The 2016 Sinquefield Cup chess tournament launched in Saint Louis.
In the 1st round, the defending champion, Levon Aronian of Armenia played against China’s Ding Liren, ending the round in a tie.
The remanding players showed the following results:
Wesley So – Hikaru Nakamura 1-0; Veselin Topalov – Peter Svidler 1-0; Anish Giri -Maxime Vachier – Lagrave and Viswanathan Anand – Fabiano Caruana pairs ended their games in a tie.
The Armenian grandsmaster will face off against Peter Svidler in round 2.
