Grand Chess Tour 2018

The Grand Chess Tour 2018 was a circuit of chess tournaments, held from June to December 2018. It was the fourth edition of Grand Chess Tour. The series consisted of four events, including 1 classical and 3 fast chess tournaments, as well as Tour Final in London. It was won by Hikaru Nakamura.

Format
The tour consisted of four events, including three rapid and blitz and one classical event, and concluded in Tour Finals in London, where four top scorers qualified. Each event consisted of 9 regular tour participants and 1 wildcard. Scoring system looked as follows:
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! Place !! Points (classical) !! Points (rapid/blitz)
 * 1st || 18/20* || 12/13*
 * 2nd || 15 || 10
 * 3rd || 12 || 8
 * 4th || 10 || 7
 * 5th || 8  || 6
 * 6th || 6 || 5
 * 7th || 4 || 4
 * 8th || 3 || 3
 * 9th || 2 || 2
 * 10th || 1 || 1
 * }
 * 6th || 6 || 5
 * 7th || 4 || 4
 * 8th || 3 || 3
 * 9th || 2 || 2
 * 10th || 1 || 1
 * }
 * 9th || 2 || 2
 * 10th || 1 || 1
 * }
 * }

Lineup
The field was announced on January 29, 2018. The lineup was selected based on several criteria, including top three finish in previous edition, URS, average FIDE rating from February 1, 2017, to January 1, 2018, and personal invitation by GCT Advisory Board. Initially, it consisted of ten players, including reigning World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen and his predecessors – Viswanathan Anand and Vladimir Kramnik. However, Carlsen and Kramnik declined the invitations, with number of players reducing to nine and last sport being given to Sergey Karjakin. Both Carlsen and Kramnik later played as wildcards.

Your Next Move Rapid and Blitz
First leg of 2018 Grand Chess Tour took place on June 12–16 in Leuven City Hall, Leuven, Belgium. The wildcard for the event was Dutch Grandmaster Anish Giri, who ultimately finished on last place. The tournament was won by Wesley So.


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! !! Player !! Rapid !! Blitz !! Total !! TB !! Tour Points !! Prize money
 * +2018 Your Next Move, June 12–16 Leuven, Belgium
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 * 1 || align="left" | 🇺🇸 Wesley So (USA) || 14 || 8 || 22 || ||  13 || $37,000
 * 2 || align="left" | 🇷🇺 Sergey Karjakin (RUS) || 10 || 11½ || 21½ || || 9 || $22,500
 * 3 || align="left" | 🇫🇷 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) || 11 || 10½ || 21½ || || 9 || $22,500
 * 4 || align="left" | 🇺🇸 Hikaru Nakamura (USA) || 10 || 11 || 21 || || 7 || $15,000
 * 5 || align="left" | 🇦🇲 Levon Aronian (ARM) || 11 || 9½ || 20½ || || 6 || $12,500
 * 6 || align="left" | 🇷🇺 Alexander Grischuk (RUS) || 8 || 9½ || 17½ || || 5 || $10,000
 * 7 || align="left" | 🇦🇿 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) || 9 || 8 || 17 || || 4 || $7,500
 * 8 || align="left" | 🇮🇳 Viswanathan Anand (IND) || 5 || 9½ || 14½ || || 3 || $7,500
 * 9 || align="left" | 🇺🇸 Fabiano Caruana (USA) || 7 || 6½ || 13½ || || 2 || $7,500
 * 10 || align="left" | Anish Giri || 5 || 6 || 11 || || WC (1) || $7,500
 * }
 * 6 || align="left" | 🇷🇺 Alexander Grischuk (RUS) || 8 || 9½ || 17½ || || 5 || $10,000
 * 7 || align="left" | 🇦🇿 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) || 9 || 8 || 17 || || 4 || $7,500
 * 8 || align="left" | 🇮🇳 Viswanathan Anand (IND) || 5 || 9½ || 14½ || || 3 || $7,500
 * 9 || align="left" | 🇺🇸 Fabiano Caruana (USA) || 7 || 6½ || 13½ || || 2 || $7,500
 * 10 || align="left" | Anish Giri || 5 || 6 || 11 || || WC (1) || $7,500
 * }
 * 9 || align="left" | 🇺🇸 Fabiano Caruana (USA) || 7 || 6½ || 13½ || || 2 || $7,500
 * 10 || align="left" | Anish Giri || 5 || 6 || 11 || || WC (1) || $7,500
 * }
 * }


