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The 2016 Sinquefield Cup is the fourth Super GM tournament to be held in Saint Louis, and it features ten of the best players on the planet including: GM Vishwanathan Anand, GM Veselin Topalov, GM Hikaru Nakamura, GM Fabiano Caruana, GM Levon Aronian, GM Anish Giri, GM Wesley So, GM Ding Liren, GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, and GM Peter Svidler.

To commemorative this event, the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis partnered with the House of Staunton to create a chess set worthy of the Sinquefield Cup Match. Rex Sinquefield, sponsor of the Sinquefied Cup, was an admirer (and proud owner) of the House of Staunton Imperial Collector Chessmen so it was decided that the Chessmen would be based upon our Imperial Collector pattern. Because the players would be playing on DGT Project Electronic Sensor Boards, it was decided that the Chessmen would need to feature a 3.75" King Height, allowing it to fully adhere to both USCF and FIDE tournament rules. And the Sinquefield Cup Commemorative Chessmen were born!

In cooperation with the Chess Club and Scholastic Chess Center of St. Louis, the House of Staunton is offering the 2016 Sinquefield Cup Commemorative Chessmen. It is a limited edition Chess set, with a total of only 5 units available, with each Chess set coming with hand-signed Certificate of Authenticity that was signed by each of the 10 players. Chess sets will be sold on a first come, first serve basis ; purchase quickly to insure yourself a low production number!