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At 2016 Sinquefield Cup, Saint Louis, USA

Round One - 5 August 2016
Ding Liren (CHN,2755) - Levon Aronian (ARM,2784) ½-½
Wesley So (USA,2771) - Hikaru Nakamura (USA,2791) 1-0
Anish Giri (NED,2769) - Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA,2819) ½-½
Viswanathan Anand (IND,2770) - Fabiano Caruana (USA,2807) ½-½
Veselin Topalov (BUL,2761) - Peter Svidler (RUS,2751) 1-0

Round Two - 6 August 2016
Levon Aronian (ARM,2784) - Peter Svidler (RUS,2751) 1-0
Fabiano Caruana (USA,2807) - Veselin Topalov (BUL,2761) ½-½
Hikaru Nakamura (USA,2791) - Anish Giri (NED,2769) 1-0
Ding Liren (CHN,2755) - Wesley So (USA,2771) ½-½
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA,2819) - Viswanathan Anand (IND,2770) 0-1

Round Three - 7 August 2016
Wesley So (USA,2771) - Levon Aronian (ARM,2784) ½-½
Anish Giri (NED,2769) - Ding Liren (CHN,2755) ½-½
Viswanathan Anand (IND,2770) - Hikaru Nakamura (USA,2791) ½-½
Veselin Topalov (BUL,2761) - Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA,2819) ½-½
Peter Svidler (RUS,2751) - Fabiano Caruana (USA,2807) ½-½

Round Four - 8 August 2016
Levon Aronian (ARM,2784) - Fabiano Caruana (USA,2807) ½-½
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA,2819) - Peter Svidler (RUS,2751) ½-½
Hikaru Nakamura (USA,2791) - Veselin Topalov (BUL,2761) ½-½
Ding Liren (CHN,2755) - Viswanathan Anand (IND,2770) ½-½
Wesley So (USA,2771) - Anish Giri (NED,2769) ½-½

Round Five - 9 August 2016
Anish Giri (NED,2769) - Levon Aronian (ARM,2784) ½-½
Viswanathan Anand (IND,2770) - Wesley So (USA,2771) ½-½
Veselin Topalov (BUL,2761) - Ding Liren (CHN,2755) 1-0
Peter Svidler (RUS,2751) - Hikaru Nakamura (USA,2791) ½-½
Fabiano Caruana (USA,2807) - Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA,2819) ½-½

Round Six - 11 August 2016
Levon Aronian (ARM,2784) - Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA,2819) 0-1
Hikaru Nakamura (USA,2791) - Fabiano Caruana (USA,2807) ½-½
Ding Liren (CHN,2755) - Peter Svidler (RUS,2751) 1-0
Wesley So (USA,2771) - Veselin Topalov (BUL,2761) 1-0
Anish Giri (NED,2769) - Viswanathan Anand (IND,2770) ½-½

Round Seven - 12 August 2016
Viswanathan Anand (IND,2770) - Levon Aronian (ARM,2784) ½-½
Veselin Topalov (BUL,2761) - Anish Giri (NED,2769) ½-½
Peter Svidler (RUS,2751) - Wesley So (USA,2771) ½-½
Fabiano Caruana (USA,2807) - Ding Liren (CHN,2755) ½-½
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA,2819) - Hikaru Nakamura (USA,2791) ½-½

Round Eight - 13 August 2016
Levon Aronian (ARM,2784) - Hikaru Nakamura (USA,2791) 1-0
Ding Liren (CHN,2755) - Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA,2819) ½-½
Wesley So (USA,2771) - Fabiano Caruana (USA,2807) ½-½
Anish Giri (NED,2769) - Peter Svidler (RUS,2751) ½-½
Viswanathan Anand (IND,2770) - Veselin Topalov (BUL,2761) ½-½

Round Nine - 14 August 2016
Veselin Topalov (BUL,2761) - Levon Aronian (ARM,2784) ½-½
Peter Svidler (RUS,2751) - Viswanathan Anand (IND,2770) ½-½
Fabiano Caruana (USA,2807) - Anish Giri (NED,2769) 1-0
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA,2819) - Wesley So (USA,2771) ½-½
Hikaru Nakamura (USA,2791) - Ding Liren (CHN,2755) 1-0

The 2016 Sinquefield Cup is an elite international event, featuring 10 of the strongest chess players in the world. Over the course of nine rounds, these competitors will battle for $300,000 in prize money (first: $75,000, second: $50,000, third: $40,000, last: $15,000) plus points toward the Grand Chess Tour and the coveted title of 2016 Sinquefield Cup Champion

Anand finished on the second position in tie-break with 5 points ... He scored a win over French Grand master Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in the second round with black pieces and drew other matches ... Wesley So won this tournament with 5½ points.

Final Standing

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