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! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points
 * +class=nowrap|Your Next Move Rapid, June 12–14
 * 1 || align=left| 🇺🇸 Wesley So (USA) || 	2763	|| ||	1 ||	1 ||	2 ||	1 ||	2 ||	2 ||	2 ||	1 ||	2 || 14
 * 2 || align="left" | 🇦🇲 Levon Aronian (ARM) || 2795	||1 ||		||1 	||2 	||0 	||1 	||1 	||2 	||1 	||2 || 11
 * 3 || align="left" | 🇫🇷 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) || 2777	||1 ||	1 	||	||1 	||1 	||1 ||	1 	||1 	||2 	||2 || 11
 * 4 || align="left" | 🇺🇸 Hikaru Nakamura (USA) || 2813	||0 	||0 	||1 	||	||1 	||2 	||2 	||0 	||2 	||2 || 10
 * 5 || align="left" | 🇷🇺 Sergey Karjakin (RUS) || 2743	||1 	||2 	||1 	||1 	||||	1 	||2 	||0 ||	1 ||	1 || 10
 * 6 || align="left" | 🇦🇿 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) || 2766	||0 	||1 	||1 	||0 ||	1 ||		||1 	||2 ||	2 ||	1 || 9
 * 7 || align="left" | 🇷🇺 Alexander Grischuk (RUS) || 2783||	0 	||1 	||1 	||0 	||0 	||1 	||||	2 	||2 	||1 || 8
 * 8 || align="left" | 🇺🇸 Fabiano Caruana (USA) || 2753	||0 ||	0 ||	1 ||	2 ||	2 ||	0 ||	0 ||	||	0 ||	2 || 7
 * 9 || align="left" | 🇮🇳 Viswanathan Anand (IND) || 2822	|| 1 ||	1 	||0 	||0 	||1 	||0 	||0 	||2 	||	||0 || 5
 * 10 || align="left" | Anish Giri || 2779	|| 0 ||	0 ||	0 ||	0 ||	1 ||	1 ||	1 ||	0 ||	2 || || 5
 * }
 * 6 || align="left" | 🇦🇿 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) || 2766	||0 	||1 	||1 	||0 ||	1 ||		||1 	||2 ||	2 ||	1 || 9
 * 7 || align="left" | 🇷🇺 Alexander Grischuk (RUS) || 2783||	0 	||1 	||1 	||0 	||0 	||1 	||||	2 	||2 	||1 || 8
 * 8 || align="left" | 🇺🇸 Fabiano Caruana (USA) || 2753	||0 ||	0 ||	1 ||	2 ||	2 ||	0 ||	0 ||	||	0 ||	2 || 7
 * 9 || align="left" | 🇮🇳 Viswanathan Anand (IND) || 2822	|| 1 ||	1 	||0 	||0 	||1 	||0 	||0 	||2 	||	||0 || 5
 * 10 || align="left" | Anish Giri || 2779	|| 0 ||	0 ||	0 ||	0 ||	1 ||	1 ||	1 ||	0 ||	2 || || 5
 * }
 * 9 || align="left" | 🇮🇳 Viswanathan Anand (IND) || 2822	|| 1 ||	1 	||0 	||0 	||1 	||0 	||0 	||2 	||	||0 || 5
 * 10 || align="left" | Anish Giri || 2779	|| 0 ||	0 ||	0 ||	0 ||	1 ||	1 ||	1 ||	0 ||	2 || || 5
 * }
 * }


