Gukesh will face Ding Liren in the first round of Sinquefield Cup 2024
The fifth and final event of the Grand Chess Tour 2024 season is Sinquefield. The defending champion, Fabiano Caruana (USA) will be seen in action along with Ian Nepomniachtchi, D Gukesh, Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB), Alireza Firouzja (FRA), Wesley So (USA), R Praggnanandhaa, Anish Giri (NED), Ding Liren (CHN), and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA). Gukesh will face the reigning world champion - Ding Liren in the very first round. What will be the outcome of this game? The tournament takes place at The World Chess Hall of Fame in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA. Round 1 starts today at 1 p.m. local time, 11:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Grand Chess Tour
Praggnanandhaa vs Abdusattorov in Round 1
Schedule and Format
Sinquefield Cup will have one round per day from 19th to 28th August. Rest day is on Saturday 24th August. Each round starts at 1 p.m. local time, 11:30 p.m. IST, except the last round on 28th August. It will start at 11 am. local time, 9:30 p.m. IST. It will be a 10-player Round Robin event.
Participants
The lineup includes the World no.3 and the defending champion - Fabiano Caruana, World no.5 - Ian Nepomniachtchi, World no.6 and current World Championship Challenger - D Gukesh, World no.7 and former World Rapid champion - Nodirbek Abdusattorov, World no.9 and Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz 2024 winner - Alireza Firouzja, World no.10 and former World Fischer Random champion - Wesley So, World no.12 and the newly crowned FIDE World Blitz Team 2024 champion - R Praggnanandhaa, World no.14 and Netherlands no.1 - Anish Giri, World no.15 and reigning World Champion - Ding Liren, and World no.21 and former World Blitz champion - Maxime Vachier-Lagrave.
Round 1 pairings
| Table | White | Score | Fed. | Rating | Black | Score | Fed. | Rating | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GM Caruana, Fabiano | 0.0 | USA | 2793 | GM Firouzja, Alireza | 0.0 | FRA | 2751 | |
| 2 | GM Praggnanandhaa R | 0.0 | IND | 2749 | GM Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | 0.0 | UZB | 2762 | |
| 3 | GM Nepomniachtchi, Ian | 0.0 | FID | 2767 | GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 0.0 | FRA | 2721 | |
| 4 | GM Ding, Liren | 0.0 | CHN | 2745 | GM Gukesh D | 0.0 | IND | 2766 | |
| 5 | GM So, Wesley | 0.0 | USA | 2751 | GM Giri, Anish | 0.0 | NED | 2746 |
GCT standings
Prize
The total prize fund is US$ 350000.
