2025 Grand Chess Tour Heads to Saint Louis! #STLRapidBlitz #SinquefieldCup | PROMO

July 2, 2025 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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The 2025 Grand Chess Tour heads to Saint Louis for two thrilling back-to-back events: the Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz (beginning August 11) and the prestigious Sinquefield Cup (beginning August 18) (players below)! These are the final stops on the Tour before the Finals in São Paulo, Brazil!

SAINT LOUIS RAPID & BLITZ
Gukesh D
Fabiano Caruana
Nodirbek Abdusattorov
Wesley So
Levon Aronian
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Liem Le (WC)
Leinier Dominguez (WC)
Sam Shankland (WC)
Gregory Oparin (WC)

SINQUEFIELD CUP
Gukesh D
Fabiano Caruana
Nodirbek Abdusattorov
Alireza Firouzja
Wesley So
Levon Aronian
Jan-Krzysztof Duda
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
R Praggnanandhaa
Sam Sevian (WC)

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