The third and final day of the GCT Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz 2026 in USA has concluded. After 9 rounds, Praggnanandhaa R leads with 12 points, while Javokhir Sindarov is in second place with 11 points.

The Rapid part of the tournament has concluded. Leader 🇮🇳 Praggnanandhaa R lost one Rapid game, to 🇳🇱 Jorden van Foreest in round 9. 🇺🇿 Javokhir Sindarov did not lose any games and won twice. 🇺🇸 Leinier Dominguez and 🇳🇱 Anish Giri drew all 9 games. The Blitz part begins on August 5 at 5:05 UTC.

The current standings are:

Place Player Score
1. 🇮🇳 GM Praggnanandhaa R 12
2. 🇺🇿 GM Javokhir Sindarov 11
3. 🇺🇸 GM Wesley So 10
4. 🇺🇸 GM Leinier Dominguez 9
5. 🇳🇱 GM Anish Giri 9
6. 🇺🇸 GM Levon Aronian 9
7. 🇩🇪 GM Vincent Keymer 9
8. 🇳🇱 GM Jorden v. Foreest 8
9. 🇺🇸 GM Fabiano Caruana 8
10. 🇺🇸 GM Awonder Liang 5

The GCT Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz 2026 takes place from August 2 to 8, at the Saint Louis Chess Club in Missouri, USA. The Rapid part features a 25+10 time control over one Round-Robin between 10 players. The tournament prize fund is $200,000 with $50,000 for first place.

Credit: Lennart Ootes