Sinquefield Cup

[8] The second edition was held from August 27 to September 7, at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis.

[17] The Sinquefield Cup was also the strongest tournament featured in the 2015 Grand Chess Tour with an average FIDE Rating of 2795.

[19] Wesley So was selected as the tournament invite and joined the nine other players already participating in the Grand Chess Tour.

[22] On August 14, 2016, Wesley So won the tournament, with 5½ points out of 9 (+2−0=7), ahead of former World Champions Veselin Topalov and Viswanathan Anand, and former winners Levon Aronian and Fabiano Caruana.

The 6th Sinquefield Cup was the fourth leg on the Grand Chess Tour 2018; Carlsen, Caruana and Aronian tied for first, all with 5½ points out of 9 (+2−0=7).

[27] Before the start of the fourth round, Magnus Carlsen withdrew from the tournament during the Carlsen-Niemann controversy.

Subsequently, the three games he had already played were annulled for the standings of the Sinquefield Cup, but they were still included for rating points.

[28] Alireza Firouzja won the tournament[29] after beating Ian Nepomniachtchi in a two game playoff.

[30] In the table, games with Magnus Carlsen are not counted towards the total of each player's points or wins.

[31] Jan-Krzysztof Duda withdrew from the event prior to the second round for health reasons.

In the table, games with Jan-Krzysztof Duda are not counted towards the total of each player's points or wins.

[32] 2022 Champion Alireza Firouzja won the event for a second time with an undefeated score (+3-0=6).

Firouzja opened the event with a win as Black over eventual second place finisher Fabiano Caruana, and was in the sole lead from the 5th round onward.