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St. Louis 2017 (chess tournament)

St. Louis 2017 ( Eng. Sinquefield Cup ) is an international chess tournament, which was held from August 1 to 12, 2017 in St. Louis , Missouri ( USA ). The tournament was traditionally one of the stages of the chess series of Grand Chess Tour tournaments .

The winner of the tournament was the French grandmaster Maxim Vachier-Lagrave , who scored 6 points out of 9. [1] [2]

  • Category : 22nd (Average rating: 2788)
  • Venue : Saint Louis Chess Club
  • Time control : 100 minutes for 40 moves, then 60 minutes to the end of the game with a 30 second delay before each move, starting from the 1st.

Content

  • 1 Schedule
  • 2 Prize fund
  • 3 members
  • 4 Tours
  • 5 Standings
  • 6 notes
  • 7 References

Schedule

  • Opening Ceremony : August 1.
  • Gaming days : August 2-6, August 8-11 (the beginning of the games is at 21:00 Moscow time ).
  • Day off : August 7th.
  • Closing ceremony : August 12th.

Prize Fund

Prize Fund: $ 300,000

  • 1st place - $ 75,000
  • 2nd place - $ 50,000
  • 3rd place - $ 40,000
  • 4th place - $ 30,000
  • 5th place - $ 25,000
  • 6th place - $ 20,000
  • 7th place - $ 15,000
  • 8th place - $ 15,000
  • 9th place - $ 15,000
  • 10th place - $ 15,000

Members

  • Magnus Carlsen (   Norway , 2822¹)
  • Wesley So (   USA , 2810)
  • Fabiano Caruana (   USA , 2807)
  • Levon Aronian (   Armenia , 2799)
  • Hikaru Nakamura (   USA , 2792)
  • Maxim Vashier-Lagrave (   France , 2789)
  • Viswanathan Anand (   India , 2783)
  • Sergey Karjakin (   Russia , 2773)
  • Peter Svidler (   Russia , 2751)
  • Ian Nepomniachtchi (   Russia , 2751)

¹) ratings are given for August 2017

Tour Movement

1st round 08/02/2017
Aronian01-00Not remembering
Caruana0½: ½0Carlsen
Karjakin01-00Svidler
Anand0½: ½0Nakamura
Vashe Lagrave01-00Wesley So
4th round 08/05/2017
Not remembering½1-01½Nakamura
Svidlerone½: ½1½Wesley So
Carlsen20: 12Vashe Lagrave
Aronian1½½: ½1½Anand
Caruana2½: ½1½Karjakin
7th round 08/09/2017
Anand3½1-02½Not remembering
Vashe Lagravefour½: ½3Karjakin
Wesley So2½: ½3Caruana
Nakamura2½0: 13½Aronian
Svidler2½½: ½3½Carlsen
2nd round 08/03/2017
Not remembering00: 10Wesley So
Nakamura½½: ½oneVashe Lagrave
Svidler0½: ½½Anand
Carlsen½1-0oneKarjakin
Aronianone0: 1½Caruana
5th round 06.08.2017
Karjakin2½: ½1½Not remembering
Anand21-02½Caruana
Vashe Lagrave3½: ½2Aronian
Wesley So20: 12Carlsen
Nakamura1½½: ½1½Svidler
8th round 08/10/2017
Not remembering2½½: ½fourCarlsen
Aronian4½½: ½3Svidler
Caruana3½½: ½2½Nakamura
Karjakin3½1-02½Wesley So
Anand4½½: ½4½Vashe Lagrave
3rd round 08/04/2017
Caruana1½½: ½0Not remembering
Karjakinone½: ½oneAronian
Anandone½: ½1½Carlsen
Vashe Lagrave1½½: ½½Svidler
Wesley Soone½: ½oneNakamura
6th round 08.08.2017
Not remembering2½: ½2Svidler
Carlsen3½: ½2Nakamura
Aronian2½1-02Wesley So
Caruana2½½: ½3½Vashe Lagrave
Karjakin2½½: ½3Anand
9th round 08/11/2017
Vashe Lagrave51-03Not remembering
Wesley So2½½: ½5Anand
Nakamura3½: ½4½Karjakin
Svidler3½1-0fourCaruana
Carlsen4½1-05Aronian

Standings

No.ParticipantA countryRatingone23four5678910+=-GlassesA place
oneMaxim Vashier-Lagrave  France2789 one½½½½½½oneone3606 
2Magnus Carlsen  Norway28220 ½oneone½½½one½35one5½ 
3Viswanathan Anand  India2783½½ ½½½one½½one2705½ 
fourLevon Aronian  Armenia2799½0½ ½½0oneoneone3four25four
5Sergey Karjakin  Russia2773½0½½ one½½one½26one55
6Peter Svidler  Russia2751½½½½0 one½½½one7one4½6
7Fabiano Caruana  USA2807½½0one½0 ½½½one62four7
8Hikaru Nakamura  USA2792½½½0½½½ ½00723½8
9Wesley So  USA281000½00½½½ oneonefourfour39
10Ian Nepomniachtchi  Russia27510½00½½½one0 onefourfour310

Notes

  1. ↑ "Wizard Vachier-Lagrave" receives the Sinkfield Cup (Russian) . Chess.com (August 12, 2017).
  2. ↑ Maxime Vachier-Lagrave wins Sinquefield Cup 2017 . FIDE (August 12, 2017).

Links

  • Tournament official page
  • Scoreboard at chess-results.com
  • Information about the tournament on the website chesspro.ru
  • Tournament information on Saint Louis Chess Club website
  • Tournament Information on chessgames.com
  • Tournament information on The Week in Chess
Source - https://ru.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St. Louis_2017_ ( chess tournament_ tournament&&idid = 100009617


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