Alireza Firouzja emerged as the triumphant winner of the 2024 Sinquefield Cup and the Grand Chess Tour after making a draw with Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa and finishing on 6/9. The Iran-born Frenchman scored three victories over Fabiano Caruana, Ding Liren and Anish Giri and completed the event unbeaten.  

The last leg and final classical event of the Grand Chess Tour, a 10-player round-robin, took place in Saint Louis Chess Club from August 19-27.

Following his first-round defeat at the hands of the champion, Fabiano Caruana bounced back with three wins and climbed to second place in the tournament and the overall GCT 2024 standings.

Nodirbek Abdusattorov and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave notched up final-round victories over Ian Nepomniachtchi and Ding Liren, respectively, and also finished in the positive zone (5/9) tying for third place.

Somewhat surprisingly, the current world championship challenger Gukesh Dommaraju drew all his nine games and shared fifth place with Wesley So and his countryman Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa.

Photos: Crystal Fuller; Grand Chess Tour and Spectrum Studios  

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