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And Wesley So wins the Sinquefield Cup Wesley drew with MVL to win the tournament by half a point from Levon Aronian, Veselin Topalov, Fabiano Caruana and Viswanathan Anand. MVL and Nakamura finished 1 point behind Wesley So with an exciting last round where Nakamura and Caruana won. MVL's attempt to win with a Berlin Defence against Wesley So failed and ended in a draw which cemented Wesley So's position at the top of the Sinquefield Cup leaderboard.  A great event, entertaining, with perhaps Veselin Topalov's queen sacrafice against Nakamura in round 4, despite ending in a draw my highlight game of the tournament. Two great wins against Veslin Topalov and Hikaru Nakamura proved the decisive games which won it for Wesley So in a very tense tournament where draws dominated.

All to play for in round 9 in the Sinquefield Cup 2016 As Peter Svidler finally wins in St Louis, against Anish Giri and Levon Aronian wins against an unwell Nakamura. It is all to play for going into round 9 of the Sinquefield Cup.  Wesley So leads the tournament by half a point from Levon Aronian, Veselin Topalov and Viswanathan Anand.  1 point behind is MVL who plays Wesley So in the final round, along with Ding Liren and Fabiano Caruana.

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A tiring day at the office results in 5 draws Leaving Wesley So half a point in the lead ahead of Topalov and Anand. With MVL, Aronian, Nakamura, Ding and Caruana 1 point behind, with two rounds remaining. Report on chess24 from Colin McGourty on round 7 :  Sinquefield Cup round 7 report from chess24, 2016.

Ringing the bell for Ding Liren So beats Topalov to take the lead.  All to play for as Mvl wins against Aronian and Ding Liren wins against seven times winner of the russian championship Peter Svidler. Fantastic report from chess24's Colin McGourty :  Sinquefield Cup round 6 report from chess24, 2016.

Half Time at the Sinquefield Cup and Topalov leads the field by half a point Another most excellent report from chess24's very own Colin McGourty :  Sinquefield Cup round 5 report from chess24, 2016.

The Day the earth stood still An excellent report from chess24's Colin McGourty can be found linked here :  Sinquefield Cup round 4 report from chess24, 2016.

Concern for the fans Another most excellent report from Colin McGarthy from round 3 of the Sinquefield cup can be found on chess24:   Sinquefield Cup round 3 report from chess24, 2016.

Ageing at different rates Another most excellent report from chess24's Colin McGourty can be found linked here :  Sinquefield Cup round 2 report from chess24, 2016.

Comments are my own, no offense intended or implied. Rough notes maybe written as I see fit. To err is to be human. A most excellent report from Colin McGourty on round 1 can be found on chess24 : Sinquefield Cup round 1 report from chess24, 2016.

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