Grandmaster Wesley So inched closer to solo leader Magnus Carlsen despite coming off a defeat at the hands of fellow United States bet Hikaru Nakamura after four rounds in the Meltwater Champions Chess tour Grand Finals Tuesday. So drew all his four games in regulation then lost the two-blitz...
Grandmaster Wesley So turned back Russian Vladislav Artemiev, 2.5-1.5, to stay in the title hunt after three rounds in the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Grand Finals Monday. So banked on a third-match victory – a rollercoaster 85-move duel of a Caro-Kann Defense – to prevail over Artemiev in...
Wesley So Grandmaster Wesley So yielded to old nemesis Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France, 2.5-0.5, to fall farther behind leader Magnus Carlsen after two rounds in the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Grand Finals Sunday. It was a stinging defeat for the two-time United States champion So as...
Photo from event website Boxing legend Manny Pacquiao is taking his act in an online chessboard when he goes up against a 10-year-old app version of Norwegian chess champion Magnus Carlsen in the Magnus Carlsen Celebrity Charity Challenge. Pacquiao, a big fan of chess, is the latest among the big...
Grandmaster Wesley So seeks to become the first online champion of the $1.6 million Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Final as he competes against nine of the world’s best including world champion and tour leader Magnus Carlsen starting next week. The Cavite-born, 27-year-old So owns the distinction...
Anish Giri, left, and Wesley So in file photo (Grand Chess Tour) Wesley So bucked a fourth-round defeat to Anish Giri of the Netherlands by scoring three points in the first five rounds of the Goldmoney Asian Rapid of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour late Saturday, June 26. So was quick to bounce...
Wesley So, right, and Fabiano Caruana (Photo from Grand Chess Tour) Grandmaster Wesley So seeks to add another feather to his cap as he plunges back into action in the online Goldmoney Asian Rapid of the Metyltwater Champions Chess Tour starting this weekend. So, the reigning world Fischer-Random...
Photo from championschesstour.com Grandmaster Wesley So failed to cash in on his chances and succumbed to Magnus Carlsen in the finals of the FTX Crypto Cup of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Tuesday, June 1. Playing white and needing just a draw to win the title following a 1-0 lead in the...
9312 Grandmaster Wesley So settled for a 2-2 draw with world classical champion Magnus Carlsen in the first of their two-set finale in the FTX Crypto Cup of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Monday, May 31. So stumbled in their first game that ended his 29-game winning streak before recovering his...
Magnus Carlsen, left, and Wesley So Grandmaster Wesley So eliminated Ian Nepomniachtchi of Russia to arrange a title showdown with world classical champion Magnus Carlsen in the FTX Crypto Cup of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Sunday, May 30. So won the first set, 2.5-1.5, Saturday and took the...
Wesley So Grandmaster Wesley So turned back Ian Nepomniachtchi of Russia, 2.5-1.5, in the first of their two-game semifinal showdown in the FTX Crypto Cup of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Saturday, May 29. After drawing the first three games, the world Fischer-Random titlist and two-time...
Wesley So Grandmaster Wesley So completed a two-game sweep of Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France to advance to the semifinals of the FTX Crypto Cup of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Friday, May 28. The reigning Fischer-Random king and two-time United States champion drew their first two games...