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! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points
 * +class=nowrap|Your Next Move Blitz, June 15–16
 * 1 || align=left| 🇷🇺 Sergey Karjakin (RUS) || 2816 || || ½	½ ||	1	0||	½	0||	1	1||	½	½	||1	0	||½	1||	1	1||	½	1 || 11½
 * 2 || align="left" | 🇺🇸 Hikaru Nakamura (USA) || 2878 || ½	½	||	||0	0	||1	½||	0	1||	1	1	||1	1||	1	1	||½	0	||0	1|| 11
 * 3 || align="left" | 🇫🇷 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) || 2837 || 0	1	||1	1	||	||½	1	||0	0	||½	1	||½	0	||½	½	||½	1	||1	½|| 10½
 * 4 || align="left" | 🇷🇺 Alexander Grischuk (RUS) || 2831 || ½	1	||0	½||	½	0	||||	½	1	||1	0	||½	1||	½	½	||1	0||	½	½ || 9½
 * 5 || align="left" | 🇮🇳 Viswanathan Anand (IND) || 2817 || 0	0 ||	1	0||	1	1||	½	0||		||0	½	||½	½||	½	½||	1	1||	½	1	 || 9½
 * 6 || align="left" | 🇦🇲 Levon Aronian (ARM) || 2809 || ½	½	||0	0	||½	0||	0	1||	1	½||		||1	½||	½	½||	1	0	||1	1 || 9½
 * 7 || align="left" | 🇦🇿 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) || 2757 || 0	1	||0	0	||½	1||	½	0||	½	½	||0	½	||	||1	1||	½	½	||0	½ || 8
 * 8 || align="left" | 🇺🇸 Wesley So (USA) || 2856 || ½	0||	0	0||	½	½||	½	½||	½	½||	½	½||	0	0||	||	½	1||	1	1 || 8
 * 9 || align="left" | 🇺🇸 Fabiano Caruana (USA) || 2818 || 0	0||	½	1||	½	0||	0	1||	0	0||	0	1	||½	½	||½	0||		||½	½	 || 6½
 * 10 || align="left" | Anish Giri || 2799 || ½	0	||1	0||	0	½	||½	½	||½	0	||0	0	||1	½||	0	0	||½	½ || || 6
 * }
 * 6 || align="left" | 🇦🇲 Levon Aronian (ARM) || 2809 || ½	½	||0	0	||½	0||	0	1||	1	½||		||1	½||	½	½||	1	0	||1	1 || 9½
 * 7 || align="left" | 🇦🇿 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) || 2757 || 0	1	||0	0	||½	1||	½	0||	½	½	||0	½	||	||1	1||	½	½	||0	½ || 8
 * 8 || align="left" | 🇺🇸 Wesley So (USA) || 2856 || ½	0||	0	0||	½	½||	½	½||	½	½||	½	½||	0	0||	||	½	1||	1	1 || 8
 * 9 || align="left" | 🇺🇸 Fabiano Caruana (USA) || 2818 || 0	0||	½	1||	½	0||	0	1||	0	0||	0	1	||½	½	||½	0||		||½	½	 || 6½
 * 10 || align="left" | Anish Giri || 2799 || ½	0	||1	0||	0	½	||½	½	||½	0	||0	0	||1	½||	0	0	||½	½ || || 6
 * }
 * 9 || align="left" | 🇺🇸 Fabiano Caruana (USA) || 2818 || 0	0||	½	1||	½	0||	0	1||	0	0||	0	1	||½	½	||½	0||		||½	½	 || 6½
 * 10 || align="left" | Anish Giri || 2799 || ½	0	||1	0||	0	½	||½	½	||½	0	||0	0	||1	½||	0	0	||½	½ || || 6
 * }
 * }

Paris Rapid and Blitz
Paris Grand Chess Tour took place on June 20–24 in Paris, France and was second event of 2018 Grand Chess Tour. Former world champion Vladimir Kramnik played as wildcard. The event was won by Hikaru Nakamura.


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! !! Player !! Rapid !! Blitz !! Total !! TB !! Tour Points !! Prize money
 * +2018 Paris GCT, June 20–24 Paris, France
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 * 1 || align="left" | 🇺🇸 Hikaru Nakamura (USA) || 11 || 12 || 23 || ||  13 || $37,500
 * 2 || align="left" | 🇷🇺 Sergey Karjakin (RUS) || 11 || 10½ || 21½ || || 10 || $25,000
 * 3 || align="left" | 🇺🇸 Wesley So (USA) || 12 || 9 || 21 || || 8 || $20,000
 * 4 || align="left" | 🇦🇲 Levon Aronian (ARM) || 9 || 11 || 20 || || 7 || $15,000
 * 5 || align="left" | 🇫🇷 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) || 9 || 10½ || 19½ || || 6 || $12,500
 * 6 || align="left" | 🇮🇳 Viswanathan Anand (IND) || 9 || 8 || 17 || || 5 || $10,000
 * 7 || align="left" | 🇷🇺 Alexander Grischuk (RUS) || 7 || 9 || 16 || || 4 || $7,500
 * 8 || align="left" | 🇦🇿 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) || 7 || 8½ || 15½ || || 3 || $7,500
 * 9 || align="left" | 🇺🇸 Fabiano Caruana (USA) || 8 || 5½ || 13½ || || 2 || $7,500
 * 10 || align="left" | 🇷🇺 Vladimir Kramnik (RUS) || 7 || 6 || 13 || || WC (1) || $7,500
 * }
 * 6 || align="left" | 🇮🇳 Viswanathan Anand (IND) || 9 || 8 || 17 || || 5 || $10,000
 * 7 || align="left" | 🇷🇺 Alexander Grischuk (RUS) || 7 || 9 || 16 || || 4 || $7,500
 * 8 || align="left" | 🇦🇿 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) || 7 || 8½ || 15½ || || 3 || $7,500
 * 9 || align="left" | 🇺🇸 Fabiano Caruana (USA) || 8 || 5½ || 13½ || || 2 || $7,500
 * 10 || align="left" | 🇷🇺 Vladimir Kramnik (RUS) || 7 || 6 || 13 || || WC (1) || $7,500
 * }
 * 9 || align="left" | 🇺🇸 Fabiano Caruana (USA) || 8 || 5½ || 13½ || || 2 || $7,500
 * 10 || align="left" | 🇷🇺 Vladimir Kramnik (RUS) || 7 || 6 || 13 || || WC (1) || $7,500
 * }
 * }


