Sinquefield Cup

Last updated December 29, 2024

The Sinquefield Cup is an annual, closed chess tournament hosted by the Saint Louis Chess Club in St. Louis, Missouri, United States.

Winners

#	Year	Winner(s)
1	2013	Magnus Carlsen (Norway)
2	2014	Fabiano Caruana (Italy)
3	2015	Levon Aronian (Armenia)
4	2016	Wesley So (United States)
5	2017	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)
6	2018	Magnus Carlsen (Norway) Fabiano Caruana (United States) Levon Aronian (Armenia)
7	2019	Ding Liren (China)
8	2021	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)
9	2022	Alireza Firouzja (France)
10	2023	Fabiano Caruana (United States)
11	2024	Alireza Firouzja (France)

2013

The first edition, in double round-robin format, (working title: 2013 Saint Louis International^{[ citation needed ]}) was held from 9 to 15 September 2013 at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis.^[3] The four grandmasters played the classic time control: 40 moves in 90 minutes with a 30-second increment as of move one, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game.^[4] The total prize fund was $170,000,^[5] with $70,000 going to the winner, $50,000 to runner-up, $30,000 to third place and $20,000 to fourth place.^[6] The average FIDE rating for the field was 2797, the highest-rated tournament at the time. The opening ceremony took place on 8 September 2013, and round 1 was held the next day.^[7] This was the last tournament for Magnus Carlsen before he became world champion at the World Chess Championship 2013.^[8]

1st Sinquefield Cup, 9–15 September 2013, St. Louis, USA, Cat. XXII (2797)
	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	Points	TPR
1	Magnus Carlsen (Norway)	2862		½ ½	½ 1	1 1	4½	2968
2	Hikaru Nakamura (United States)	2772	½ ½	Does not appear	1 0	1 ½	3½	2862
3	Levon Aronian (Armenia)	2813	½ 0	0 1	Does not appear	½ ½	2½	2735
4	Gata Kamsky (United States)	2741	0 0	0 ½	½ ½	Does not appear	1½	2623

2014

The second edition was held from August 27 to September 7, at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis.^[9] It is by rating the strongest tournament in the history of chess, as measured by the six participants' average Elo rating of 2802. All were in the top ten of FIDE's Elo rating list: 1, 2, 3, 5, 8 and 9 in the world.

The double round-robin tournament again used the time control of 40 moves in 90 minutes with a 30-second increment for every move, followed by an additional 30 minutes plus the per-move-increment for the rest of the game.

The total prize fund was increased to $315,000, with $100,000 going to the winner.^[10]

2nd Sinquefield Cup, 27 August – 7 September 2014, St. Louis, Missouri, United States, Category XXIII (2801.7)
	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	Points	Wins	H2H	TPR ^[11]
1	Fabiano Caruana (Italy)	2801		1 ½	1 1	1 1	1 ½	1 ½	8½			3098
2	Magnus Carlsen (Norway)	2877	0 ½	Does not appear	½ ½	½ ½	1 ½	½ 1	5½			2823
3	Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria)	2772	0 0	½ ½	Does not appear	1 ½	0 ½	1 1	5			2808
4	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)	2768	0 0	½ ½	0 ½	Does not appear	1 ½	½ ½	4	1	1½	2736
5	Levon Aronian (Armenia)	2805	0 ½	0 ½	1 ½	0 ½	Does not appear	½ ½	4	1	½	2729
6	Hikaru Nakamura (United States)	2787	0 ½	½ 0	0 0	½ ½	½ ½	Does not appear	3			2656

After round 7, Caruana had a score of 7/7, which Levon Aronian called a "historical achievement".^[12] Caruana drew his remaining games to finish with 8½/10 and a performance rating of 3098, the highest performance rating in a single tournament, besting Carlsen's performance in the 2009 Nanjing Pearl Spring tournament and Anatoly Karpov in the 1994 Linares chess tournament. It was compared to Bobby Fischer's 20-game winning streak in 1970–1971.^[13]^[14]

Vachier-Lagrave finished fourth, ahead of Aronian on tie-break (direct encounter).^[15]^[16]

