The Saint Louis Chess Club will host the 2024 Sinquefield Cup with a $350,000 total prize fund. It is the strongest tournament on American soil and will be the final opportunity for competitors to earn points in the 2024 Grand Chess Tour and at the end of the tournament, a new tour champion will be crowned.
Sinquefield Cup 2024 is going to take place 19-27 August and will be daily live on Chessdom, with coverage of all games, social media reactions, commentary, live video and more.
This year’s edition of the Sinquefield Cup 2024 has a specific curiosity – it will see a preview of the World Chess Championship 2024 with a game between Gukesh and Ding Liren. The game will happen right from the start of the tournament and Ding Liren will have the white pieces. Scroll down for the full pairings.
Sinquefield Cup 2024 participants
Alireza Firouzja
Fabiano Caruana
Wesley So
Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa
Dommaraju Gukesh
Ian Nepomniachtchi
Ding Liren
Nodirbek Abdusattorov
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Anish Giri
Pairings round 1
Fabiano Caruana – Alireza Firouzja
Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa – Nodirbek Abdusattorov
Ian Nepomniachtchi – Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Ding Liren – Dommaraju Gukesh
Anish Giri – Wesley So
