Our representative Shahriyar Mammadyarov, who met Wesley So in the first round, agreed to a draw, Offsideplus.az reports.

In other games, Fabiano Caruana defeated compatriot Sam Schenkland, Leiner Dominguez defeated Dariusz Svirchi, and Maskim Vashie-Lagraf defeated Russian Petr Svidler. The winner of the match between Jeffrey Ksiong and Michael Raport was not determined.

In the second round of the Sinquefield Cup today, Shahriyar Mammadyarov will face Russian chess player Petr Svidler. The match will start at 00:00 Baku time.

It should be noted that ten chess players are taking part in the fifth stage of the Grand Chess Tour. In addition to our compatriot Shahriyar Mammadyarov, these are US chess players Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So, Leiner Dominguez Perez, Sam Shankland, Jeffrey Kiong and Dariusz Swirch, Frenchman Maxime Vashie-Lagraf, Russian Peter Svidler and Hungarian Richard Rapport.

The competition will last until August 28, and the total prize fund of the stage is $ 325,000.