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2025 Sinquefield Cup: Round 4 | #GrandChessTour

August 21, 2025 NHaselton Chess Lectures

Saint Louis Chess ClubThu, August 21, 2025 9:14pmURL:
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Live from University Tower, the 12th Sinquefield Cup is the fifth of six legs of the Grand Chess Tour. The nine Tour players are joined by one wildcard (pairings below) for a classical round robin. Join GMs Yasser Seirawan & Peter Svidler, IM Nazi Paikidze, and WGM Anastasiya Karlovich for the move-by-move.

2025.08.21
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ROUND 4
| 40 Moves in 90 Min. Incr. 30 Sec. / / 30 Min. Incr. 30 Sec.
R Praggnanandhaa (2) vs. Sam Sevian (1.5)
Wesley So (1.5) vs. Alireza Firouzja (1.5)
Gukesh Dommaraju (1.5) vs. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (1.5)
Levon Aronian (2) vs. Jan-Krzysztof Duda (1)
Nodirbek Abdusattorov (0.5) vs. Fabiano Caruana (2)

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