Live from the World Chess Hall of Fame, the 11th Sinquefield Cup is the last of five legs of the Grand Chess Tour. The nine Tour players are joined by a 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.
Nepo welcomes Pragg to the big boys table with a rook and pawn endgame trick
Nodirbek with nothing to lose, tries to route Nepo in this rook and knight versus rook and bishop endgame
Kostya Kavutskiy recaps Day 4 of the 8th Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz, taking place at the World Chess Hall of Fame. The Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz is the third of five legs of the Grand Chess Tour. Five of the Tour players are joined by five wildcards (roster below) for a rapid round robin and a blitz double round robin.
Nepo maybe at the top of the leader board, but Hikaru thumps him for the win
Both of these players win the best shirt award, but Levon's bishop on g2 is an all star!
The final moments of their game, Levon finds this cute tactic to defeat Caruana
Wesley So talks to Cristian Chirila after going 6-1-2 on the first blitz day of the 2024 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz.
Alireza Firouzja talks to Cristian Chirila after going 5-1-3 on the first blitz day of the 2024 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz.
The ten players talk to Anastasiya Karlovich before the 2024 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz. This aired on Day 4.
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