2015

The third edition was held from August 22 to September 3, at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis as the second leg in the 2015 Grand Chess Tour. The tournament featured the seven top players in the world, a feat only surpassed by the AVRO 1938 chess tournament.^[17] The Sinquefield Cup was also the strongest tournament featured in the 2015 Grand Chess Tour with an average FIDE Rating of 2795.^[18]

The 2015 Sinquefield Cup was a single round-robin event held with a time control of 40 moves in 2 hours, followed by the rest of the game in 1 hour with a 30-second increment from move 41.^[19] Wesley So was selected as the tournament invite and joined the nine other players already participating in the Grand Chess Tour.^[18]

3rd Sinquefield Cup, 22 August – 3 September 2015, St. Louis, Missouri, United States, Category XXII (2794.6)
	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Points	Wins	H2H	SB	TPR	Tour Points
1	Levon Aronian (Armenia)	2765		½	1	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	6				2923	13
2	Magnus Carlsen (Norway)	2853	½	Does not appear	½	1	½	0	0	1	½	1	5	3	½	21.25	2831	10
3	Hikaru Nakamura (United States)	2814	0	½	Does not appear	½	½	1	0	½	1	1	5	3	½	20.25	2835	8
4	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)	2731	½	0	½	Does not appear	½	½	1	½	½	1	5	2			2845	7
5	Anish Giri (Netherlands)	2793	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	1	½	½	½	½	5	1			2838	6
6	Alexander Grischuk (Russia)	2771	½	1	0	½	0	Does not appear	½	1	1	0	4½	3			2797	5
7	Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria)	2816	½	1	1	0	½	½	Does not appear	0	½	½	4½	2			2792	4
8	Fabiano Caruana (United States)	2808	0	0	½	½	½	0	1	Does not appear	½	½	3½	1			2713	3
9	Viswanathan Anand (India)	2816	½	½	0	½	½	0	½	½	Does not appear	½	3½	0			2712	2
10	Wesley So (United States)	2779	0	0	0	0	½	1	½	½	½	Does not appear	3				2671	1

2016

The 4th Sinquefield Cup was played between August 4 and 16, 2016. It was rescheduled due to a clash with the 2016 Baku Chess Olympiad. This Sinquefield Cup is one of the tournaments of the 2nd Grand Chess Tour. Ding Liren was selected as the Wild Card for the Sinquefield Cup.^[20] Vladimir Kramnik withdrew from Sinquefield Cup for health reasons. Fellow Russian player Peter Svidler replaced him.^[21]

The prize fund was US$300,000, with $75,000 for 1st place, and points toward the overall 2016 Grand Chess Tour. Players received 120 minutes for 40 moves then 60 minutes for the rest of the game with an additional 30 seconds added per move starting from move 41. In case of a 2-way tie, a 2-game Rapid Match (10 minutes + 5 seconds increment starting from Move #1) followed by a 2-game Blitz Match (5 minutes + 2 seconds increment starting from Move #1) if tied again was to be played. If a tie after the Blitz match, an Armageddon game would decide the winner. All ratings listed below are from the August 2016 rating list.^[22]

On August 14, 2016, Wesley So won the tournament, with 5½ points out of 9 (+2−0=7), ahead of former World Champions Veselin Topalov and Viswanathan Anand, and former winners Levon Aronian and Fabiano Caruana.

4th Sinquefield Cup, 4–16 August 2016, St. Louis, Missouri, United States, Category XXII (2778.6)
	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Points	Wins	SB	TPR	Tour Points
1	Wesley So (United States)	2771		½	1	½	½	1	½	½	½	½	5½			2859	13
2	Levon Aronian (Armenia)	2792	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	1	0	½	1	½	5	2	21.75	2820	7.75
3	Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria)	2761	0	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	1	1	½	5	2	21.00	2823	7.75
4	Viswanathan Anand (India)	2770	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	1	½	½	½	5	1	22.25	2822	7.75
5	Fabiano Caruana (United States)	2807	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	1	5	1	21.50	2818	7.75
6	Hikaru Nakamura (United States)	2791	0	0	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	1	½	1	4½	2		2777	4.5
7	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)	2819	½	1	½	0	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	4½	1		2774	4.5
8	Ding Liren (China)	2755	½	½	0	½	½	0	½	Does not appear	1	½	4			2738	3
9	Peter Svidler (Russia)	2751	½	0	0	½	½	½	½	0	Does not appear	1	3½			2701	2
10	Anish Giri (Netherlands)	2769	½	½	½	½	0	0	½	½	0	Does not appear	3			2654	1

^[23]^[24]

2017

The 5th Sinquefield Cup was played from August 2 to August 11, 2017, and was the third leg of the 2017 Grand Chess Tour. It was won by Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, with 6 points out of 9 (+3−0=6).

