2025 GCT Sinquefield Cup
Round-RobinStandard
10 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 18 Aug 2025 to 27 Aug 2025 in Saint Louis, MO, United States. 10 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2750, and top seed was Fabiano Caruana (🇺🇸 USA, GM, 2784).
Praggnanandhaa R (🇮🇳 IND, GM, 2779) won with 5.5/9, ahead of Wesley So (5.5) and Fabiano Caruana (5.5). R shared the lead from round 7, winning on tie-break.
Location
🇺🇸Saint Louis, MO, United States
Dates
18 Aug 2025 → 27 Aug 2025
Time control
Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1
System
Round-robin · 9 rounds
Titled players · 10
GM×10
Federations · 5 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×4
🇮🇳India×2
🇫🇷France×2
🇺🇿Uzbekistan×1
🇵🇱Poland×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 10 · 9 roundsCo-leaders
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So#1Caruana#2Praggnanandhaa#3Aronian#4Vachier-Lagrave#5Duda#6Sevian#7Gukesh#8Firouzja#9Abdusattorov#10
R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
GM Wesley So drew with GM Fabiano Caruana (Black).
R1–R9 · UNBEATEN
GM Wesley So went unbeaten across 9 games (R1–R9).
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
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| 3 | 🇮🇳GMPraggnanandhaa R | 2779 | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 5.5 | 23.50 | 39.5 | +6.0 | 2827 |
| 1 | 🇺🇸GMSo, Wesley | 2745 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 5.5 | 23.00 | 39.5 | +10.7 | 2831 |
| 2 | 🇺🇸GMCaruana, Fabiano | 2784 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 5.5 | 22.75 | 39.5 | +5.2 | 2826 |
| 4 | 🇺🇸GMAronian, Levon | 2737 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 5.0 | 21.25 | 40.0 | +6.8 | 2795 |
| 5 | 🇫🇷GMVachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 2736 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 4.5 | 20.25 | 40.5 | +2.0 | 2752 |
| 7 | 🇺🇸GMSevian, Samuel | 2683 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 4.5 | 20.25 | 40.5 | +9.3 | 2758 |
| 6 | 🇵🇱GMDuda, Jan-Krzysztof | 2725 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 0 | 1 | 4.5 | 19.75 | 40.5 | +3.6 | 2753 |
| 8 | 🇮🇳GMGukesh D | 2776 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | 4.0 | 16.25 | 41.0 | -8.6 | 2704 |
| 9 | 🇫🇷GMFirouzja, Alireza | 2766 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | * | 0 | 3.5 | 16.25 | 41.5 | -12.1 | 2668 |
| 10 | 🇺🇿GMAbdusattorov, Nodirbek | 2771 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | * | 2.5 | 10.75 | 42.5 | -22.9 | 2582 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1So, WesleyGMUSA+10.75.5 pts · #1
- 2Sevian, SamuelGMUSA+9.34.5 pts · #7
- 3Aronian, LevonGMUSA+6.85.0 pts · #4
Top rating losers
- 1Abdusattorov, NodirbekGMUZB-22.92.5 pts · #10
- 2Firouzja, AlirezaGMFRA-12.13.5 pts · #9
- 3Gukesh DGMIND-8.64.0 pts · #8