The 5th and final day of the GCT Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz 2026 in USA has concluded. After 26 rounds, Praggnanandhaa R scored 10 wins and 15 draws to win the tournament with 23.5/26 points.

🇮🇳 Praggnanandhaa R won the event 1 round early, and he is 1.5 points ahead of the runner-up 🇺🇿 Javokhir Sindarov. Pragg gained +10.6 Rapid points and +15.8 Blitz points. Pragg’s performance for the event was 2789.

The final standings are:

Place Player Score Prize
1. 🇮🇳 GM Praggnanandhaa R 23.5 $50,000
2. 🇺🇿 GM Javokhir Sindarov 22 $40,000
3. 🇺🇸 GM Wesley So 20.5 $30,000
4. 🇺🇸 GM Levon Aronian 19 $20,000
5. 🇳🇱 GM Jorden v. Foreest 17 $15,000
6. 🇺🇸 GM Fabiano Caruana 17 $11,000
7. 🇺🇸 GM Leinier Dominguez 17 $10,000
8. 🇳🇱 GM Anish Giri 15.5 $9,000
9. 🇩🇪 GM Vincent Keymer 14.5 $8,000
10. 🇺🇸 GM Awonder Liang 14 $7,000

The GCT Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz 2026 takes place from August 2 to 6, at the Saint Louis Chess Club in Missouri, USA. The Blitz part features a 5+2 time control over double Round-Robin between 10 players. The tournament prize fund is $200,000 with $50,000 for first place.

Credit: Lennart Ootes