5th Sinquefield Cup, 2–11 August 2017, St. Louis, Missouri, United States, Category XXII (2787.7)
	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Points	Wins	H2H	TPR	Tour Points
1	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)	2789		1	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	6			2907	13
2	Magnus Carlsen (Norway)	2822	0	Does not appear	½	1	1	½	½	½	1	½	5½	3		2862	9
3	Viswanathan Anand (India)	2783	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	5½	2		2866	9
4	Levon Aronian (Armenia)	2799	½	0	½	Does not appear	½	½	0	1	1	1	5	3		2825	6.5
5	Sergey Karjakin (Russia)	2773	½	0	½	½	Does not appear	1	½	½	1	½	5	2		2828	6.5
6	Peter Svidler (Russia)	2751	½	½	½	½	0	Does not appear	1	½	½	½	4½			2792	5
7	Fabiano Caruana (United States)	2807	½	½	0	1	½	0	Does not appear	½	½	½	4			2747	4
8	Hikaru Nakamura (United States)	2792	½	½	½	0	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	0	3½			2709	3
9	Wesley So (United States)	2810	0	0	½	0	0	½	½	½	Does not appear	1	3	1	1	2665	1.5
10	Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia)	2751	0	½	0	0	½	½	½	1	0	Does not appear	3	1	0	2672	1.5

2018

The 6th Sinquefield Cup was the fourth leg on the Grand Chess Tour 2018; Carlsen, Caruana and Aronian tied for first, all with 5½ points out of 9 (+2−0=7). The deciding tiebreaker involved the drawing of lots to decide which two players would participate in the playoff for the title. Carlsen objected to this random chance tiebreaker and proposed a three-way playoff. Caruana did not agree to the three-way playoff as he had a playoff with Wesley So for a place at the 2018 London Chess Classic scheduled on the same day (Caruana would qualify to London after beating So in a playoff 1.5–0.5). The trio reached a compromise and agreed to share the title.^[25]

6th Sinquefield Cup, 18–28 August 2018, St. Louis, Missouri, United States, Category XXII (2787.5)
	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Points	H2H	Wins	Black	TPR	Tour Points
1–3	Magnus Carlsen (Norway)	2842		½	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	5½	1	2	0	2861	15
	Fabiano Caruana (United States)	2822	½		½	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	5½	1	2	0	2864	15
	Levon Aronian (Armenia)	2767	½	½		½	1	½	½	½	½	1	5½	1	2	0	2870	15
4	Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan)	2801	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	1	½	½	5		1	0	2829	10
5	Alexander Grischuk (Russia)	2766	½	½	0	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	1	½	4½	1	1	1	2790	6
6–7	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)	2779	½	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	4½	1	0	0	2788	6
6–7	Viswanathan Anand (India)	2768	½	½	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	4½	1	0	0	2790	6
8	Wesley So (United States)	2780	½	½	½	0	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	4		0	0	2745	3
9–10	Hikaru Nakamura (United States)	2777	0	0	½	½	0	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	3	½	0	0	2664	1.5
9–10	Sergey Karjakin (Russia)	2773	0	0	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	3	½	0	0	2664	1.5

2019

The 7th Sinquefield Cup was played from August 17 to August 29, 2019, and was the fifth leg of the 2019 Grand Chess Tour. It was won by Ding Liren on tiebreaks, 3–1. Ding Liren and Magnus Carlsen were tied with 6½ points out of 11 (+2−0=9). The prize fund was US$325,000, with $82,500 for 1st place.

