2019 Sinquefield Cup

The 2018 Sinquefield Cup was one of the most dramatic in the tournaments history and ended in a three way tie between GM Magnus Carlsen, GM Fabiano Caruana and GM Levon Aronian. All three will be back again this year and will no doubt be seeking an outright win. The 2019 tournament will be expanded to 11 rounds for the first time in its history and will offer an improved prize fund this year which will total $325,000.

DATES August 15 – 29, 2019
VENUE Saint Louis Chess Club, Saint Louis, Missouri
FORMAT 12 Player Round Robin
COMMENTATORS GM Yasser Seirawan, WGM Jennifer Shahade, GM Cristian Chirilă and GM Maurice Ashley, GM Evgeny Miroshnichenko and GM Almira Skripchenko
PRIZE FUND $325,000
SPECTATOR Buy Tickets Here

 

 

Participants

Magnus

Carlsen

Hikaru

Nakamura

Maxime

Vachier-Lagrave

Fabiano

Caruana

Shakhriyar

Mamedyarov

Ian

Nepomniachtchi

Anish

Giri

Viswanathan

Anand

Levon

Aronian

Ding

Liren

Sergey

Karjakin

Wesley

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