Wesley So Grandmaster Wesley So succumbed to Alireza Firouzja of France in the two-game blitz tiebreaker, 1.5-0.5, to crash out of the quarterfinals of the Aimchess US Rapid Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Thursday, Sept. 2. The 27-year-old So, born in Cavite but is now an American, drew the first...
Grandmaster Wesley So fell prey to Alireza Firouzja of France, 2.5-0.5, in the first of their two-day quarterfinal showdown in the Aimchess US Rapid of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Wednesday. So lost the first game in 52 moves of a Nimzo-Indian as well as the second in 70 moves of a Queen’s...
MB File Photo Grandmaster Wesley So dismantled Netherlands’ Jorden van Foreest to barge into the quarterfinals of the Aimchess US Rapid of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Tuesday, August 31. So prevailed after 35 moves of a Nimzo-Indian Defense in the 15 th and last round to finish the...
Grandmaster Wesley So bounced back from a first-round loss to Magnus Carlsen to stay in the magic eight of the online $100,000 Aimchess US Rapid of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Saturday. Photo from tournament website The Cavite-born, 27-year-old So yielded to Carlsen in a Gruenfeld duel in...