Wesley So (MB File Photo) Grandmaster Wesley So agreed to a quick draw with Hungarian Richard Rapport to stay at the helm with two others after five rounds of the Grand Chess Tour Sinquefield Cup 2021 in Saint Louis, Missouri Saturday (Sunday in Manila). So halved the point after 16 moves of a Ruy...
Photo courtesy of Saint Louis Chess Club, Bryan Adams Grandmaster Wesley So battled fellow American and World No. 2 Fabiano Caruana to a draw to keep a share of the lead after four rounds in the Grand Chess Tour Sinquefield Cup in Saint Louis, Missouri Friday. So held his ground with the black...
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Photo from tournament website Grandmaster Wesley So outlasted fellow American Dariusz Swiercz to grab a piece of the lead after two rounds in the Grand Chess Tour Sinquefield Cup 2021 in Saint Louis, Missouri Wednesday (Thursday in Manila). So needed 45 moves of a Ruy Lopez Berlin Defense to...
Photo from Bren Esports Bren Esports decimated Sharper Esport of Thailand, 2-0, to complete a sweep of the group stage and secure its spot in the playoffs of the Valorant Champions Tour (VCT) Southeast Asia Stage 3 Challengers on Sunday night, August 15. Bren crushed Sharper in overtime to seize a...
Wesley So Grandmaster Wesley So finished in fourth place behind eventual champion and fellow American Hikaru Nakamura in the Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz of the Grand Chess Tour on Sunday. So finished with 4.5 points in the last nine of the 18-round blitz section for an 18.5-point total behind...
Grandmaster Wesley So scored five points out of a possible nine in the first of the two-day blitz section to stay at fourth spot in the Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz of the Grand Chess Tour Saturday. The Cavite-born, 27-year-old So won against Azerbaijan’s Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, United States’...
Screenshot from PPGL livestream Filipino powerhouse Bren Esports shattered EGO of Vietnam with a 2-0 sweep to remain unbeaten in the Valorant Champions Tour (VCT) Southeast Asia Stage 3 Challengers Playoffs on Saturday, August 14. With guns ablaze coming off a 2-0 beatdown of Taiwan's CBT Gaming in...
Wesley So Grandmaster Wesley So drew with Russian Peter Svidler in 56 moves of a Ruy Lopez to finish at fourth place at the conclusion of the rapid play of the 2021 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz of the Grand Chess Tour Friday. The reigning world Fischer-Random king and two-time United States...
Wesley So (Photo from chess.com) Wesley So failed to sustain a good start as he struggled in the second day of the rapid section of the Grand Chess Tour (GCT) Saint Louis 2021 in Missouri, USA on Friday morning (Philippine time). The Cavite-born American grandmaster So settled for two draws before...
MB File Photo Wesley So downed fellow American Sam Shankland in 41 moves of Slav Defense to stay half a point off the pace after three rounds in the rapid part of the Grand Chess Tour (GCT) Saint Louis 2021 in Missouri on Wednesday. The win over Shankland came after So drew with Vietnamese Le Quang...
Photo from Grand Chess Tour Facebook page Grandmaster Wesley So returned to over-the-board competition by seeing action in the 2021 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz tournament starting Wednesday (Thursday in Manila) in Missouri. The tournament stakes a total prize fund of $150,000 (around P7.5...
