Sinquefield Cup 2026: Praggnanandhaa beats Jorden, reduces the gap with So

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R Praggnanandhaa defeated Jorden van Foreest in Round 4 of Grand Chess Tour Sinquefield Cup 2026. He has now reduced the gap with the sole leader, Wesley So.

Praggnanandhaa scores the sole win of the round

Wesley So (USA) drew against Levon Aronian (USA) to maintain his sole lead 3/4. R Praggnanandhaa’s win over Jorden van Foreest (NED) helped him move to the second spot with Aronian and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) at 2.5/4 each.

Praggnanandhaa – Jorden: 1-0

R Praggnanandhaa (2750) and Jorden van Foreest (NED, 2728) have played ten Classical rated games against each other. Praggnanandhaa had won three, Jorden one and the remaining six ended in draws. In their eleventh Classical battle, Jorden decided to give up his queen for a rook and bishop.

Position after 13…Nxf4

14.Rxd8 Black was forced to play Bxd8 as 14…Nxe2 loses material. 15.gxf4 Bxc7 Black has enough compensation to keep the game going. Soon Jorden captured a wrong doubled pawn and things spiraled out of control for him.

R Praggnanandhaa got the better of Jorden van Foreest (NED) | Photo: Lennart Ootes / Saint Louis Chess Club

A quick endgame masterclass from Praggnanandhaa! ♟️🔥
Pragg takes us behind the scenes of his game against Jorden van Foreest, showing the fortresses he had to avoid, the tricky positions he calculated, and how he ultimately found the path to victory.
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Levon Aronian (USA) – Wesley So (USA): 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Lennart Ootes / Saint Louis Chess Club

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) – Vincent Keymer (GER): 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Lennart Ootes / Grand Chess Tour

Samuel Sevian (USA) – Fabiano Caruana (USA, pictured): 0.5-0.5 | Photo: Lennart Ootes / Grand Chess Tour

Round 4 in progress | Photo: Lennart Ootes / Grand Chess Tour

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Replay Round 4 live commentary by GMs Yasser Seirawan, Peter Svidler, Maurice Ashley and Cristian Chirila, and IMs Nazi Paikidze and Almira Skripchenko | Video: Saint Louis Chess Club

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Schedule and Format

There will be one round per day from 10th to 19th August. Rest day is on 15th August. Round 1 starts at 12 p.m. local time, 10:30 p.m. IST. It will be a 10-player Round Robin event. Time control will be 40 moves in 90 minutes + 30 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1.