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The 7th Sinquefield Cup took place 17th to 30th August 2019. Players: Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana, Ding Liren, Anish Giri, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Wesley So, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Levon Aronian, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Viswanathan Anand, Sergey Karjakin and Hikaru Nakamura. Ding Liren beat Magnus Carlsen 3-1 in a tie-break to win the tournament after they tied on 6.5/11 - two rapid games were drawn, Ding won both blitz games. Ding thus ended a long run of tie-break victories for Magnus Carlsen going back to Aronian's win against him in the Candidates of 2007.

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7th Sinquefield Cup 2019 Saint Louis USA (USA), 17-30 viii 2019															cat. XXII (2783)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2
1.	Ding, Liren	g	CHN	2805	*	½	½	½	½	1	1	½	½	½	½	½	6½	2845
2.	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2882	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	6½	2838
3.	Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	2756	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	½	½	6	2820
4.	Karjakin, Sergey	g	RUS	2750	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	6	2821
5.	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	g	AZE	2764	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	5½	2784
6.	Giri, Anish	g	NED	2779	0	½	½	½	½	*	½	1	½	½	½	½	5½	2782
7.	Caruana, Fabiano	g	USA	2818	0	½	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	1	½	5½	2779
8.	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	g	RUS	2774	½	½	0	½	½	0	½	*	1	0	1	1	5½	2783
9.	Nakamura, Hikaru	g	USA	2743	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	0	*	½	½	½	5	2750
10.	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	g	FRA	2778	½	0	½	0	½	½	½	1	½	*	½	½	5	2746
11.	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	2765	½	½	½	½	½	½	0	0	½	½	*	½	4½	2719
12.	So, Wesley	g	USA	2776	½	0	½	½	½	½	½	0	½	½	½	*	4½	2718

