Sinquefield Cup 2013 (Games and Results)
Sinquefield Cup 2013
Mark Crowther - Monday 9th September 2013
The 1st Sinquefield Cup takes place 9th to 15th of September 2013 in St Louis. This is the final event of Magnus Carlsen before his World Championship match against Anand. Levon Aronian, Hikaru Nakamura and Gata Kamsky complete the field for this 6 round double round robin event. This is the strongest tournament in the USA since the legendary Piatigorsky Cup of 1966 and could be of immense importance going forward. Play starts at 1pm local time 7pm UK (8pm CET).
Carlsen heads for date with destiny after winning Sinquefield Cup (6)
Magnus Carlsen heads to challenge for Viswanathan Anand's World Chess Championship title in November happy with his form and with a strong 4.5/6 victory in the Sinquefield Cup. This final performance can't but add to the anticipation of this match and increase Carlsen's growing profile in the US. Organiser Rex Sinquefield more or less confirmed the event next year and with more players. One imagines that this will be contingent on getting Carlsen back and he confirmed his willingness to play if the dates were right for him. It is coming up to 4 years since Carlsen won the Pearl Spring tournament in September/October 2009 the time when he became de facto number one, now he seems more than ready for his assault on the chess summit.
Carlsen was in some trouble in his final game against Levon Aronian having been outplayed in the opening. Aronian admitted to being embarrassed that he lost this final game from such a position having rushed to capitalise on his advantage. This allowed Carlsen to set up a hold able position. Later when Aronian realised he wasn't breaking through he lost the thread of the position and finally offered a draw. The position even though Aronian was a pawn up was by that stage at least slightly favourable to Carlsen and even though a draw would win the tournament Carlsen decided the was no risk to playing on. Carlsen said that he played St Louis in part to test his form prior to the world title match and this seemed a good opportunity. Finally he said he understood that winning such a game would be "pretty sweet." Having turned down the draw offer Aronian's play and position collapsed. Aronian himself wasn't that surprised Carlsen turned down the draw offer, "We're not really playing for money here, we're playing chess". However there isn't much doubt this loss was one the most painful in Aronian's career.
Hikaru Nakamura had a chance to win the tournament going into the final round but he quickly became dissatisfied with his position in a sharp struggle against Gata Kamsky. The computers suggested the lines were "equal" but it did seem Kamsky was in reality pressing. The game finished in a repetition.
Sinquefield Cup Final Standings: Carlsen 4.5/6, Nakamura 3.5, Aronian 2.5 and Kamsky 1.5.
Sinquefield Cup 2013 (6)
Mark Crowther (Sun Sep 15 23:24:00 2013)
Carlsen, Aronian and Nakamura at the start of a distinctly uncomfortable press conference. Carlsen might consider some media training. Photo © | http://www.uschesschamps.com/
Sinquefield Cup 2013 (5)
Carlsen takes half point lead into final round of Sinquefield Cup
Mark Crowther | Sun Sep 15 00:30:00 2013
Sinquefield Cup 2013 (4)
Carlsen takes lead of Sinquefield Cup after 4 rounds
Mark Crowther | Sat Sep 14 00:23:00 2013
Sinquefield Cup 2013 (3)
Nakamura leads heading into Sinquefield Cup rest day
Mark Crowther | Thu Sep 12 00:11:00 2013
Sinquefield Cup 2013 (2)
Nakamura beats Kamsky and Aronian escapes vs Carlsen in Sinquefield Cup Round 2
Mark Crowther | Wed Sep 11 00:54:00 2013
Sinquefield Cup 2013 (1)
Sinquefield Cup opens with wins for Carlsen and Nakamura
Mark Crowther | Tue Sep 10 01:02:00 2013
Sinquefield Cup 2013 (Saint Louis USA)
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Sinquefield Cup 2013 Saint Louis (USA), 9-15 ix 2013 | cat. XXII (2797) | ||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
1. | Carlsen, Magnus | g | NOR | 2862 | * | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4½ | 2968 | |||
2. | Nakamura, Hikaru | g | USA | 2772 | ½ | ½ | * | * | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 3½ | 2862 | |||
3. | Aronian, Levon | g | ARM | 2813 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | * | * | ½ | ½ | 2½ | 2734 | |||
4. | Kamsky, Gata | g | USA | 2741 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | * | 1½ | 2622 |
Round 1 (September 9, 2013) | ||||||
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Carlsen, Magnus | - Kamsky, Gata | 1-0 | 49 | D15 | Slav Defence | |
Nakamura, Hikaru | - Aronian, Levon | 1-0 | 41 | C88 | Ruy Lopez Closed | |
Round 2 (September 10, 2013) | ||||||
Nakamura, Hikaru | - Kamsky, Gata | 1-0 | 42 | B43 | Sicilian Paulsen | |
Aronian, Levon | - Carlsen, Magnus | ½-½ | 40 | A80 | Dutch | |
Round 3 (September 11, 2013) | ||||||
Carlsen, Magnus | - Nakamura, Hikaru | ½-½ | 42 | E62 | King's Indian 6...Nc6 | |
Kamsky, Gata | - Aronian, Levon | ½-½ | 43 | D02 | Queen's Pawn Game | |
Round 4 (September 13, 2013) | ||||||
Aronian, Levon | - Nakamura, Hikaru | 1-0 | 61 | E71 | King's Indian 5.h3 | |
Kamsky, Gata | - Carlsen, Magnus | 0-1 | 59 | C69 | Ruy Lopez Exchange | |
Round 5 (September 14, 2013) | ||||||
Nakamura, Hikaru | - Carlsen, Magnus | ½-½ | 32 | C67 | Ruy Lopez Berlin | |
Aronian, Levon | - Kamsky, Gata | ½-½ | 44 | A85 | Dutch | |
Round 6 (September 15, 2013) | ||||||
Carlsen, Magnus | - Aronian, Levon | 1-0 | 70 | C88 | Ruy Lopez Closed | |
Kamsky, Gata | - Nakamura, Hikaru | ½-½ | 34 | B90 | Sicilian Najdorf Variation |
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