2023 Sinquefield Cup: Round 1 | #GrandChessTour

November 15, 2023 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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Live from the World Chess Hall of Fame, the 10th Sinquefield Cup is the final of five legs of the Grand Chess Tour. Eight of the Tour players are joined by two wildcards (players below) for a classical round robin. Join GMs Peter Svidler & Yasser Seirawan, & IM Jovanka Houska for the move-by-move.

2023.11.21
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ROUND 1 | 40 Moves in 90 Min. Incr. 30 Sec. / / 30 Min. Incr. 30 Sec.
Fabiano Caruana
Alireza Firouzja
Anish Giri
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Wesley So
Ian Nepomniachtchi
Jan-Krzysztof Duda
Richard Rapport
Leinier Dominguez
Levon Aronian

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