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    The Sinquefield Cup is an annual, closed chess tournament hosted by the Saint Louis Chess Club in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. It was first held...
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  • Rex Andrew Sinquefield (/ˈsɪŋkfiːld/; born September 7, 1944) is an American businessman, investor, and philanthropist who has been called an "index-fund...
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    winner of the Biel Grandmaster Tournament in 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016. He won the Sinquefield Cup in 2017 and 2021 and competed in the Candidates Tournament...
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    tournament performance of 2872. In August–September 2014, Topalov played in the Sinquefield Cup 2014, where he came in 3rd place behind winner Fabiano Caruana...
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    Championship, a feat he repeated in 2008, 2010, and 2011. In 2014, Caruana won the Sinquefield Cup, recording a 3098 performance rating, the highest in history...
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    During the Sinquefield Cup in September 2022, a controversy arose involving the chess grandmasters Magnus Carlsen, then world champion, and Hans Niemann...
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  • performance rating at the top level is 3098 by Fabiano Caruana at the 2014 Sinquefield Cup. Before the introduction of chess clocks, it was common for players...
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    the 2015 Sinquefield Cup. He finished in second place with 5/9 (+3−2=4), one point behind winner Levon Aronian. He defeated the 2014 Sinquefield winner...
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    street from the World Chess Hall of Fame. The club hosts the annual Sinquefield Cup tournament, the only U.S. stop on the Grand Chess Tour. Founded at...
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    World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen in the third round of the 2022 Sinquefield Cup. As a result, Carlsen withdrew from the tournament, which many interpreted...
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    Grand Chess Tour, a series of three super tournaments (Norway Chess, Sinquefield Cup, and London Chess Classic) in which players try to accumulate the most...
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    United States in 2014. He won the 2015 Bilbao Chess Masters, the 2016 Grand Chess Tour title after claiming victory in the Sinquefield Cup and London Chess...
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    beating Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in the finals and winning the 2019 Sinquefield Cup. Ding is the first Chinese player ever to play in a Candidates Tournament...
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    Retrieved October 19, 2022. "Sinquefield Cup Round 9: Caruana Wins Sinquefield Cup". November 30, 2023. Official website Leinier Dominguez...
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    whom was the Wild-card of the tournament. Sinquefield Cup 2015: Anand competed in the 3rd Sinquefield Cup, the second leg of the Grand Chess Tour. This...
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    the fourth round to Anton Korobov. Nakamura finished second at the Sinquefield Cup in his hometown of St. Louis, behind Carlsen with a 3½/6 (+2−1=3) score...
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    ISBN 978-1906552176. Brunello, Sabino; Garrett, Yuri; Rombaldoni, Axel (2014). Saint Louis 2014 - Sinquefield Cup. Il torneo di Fabiano Caruana (in Italian). Caissa Italia...
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    the scene and even during the wedding.[citation needed] In the 2022 Sinquefield Cup, a prestigious chess tournament, reigning World Champion Magnus Carlsen...
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    three of the four events of the Grand Chess Tour (he withdrew from the Sinquefield Cup due to health issues and was replaced by Svidler): Kramnik played the...
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    participation from multiple elite chess tournaments in 2024 such as the Sinquefield Cup and Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz. Despite his 'ban' still being in effect...
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    the match Svidler was announced as replacement for Kramnik at the Sinquefield Cup. After overcoming visa difficulties, he struggled to ninth place with...
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    of Fame to St. Louis in 2011. The Sinquefield Cup Tournament started at St. Louis in 2013. In 2014 the Sinquefield Cup was the highest-rated chess tournament...
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    Chess Shenzhen Masters Schlechter Memorial Silesian Chess Congress Sinquefield Cup Staunton Memorial Tal Memorial Tata Steel Chess Tournament Tilburg...
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    U.S. Chess Championship, U.S. Junior Chess Championship, Sinquefield Cup, and Chess World Cup. He also frequently gave lively and often humorous instructional...
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    against X3D Fritz. He has also served as a commentator for the 2013–19 Sinquefield Cups, several US Chess Championships, and many other chess events. In 1993...
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  • tournament with the highest-ever rating average; the 2014 Zurich Chess Challenge and the 2014 Sinquefield Cup had average ratings of 2801 and 2802, respectively...
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    inaugural Grand Chess Tour, the other two being Norway Chess and the Sinquefield Cup. There was no event in 2020 and 2022. 2021 saw a match between England...
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  • player of all time. In a 2015 interview after the 8th round of the Sinquefield Cup, Levon Aronian stated that he considers Garry Kasparov the strongest...
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    and Caruana 5, with 18 draws. The most recent game, during the 2018 Sinquefield Cup tournament, resulted in a draw. The World Chess Federation also showcased...
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