2024 Sinquefield Cup: Round 1 |

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.
2024.08.19
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ROUND 1
| 120 Min. Incr. 30 Sec.
Fabiano Caruana
vs. Alireza Firouzja
Ian Nepomniachtchi
vs. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
R Praggnanandhaa
vs.
Nodirbek Abdusattorov
Wesley So
vs. Anish Giri
Ding Liren
vs. Gukesh D

[@brittosabu8401]

Since Fabi smiled a lot in the 9-move game against Alireza, he never got a chance. Ali took things a bit personal 😄😄

[@bamdad19996]

People were saying alireza is washed and can't play classical right before the game lmao. He just beat fabi in an insane form.

[@amiyrlewis153]

Fabi is blunder boy

[@haroldhernandez4834]

number 3 player in the world and the one guy that magnus think is close to him in classical is blunder boy?

[@bamdad19996]

They rather downplay alireza win than give credit.​@haroldhernandez4834

[@bamdad19996]

​@@amiyrlewis153alireza was better the entire game. He was bound to blunder

[@johndelatorre4794]

Good start Alireza's problem is consistency and Fabi drops games at key times. Its a marathon not a sprint so too early to tell. Where's Hans they all know they're scared of him ... or so he thinks 🤪🤣

[@nailfelagund7508]

The guys in the studio were in PAIN for this Alireza win lol

[@bamdad19996]

They hate alireza so much it's hilarious. You can feel their pain

[@alibagheri9638]

Can you please write the TIME, that he hate Alireza? :)

[@PaulMorphy-n1f]

Yea😂

[@WTM_abteilung]

I've the complete opposite feeling, Yasser and Peter like Alireza very very much

[@Hellhammerrr]

Well, Yasser picked him to win the tournament but i feel like he's not particularly fond of Firouzja. Svidler, on the other hand, is a big fan of Alireza's playstyle and admires him a lot.

[@lionmane1979]

Absolutely rooting for Ding Liren! I hope he absolutely smashes all competition. I hope he ascends out of this rut like a phoenix and proves why he’s one of the best in the world. He’s absolutely capable of beating any an all of his opponents in this tournament’s roster. GL Ding!

[@Keizer-v9c]

What a wild game Fabi vs Alireza. Also, the players can't be blamed for blundering when they have seconds on the clock. They're not machines. Well played to both of them

[@redneckrevolt1]

How much time did they need? They get lost in the threats and defenses like everyone else! 😂

[@digocr]

Peter is great! 😆 That’s a nice comments team.

[@BoBnfishy]

I love peter svidler's commentary. He explains his thoughts very well

[@ssep327]

The Monster is comming

[@Relatable_posting]

Peak Alireza is scary af. He can beat Magnus on a good day

[@movieshistory768]

peak Alireza can beat stockfish,let alone magnus

[@nikhildawani2913]

If this is peak alireza already then magnus gonna smoke him on his(magnus) bad day,alireza is getting very lucky in these games

[@farzein4002]

AF is million times better than Indian "prodigies". They will occupy the last spots in GCT.

[@movieshistory768]

@@nikhildawani2913 I smell some butthurt indian in the comments,lol Gucci is way above all indian players including Vishy talntwise

[@nikhildawani2913]

​@@movieshistory768indeed but not even close to magnus,but he is clearly better than all Indians overall

[@TeaTeaGaming]

I swear that there was one game that Ding played a few years ago, where it featured almost the exact same position requiring Ding to play for a double rook lift. He won that game of course playing the correct Rock lifts. N Ding would play Re1 99 out of 100 times before 2019! Now he just completely loses his intuition on these things😢

[@seya_2]

On his peak is he was sharp as hell. I haven't seen that ever since the WC

[@HorrorGoofy]

old days

[@Joa8n]

Very nice commentator team👏👏👏👏big respect to former world champion the great yasser sirWAn👏👏👏

[@digocr]

I wish now I could see each game (or at least the best ones) in Chess Base India style: the full image of the two players, a 2D board in the middle, thinking time edited out - just the moves, and if possible commented too, though it’s hard to do what Sagar Shah does. :) I tried to find short videos with the separate games but there was only without the images.

[@JuvenalDiez]

Alireza si geniun, beats to Caruana in good play

[@maleltringham8157]

I do wish there was somewhere on the graphic that showed the number of moves made.

[@landsgevaer]

Why is that interesting, in the absence of a 40-move time control rule?

[@KhemPandit-i5q]

Chess is not about doing mistake its about punishing opponent mistake . -for alireza being lucky

[@landsgevaer]

Isn't not punishing an opponent's mistake a mistake in itself though...

[@zoodiac57]

5:48:37 Alireza - f*ckin I missed it - what a legend

[@LongWayToYou]

5:55:53 U can't wait 2 sec for nice time?)

[@edwardolvera5280]

this people is totally wrong, Fabiano never had chance to draw (in the last 15 moves) Peter is a disaster, over analyzes all the positions and moves

[@kostasmichailidis235]

HAS THE HALL OF SHAME FINALLY BEEN BUILT?

[@Joa8n]

Where is magnus?🤔🤔🤔

[@dank2476]

why no interview with Fabi?

[@satendra_sharma]

Fabi is embarrassed, being number 2 American and choking his win

[@chesswithsamarth1004]

No interview with loser. If he really wants interview then he atleast has to draw the game.

[@thecrazygambiter]

Ali-razor

[@gonewestdeutschland]

Alirazor❤🎉

[@STALCHESSAll2SuperGMAnalysis]

🔥🔥🔥

[@Pawn-Sac]

where are hikaru and magnus?

[@frosty129]

at home

[@movieshistory768]

with your mom

[@mboxblues7576]

christian, always lead with the biggest moment. don’t go to the opening when he clearly wants to discuss rd5, the biggest moment of the game

[@haileyrattlecliff1274]

Christian is doing great with the interviews, one of the most professional commentators in chess.

[@mboxblues7576]

⁠@@haileyrattlecliff1274christian is great. i listen to every c-squared. doesn’t mean i can’t give a suggestion

[@Pacalolo04]

Exactly what I thought. He's more interested in his job as a second than in the games and the big moments of the games, as he should be as a commentator. He didn't quite grasp the hat he was wearing at the moment.

[@redneckrevolt1]

How much time do pros need to actually calculate? I doubt they calculate anything other than simple lines. Then they use intuition when it gets complicated. No “calculating” imo 😂

[@JohnSmithEx]

Yes, they are humans not cyborgs.

[@edwardolvera5280]

Aliraptor

[@PaulMorphy-n1f]

CONGRAT ALIREZA❤🎉

[@thecrazygambiter]

Ali-razor