Round 1 (August 17, 2019)
Ding, Liren	- So, Wesley	½-½	40	A14	Reti Opening
Carlsen, Magnus	- Giri, Anish	½-½	36	A28	English Four Knights
Karjakin, Sergey	- Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	½-½	31	B01	Centre Counter
Nepomniachtchi, Ian	- Anand, Viswanathan	0-1	77	A21	English Opening
Nakamura, Hikaru	- Caruana, Fabiano	½-½	43	C80	Ruy Lopez Open
Aronian, Levon	- Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	½-½	25	A48	King's Indian Defence /c2-c4
Round 2 (August 18, 2019)
Anand, Viswanathan	- Carlsen, Magnus	½-½	45	B31	Sicilian Rossolimo
Karjakin, Sergey	- Ding, Liren	½-½	35	C89	Ruy Lopez Marshall
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	- Nakamura, Hikaru	½-½	44	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Giri, Anish	- Aronian, Levon	½-½	53	C50	Giuoco Piano
Caruana, Fabiano	- Nepomniachtchi, Ian	½-½	35	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	- So, Wesley	½-½	43	C53	Giuoco Piano
Round 3 (August 19, 2019)
Ding, Liren	- Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	½-½	50	D85	Gruenfeld Defence
Carlsen, Magnus	- Caruana, Fabiano	½-½	43	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Nepomniachtchi, Ian	- Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	½-½	53	C78	Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Nakamura, Hikaru	- Karjakin, Sergey	½-½	104	E10	Blumenfeld Counter Gambit
Aronian, Levon	- Anand, Viswanathan	½-½	42	C50	Giuoco Piano
So, Wesley	- Giri, Anish	½-½	37	E06	Catalan
Round 4 (August 20, 2019)
Anand, Viswanathan	- So, Wesley	½-½	42	C42	Petroff's Defence
Karjakin, Sergey	- Nepomniachtchi, Ian	½-½	21	E60	King's Indian without Nc3
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	- Carlsen, Magnus	½-½	68	D45	Anti-Meran Variations
Giri, Anish	- Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	½-½	45	D86	Gruenfeld Simagin
Caruana, Fabiano	- Aronian, Levon	1-0	53	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Nakamura, Hikaru	- Ding, Liren	½-½	47	C88	Ruy Lopez Closed
Round 5 (August 21, 2019)
Ding, Liren	- Giri, Anish	1-0	47	D38	QGD Ragozin
Carlsen, Magnus	- Karjakin, Sergey	½-½	47	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Nepomniachtchi, Ian	- Nakamura, Hikaru	1-0	69	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	- Anand, Viswanathan	½-½	25	C53	Giuoco Piano
Aronian, Levon	- Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	½-½	54	C42	Petroff's Defence
So, Wesley	- Caruana, Fabiano	½-½	36	A20	English Opening
Round 6 (August 23, 2019)
Anand, Viswanathan	- Giri, Anish	½-½	54	B40	Sicilian Classical
Karjakin, Sergey	- Aronian, Levon	½-½	38	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	- So, Wesley	½-½	14	D20	QGA
Caruana, Fabiano	- Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	½-½	53	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Nepomniachtchi, Ian	- Ding, Liren	½-½	43	C50	Giuoco Piano
Nakamura, Hikaru	- Carlsen, Magnus	½-½	30	B31	Sicilian Rossolimo
Round 7 (August 24, 2019)
Ding, Liren	- Anand, Viswanathan	½-½	60	E00	Catalan
Carlsen, Magnus	- Nepomniachtchi, Ian	½-½	34	D85	Gruenfeld Defence
Giri, Anish	- Caruana, Fabiano	½-½	50	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	- Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	½-½	33	C53	Giuoco Piano
Aronian, Levon	- Nakamura, Hikaru	½-½	40	B92	Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
So, Wesley	- Karjakin, Sergey	½-½	42	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Round 8 (August 25, 2019)
Carlsen, Magnus	- Ding, Liren	½-½	42	E21	Nimzo Indian 4.Nf3
Karjakin, Sergey	- Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	1-0	51	D86	Gruenfeld Simagin
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	- Giri, Anish	½-½	29	D43	Anti-Meran Gambit
Caruana, Fabiano	- Anand, Viswanathan	½-½	44	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Nepomniachtchi, Ian	- Aronian, Levon	1-0	54	C50	Giuoco Piano
Nakamura, Hikaru	- So, Wesley	½-½	29	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Round 9 (August 26, 2019)
Ding, Liren	- Caruana, Fabiano	1-0	57	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Anand, Viswanathan	- Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	½-½	47	C53	Giuoco Piano
Giri, Anish	- Karjakin, Sergey	½-½	44	A29	English Four Knights
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	- Nakamura, Hikaru	½-½	59	B10	Caro Kann
Aronian, Levon	- Carlsen, Magnus	½-½	41	B31	Sicilian Rossolimo
So, Wesley	- Nepomniachtchi, Ian	0-1	132	A04	Dutch System
Round 10 (August 27, 2019)
Carlsen, Magnus	- So, Wesley	1-0	43	C50	Giuoco Piano
Karjakin, Sergey	- Anand, Viswanathan	½-½	35	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	- Caruana, Fabiano	½-½	37	E32	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Nepomniachtchi, Ian	- Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	0-1	46	A34	English Symmetrical
Nakamura, Hikaru	- Giri, Anish	½-½	23	D38	QGD Ragozin
Aronian, Levon	- Ding, Liren	½-½	43	C58	Two Knights Defence
Round 11 (August 28, 2019)
Ding, Liren	- Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	½-½	52	E60	King's Indian without Nc3
Anand, Viswanathan	- Nakamura, Hikaru	½-½	26	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Giri, Anish	- Nepomniachtchi, Ian	1-0	77	D83	Gruenfeld 4.Bf4
Caruana, Fabiano	- Karjakin, Sergey	½-½	52	A29	English Four Knights
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	- Carlsen, Magnus	0-1	44	B31	Sicilian Rossolimo
So, Wesley	- Aronian, Levon	½-½	35	E06	Catalan

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7th Sinquefield Cup TB Saint Louis USA Thu 15th Aug 2019 - Fri 30th Aug 2019
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	1	2	3	4	Pts
1	Ding, Liren	GM	CHN	2805	=	=	1	1	3
2	Carlsen, Magnus	GM	NOR	2882	=	=	0	0	1
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