The 2025 Sinquefield Cup , taking place from August 18 to 28 in St. Louis, is the last leg and final classical event before the Final of the 2025 Grand Chess Tour. The standings at the top remain unchanged after the penultimate round of the 2025 Sinquefield Cup . GMs Fabiano Caruana and Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu lead. All five games ending in a draw means the standings remain unchanged. Fabiano Caruana (USA) is still the sole leader 4/6. Levon Aronian (USA) and R Praggnanandhaa are at 3.5/6 each, followed by Firouzja, Wesley So (USA), MVL, Gukesh and Samuel Sevian (USA) at 3/6 each. Praggnanandhaa loses in Sinquefield Cup playoffs, but reaches GCT Finals Going into the final round of the Sinquefield Cup 2025 on Wednesday, Caruana and Praggnanandhaa were in the joint-lead , but both players failed to win their respective matches, while second-placed Wesley beat Nodirbek Abdusattorov to join them at the top of the standings with 10 points each. Caruana drew against world champion D Gukesh, while Praggnanandhaa was held by Aronian in Round 9.