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! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points
 * +class=nowrap|Paris GCT Rapid, June 20–22
 * 1 || align=left| 🇺🇸 Wesley So (USA) || 	2763	|| ||	1 ||	1 ||	2 ||	1 ||	1 ||	2 ||	0 ||	2 ||	2 || 12
 * 2 || align="left" | 🇷🇺 Sergey Karjakin (RUS) || 2743	||1 ||		||1 ||	1 ||	1 ||	1 ||	1 ||	2 ||	2 ||	1 || 11
 * 3 || align="left" | 🇺🇸 Hikaru Nakamura (USA) || 2813	||1 ||	1 	||	||	1 ||	1 ||	2 ||	2 ||	1 ||	1 ||	1|| 11
 * 4 || align="left" | 🇫🇷 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) || 2777 ||0 	|| 	1 ||	1 ||		||2 	||1 	||1 	||2 	||1 ||	0 || 9
 * 5 || align="left" | 🇦🇲 Levon Aronian (ARM) || 2795	||1 ||	1 ||	1 ||	0 ||		||1 	||0 	||2 	||1 	||2 || 9
 * 6 || align="left" | 🇮🇳 Viswanathan Anand (IND) || 2822	||	1 ||	1 	||0 	||1 ||	1 ||	||	1 ||	1 ||	2 	 || 1 || 9
 * 7 || align="left" | 🇺🇸 Fabiano Caruana (USA) || 2753 ||		0 	||1 	||0 	||1 	||2 	||1 	||	||1 	||2 	||0 || 8
 * 8 || align="left" | 🇦🇿 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) || 2766	||	2 ||	0 	||1 	||0 	||0 	||1 	||1 	||||	0 	||2 || 7
 * 9 || align="left" | 🇷🇺 Vladimir Kramnik (RUS) || 2775	|| 	0 ||	0 ||	1 ||	1|| 	1 ||	0 ||	0 ||	2|| 	||	2 || 7
 * 10 || align="left" | 🇷🇺 Alexander Grischuk (RUS) || 2783	|| 	0 	||1 	||1 	||2 	||0 	||1 	||2 	||0 	||0 || || 7
 * }
 * 6 || align="left" | 🇮🇳 Viswanathan Anand (IND) || 2822	||	1 ||	1 	||0 	||1 ||	1 ||	||	1 ||	1 ||	2 	 || 1 || 9
 * 7 || align="left" | 🇺🇸 Fabiano Caruana (USA) || 2753 ||		0 	||1 	||0 	||1 	||2 	||1 	||	||1 	||2 	||0 || 8
 * 8 || align="left" | 🇦🇿 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) || 2766	||	2 ||	0 	||1 	||0 	||0 	||1 	||1 	||||	0 	||2 || 7
 * 9 || align="left" | 🇷🇺 Vladimir Kramnik (RUS) || 2775	|| 	0 ||	0 ||	1 ||	1|| 	1 ||	0 ||	0 ||	2|| 	||	2 || 7
 * 10 || align="left" | 🇷🇺 Alexander Grischuk (RUS) || 2783	|| 	0 	||1 	||1 	||2 	||0 	||1 	||2 	||0 	||0 || || 7
 * }
 * 9 || align="left" | 🇷🇺 Vladimir Kramnik (RUS) || 2775	|| 	0 ||	0 ||	1 ||	1|| 	1 ||	0 ||	0 ||	2|| 	||	2 || 7
 * 10 || align="left" | 🇷🇺 Alexander Grischuk (RUS) || 2783	|| 	0 	||1 	||1 	||2 	||0 	||1 	||2 	||0 	||0 || || 7
 * }
 * }


