A young player wins the tournament (Alireza, Pragg, Gukesh, Nodirbek)

An old player wins the tournament (Caruana, Nepo, MVL)

There will be at least 8 decisive games (there is 45 games total)

At least 2 players will draw all of their games

Pragg will finish in the top half of the table

American players (Caruana, So) will place better than Indian players (Pragg, Gukesh).

Ding will finish with an even score or better

MVL, Anish and Ding will all finish in the bottom half of the table

The winner will score exactly +2 (not counting tiebreaks)

Nepo will finish on equal or more points than Wesley So and Anish Giri (independently)

Both Ding and Nepo will lose rating points when the tournament ends

Relative ranking of the youngsters will stay the same at the start and at the end of the tournament (starting ranking: 1. Gukesh, 2. Nodirbek, 3. Alireza, 4. Pragg)

Caruana will lose rating points when the tournament (compared to starting rating) ends

Sinquefield Cup will be played between August 19 and August 28. Format is a single round robin. More info: 

https://www.chess.com/events/2024-gct-sinquefield-cup

There are 10 players (current rating in brackets):