The 7th day of the GCT Sinquefield Cup 2026 in USA has concluded. After 7 rounds, Wesley So leads with 4.5 points, while Fabiano Caruana is in second place with 4 points.

🇺🇿 Javokhir Sindarov defeated 🇩🇪 Vincent Keymer in 59 moves. Sindarov played the game with 96.8 accuracy, while Keymer’s was 91.5.

The current standings are:

Place Player Score
1. 🇺🇸 GM Wesley So 4.5
2. 🇺🇸 GM Fabiano Caruana 4
3. 🇫🇷 GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 4
4. 🇮🇳 GM Praggnanandhaa R 4
5. 🇺🇸 GM Levon Aronian 3.5
6. 🇩🇪 GM Vincent Keymer 3.5
7. 🇺🇸 GM Sam Sevian 3.5
8. 🇺🇿 GM Javokhir Sindarov 3.5
9. 🇳🇱 GM Anish Giri 3
10. 🇳🇱 GM Jorden v. Foreest 1.5

Individual round results:

🇺🇸 Fabiano Caruana 0.5-0.5 🇮🇳 Praggnanandhaa R

🇩🇪 Vincent Keymer 0-1 🇺🇿 Javokhir Sindarov

🇺🇸 Levon Aronian 0.5-0.5 🇫🇷 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

🇳🇱 Jorden van Foreest 0.5-0.5 🇺🇸 Sam Sevian

🇺🇸 Wesley So 0.5-0.5 🇳🇱 Anish Giri

The GCT Sinquefield Cup 2026 takes place from August 10 to 20, at the Saint Louis Chess Club in Missouri, USA. The event features a 90+30 time control for the first 40 moves and 30+30 for the rest of the game over single Round-Robin between 10 players.

Credit: Lennart Ootes