great fighting spirit in this tournament! > What an insult, he mentioned all the players except one! Diagram theme: These positions show delusions of grandeur. Aug-30-15    bobthebob: <hehateme> Someone who acts like that is only a professional because that it is how they make a living Otherwise, it is completely unprofessional behavior. Have you seen the video of the game after he resigned? That is not professional behavior. Gives chess a bad name. Heck, at least he didn't blame the Norwegian air this time. Lol. Aug-30-15    tpstar: If you have constructive criticism for Wesley So to improve, why don't you post it on his page. Go Wesley. Aug-30-15    bobthebob: This really is a great tourney. Congrats and appreciation to Mr. Sinquefield and his team! Aug-30-15    Chessgames Bookie: <TEN> bets are available for R8 betting, plus a bet to predict the runner-up for this tournament. Come check them out: ChessBookie Game. And FTR, it is <still> not too late to join. Places 4th and 10th are separated by just 800 chessbucks, while 10th and 11th are <EIGHT> chessbucks apart. Very close indeed. Anyway I can leap into the leaderboard with a lucky bet. Why, that's what just happened today, as some guy came out of nowhere to steal 4th place. - Penguin Aug-30-15    miamihurricane: Awesome game by Aronian, Aug-30-15    savagerules: I hope Anand decides to go all the way and show up for a game with a vintage Beatle wig atop his head. Aug-30-15    devere: "Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser." American football coaching legend Vince Lombardi Magnus Carlsen seemed very upset in his post-game interview, but I don't think he crossed the line from upset to offensive. Aug-30-15    PhilFeeley: I'm glad to see Aronian back in form. This has been a great fighting tournament. Put the complainers and Carlsen/So/Anand criticizers on ignore. Aug-30-15    perfidious: <Put the complainers and Carlsen/So/Anand criticizers on ignore> I'll sign that. Aug-31-15    epistle: me too Aug-31-15    Absentee: <bobthebob: <hehateme> Someone who acts like that is only a professional because that it is how they make a living Otherwise, it is completely unprofessional behavior. Have you seen the video of the game after he resigned? That is not professional behavior. Gives chess a bad name. Heck, at least he didn't blame the Norwegian air this time. Lol.> Game Collection: Carlsen's cheating attempts Lol. Aug-31-15    Check It Out: This is a very international event if you forgive some of the chess federation movement: Fabiano Caruana - Italy Magnus Carlsen - Norway Hikaru Nakamura - USA Wesley So - Philippines Alexander Grischuk - Russia Vishy Anand - India Levon Aronian - Armenia Veselin Topalov - Bulgaria Maxime Vachier-Lagrave - France Amish Giri - Netherlands Aug-31-15    breaker90: <Check It Out> But Caruana played for the United States federation before playing for the Italians. Aug-31-15    breaker90: Also, didn't Giri play for Russia before playing for the Netherlands? I could be wrong about that. Aug-31-15    Troller: <AzingaBonzer> OK, one by one. <Oh? Please enlighten us, then, with why it is so irrational.> Your statement is that if <<a chessplayer> is doing this badly against <a certain pool of> players in 2015, he would have performed at roughly the same bar in previous years.> So your point is that a player will <always> perform <roughly> the same. To counterpost this I will point to ratings fluctuations; as per your argument these will never happen, as players always perform at the same level. But they do, and dramatically so. <AzingaBonzer: Also, as far as I can tell, Wesley So had <no> exposure to 2700+ players in all of 2014 except Yu Yangyi, and I don't think Yu was 2700+ at the time.> Which are your sources? Apparently not Chessgames.com, then you would have found: Tata Steel (2014) 49th Capablanca Memorial (2014) ACP Golden Classic (2014) And even in the small Edmonton tournament Ivanchuk was also playing. Aug-31-15    Chris321: A few losses can only help to motivate Carlsen,its hard to stay motivated at the top,Carlsen is only human if he doesnt start digging deep he will not grow and the others will start catching up on him my 2 cents anyway. Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 56) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 44 OF 56 ·  Later Kibitzing> NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. Becoming a member is free, anonymous, and takes less than 1 minute! If you already have a username, then simply login login under your username now to join the discussion. Please observe our posting guidelines: No obscene, racist, sexist, or profane language. 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