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08/29/2024 – Alireza Firouzja has repeated his 2022 feat by winning back-to-back Rapid & Blitz de Saint-Louis and Sinquefield Cup titles, as well as the overall Grand Chess Tour (GCT) ranking! Second and third place went to Fabiano Caruana and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, in both the GCT 2024 and the Sinquefield Cup. A draw against R. Praggnanandhaa in the final round was all Firouzja needed to take first place in both the Sinquefield Cup and the GCT 2024. MVL also finished well in St. Louis, getting the better of the feverish world champion in the final round. | Photo: GCT.
