Wesley So fought world No. 2 Alireza Firouzja to a draw and stayed at the helm with fellow American Levon Aronian after the eighth and penultimate round of the 2022 Grand Chess Tour’s Superbet Chess Classic in Bucharest, Romania Friday. So split the point with Firouzja after 38 moves of a...
Wesley So drew with Romanian Bogdan-Daniel Deac to retain the lead with fellow American Levon Aronian after seven rounds of the 2022 Grand Chess Tour’s Superbet Chess Classic in Bucharest, Romania Thursday. Photo from Superbet Chess Classic So, who once held the solo lead after the fourth round,...
Wesley So, right, and Hikaru Nakamura (Photo from FIDE) Wesley So downed fellow American Hikaru Nakamura in the second rapid tiebreaker to rule the third leg of the FIDE Grand Prix in Berlin, Germany Monday. So prevailed after 65 moves of a Ruy Lopez game after two draws in their classical games....
Wesley So agreed to a quick draw with fellow American Hikaru Nakamura to arrange a playoff tiebreaker in the FIDE Grand Prix finals in Berlin, Germany Sunday. Photo from chessbase.com So and Nakamura drew after only 14 moves of a Ruy Lopez Berlin via repetition of moves to force the two tiebreaker...
Wesley So blew away his winning chances and settled for a draw in the first of his two-game title duel with fellow American Hikaru Nakamura in the FIDE Grand Prix in Berlin, Germany Saturday. Photo from FIDE's Twitter account The two-time US Open champion halved the point with Nakamura after 30...
Wesley So Wesley So crushed Iranian Amin Tabatabaei in their semifinal tiebreaker playoff Friday for a 3-1 win and forge a title duel with fellow American Hikaru Nakamura in the FIDE Grand Prix in Berlin, Germany. After blundering away his winning chances in the second game of their two-game semis...
Photo from FIDE Twitter account Wesley So blundered with a one-pawn advantage and succumbed to Amin Tabatabaei of Iran to force another semifinal tiebreaker in the FIDE Grand Prix in Berlin, Germany Thursday. So lost after 30 moves of a Nimzo-Indian Defense to forge a new set of tiebreak games...
Wesley So Wesley So kept his world title bid alive as he downed nemesis Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France to seize a share of the lead in the FIDE Grand Prix in Berlin, Germany Sunday. The Cavite-born So punished Vachier-Lagrave in 56 moves of a Nimzo-Indian Defense to jump to the top of Pool C and...
Wesley So settled for a fourth straight draw, this time against fellow American Sam Shankland to seize a share of the lead after four rounds of the group stages in the FIDE Grand Prix Tournament Leg 3 in Berlin, Germany Friday. Wesley So So agreed to a truce after 30 moves of a King’s Indian...
FIle Photo Wesley So halved the point with fellow American Sam Shankland to remain tied for second in Pool C of the 2022 FIDE Grand Prix’s third tournament in Berlin, Germany Wednesday. Playing the black pieces, So and Shankland agreed to a draw after 51 moves of a Nimzo-Indian game to keep them...
Photo from World Chess Wesley So bowed to fellow American Leinier Dominguez Perez, 1.5-0.5, in their tiebreak matchup for a semifinal berth in the FIDE Grand Prix 2022 in Berlin, Germany Friday. So first settled to a draw with Dominguez Perez in their first rapid game before losing the second in 34...
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