7th Sinquefield Cup, 17–29 August 2019, St. Louis, Missouri, United States, Category XXII (2782.5)
	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Points	TB	Place	TPR	GCT Points
1	Ding Liren (China)	2805		½	½	½	1	1	½	½	½	½	½	½	6½	3	1	2845	16½
2	Magnus Carlsen (Norway)	2882	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	½	6½	1	2	2838	16½
3	Viswanathan Anand (India)	2756	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	1	½	½	½	½	½	6		3–4	2820	11
4	Sergey Karjakin (Russia)	2750	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	½	6		3–4	2821	11
5	Fabiano Caruana (United States)	2818	0	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	5½		5–8	2779	6½
6	Anish Giri (Netherlands)	2779	0	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	1	½	½	½	½	½	5½		5–8	2782	6½
7	Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia)	2774	½	½	0	½	½	0	Does not appear	½	0	1	1	1	5½		5–8	2783	6½
8	Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan)	2764	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	5½		5–8	2784	6½
9	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)	2778	½	0	½	0	½	½	1	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	5		9–10	2746	3½
10	Hikaru Nakamura (United States)	2743	½	½	½	½	½	½	0	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	5		9–10	2750	3½
11	Wesley So (United States)	2776	½	0	½	½	½	½	0	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	4½		11–12	2718	1½
12	Levon Aronian (Armenia)	2765	½	½	½	½	0	½	0	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	4½		11–12	2719	1½

First place playoff, 29 August 2019, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Place	Player	Rapid rating	Blitz rating	Rapid		Blitz		Score
1	Ding Liren (China)	2786	2779	½	½	1	1	3
2	Magnus Carlsen (Norway)	2895	2920	½	½	0	0	1

2021

The 8th Sinquefield Cup was played from August 16 to August 28, 2021, after a break in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[26] The tournament was the fifth leg of Grand Chess Tour 2021. It was won by Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, with 6 points out of 9 (+4−1=4).

8th Sinquefield Cup, 16–28 August 2021, St. Louis, Missouri, United States, Category XX (2742.0)
	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Points	H2H	Wins	SB	TPR	Tour Points
1	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)	2751	Does not appear	½	0	½	½	1	1	½	1	1	6		4		2919	13
2	Fabiano Caruana (United States)	2806	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	1	0	1	½	1	5½	1	3		2824	8.3
3	Leinier Domínguez (United States)	2758	1	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	5½	1	2	24.00	2829	8.3
4	Wesley So (United States)	2772	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	1	1	5½	1	2	22.75	2828	8.3
5	Richárd Rapport (Hungary)	2763	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	0	1	½	4½				2740	6
6	Sam Shankland (United States)	2709	0	0	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	1	½	½	4	1½			2701	4
7	Jeffery Xiong (United States)	2710	0	1	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	0	4	1			2701	4
8	Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan)	2782	½	0	½	½	1	0	½	Does not appear	½	½	4	½			2693	4
9	Peter Svidler (Russia)	2714	0	½	½	0	0	½	½	½	Does not appear	1	3½				2656	2
10	Dariusz Świercz (United States)	2655	0	0	0	0	½	½	1	½	0	Does not appear	2½				2574	1

2022

The 9th Sinquefield Cup was played from September 1 to September 13, 2022, and was the fifth leg of the Grand Chess Tour 2022.^[27] Before the start of the fourth round, Magnus Carlsen withdrew from the tournament during the Carlsen-Niemann controversy. Subsequently, the three games he had already played were annulled for the standings of the Sinquefield Cup, but they were still included for rating points.^[28] Alireza Firouzja won the tournament^[29] after beating Ian Nepomniachtchi in a two game playoff.^[30]

In the table, games with Magnus Carlsen are not counted towards the total of each player's points or wins.

