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2025 GCT Sinquefield Cup

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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
Top seed
🇺🇸GMFabiano Caruana2784
Avg top 10
2,750
Participants
10
Titled players · 10
GM×10
Federations · 5 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×4
🇮🇳India×2
🇫🇷France×2
🇺🇿Uzbekistan×1
🇵🇱Poland×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 10 · 9 rounds
Co-leaders
2
3
3
1
1
1
2
2
3
#1#2#5#10R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
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

#PlayerElo12345678910PtsSBBhΔ EloPerf
3🇮🇳GMPraggnanandhaa R2779*½½½½½½11½5.523.5039.5+6.02827
1🇺🇸GMSo, Wesley2745½*½½½½½1½15.523.0039.5+10.72831
2🇺🇸GMCaruana, Fabiano2784½½*½½½½½115.522.7539.5+5.22826
4🇺🇸GMAronian, Levon2737½½½*½½½½½15.021.2540.0+6.82795
5🇫🇷GMVachier-Lagrave, Maxime2736½½½½*½½½½½4.520.2540.5+2.02752
7🇺🇸GMSevian, Samuel2683½½½½½*½½½½4.520.2540.5+9.32758
6🇵🇱GMDuda, Jan-Krzysztof2725½½½½½½*½014.519.7540.5+3.62753
8🇮🇳GMGukesh D277600½½½½½*½14.016.2541.0-8.62704
9🇫🇷GMFirouzja, Alireza27660½0½½½1½*03.516.2541.5-12.12668
10🇺🇿GMAbdusattorov, Nodirbek2771½000½½001*2.510.7542.5-22.92582

Key insights

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