The ninth annual Sinquefield Cup is also the fifth and final leg of the Grand Chess Tour 2022 and takes place from 1-13 September 2022 in Saint Louis, USA. Eight Tour players Wesley So, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Levon Aronian, Fabiano Caruana, Alireza Firouzja, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Leinier Dominguez, and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov are joined by wildcards Magnus Carlsen and Hans Niemann for a classical chess event which will be played in 9 round-robin rounds.
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Round 1, September 2nd,13:00 CDT (Sinquefield Cup 2022 – Day 1 live video)
GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov – GM Wesley So
GM Leinier Dominguez – GM Maxime Vachier-:Lagrave
GM Alireza Firouzja – GM Fabiano Caruana
GM Magnus Carlsen – GM Ian Nepomniachtchi
GM Hans Moke Niemann – GM Levon Aronian
Round 2, September 3rd, 13:00 CDT
GM Hans Moke Niemann- GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
GM Fabiano Caruana – GM Leinier Dominguez
GM Ian Nepomniachtchi – GM Alireza Firouzja
GM Levon Aronian – GM Magnus Carlsen
GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave – GM Wesley So
Round 3, September 4th, 13:00 CDT
GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov – GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
GM Leinier Dominguez – GM Ian Nepomniachtchi
GM Alireza Firouzja – GM Levon Aronian
GM Magnus Carlsen – GM Hans Moke Niemann
GM Wesley So – GM Fabiano Caruana
Round 4, September 5th, 13:00 CDT
GM Magnus Carlsen – GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
GM Levon Aronian – GM Leinier Dominguez
GM Hans Moke Niemann – GM Alireza Firouzja
GM Ian Nepomniachtchi – GM Wesley So
GM Fabiano Caruana – GM Maxime Vachier Lagrave
Round 5, September 6th, 13:00 CDT
GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov – GM Fabiano Caruana
GM Leinier Dominguez – GM Hans Moke Niemann
GM Alireza Firouzja – GM Magnus Carlsen
GM Wesley So – GM Levon Aronian
GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave – GM Ian Nepomniachtchi
Round 6, September 8th, 13:00 CDT
GM Alireza Firouzja – GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
GM Magnus Carlsen – GM Leinier Dominguez
GM Hans Moke Niemann – GM Wesley So
GM Levon Aronian – GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
GM Ian Nepomniachtchi – GM Fabiano Caruana
Round 7, September 9th, 13:00 CDT
GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov – GM Ian Nepomniachtchi
GM Leinier Dominguez – GM Alireza Firouzja
GM Welsey So – GM Magnus Carlsen
GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave – GM Hans Moke Niemann
GM Fabiano Caruana – GM Levon Aronian
Round 8, September 10th, 13:00 CDT
GM Leinier Dominguez Perez – GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
GM Alireza Firouzja – GM Wesley So
GM Magnus Carlsen – GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
GM Hans Moke Niemann – GM Fabiano Caruana
GM Levon Aronian – GM Ian Nepomniachtchi
Round 9, September 11th, 13:00 CDT
GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov – GM Levon Aronian
GM Wesley So – GM Leinier Dominguez
GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave – GM Alireza Firouzja
GM Fabiano Caruana – GM Magnus Carlsen
GM Ian Nepomniachtchi – GM Hans Moke Niemann
The playoffs (if necessary) will take place on 11th September, starting from 18:30 CDT. The GCT playoffs are scheduled for September 12th, starting at 13:00 CDT.