9th Sinquefield Cup, 2–11 September 2022, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, Category XXI (2766.6)
	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Points	TB	H2H	Wins	SB	TPR	Tour Points
1	Alireza Firouzja (France)	2778	Does not appear	0	1	½	½	½	1	½	1	–	5	1½				2844	11
2	Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE)	2792	1	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	0	5	½				2804	11
3	Wesley So (United States)	2771	0	½	Does not appear	1	½	1	½	½	½	–	4½		1			2799	7.5
4	Fabiano Caruana (United States)	2758	½	½	0	Does not appear	½	1	½	1	½	–	4½		0			2801	7.5
5	Leinier Domínguez (United States)	2745	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	–	4					2758	6
6	Hans Niemann (United States)	2678	½	½	0	0	½	Does not appear	½	½	1	1	3½		½	1	13.50	2775	4.5
7	Levon Aronian (United States)	2759	0	0	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	1	½	½	3½		½	1	12.75	2727	4.5
8	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)	2757	½	½	½	0	½	½	0	Does not appear	½	–	3		½	0	12.50	2665	2.5
9	Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan)	2757	0	½	½	½	½	0	½	½	Does not appear	–	3		½	0	12.25	2665	2.5
10	Magnus Carlsen (Norway)	2861	–	1	–	–	–	0	½	–	–	Does not appear	—					2746	–

First place playoff
Place	Player	Rapid rating	Rapid		Score
1	Alireza Firouzja (FRA)	2732	½	1	1½
2	Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE)	2779	½	0	½

2023

The 10th Sinquefield Cup was played from 21 November to 30 November, 2023, and was the fifth and final leg of the Grand Chess Tour 2023.^[31] Jan-Krzysztof Duda withdrew from the event prior to the second round for health reasons. As a result, all players other than Anish Giri (who played Duda in the first round) played eight games with one bye round. Fabiano Caruana won the tournament, scoring 5.5 out of a possible 8 points.

In the table, games with Jan-Krzysztof Duda are not counted towards the total of each player's points or wins.

10th Sinquefield Cup, 21–30 November 2023, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, Category XXI (2753.2)
	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Points	Wins	Tour Points
1	Fabiano Caruana (United States)	2795	Does not appear	½	1	½	½	½	½	1	1	–	5½	3	13
2	Leinier Domínguez (United States)	2745	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	–	5	2	10
3	Wesley So (United States)	2752	0	½	Does not appear	½	½	1	½	½	1	–	4½	2	8
4	Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE)	2771	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	½	–	4		6
5	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)	2734	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	–	4		6
6	Levon Aronian (United States)	2727	½	½	0	½	½	Does not appear	½	1	½	–	4	1	6
7	Anish Giri (Netherlands)	2752	½	0	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	3½		4
8	Alireza Firouzja (France)	2777	0	½	½	½	½	0	½	Does not appear	½	–	3		3
9	Richárd Rapport (Romania)	2748	0	0	0	½	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	–	2½		2
10	Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Poland)	2731	–	–	–	–	–	–	½	–	–	Does not appear	—		–

2024

The 11th Sinquefield Cup was played from 19 August to 29 August, 2024, and was the fifth and final leg of the Grand Chess Tour 2024.^[32] 2022 Champion Alireza Firouzja won the event for a second time with an undefeated score (+3-0=6). Firouzja opened the event with a win as Black over eventual second place finisher Fabiano Caruana, and was in the sole lead from the 5th round onward.^[33]

11th Sinquefield Cup, August 19–29 2024, St. Louis, Missouri, United States, Category XXI (2755.1)
Rank	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Points	Tour Points	Prize money	Circuit
1	Alireza Firouzja (France)	2751	Does not appear	1	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	6	13	$100,000	28.67
2	Fabiano Caruana (United States)	2793	0	Does not appear	½	1	½	½	½	½	1	1	5½	10	$65,000	20.85
T–3	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)	2721	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	5	7.5	$40,000	9.12
T–3	Nodirbek Abdusattorov (Uzbekistan)	2762	½	0	½	Does not appear	½	½	1	½	1	½	5	7.5	$40,000	9.12
T–5	Gukesh Dommaraju (India)	2766	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	½	4½	5	$21,833
T–5	R Praggnanandhaa (India)	2749	½	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	4½	5	$21,833
T–5	Wesley So (United States)	2751	½	½	½	0	½	½	Does not appear	½	1	½	4½	5	$21,833
T–8	Ding Liren (China)	2745	0	½	0	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	3½	WC (2.5)	$14,500
T–8	Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE)	2767	½	0	½	0	½	½	0	½	Does not appear	1	3½	2.5	$14,500
10	Anish Giri (Netherlands)	2746	0	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	0	Does not appear	3	1	$10,500

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[1] "On Chess: Sinquefield Cup brings the best in chess to the Midwest". STLPR. 2016-08-04. Archived from the original on 2024-09-23. Retrieved 2024-09-23.