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! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points
 * +class=nowrap|Paris GCT Blitz, June 23–24
 * 1 || align=left| 🇺🇸 Hikaru Nakamura (USA) || 2878 || || ½ ½ || ½ ½ || ½ ½ || ½ ½ || 1 ½ || 0 1	|| ½ 1 || 1 1	|| 1 1 || 12
 * 2 || align="left" | 🇦🇲 Levon Aronian (ARM) || 2809 || ½ ½	|| ||	½ ½	|| 0 ½	|| ½ ½	|| ½ ½	|| ½ 1	|| 1 ½	|| 1 1 ||	½ 1	|| 11
 * 3 || align="left" | 🇫🇷 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) || 2837 || ½ ½ ||	½ ½	|| ||	1 1 ||	½ 0	|| ½ ½	|| 0 1	|| 1 ½	|| 1 0 || 	1 ½	|| 10½
 * 4 || align="left" | 🇷🇺 Sergey Karjakin (RUS) || 2816 || ½ ½ ||	1 ½	|| 0 0	|| 	|| 1 ½	|| 1 ½	|| 0 ½	|| 1 0 ||	1 1	|| 1 ½	|| 10½
 * 5 || align="left" | 🇺🇸 Wesley So (USA) || 2856 || ½ ½ ||	½ ½	|| ½ 1 ||	0 ½	|| ||	0 ½	|| 1 ½	|| ½ ½ ||	½ ½	|| ½ ½ || 9
 * 6 || align="left" | 🇷🇺 Alexander Grischuk (RUS) || 2831 || 0 ½ ||	½ ½	|| ½ ½ ||	0 ½	|| 1 ½	||	 || ½ ½	|| 0 1 ||	½ ½ ||	1 ½	 || 9
 * 7 || align="left" | 🇦🇿 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) || 2757 || 1 0	|| ½ 0	|| 1 0	|| 1 ½ ||	0 ½	|| ½ ½	|| ||	½ ½ ||	0 1	|| 0 1 || 8½
 * 8 || align="left" | 🇮🇳 Viswanathan Anand (IND) || 2817 || ½ 0 ||	0 ½	|| 0 ½	|| 0 1 ||	½ ½ ||	1 0	|| ½ ½	||||	½ ½	|| ½ 1 || 8
 * 9 || align="left" | 🇷🇺 Vladimir Kramnik (RUS) || 2793 || 0 0 || 0 0 || 0 1 || 0 0	|| ½ ½ ||	½ ½ || 1 0 || ½ ½ ||	 || 1 0	 || 6
 * 10 || align="left" | 🇺🇸 Fabiano Caruana (USA) || 2799 || 0 0 ||	½ 0	|| 0 ½	|| 0 ½	|| ½ ½ ||	0 ½	|| 1 0 || ½ 0 || 0 1 || || 5½
 * }
 * 6 || align="left" | 🇷🇺 Alexander Grischuk (RUS) || 2831 || 0 ½ ||	½ ½	|| ½ ½ ||	0 ½	|| 1 ½	||	 || ½ ½	|| 0 1 ||	½ ½ ||	1 ½	 || 9
 * 7 || align="left" | 🇦🇿 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) || 2757 || 1 0	|| ½ 0	|| 1 0	|| 1 ½ ||	0 ½	|| ½ ½	|| ||	½ ½ ||	0 1	|| 0 1 || 8½
 * 8 || align="left" | 🇮🇳 Viswanathan Anand (IND) || 2817 || ½ 0 ||	0 ½	|| 0 ½	|| 0 1 ||	½ ½ ||	1 0	|| ½ ½	||||	½ ½	|| ½ 1 || 8
 * 9 || align="left" | 🇷🇺 Vladimir Kramnik (RUS) || 2793 || 0 0 || 0 0 || 0 1 || 0 0	|| ½ ½ ||	½ ½ || 1 0 || ½ ½ ||	 || 1 0	 || 6
 * 10 || align="left" | 🇺🇸 Fabiano Caruana (USA) || 2799 || 0 0 ||	½ 0	|| 0 ½	|| 0 ½	|| ½ ½ ||	0 ½	|| 1 0 || ½ 0 || 0 1 || || 5½
 * }
 * 9 || align="left" | 🇷🇺 Vladimir Kramnik (RUS) || 2793 || 0 0 || 0 0 || 0 1 || 0 0	|| ½ ½ ||	½ ½ || 1 0 || ½ ½ ||	 || 1 0	 || 6
 * 10 || align="left" | 🇺🇸 Fabiano Caruana (USA) || 2799 || 0 0 ||	½ 0	|| 0 ½	|| 0 ½	|| ½ ½ ||	0 ½	|| 1 0 || ½ 0 || 0 1 || || 5½
 * }
 * }

Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz

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! !! Player !! Rapid !! Blitz !! Total !! TB !! Tour Points !! Prize money
 * +2018 Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz, August 10–16 St. Louis, Missouri, United States
 * -style="background:#ccffcc;"
 * 1 || align="left" | 🇺🇸 Hikaru Nakamura (USA) || 12 || 10½ || 22½ || ||  13 || $37,000
 * 2 || align="left" | 🇫🇷 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) || 8 || 13½ || 21½ || || 10 || $25,000
 * 3 || align="left" | 🇦🇿 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) || 12 || 9 || 21 || || 8 || $20,000
 * 4 || align="left" | 🇺🇸 Fabiano Caruana (USA) || 11 || 9 || 20 || || 7 || $15,000
 * 5 || align="left" | 🇦🇲 Levon Aronian (ARM) || 9 || 9 || 18 || || 6 || $12,000
 * 6 || align="left" | 🇷🇺 Sergey Karjakin (RUS) || 9 || 8 || 17 || || 5 || $10,000
 * 7 || align="left" | 🇨🇺 Leinier Domínguez (CUB) || 9 || 7 || 16 || || WC (4) || $7,500
 * 8 || align="left" | 🇷🇺 Alexander Grischuk (RUS) || 6 || 9½ || 15½ || || 3 || $7,500
 * 9 || align="left" | 🇺🇸 Wesley So (USA) || 8 || 7 || 15 || || 2 || $7,500
 * 10 || align="left" | 🇮🇳 Viswanathan Anand (IND) || 6 || 7½ || 13½ || || 1 || $7,500
 * }
 * 6 || align="left" | 🇷🇺 Sergey Karjakin (RUS) || 9 || 8 || 17 || || 5 || $10,000
 * 7 || align="left" | 🇨🇺 Leinier Domínguez (CUB) || 9 || 7 || 16 || || WC (4) || $7,500
 * 8 || align="left" | 🇷🇺 Alexander Grischuk (RUS) || 6 || 9½ || 15½ || || 3 || $7,500
 * 9 || align="left" | 🇺🇸 Wesley So (USA) || 8 || 7 || 15 || || 2 || $7,500
 * 10 || align="left" | 🇮🇳 Viswanathan Anand (IND) || 6 || 7½ || 13½ || || 1 || $7,500
 * }
 * 9 || align="left" | 🇺🇸 Wesley So (USA) || 8 || 7 || 15 || || 2 || $7,500
 * 10 || align="left" | 🇮🇳 Viswanathan Anand (IND) || 6 || 7½ || 13½ || || 1 || $7,500
 * }
 * }


