All Images Courtesy Of Derrick Bartotto
Wesley So (Right) drew his last round game versus Maxime Vachier-Lagrave to clinch top honors in this years Sinquefield Cup; he finished a half point ahead of the field. Congratulations for a fine tournament by all the competitors.
In this final ninth round there were two decisive games.
Hikaru Nakamura won as White against Liren Ding.
Fabiano Caruana won as White against Anish Giri.
| # | Name | Pts | SB |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | So, Wesley | 5.5 | 24.5 |
| 2 | Anand, Viswanathan | 5 | 22.25 |
| Aronian, Levon | 5 | 21.75 | |
| Caruana, Fabiano | 5 | 21.5 | |
| Topalov, Veselin | 5 | 21 | |
| 6 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 4.5 | 20.25 |
| Nakamura, Hikaru | 4.5 | 18.5 | |
| 8 | Ding, Liren | 4 | 17.5 |
| 9 | Svidler, Peter | 3.5 | 15.25 |
| 10 | Giri, Anish | 3 | 14.5 |
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