The second day of the GCT Sinquefield Cup 2026 in USA has concluded. After 2 rounds, 5 players share the lead with 1.5 points each, with Fabiano Caruana leading on tiebreaks.

🇺🇸 Wesley So defeated 🇳🇱 Jorden van Foreest in a Rook and Pawn against Rook and Pawn Endgame. Foreest made a Mistake with a Rook, and Wesley gained a significant advantage. So played the game with 96.9 accuracy, while Foreest’s was 92.5.

The current standings are:

Place Player Score
1. 🇺🇸 GM Fabiano Caruana 1.5
2. 🇺🇸 GM Wesley So 1.5
3. 🇫🇷 GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 1.5
4. 🇺🇸 GM Levon Aronian 1.5
5. 🇮🇳 GM Praggnanandhaa R 1.5
6. 🇳🇱 GM Anish Giri 1
7. 🇩🇪 GM Vincent Keymer 0.5
8. 🇺🇸 GM Sam Sevian 0.5
9. 🇺🇿 GM Javokhir Sindarov 0.5
10. 🇳🇱 GM Jorden v. Foreest 0

Individual round results:

🇳🇱 Anish Giri 0.5-0.5 🇺🇸 Fabiano Caruana

🇮🇳 Praggnanandhaa R 1-0 🇺🇿 Javokhir Sindarov

🇺🇸 Levon Aronian 1-0 🇩🇪 Vincent Keymer

🇺🇸 Wesley So 1-0 🇳🇱 Jorden van Foreest

🇫🇷 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 1-0 🇺🇸 Sam Sevian

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