{"id":11352,"date":"2021-08-27T21:55:22","date_gmt":"2021-08-27T19:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mvlchess.com\/?p=11352"},"modified":"2021-09-18T19:46:04","modified_gmt":"2021-09-18T17:46:04","slug":"victory-at-the-sinquefield-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mvlchess.com\/en\/2021\/08\/27\/victory-at-the-sinquefield-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Victory at the Sinquefield Cup!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This article will be very short, because the Sinquefield Cup being just over, I have to start the AIM US Rapid almost immediately (August 28-September 5). An online tournament which will close the Champions Chess Tour before the Grand Finale in San Francisco.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I will conclude this (very) long stay in the USA with the Chess 9XL, a Chess960 tournament scheduled from September 8th to 10th, with Garry Kasparov playing!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As soon as my schedule allows it, I&#8217;ll come back in detail on this American tour, probably in mid-September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I went to St. Louis directly after the World Cup in Sochi. I was able to rest and prepare for a few days, which paid off. Apart from my loss against Dominguez, I am very satisfied with my performance, which allowed me to win the Sinquefield Cup for the second time, after my victory in 2017. I was told by the organizers that it was the first time someone had won this tournament without any loss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you all for the support and encouragement during this Sinquefield Cup, I hope to continue my momentum!<\/p>\n\n\n<p><b>Maxime&#8217;s games in the Sinquefield Cup: <\/b> <div class='chessboard-wrapper'><pre style='display:none;'><textarea id='pgn4web_e96ccf45' style='display:none;' cols='40' rows='8'> <\/textarea><\/pre><iframe src='https:\/\/www.mvlchess.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/embed-chessboard\/pgn4web\/board.html?am=n&amp;d=3000&amp;ig=f&amp;iv=0&amp;ih=s&amp;ss=26&amp;ps=d&amp;pf=d&amp;lch=FECE9D&amp;dch=D18B45&amp;bbch=E0E0E0&amp;hm=b&amp;hch=ABABAB&amp;bd=c&amp;cbch=F0F0F0&amp;ctch=696969&amp;hd=j&amp;md=f&amp;tm=13&amp;fhch=000000&amp;fhs=14&amp;fmch=000000&amp;fcch=808080&amp;hmch=E0E0E0&amp;fms=14&amp;fcs=m&amp;cd=i&amp;bch=E3DDCE&amp;fp=13&amp;hl=f&amp;fh=677&amp;fw=p&amp;pd=%2Fwp-content%2Fgames%2F20210827_sinquefield.pgn&amp;ss=30' frameborder='0' width='100%' height='677' scrolling='no' marginheight='0' marginwidth='0'>your web browser and\/or your host do not support iframes as required to display the chessboard; alternatively your wordpress theme might suppress the html iframe tag from articles or excerpts<\/iframe><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article will be very short, because the Sinquefield Cup being just over, I have to start the AIM US Rapid almost immediately (August 28-September 5). 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I will conclude this (very) long stay in the USA with the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mvlchess.com\/en\/2021\/08\/27\/victory-at-the-sinquefield-cup\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Victory at the Sinquefield Cup!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11350,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Victory at the Sinquefield Cup! - MVL - Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | Chess player | 2021 World Blitz Champion<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mvlchess.com\/en\/2021\/08\/27\/victory-at-the-sinquefield-cup\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Victory at the Sinquefield Cup! - MVL - Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | Chess player | 2021 World Blitz Champion\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This article will be very short, because the Sinquefield Cup being just over, I have to start the AIM US Rapid almost immediately (August 28-September 5). 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