Grandmaster Wesley So (FIDE Photo) Grandmaster Wesley So bounced back from a lethargic start by scoring 3.5 points in the sixth to 10th rounds to barge into the magic eight in the New In Chess Classic of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Monday, April 26. So, 27, downed former World Challenger...
Wesley So Grandmaster Wesley So got off to a rough start after absorbing three defeats in his first five games in the New In Chess Classic of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Sunday, April 25. So yielded to Iran-born Alireza Firouzja, Poland’s Jan-Krzysztof Duda and England’s Gawain Jones but...
Grandmaster Wesley So seeks to cling on to the overall lead in the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour as he spearheads a cast that also include world champion Magnus Carlsen in the New in Chess Classic set April 24 to May 2. The 27-year-old So is precariously holding the solo tour lead with 140...
All-Star Game also set in May The second conference of the Professional Chess Association of the Philippines (PCAP) is already in the works by dubbing it as the “Wesley So Cup.” PCAP Commissioner Paul Elauria said the 27-year-old Cavite-born Grandmaster, who recently became an American citizen,...
Magnus Carlsen, left, and Wesley So Grandmaster Wesley So absorbed a beating at the hands of world champion Magnus Carlsen to end up fourth in the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Magnus Invitational Monday, March 22. The 27-year-old So bowed in the first set, 3-1, then received a 2-1 setback in the...
Top photo from left: Wesley So and Anish Giri. Bottom, from left: Ian Nepomniachtchi and Magnus Carlsen Two-time United States champion Wesley So could not find a way to break a solid-playing Anish Giri of the Netherlands to crash out in the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Magnus Invitational...
Grandmaster Wesley So failed to sustain a strong start as he lost to Dutch Grandmaster Anish Giri, 2.5-1.5, in the first match of their semifinal tie in the 2021 Meltwater Champions Tour Magnus Carlsen Invitational on Friday morning, March 19 (Manila time). The Cavite-born So thwarted Giri in 32...
Two-time United States champion Wesley So dispatched Iran-born Alireza Firouzja with ease to cruise into the semifinals of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Magnus Invitational Thursday, March 18. It was a one-sided affair as the 27-year-old So scored a pair of 2.5-0.5 demolition of the...
Grandmaster Wesley So (Photo from FIDE) Grandmaster Wesley So overpowered rising star Alireza Firouzja, 2.5-0.5, to seize the first of their two-set quarterfinal showdown in the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Magnus Invitational Wednesday, March 17. The 27-year-old So needed just three of...
Grandmaster Wesley So scored three points in the last five rounds of the preliminaries to secure a place in the knockout quarterfinals of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Magnus Invitational Tuesday, March 16. So overpowered Sweden’s Nils Grandelius, while drawing with Iran-born Alireza...
Photo from FIDE Grandmaster Wesley So bounced back from a shaky start as he scored four points in his next five games to storm back into contention in the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Magnus Carlsen Invitational Monday, March 15. So barged from outside the share of ninth in Day 1 to joint No. 3...
Grandmaster Wesley So absorbed two crushing defeats including one against early leader Anish Giri of the Netherlands to slip in the lower half of the standings after five rounds of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Magnus Carlsen Invitational Sunday, March 14. So, who is playing his first...
