Grandmaster Wesley So gave a huge shoutout to Filipino fans in a post-game interview shortly after capturing the US$100,000 (P5 million) Euro Opera Rapid of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour against world champion Magnus Carlsen early Monday. So specifically thanked his Filipino fans for following...
Grandmasters Wesley So and Magnus Carlsen, reigning world champion, share the 2020 Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz title. (Fischer Random / Nick Barton. File) United States superstar Wesley So dealt world champion Magnus Carlsen another sound beating to rule the US$100,000 (P5 million) Euro Opera Rapid...
Magnus Carlsen, left, and Wesley So Reigning world Fischer Random champion Wesley So brought down world classical titlist Magnus Carlsen to salvage a 2-2 tie in the first of their two four-game title showdown in the Opera Euro Rapid of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Sunday, Feb. 14. The...
GM Wesley So and GM Magnus Carlsen (Fischer Random / Nick Barton / File Photo) Grandmaster Wesley So made short work of Azerbaijan’s Teimour Radjabov to set up a title rematch with reigning world champion Magnus Carlsen in the Opera Euro Rapid of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Saturday, Feb....
Grandmaster Wesley So and the United States settles for a semifinal finish in the FIDE Online Chess Olympiad over the weekend. (FIDE Photo) Grandmaster Wesley So moved on the cusp of the Opera Euro Rapid finals after taking down fellow Champions Chess Tour leg winner Teimour Radjabov of Azerbaijan,...
Wesley So Grandmaster Wesley So made short work of Polish Jan-Krzysztof Duda in their quarterfinal duel to barge into the semifinals of the Opera Euro Rapid of the Champions Chess Tour Thursday, Feb. 11. After winning the first of the two four-game duel Wednesday, 2.5-1.5, the 27-year-old So went...
Grandmaster Wesley So drew all his last five matches to finish third in the preliminaries and clinch a quarterfinal berth in the Opera Euro Rapid of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Monday. Well-perched at joint second after the first 10 rounds, the 27-year-old opted to play it safe and split the...
BEST OF THE BEST - Grandmasters Wesley so and Magnus Carlsen in their opening-round match. (From championschesstour.com) Grandmaster Wesley So scored 3.5 points in the first five rounds including an opening-round triumph over leader Magnus Carlsen in the Opera Euro Rapid of the Meltwater Champions...
Photo from championschesstour.com Grandmaster Wesley So seeks to regain his winning form when he sees action in the third leg of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour dubbed as the Opera Euro Rapid starting on Saturday. The 27-year-old So is hoping to bounce back from a quarterfinal defeat to...
