The 2018 Sinquefield Cup
17 - 28 August 2018 Grand Chess Tour
Ultimate Moves Team Rex vs Team Randy
GM Joel Benjamin recaps the first 5 rounds
| Round 1 | |||
| No. | White | Result | Black |
| 1 | Aronian Levon |
1 - 0
|
Karjakin Sergey |
| 2 | Vachier-Lagrave Maxime | ½ - ½ | Carlsen Magnus |
| 3 | Nakamura Hikaru | ½ - ½ | Anand Viswanathan |
| 4 | Mamedyarov Shakhriyar |
1 - 0
|
So Wesley |
| 5 | Caruana Fabiano | ½ - ½ | Grischuk Alexander |
| Round 2 | |||
| No. | White | Result | Black |
| 1 | Caruana Fabiano | ½ - ½ | Aronian Levon |
| 2 | Grischuk Alexander | ½ - ½ | Mamedyarov Shakhriyar |
| 3 | So Wesley | ½ - ½ | Nakamura Hikaru |
| 4 | Anand Viswanathan | ½ - ½ | Vachier-Lagrave Maxime |
| 5 | Carlsen Magnus |
1 - 0
|
Karjakin Sergey |
| Round 3 | |||
| No. | White | Result | Black |
| 1 | Aronian Levon | ½ - ½ | Carlsen Magnus |
| 2 | Karjakin Sergey | ½ - ½ | Anand Viswanathan |
| 3 | Vachier-Lagrave Maxime | ½ - ½ | So Wesley |
| 4 | Nakamura Hikaru |
0 - 1
|
Grischuk Alexander |
| 5 | Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | ½ - ½ | Caruana Fabiano |
| Round 4 | |||
| No. | White | Result | Black |
| 1 | Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | ½ - ½ | Aronian Levon |
| 2 | Caruana Fabiano |
1 - 0
|
Nakamura Hikaru |
| 3 | Grischuk Alexander | ½ - ½ | Vachier-Lagrave Maxime |
| 4 | So Wesley | ½ - ½ | Karjakin Sergey |
| 5 | Anand Viswanathan | ½ - ½ | Carlsen Magnus |
| Round 5 | |||
| No. | White | Result | Black |
| 1 | Aronian Levon | ½ - ½ | Anand Viswanathan |
| 2 | Carlsen Magnus | ½ - ½ | So Wesley |
| 3 | Karjakin Sergey | ½ - ½ | Grischuk Alexander |
| 4 | Vachier-Lagrave Maxime | ½ - ½ | Caruana Fabiano |
| 5 | Nakamura Hikaru | ½ - ½ | Mamedyarov Shakhriyar |
| Round 6 | |||
| No. | White | Result | Black |
| 1 | Nakamura Hikaru | ½ - ½ | Aronian Levon |
| 2 | Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | ½ - ½ | Vachier-Lagrave Maxime |
| 3 | Caruana Fabiano |
1 - 0
|
Karjakin Sergey |
| 4 | Grischuk Alexander | ½ - ½ | Carlsen Magnus |
| 5 | So Wesley | ½ - ½ | Anand Viswanathan |
| Round 7 | |||
| No. | White | Result | Black |
| 1 | Aronian Levon | ½ - ½ | So Wesley |
| 2 | Anand Viswanathan | Grischuk Alexander | |
| 3 | Carlsen Magnus | ½ - ½ | Caruana Fabiano |
| 4 | Karjakin Sergey | ½ - ½ | Mamedyarov Shakhriyar |
| 5 | Vachier-Lagrave Maxime | ½ - ½ | Nakamura Hikaru |
| Round 8 | |||
| No. | White | Result | Black |
| 1 | Vachier-Lagrave Maxime | ½ - ½ | Aronian Levon |
| 2 | Nakamura Hikaru | ½ - ½ | Karjakin Sergey |
| 3 | Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | ½ - ½ | Carlsen Magnus |
| 4 | Caruana Fabiano | ½ - ½ | Anand Viswanathan |
| 5 | Grischuk Alexander | ½ - ½ | So Wesley |
| Round 9 | |||
| No. | White | Result | Black |
| 1 | Aronian Levon |
1 - 0
|
Grischuk Alexander |
| 2 | So Wesley | ½ - ½ | Caruana Fabiano |
| 3 | Anand Viswanathan | ½ - ½ | Mamedyarov Shakhriyar |
| 4 | Carlsen Magnus |
1 - 0
|
Nakamura Hikaru |
| 5 | Karjakin Sergey | ½ - ½ | Vachier-Lagrave Maxime |
| Playoff for London | |||
| No. | White | Result | Black |
| 1 | So Wesley | ½ - ½ | Caruana Fabiano |
| 2 | Caruana Fabiano |
1 - 0
|
So Wesley |