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! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points
 * +class=nowrap|Saint Louis Rapid, August 11-13
 * 1 || align=left| 🇺🇸 Hikaru Nakamura (USA) || 	2812	|| ||	1 || 	2 ||	1 ||	1 ||	2 ||	2 ||	2 ||	1 ||	0 || 12
 * 2 || align="left" | 🇦🇿 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) || 2782	||1 	||	||1 	||2 	||0 	||1 	||2 	||2 	||1 	||2 || 12
 * 3 || align="left" | 🇦🇲 Levon Aronian (ARM) || 	2794	||0 	||1 	||||	1 	||2 	||1 	||2 	||1 	||1 	||2 || 11
 * 4 || align="left" | 🇷🇺 Sergey Karjakin (RUS) || 2791	||1 	||0 	||1 	||||	1 	||2 	||1 	||1 	||1 	||1 || 9
 * 5 || align="left" | 🇺🇸 Fabiano Caruana (USA) || 2785	||1 ||	2 ||	0 	||1 	||	||0 ||	1 ||	1 ||	2 ||	1 || 9
 * 6 || align="left" | 🇨🇺 Leinier Domínguez (CUB) || 2754 ||	0 ||	1 ||	1 ||	0 	||2 	||	||1 	||2 	||1 	||1 || 9
 * 7 || align="left" | 🇫🇷 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) || 2796	||0 ||	0 ||	0 ||	1|| 	1 ||1 ||		||1 ||	2 	||2 || 8
 * 8 || align="left" | 🇺🇸 Wesley So (USA) || 2794	||0 	||0 	||1 	||1 	||1 	||0 	||1 	||||	2 ||	2 || 8
 * 9 || align="left" | 🇷🇺 Alexander Grischuk (RUS) || 2782	||1 	||1 	||1 	||1 	||0 	||1 	||0 	||0 	||	||1 || 6
 * 10 || align="left" | 🇮🇳 Viswanathan Anand (IND) || 2771	||2 	||0 	||0 	||1 	||1 	||1 	||0 	||0 	||1 || || 6
 * }
 * 6 || align="left" | 🇨🇺 Leinier Domínguez (CUB) || 2754 ||	0 ||	1 ||	1 ||	0 	||2 	||	||1 	||2 	||1 	||1 || 9
 * 7 || align="left" | 🇫🇷 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) || 2796	||0 ||	0 ||	0 ||	1|| 	1 ||1 ||		||1 ||	2 	||2 || 8
 * 8 || align="left" | 🇺🇸 Wesley So (USA) || 2794	||0 	||0 	||1 	||1 	||1 	||0 	||1 	||||	2 ||	2 || 8
 * 9 || align="left" | 🇷🇺 Alexander Grischuk (RUS) || 2782	||1 	||1 	||1 	||1 	||0 	||1 	||0 	||0 	||	||1 || 6
 * 10 || align="left" | 🇮🇳 Viswanathan Anand (IND) || 2771	||2 	||0 	||0 	||1 	||1 	||1 	||0 	||0 	||1 || || 6
 * }
 * 9 || align="left" | 🇷🇺 Alexander Grischuk (RUS) || 2782	||1 	||1 	||1 	||1 	||0 	||1 	||0 	||0 	||	||1 || 6
 * 10 || align="left" | 🇮🇳 Viswanathan Anand (IND) || 2771	||2 	||0 	||0 	||1 	||1 	||1 	||0 	||0 	||1 || || 6
 * }
 * }


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! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points
 * +class=nowrap|Saint Louis Blitz, August 15–16
 * 1 || align=left| 🇫🇷 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) || 2878 || || ½	1 ||	½	1||	1 1||	1	1||	½	0	||1	½	||1 ½||	1	1||	½	½ || 13½
 * 2 || align="left" | 🇺🇸 Hikaru Nakamura (USA) || 2913 || ½	0	||	||½ 1	||1	1||	½	1||	0	1	||0	0||	½ ½	||1	½	||1	½|| 10½
 * 3 || align="left" | 🇷🇺 Alexander Grischuk (RUS) || 2831 || ½	0	||½ 0	||	||½	½	||1 ½	||1 1	||½	1	||0	½	||1 ½	||½ 0|| 9½
 * 4 || align="left" | 🇦🇿 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) || 2795 || 0	0	||0	0||	½	½	||||	1	1	||0	1||1	1||	1	½	||½	0||	1	0 || 9
 * 5 || align="left" | 🇺🇸 Fabiano Caruana (USA) || 2709 || 0	0 ||	½	0||	0	½||	0	0||		||½	1||1 1||	½	1||	1	½||	1	½	 || 9
 * 6 || align="left" | 🇦🇲 Levon Aronian (ARM) || 2871 || ½	1	||1 0	||0 0||	1 0||	½	0||		||½	0||	½	1||	½ 1	||½	1 || 9
 * 7 || align="left" | 🇷🇺 Sergey Karjakin (RUS) || 2898 || 0	½	||1 1	||½	0||	0	0||	0	0	||½	1||	||1	½||	½	½	||0	1 || 8
 * 8 || align="left" | 🇮🇳 Viswanathan Anand (IND) || 2812|| 0 ½||	½ ½||	1	½||	0	½||	½	0||	½	0||	0	½||	||	½	½||	½	1 || 7½
 * 9 || align="left" | 🇨🇺 Leinier Domínguez (CUB) || 2687 || 0	0||	0 ½||	0	½||	½	1||	0	½||	½	0	||½	½	||½	½||		||1 ½	 || 7
 * 10 || align="left" | 🇺🇸 Wesley So (USA) || 2800 || ½	½	||0	½||	½	1	||0 1	||0 ½	||½	0	||1	0||	½	0	||0 ½ || || 7
 * }
 * 6 || align="left" | 🇦🇲 Levon Aronian (ARM) || 2871 || ½	1	||1 0	||0 0||	1 0||	½	0||		||½	0||	½	1||	½ 1	||½	1 || 9
 * 7 || align="left" | 🇷🇺 Sergey Karjakin (RUS) || 2898 || 0	½	||1 1	||½	0||	0	0||	0	0	||½	1||	||1	½||	½	½	||0	1 || 8
 * 8 || align="left" | 🇮🇳 Viswanathan Anand (IND) || 2812|| 0 ½||	½ ½||	1	½||	0	½||	½	0||	½	0||	0	½||	||	½	½||	½	1 || 7½
 * 9 || align="left" | 🇨🇺 Leinier Domínguez (CUB) || 2687 || 0	0||	0 ½||	0	½||	½	1||	0	½||	½	0	||½	½	||½	½||		||1 ½	 || 7
 * 10 || align="left" | 🇺🇸 Wesley So (USA) || 2800 || ½	½	||0	½||	½	1	||0 1	||0 ½	||½	0	||1	0||	½	0	||0 ½ || || 7
 * }
 * 9 || align="left" | 🇨🇺 Leinier Domínguez (CUB) || 2687 || 0	0||	0 ½||	0	½||	½	1||	0	½||	½	0	||½	½	||½	½||		||1 ½	 || 7
 * 10 || align="left" | 🇺🇸 Wesley So (USA) || 2800 || ½	½	||0	½||	½	1	||0 1	||0 ½	||½	0	||1	0||	½	0	||0 ½ || || 7
 * }
 * }

