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Sinquefield Cup R6: Gukesh keeps playing exciting chess

by Shahid Ahmed - 26/08/2024

R Praggnanandhaa drew with the world champion, Ding Liren quickly in Round 6 of Grand Chess Tour Sinquefield Cup 2024. D Gukesh keeps fighting every single game. He played enterprising chess against Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA). However, there was no clear path for him to earn a full point. Alireza Firouzja (FRA) drew with Wesley So (USA) to maintain his sole lead 4/6. Ian Nepomniachtchi fell for a very common idea in the Sicilian Dragon. He made a mistake which club level players make, allowing Fabiano Caruana (USA) to score a win. Both Caruana and So are now at 3.5/6, a half point behind the sole leader. Round 7 starts today at 1 p.m. local time, 11:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Lennart Ootes/Grand Chess Tour

Praggnanandhaa makes a comfortable draw against Ding Liren

Perhaps D Gukesh's approach towards the World Championship and Olympiad is the best - fight in every single game. Test himself against various strong opponents in a variety of situations, as he has played very few times against some of the world-class opponents. 

Gukesh is fighting in every single game | Photo: Lennart Ootes/Grand Chess Tour

Ding Liren (CHN) - R Praggnanandhaa: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Lennart Ootes/Grand Chess Tour

Gukesh - Vachier-Lagrave: 0.5-0.5

D Gukesh (2766) played only one Classical rated game against Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA, 2721) which was last month at Superbet Classic. That ended in a draw. This time, Gukesh was pushing for a win.

Position after 41...g4

Computer recommends going for 42.a6 directly without trading pawns on g4. Gukesh opted for the latter and the game eventually ended in a draw. Find out the difference between playing 42.a6 directly and after 42.hxg4 hxg4 43.a6 which happened in the game.

D Gukesh continues playing enterprising chess | Photo: Lennart Ootes/Grand Chess Tour

Alireza Firouzja (FRA) drew with Wesley So (USA) to maintain his sole lead 4/6 | Photo: Lennart Ootes/Grand Chess Tour
Wesley So: I'm just hoping to play well | Video: Saint Louis Chess Club

Nepomniachtchi - Caruana: 0-1

Ian Nepomniachtchi (2767) made an incorrect pawn push in the Sicilian Dragon. He fell for a thematic attack, something club level players fall for.

Position after 18.g5

18.g5? invited a typical idea which is quite common in the Dragon. Try to find it. The surprising thing is a 2700+ falling for this idea.

Fabi: You see my luck | Video: Saint Louis Chess Club

Ian Nepomniachtchi after falling for a widely known idea in the Dragon | Photo: Lennart Ootes/Grand Chess Tour

Anish Giri (NED) - Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB): 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Lennart Ootes/Grand Chess Tour

Photo Gallery

Team Gukesh (L to R): GM Grzegorz Gajewski (POL), GM D Gukesh and Dr. Rajini Kanth | Photo: Lennart Ootes/Grand Chess Tour

Wesley So, Praggnanandhaa, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Anish Giri with their fans | Photo: Lennart Ootes/Grand Chess Tour

Replay live stream

Replay Round 6 Live Commentary by GMs Yasser Seirawan and Peter Svidler, IM Nazi Paikidze, and WGM Anastasiya Karlovich | Video: Saint Louis Chess Club

Schedule and Format

Sinquefield Cup will have one round per day from 19th to 28th August. Rest day is on Saturday 24th August. Each round starts at 1 p.m. local time, 11:30 p.m. IST, except the last round on 28th August. It will start at 11 am. local time, 9:30 p.m. IST. It will be a 10-player Round Robin event.

Schedule | Photo: Grand Chess Tour

Prize

The total prize fund is US$ 350000.

Replay Round 6 games

Round 6 results

Only one game ended decisively in Round 6 | Graphic: Grand Chess Tour

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Standings after Round 6

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Round 7 pairings

TableWhiteScoreFed.RatingBlackScoreFed.RatingResult
1GM Caruana, Fabiano3.5USA2793GM Gukesh D3.0IND2766
2GM Praggnanandhaa R3.0IND2749GM Nepomniachtchi, Ian2.5FID2767
3GM Firouzja, Alireza4.0FRA2751GM Ding, Liren3.0CHN2745
4GM Abdusattorov, Nodirbek2.5UZB2762GM So, Wesley3.5USA2751
5GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime3.0FRA2721GM Giri, Anish2.0NED2746

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