[2] Barden, Leonard (2015-04-10). "Rex Sinquefield continuing his quest to make US into a superpower". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 2024-09-24. Retrieved 2024-09-23.

[3] "St. Louis To Host Four Leaders - chess-news.ru". www.chess-news.ru. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2017.

[4] "U.S. Chess Champs: Top 2 in World, Top 2 in U.S. Battle for Sinquefield Cup". Archived from the original on 2013-06-23. Retrieved 2013-06-19.

[5] "Carlsen and Aronian to play in US Super-GM". 17 June 2013. Archived from the original on 22 June 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2017.

[6] "U.S. Chess Champs: The Sinquefield Cup". Archived from the original on 10 September 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2017.

[7] "Carlsen, Aronian, Nakamura, Kamsky to play in first "Sinquefield Cup" - ChessVibes". www.chessvibes.com. Archived from the original on 13 August 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2017.

[8] "Sinquefield Chess Cup 2013 LIVE! - Chessdom". www.chessdom.com. Archived from the original on 12 August 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2017.

[9] "Live - www.uschesschamps.com". uschesschamps.com. Archived from the original on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2017.

[10] "The Sinquefield Cup | www.uschesschamps.com". Archived from the original on 2013-09-10. Retrieved 2013-09-10.

[11] "Sinquefield Cup 2014". Chess-Results.com. Archived from the original on January 22, 2018.

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[14] Campbell, Bradley (4 September 2014). "The Italian Bobby Fischer is making chess history in St. Louis". PRI. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2014-09-25.

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Other present (Swiss system generally)	Aeroflot Open (since 2002) Australasian Masters (since 1987) Biel Chess Festival (since 1968) Canadian Open (since 1956) Capablanca Memorial (since 1962) Cappelle-la-Grande Open (since 1985) Carlos Torre Repetto Memorial (since 1987) Chigorin Memorial (since 1909) Doeberl Cup (since 1963) Dubai Open (since 1999) Gibraltar Chess Festival (since 2003) Hastings International Chess Congress (since 1920) Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament (since 1995) Lublin Grandmaster Tournament (since 2009) Paul Keres Memorials (Tallinn, since 1969) (Vancouver, since 1975) Prague Chess Festival (since 2019) Qatar Masters Open (2014–2015, since 2023) Reykjavik Open (since 1964) Riga Technical University Open (since 2011) Rilton Cup (since 1971) Rubinstein Memorial (since 1963) South African Open (since 1962) U.S. Open (since 1900) TePe Sigeman & Co chess tournament (since 1993) Vidmar Memorial (since 1969) World Open (since 1973) Xtracon Chess Open (since 1979) Zurich Christmas Open (since 1977)
Recently cancelled (after 2000)	Alekhine Memorial (1956–2013, irregular) Acropolis (1968–2009) Aerosvit (2006–2008) Amber (1992–2011) Bilbao Chess Masters Final (2008–2016) Howard Staunton Memorial (2003–2009) Linares (1978–2010) Mar del Plata (1928–2001) Millionaire Chess (2014–2016) M-Tel Masters (2005–2009) North Sea Cup (1976–2008) Pearl Spring (2008–2010) Reggio Emilia (1947–2012) Tal Memorial (2006–2018) Zurich Chess Challenge (2012–2017)
Major past (19th–20th century)	American Chess Congress (1857–1923) Carl Schlechter Memorial (1923–1996) DSB Congress (1879–1932) General Government (1940–1944) IBM international (1961–1981) Konex (1977–1994) Leopold Trebitsch Memorial (1907–1938) Lone Pine International (1971–1981) Max Euwe Memorial (1987–1996) Monte Carlo (1901–1904; 1967–1969) Netanya (1961–1983) Palma de Mallorca (1965–1972) Phillips & Drew Kings (1980–1986) Piatigorsky Cup (1963–1966) San Sebastián (1911–1912) Silesian Chess Congress (1922–1939) Tilburg (1977–1998) Triberg (1914–1917)
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