The second day of the GCT Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz 2026 in USA has concluded. After 6 rounds, Praggnanandhaa R leads with 9 points, while Javokhir Sindarov is in second place with 7 points.

🇮🇳 Praggnanandhaa R defeated 🇺🇸 Awonder Liang by making 2 Great moves. Pragg played the game with 94.2 accuracy, while Liang’s was 86.2.

The current standings are:

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

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