The 9th and final day of the GCT Sinquefield Cup 2026 in USA has concluded. After 9 rounds, Wesley So and Praggnanandhaa R finished tied at the top with 5.5/9 points each. Both Rapid games ended in a draw in the Playoff. Wesley drew with Black in the Armageddon and won the tournament.

🇮🇳 Praggnanandhaa R, 🇺🇸 Wesley So, 🇺🇸 Fabiano Caruana, and 🇩🇪 Vincent Keymer advanced to the Grand Chess Tour Finals based on GCT standings.

The final standings are:

Place Player Score Prize
1. 🇺🇸 GM Wesley So 5.5 $100,000
2. 🇮🇳 GM Praggnanandhaa R 5.5 $65,000
3. 🇩🇪 GM Vincent Keymer 5 $50,000
4. 🇺🇿 GM Javokhir Sindarov 5 $35,000
5. 🇺🇸 GM Levon Aronian 4.5 $25,000
6. 🇺🇸 GM Sam Sevian 4.5 $20,000
7. 🇫🇷 GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 4.5 $18,000
8. 🇺🇸 GM Fabiano Caruana 4.5 $15,000
9. 🇳🇱 GM Anish Giri 4 $12,000
10. 🇳🇱 GM Jorden v. Foreest 2 $10,000

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