Sinquefield Cup
The Sinquefield Cup in St. Louis, Missouri, United States was the last leg of 2018 Grand Chess Tour before the tour finals. Magnus Carlsen, Levon Aronian and Fabiano Caruana all shared first place by scoring 5½ out of 9.


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! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points !! H2H !! Wins || Black || TPR !! Tour Points
 * + 6th Sinquefield Cup, 18–28 August 2018, St. Louis, Missouri, United States, Category XXII (2787.5)
 * - style="background:#ccffcc;"
 * rowspan="3" | 1–3 || align="left" | 🇳🇴 Magnus Carlsen (NOR) || 2842 || || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || 1 || 5½ || 1 || 2 || 0 || 2861 ||  WC (15)
 * - style="background:#ccffcc;"
 * align="left" | 🇺🇸 Fabiano Caruana (USA)|| 2822 || ½ || || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || 1 || 5½|| 1 || 2 || 0 || 2864 || 15
 * - style="background:#ccffcc;"
 * align="left" | 🇦🇲 Levon Aronian (ARM) || 2767 || ½ || ½ || || ½ || 1 || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || 5½ || 1 || 2 || 0 || 2870 || 15
 * 4 || align=left | 🇦🇿 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) || 2801 || ½ || ½ || ½ || || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || ½ || 5 ||  || 1 || 0 || 2829 || 10
 * 5 || align=left | 🇷🇺 Alexander Grischuk (RUS) || 2766 || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || 4½ || 1 || 1 || 1 || 2790 || 6
 * 6–7 || align=left | 🇫🇷 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) || 2779 || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || 4½ || 1 || 0 || 0 || 2788 || 6
 * 6–7 || align=left | 🇮🇳 Viswanathan Anand (IND) || 2768 || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || || ½ || ½ || ½ || 4½ || 1 || 0 || 0 || 2790 || 6
 * 8 || align=left | 🇺🇸 Wesley So (USA) || 2780 || ½ || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || || ½ || ½ || 4 ||  || 0 || 0 || 2745 || 3
 * 9–10 || align=left | 🇺🇸 Hikaru Nakamura (USA) || 2777 || 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || || ½ || 3 || ½ || 0 || 0 || 2664 || 1.5
 * 9–10 || align=left | 🇷🇺 Sergey Karjakin (RUS) || 2773 || 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || || 3 || ½ || 0 || 0 || 2664 || 1.5
 * }
 * 8 || align=left | 🇺🇸 Wesley So (USA) || 2780 || ½ || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || || ½ || ½ || 4 ||  || 0 || 0 || 2745 || 3
 * 9–10 || align=left | 🇺🇸 Hikaru Nakamura (USA) || 2777 || 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || || ½ || 3 || ½ || 0 || 0 || 2664 || 1.5
 * 9–10 || align=left | 🇷🇺 Sergey Karjakin (RUS) || 2773 || 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || || 3 || ½ || 0 || 0 || 2664 || 1.5
 * }
 * 9–10 || align=left | 🇷🇺 Sergey Karjakin (RUS) || 2773 || 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || || 3 || ½ || 0 || 0 || 2664 || 1.5
 * }
 * }