Praggnanandhaa or Caruana - Who will win Sinquefield Cup?
R Praggnanandhaa drew against Wesley So (USA) to maintain his lead, heading into the last round of Grand Chess Tour Sinquefield Cup 2025. Fabiano Caruana (USA) also shared the point with Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA). Thus, both Caruana and Praggnanandhaa are at 5/8 each. The World Champion, D Gukesh played a hard-fought draw against the two-time FIDE World Cup winner, Levon Aronian (USA). Aronian and So are at 4.5/8 each. The top four finishers of the GCT standings will have to the Finals of the season slated to take place in Brazil later this year. Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB) scored his first of the event against Alireza Firouzja (FRA). Round 9 starts today at 12 p.m. local time, 10:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Lennart Ootes / Grand Chess Tour
Abdusattorov scores his first win of the event
Interview with R Praggnanandhaa | Video: Saint Louis Chess Club
Interview with Wesley So | Video: Saint Louis Chess Club
R Praggnanandhaa - Wesley So (USA): 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Lennart Ootes / Grand Chess Tour
Interview with Fabiano Caruana | Video: Saint Louis Chess Club
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) - Fabiano Caruana (USA): 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Lennart Ootes / Grand Chess Tour
D Gukesh - Levon Aronian, Commentary by IM Sagar Shah | Video: ChessBase India
World Champion, D Gukesh played a hard-fought draw against the only two-time World Cup winner in history - Levon Aronian (USA) | Photo: Lennart Ootes / Grand Chess Tour
Interview with Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB) | Video: Saint Louis Chess Club
Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB) scored his first win in the penultimate round against Alireza Firouzja (FRA). after the former suffered four losses in the first seven games | Photo: Lennart Ootes / Grand Chess Tour
Samuel Sevian (USA) - Jan-Krzysztof Duda (POL): 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Lennart Ootes / Grand Chess Tour
GM Maurice Ashley (USA) sounded the bell to signal the start of Round 8 | Photo: Lennart Ootes / Grand Chess Tour
D Gukesh vs Levon Aronian was the last game to finish in the penultimate round | Photo: Lennart Ootes / Grand Chess Tour
Replay live stream
Replay Round 8 live commentary by IM Sagar Shah and Amruta Mokal | Video: ChessBase India
Schedule and Format
Sinquefield Cup will have one round per day from 18th to 27th August. Rest day is on Saturday 23rd August. Each round starts at 12 p.m. local time, 10:30 p.m. IST. It will be a 10-player Round Robin event. GCT Playoffs if required will take place on 28th August.
Schedule | Photo: Grand Chess Tour
Round 8 results
Nodirbek Abdusattorov scored the sole win of the round | Graphic: Grand Chess Tour
Standings after Round 8
The standings remain unchanged | Graphic: Grand Chess Tour
Round 9 pairings
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | White | Result | Black | Rtg | No. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 2725 | GM | Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | GM | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 2736 | 9 | ||
| 2 | 10 | 2784 | GM | Caruana, Fabiano | GM | Gukesh, D | 2776 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 4 | 2737 | GM | Aronian, Levon | GM | Praggnanandhaa, R | 2779 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 2745 | GM | So, Wesley | GM | Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | 2771 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 2 | 2766 | GM | Firouzja, Alireza | GM | Sevian, Samuel | 2683 | 8 |
GCT standings
GCT standings after Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz 2025 | Graphic: Saint Louis Chess Club
Prize
The total prize fund for each Classical event is US$ 350000. The top three prizes are US$ 100000, $65000 and $48000.
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